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  • Episode aired May 28, 2011
  • TV-PG
  • 46m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
6.8K
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Matt Smith and Karen Gillan in Doctor Who (2005)
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The gangers and humans battle for their lives as the factory crumbles and the Doctor tries to keep the peace - can everyone make it off the island alive?The gangers and humans battle for their lives as the factory crumbles and the Doctor tries to keep the peace - can everyone make it off the island alive?The gangers and humans battle for their lives as the factory crumbles and the Doctor tries to keep the peace - can everyone make it off the island alive?

  • Director
    • Julian Simpson
  • Writers
    • Matthew Graham
    • Steven Moffat
    • Sydney Newman
  • Stars
    • Matt Smith
    • Karen Gillan
    • Arthur Darvill
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    6.8K
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    • Director
      • Julian Simpson
    • Writers
      • Matthew Graham
      • Steven Moffat
      • Sydney Newman
    • Stars
      • Matt Smith
      • Karen Gillan
      • Arthur Darvill
    • 13User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
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    • The Doctor
    Karen Gillan
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    • Amy Pond
    Arthur Darvill
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    • Rory
    Mark Bonnar
    Mark Bonnar
    • Jimmy Wicks
    Marshall Lancaster
    Marshall Lancaster
    • Buzzer Edwards
    Sarah Smart
    Sarah Smart
    • Jennifer Lucas
    Raquel Cassidy
    Raquel Cassidy
    • Miranda Cleaves
    Leon Vickers
    Leon Vickers
    • Dicken
    Frances Barber
    Frances Barber
    • Eye Patch Lady
    Edmond Moulton
    • Adam
    Tom Baker
    Tom Baker
    • The Doctor
    • (archive sound)
    • (uncredited)
    David Tennant
    David Tennant
    • The Doctor
    • (archive sound)
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Julian Simpson
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      • Matthew Graham
      • Steven Moffat
      • Sydney Newman
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    7Xstal

    Doctor Doctor...

    Just imagine what you would do, if you popped out of a vat of goo, a doppelganger in every way, except not sharing the same birthday. And then it starts to think it's you, identical rights, can do what you do, and it wants to get you out the way, the polar opposite of your birthday.

    Nothing like the Thompson Twins, they've little to lose and all to win, the Doctor's got a double too, separable only by their shoes. As daft as these last episodes sound, the climax is genuinely profound, and certainly fleshed the story out, now Demons Run from the fallout.
    4Sleepin_Dragon

    I wasn't crazy about the first part, but this sucks!!

    OK, so the Doctor and co are stuck in a warehouse, with copies of people (The Gangers) trying to destroy their original human counterparts, even the Doctor exists in ganger form. Jennifer tricks Rory into activating the acid with the hope of blowing up the island. The Doctor must battle back to save them.

    Matt Smith gives a good performance, I can't fault him a bit, he's really good.

    Poor Amy could have sat in the TARDIS, they gave her literally nothing to do, until the very end, she has stood around looking awkward the entire episode, maybe the complexities of the story arc are very slowly beginning to make sense, eye patch lady talk about drawn out!!

    The ending is at least rather shocking. Most disturbing moment must be the site of the discarded flesh, when Jennifer shows Rory the true cost of using the flesh.

    When you break the story down it would have been more exciting had the Ganger Doctor been working against them. Were the gangers ever going to beat the Doctor, let alone two. Feels like the same situation they had in Kinda, too many companions, so what do they do? one is hidden and one is silent. It is very very padded out, an hour would have been good for this story, rather then two 45's it's too slow in parts. 4/10
    7warlordartos

    Not as good

    Doesn't quite live up to the first episode. It is scarier and more war like than the first but there is less plot within the same time frame and it doesn't quite work. It becomes running away from the monster type episode ONCE AGAIN. We have had too many of these.

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    • Trivia
      Matthew Graham found writing for two Doctors easy, as The Eleventh Doctor had a constant "internal dialogue" and was always finishing his own sentences.
    • Goofs
      Many times throughout the episode, the "real" Doctor and the flesh Doctor hand the sonic screwdriver to each other. However, even though there is only one sonic screwdriver, at points they both are seen using one.
    • Quotes

      The Doctor: [Said multiple times to Amy] Breathe.

    • Connections
      Featured in The One Show: Episode #6.96 (2011)
    • Soundtracks
      Doctor Who Theme
      (uncredited)

      Written by Ron Grainer

      Arranged by Murray Gold

      Performed by BBC National Orchestra of Wales

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    • Release date
      • May 28, 2011 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Official sites
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (United Kingdom)
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    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Caerphilly Castle, Caerphilly, Wales, UK(Most areas of the monastery)
    • Production company
      • BBC Cymru Wales
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    • Runtime
      • 46m
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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