109-410: " Bad Wolf " is the twelfth episode of the revived first series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who . The episode was first broadcast on BBC One on 11 June 2005. It is the first of a two-part story. The concluding episode, " The Parting of the Ways ", was first broadcast on 18 June 2005. In the episode, set in the far future 100 years after the events of " The Long Game ",
218-474: A "coherent satirical point in their inclusion". SFX gave "Bad Wolf" a score of nine out of ten, calling the two-parter Davies' "finest work this season", praising the humorous parodies and the reveal of the Daleks. The episode's cliffhanger has been singled out by critics. It was listed by Charlie Jane Anders of io9 among the greatest cliffhangers of the programme, while Den of Geek's Mark Harrison listed it as
327-474: A 2010 interview, Eccleston revealed that he left the show because he "didn't enjoy the environment and the culture that [they], the cast and crew, had to work in", but that he was proud of having played the role. The character of Adam Mitchell was first conceived, along with Henry van Statten , during Davies' pitch to the BBC, in a story heavily based on Robert Shearman 's audio play Jubilee called "Return of
436-645: A 44% increase in ratings and a 56% increase in viewership over the same timeslot in the second quarter of 2005, as well as increases of 56% and 57% in two key demographics. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes offers an 83% approval from 12 critic reviews, and an average rating of 8.6/10. In April 2004, Michael Grade returned to the BBC, this time as the Chairman of the Board of Governors , although this position does not involve any commissioning or editorial responsibilities. Although he had previously disliked
545-594: A bottle of vodka , and then seeing her daughter cry as she drank it. Robinson joined Alcoholics Anonymous later that year. She was also previously a smoker, and quit in 1991. Robinson married journalist John Penrose in 1980. On 30 September 2007, the couple announced that they were planning to divorce, citing irreconcilable differences. In 2001, she published her autobiography , Memoirs of an Unfit Mother , in which she talks about her early life with her domineering mother, her marriage to newspaper editor Charles Wilson, and her subsequent battle with alcoholism that led to
654-487: A brick wall", the show's production was markedly eased as the crew familiarised themselves. Filming concluded on 23 March 2005. David Tennant , who was cast as Eccleston's replacement, recorded his appearance at the end of "The Parting of the Ways" on 21 April 2005 with a skeleton crew . Production blocks were arranged as follows: The new logo was revealed on the BBC website on 18 October 2004. The first official trailer
763-434: A character which fulfilled the role of permanent companion during the series, and was welcomed by fans of the show. Actress Georgia Moffett , daughter of Fifth Doctor actor Peter Davison and who would later appear as the title role in the fourth series episode " The Doctor's Daughter ", also auditioned for the role. The original conception of Tyler was slightly different. Paul Abbott was scheduled to write an episode for
872-744: A chicken gutter and saleswoman during the holidays in the family business, before taking office jobs at a law firm. The family spent their summers on holiday in France, often at the Carlton Hotel in Cannes . On leaving school, Robinson chose journalism over training for the theatre. After working in a news agency , she arrived in London in 1967 as the first young female trainee on the Daily Mail . Robinson's mother's going-away present to her daughter
981-469: A formal dinner attended by Queen Elizabeth II , at which she noted that Diana, Princess of Wales , arrived late. Robinson asked the Mirror ' s Royal editor James Whitaker to investigate and, after conversations with various sources including Diana's sister Lady Sarah McCorquodale , confirmed that Diana was suffering from an eating disorder, named as anorexia in a scoop article on 19 November 1982. As
1090-432: A legitimate preview copy. The employee responsible was fired by the company. "Rose" finally saw transmission on schedule on 26 March 2005 at 7 pm on BBC One, the first regular episode of Doctor Who since Part Three of Survival on 6 December 1989. To complement the series, BBC Wales also produced Doctor Who Confidential , a 13-part documentary series with each episode broadcast on BBC Three immediately after
1199-456: A lethal version of The Weakest Link in the year 200,100. When contestants lose as the "weakest link", the android blasts them with a disintegrator in its mouth, which really teleports them away to a Dalek fleet. Robinson hosted the BBC's outtakes programme Outtake TV until 2009. She hosted a satirical news-based chat show on BBC One called What's the Problem? With Anne Robinson , and
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#17328023152191308-602: A lift as Rose desperately attempts to answer questions. They find her just as she loses the final round of The Weakest Link and is promptly disintegrated by the Anne Droid. The Doctor, Jack, and Lynda travel to the control room on Floor 500. There, they meet the Controller, a cybernetic human. The Controller uses the cover of a solar flare to speak directly to the Doctor, telling him that her masters cannot hear her during
