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Rosa

  • Episode aired Oct 21, 2018
  • TV-PG
  • 49m
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The trailer for Doctor Who Series 11 Episode 3: Rosa.

Montgomery, Alabama. 1955. The Doctor and her friends find themselves in the Deep South of America. As they encounter a seamstress by the name of Rosa Parks, they begin to wonder whether someone is attempting to change history.
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Montgomery, Alabama, 1955. The Doctor and her friends find themselves in the Deep South of America. As they encounter a seamstress by the name of Rosa Parks, they begin to wonder whether som... Read allMontgomery, Alabama, 1955. The Doctor and her friends find themselves in the Deep South of America. As they encounter a seamstress by the name of Rosa Parks, they begin to wonder whether someone is attempting to change history.Montgomery, Alabama, 1955. The Doctor and her friends find themselves in the Deep South of America. As they encounter a seamstress by the name of Rosa Parks, they begin to wonder whether someone is attempting to change history.

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    • Mark Tonderai
  • Writers
    • Malorie Blackman
    • Chris Chibnall
  • Stars
    • Jodie Whittaker
    • Bradley Walsh
    • Mandip Gill
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    • Director
      • Mark Tonderai
    • Writers
      • Malorie Blackman
      • Chris Chibnall
    • Stars
      • Jodie Whittaker
      • Bradley Walsh
      • Mandip Gill
    • 243User reviews
    • 20Critic reviews
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    Jodie Whittaker
    Jodie Whittaker
    • The Doctor
    Bradley Walsh
    Bradley Walsh
    • Graham O'Brien
    Mandip Gill
    Mandip Gill
    • Yasmin Khan
    Tosin Cole
    Tosin Cole
    • Ryan Sinclair
    Vinette Robinson
    Vinette Robinson
    • Rosa Parks
    Josh Bowman
    Josh Bowman
    • Krasko
    Trevor White
    Trevor White
    • James Blake
    Richard Lothian
    Richard Lothian
    • Mr Steele
    Jessica Preddy
    • Waitress
    • (as Jessica Claire Preddy)
    Gareth Marks
    • Police Officer Mason
    David Rubin
    David Rubin
    • Raymond Parks
    Ray Sesay
    • Martin Luther King
    Aki Omoshaybi
    Aki Omoshaybi
    • Fred Gray
    David Dukas
    David Dukas
    • Elias Griffin Jr
    Morgan Deare
    • Arthur
    Bill Clinton
    Bill Clinton
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Mark Hugh-Williams
    • Bus Driver
    • (uncredited)
    Rosa Parks
    Rosa Parks
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    • Director
      • Mark Tonderai
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      • Malorie Blackman
      • Chris Chibnall
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    8wells-kyle

    As far as you can go for a political episode that is also aimed for young people.

    Politically driven to the limits, thought provoking and powerful. The most ambitious episode yet, especially for a family drama.
    9mairhi-1

    Negative reviews and the program hasn't even aired

    I find it really sad that because this episode tackles an issue that is still relevant today it immediately gets tagged as political correctness gone mad even before the episode has finished airing. The thing in the 40 plus years I loved about doctor Who was the history episodes. This fits the bill. Not political correctness but something that informs and educates not only about history but cause and effect amongst other things.
    9luningyuan-23687

    Last time I watched DW and cry was watching Vincent van Gogh

    The new Doctor Who just getting better and better, some little problems though. This episode, all casts' perfect performance make a great atmosphere which can seize audiences' s attention. Writers blend the classic DW story into a famous history event so well. I still remember last time I watched DW and cry was the episode about Vincent van Gogh, I can't believe that I cry for the story again. And the song came out in a very bad time but a good song.
    10Xstal

    Rise Up...

    The Doctor and her fam, materialise in Alabam(a). It is 1955, and equality has yet to arrive (still hasn't). There's an alien called Krasko, who should have been named Fiasco. He aims to change the story, of a woman that made history. That lady formed a spark, her name was Rosa Parks. A great episode that's a ten, let's have more like this, from any writers pen.
    7samuel-lewis12

    Best in the series

    Without a doubt the best episode in the series so far, every thing from the historical context, the music, the scenery, the acting and the story was great, loved the great dynamic between sci-fi and history. The villain and Martin Luther King could have had some more development and we could have actually seen the bus boycott. But overall it was a fantastic historical story!

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    • Trivia
      Rosa's exchange with Blake ("You may do that.") is exactly the way it happened in real life.
    • Goofs
      American bus driver Blake refers to a change in the company's "rota", a word that is chiefly British for a personnel schedule.
    • Quotes

      [the Doctor is writing notes on a wall with a marker]

      Graham: Oi! Whoa, whoa, whoa, what are you doing? That is vandalism, we'll have to pay for that!

      The Doctor: Don't worry, special pen.

      Graham: No, pack it in, you ain't Banksy!

      The Doctor: [replying in a mysterious tone of voice] Or am I?

    • Connections
      Featured in Doctor Who: Unleashed: The Church on Ruby Road (2023)
    • Soundtracks
      Rise Up
      (uncredited)

      Written by Andra Day and Jennifer Decilveo

      Performed by Andra Day

      [closing theme].

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    • Release date
      • October 21, 2018 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
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    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Cape Town, South Africa
    • Production companies
      • BBC Studios
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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    • Runtime
      • 49m
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.00 : 1

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