The Almost People
- Episode aired May 28, 2011
- TV-PG
- 46m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
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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?
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Tom Baker
- The Doctor
- (archive sound)
- (uncredited)
David Tennant
- The Doctor
- (archive sound)
- (uncredited)
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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.
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.
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
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
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.
Did you know
- TriviaMatthew Graham found writing for two Doctors easy, as The Eleventh Doctor had a constant "internal dialogue" and was always finishing his own sentences.
- GoofsMany 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.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The One Show: Episode #6.96 (2011)
- SoundtracksDoctor Who Theme
(uncredited)
Written by Ron Grainer
Arranged by Murray Gold
Performed by BBC National Orchestra of Wales
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- Caerphilly Castle, Caerphilly, Wales, UK(Most areas of the monastery)
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- 46m
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- 16:9 HD
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