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Writers: Russell T. Davis and Gareth Roberts. Directors Charles Palmer and Richard Clark Producers: Phil Collinson, Russell T. Davis and Julie Gardner
As series 2 ended, together with the 2006 Christmas special, it is time for the third series to open the door of the TARDIS … so with the introduction of a new companion for the Doctor, (still played by David Tennent), the tales of the Time Travelling occupants of the little blue box begin…
When the Doctors suspects that there are some alien activities happening at the Royal Hope hospital in London he makes himself comfortable as a patient, waiting for what ever is going to happen to happen…
Unfortunately for Martha Jones, (played by Freema Agyeman) a student Doctor working at the hospital, the trouble soon begins during her shift. With bad weather encircling the hospital, with the rain acting very oddly, the entire building begins to shake, as if being dragged from it's very foundations…
As the terrifying cause of the earthquake type vibrations come to light, and the now stranded hospital being invaded by an army of heavily armed rhinos looking for a specific thing, it is up to the doctor, with his new friend Martha, to save the human occupants of the hospital from certain death… even if it means risking his own life to do so
* Other characters in this episode…
Anne Reid as Florence Finnegan Roy Marsden as Mr Stoker Adjoa Andoh as Francine Jones Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Tish Jones Reggie Yates as Leo Jones Trevor Laird as Clive Jones Kimmi Richards as Annalise Ben Righton as Oliver Morgenstern Vineeta
Rishi as Julia Swales Paul Kasey as Judoon Leader Nicholas Briggs as Judoon Voices
* THE SHAKESPEAR CODE ( 7th April 2007)
Now the introductions are over, (from the previous episode), the Doctor takes Martha on a trip back to 1599 for a visit to the Globe Theatre to watch William Shakespeare, (played by Dean Lennox Kelly), perform his famous play 'Loves Labours lost' … only to uncover a more sinister reasoning behind Shakespeares yet to be penned sequel called Love labours Won…
With Martha having to avoid the clumsy attempts from Shakespeare to woe her she tries to help the doctor in his search for the truth behind the strange events in the small village…
The Doctor soon realises that there is more to the strangely written script than even Shakespeare could ever have thought, and is soon confronted by the sickeningly looking Carrionites who need the speech of the great writer, and the deliberately designed Globe, to unleash their evils upon the world…
Only for the Doctor to be running for his life once again…
* Other characters in this episode…
Sam Marks as Wiggins Christina Cole as Lilith Amanda Lawrence as Doomfinger Linda Clarke as Bloodtide Jalaal Hartley as Dick David Westhead as Kempe Andree Bernard as Dolly Bailey Chris Larkin as Lynley Matt King as Peter Streete Robert Demeger as Preacher Angela Pleasence as Queen Elizabeth I
* GRIDLOCK (14th April 2007)
The Doctor takes Martha to see the New New York on New Earth in the year five billion and three, but upon landing somewhere underground, surrounded by stallholders selling mood patches, he soon realises that things have changed drastically…
As the pair begin to look around, trying to discover what is happening in the once beautiful place, Martha is snatched and bundled into a box shape car heading for the notorious motorway… where every one who goes to are never seen again…. With the Doctor now in hot pursuit he soon finds himself looking over the fumes filled underground motorway, standing on a platform staring in awe at the thousands upon thousand of box shaped cars in the poisonous tunnel…
The Doctor has no choice but to jump aboard the nearest car, which is being driven by Thomas Kincade Brannigan, (played by Ardal O'Hanlon), a cat like human, and his human wife, together with their new born children, and go in chase of Martha and her kidnappers…
As the shocking reality begins to unfold the Doctor realises that he is running out of time to find and save his new companion… before she succumbs to the horrors that live at the bottom of the motorway… and to figure out why all the people are stuck in a never ending drive for the rest of there lives…
So with the Doctor having to drop in on many of the motorway travellers he knows his time is running out… until he is reunited with a couple of old friends.
* Other characters in this series….
Anna Hope as Novice Hame Travis Oliver as Milo Lenora Crichlow as Cheen Jennifer Hennessy as Valerie Bridget Turner as Alice Georgine Anderson as May Simon Pearsall as Whitey Daisy Lewis as Javit Nicholas Boulton as Businessman Erika Macleod as Sally Calypso Judy Norman as Ma Graham Padden as Pa Lucy Davenport as Pale Woman Struan Rodger as The Face of Boe
** IN CONCLUSION**
A fine start to a new series of Doctor Who adventures….
With the original TARDIS crew members from the 2005 reinvented show now gone, (Christopher Eccleston and now Billie Piper) this new series will be a totally different show indeed…
Freema Agyeman, for those people who have the earlier episode, Army of Ghost, will recognise her from that, so to bring her back from the dead and use her as the Doctors new assistant was always going to be a little bit drastic… but the reasoning behind her so called reappearance is good enough to soon forget the death of her previous character….
A new assistant was going to be difficult to introduce but I was actually quite impressed with the way Freema took to her role as Martha Jones, actually playing the part of the Doctors assistant well, almost making the viewer forget who Rose was… that is until the Doctor mentions her in one of his many deep thought flashbacks, revealing his inner feelings towards his ex companion… Martha comes across as a head strong character who instantly falls for the Doctors charm, following him round almost like a lost lamb, thus showing her more vulnerable side, especially towards the well dressed grimacing man in his dodgy trainers…
The episodes on this volume are all entertaining indeed.
Firstly, the present day London… spending time to introduce Martha Jones and her family to the viewers, (a little like the first episode with Rose)… Once the introductions are over it is simply down to business with the Doctor ability to attract trouble where ever he goes, even on a motorway of all places…
Then taking a trip back in time to tell a strange version of an unwritten tale penned by the brilliant, but portrayed here as a little arrogant and foul mouthed, Mr William Shakespeare, and the silly, but plausible reason why it was lost in history for ever and a day….
Finishing with a trip into the future, with what could be the futuristic motorway system running through the country today… 6 years to drive 10 miles is about right in the 21st century… the smog, the frustration and the utter lack of authority figures leading to a never ending but deadly trip to find a paradise that doesn't exist…
In all, it is another 135 minutes (45 minutes per episode) of good child friendly science fiction entertainment, giving some good humour injected into each episode to keep the plots alive without going over the top enough to make them daft…
* Would I recommend this…?
Yes I would… it is great fun television for all ages…
Although Piper has gone and the daft humour of Tate is nowhere to be seen Freema Agyeman really does pull out all the stops to impress the audience, doing what she set out to do with honours…
Watching these episodes I can really see this third series being as good as its predecessors, maybe with the use of more CGIs and a few more humorous plot lines than before,
You can continue to expand you collection of the Doctor Who saga by getting a copy of this volume from www.amazon.co.uk for less than £13.00...
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Production Year: 2007 - Science Fiction - Director: Francis Lawrence - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Alice Braga, Charlie Tahan, Dash Mihok, Will Smith, Salli Richardson, Willow Smith
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