1417-495: A much more robust attitude to men behaving badly". At the present time, she said, there "is a sort of fragility amongst women who aren't able to cope with the treachery of the workplace". Referring to an allegation made against the trade minister Mark Garnier about him asking a female assistant to buy sex toys: "It shouldn't be happening but, on the other hand, why have women lost confidence". She said this incident led her to be "in despair". Robinson outlined her method of dealing with
1526-827: A result, Buckingham Palace Press Secretary Michael Shea rang then Mirror editor Mike Molloy , asking him to remove Robinson. She was subsequently removed from the editorial rota, and was advised by Molloy to "do more television, blossom, that's what you're good at". Robinson has written weekly columns for a succession of other British newspapers, such as Today , The Sun , The Express , The Times , and The Daily Telegraph . Robinson began appearing on BBC television in 1982, initially as an occasional panellist on Question Time and presenting her 'TV Choice' on Breakfast Time . From 1986, she began sitting in on television viewers' show Points of View for regular presenter Barry Took , taking over from Took permanently in 1988 and remaining for 11 years. In 1993, she took over
1635-505: A series-long story arc which brought their disparate threads together in the series finale. Davies took cues from American fantasy television series such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Smallville , most notably Buffy ' s concepts of series-long story arcs and the " Big Bad ". Also, like the original series, stories often flowed directly into one another or were linked together in some way. Notably, in common only with
1744-430: A set of television game shows from the 21st century. The shows have been adapted to be deadly to losing contestants: On The Weakest Link and Big Brother , any contestant voted off is instantly disintegrated. On What Not to Wear , the participants undergo brutal cosmetic surgery. The Doctor escapes Big Brother with a housemate named Lynda, and Jack escapes What Not to Wear . The Doctor discovers that they are on
1853-602: A show with someone who was a rubbish companion". John Barrowman appears as Captain Jack Harkness , a character introduced in "The Empty Child", where he joined the TARDIS crew for the final five episodes of the series. In naming the character, Davies drew inspiration from the Marvel Comics character Agatha Harkness . Jack's appearances were conceived with the intention of forming a character arc in which Jack
1962-593: A way that would be "competitive in a high-tech market". Oliver also wrote that older viewers would find Eccleston "easily the best time lord since Tom Baker ". Reviewing the first episode, The Stage ' s Harry Venning hailed it as a "fabulous, imaginative, funny and sometimes frightening reinvention" and particularly praised Rose for being an improvement upon previous female companions who were "fit only to scream or be captured". However, he found Eccleston to be "the show's biggest disappointment" as he looked "uncomfortable playing fantasy". Digital Spy 's Dek Hogan found
2071-421: A workable budget from Julie Gardner . By early 2004, the show had settled into a regular production cycle. Davies, Gardner, and BBC Controller of Drama Mal Young took posts as executive producers, although Young vacated the role at the end of the series. Phil Collinson , an old colleague from Granada, took the role of producer. Keith Boak , Euros Lyn , Joe Ahearne , Brian Grant and James Hawes directed
2180-438: Is a family show, what's the strangest thing you've ever put in your mouth?" The previous year she was also accused of bigotry when she told a female prison officer that she must be a lesbian. The BBC received 16 complaints after Robinson asked wine connoisseur Olly Smith , who was competing on the celebrity version of The Weakest Link , to feel her breasts, after he described her as a "full-bodied, expensive red". The programme
2289-543: Is transformed from a coward to a hero, and Barrowman consciously minded this in his portrayal of the character. Following on that arc, the character's debut episode would leave his morality as ambiguous, publicity materials asking, "is he a force for good or ill?" Barrowman himself was a key factor in the conception of Captain Jack. Barrowman says that at the time of his initial casting, Davies and co-executive producer, Julie Gardner had explained to him that they "basically wrote
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#17328023152192398-467: The Daily Mirror . She also wrote a column under the pseudonym of the "Wednesday Witch", in which she developed her vitriolic style. During her career as a newspaper journalist, she developed a flair for writing tabloid headlines. In discussing a raise with Mirror boss Robert Maxwell , she asked for a doubling of her salary and a brand-new Mercedes to be written in her contract. Following
2507-492: The British science fiction programme Doctor Who began on 26 March 2005 with the episode " Rose ". This marked the end of the programme's 16 year absence from episodic television following its cancellation in 1989 , and the first new televised Doctor Who story since the broadcast of the television movie starring Paul McGann in 1996. The finale episode, " The Parting of the Ways ", was broadcast on 18 June 2005. The show
2616-474: The Nickelodeon network. In 1973, Robinson lost a custody battle for Emma, her only child, then aged two. Charles Wilson was granted sole custody, care and control of Emma, who subsequently lived with her father until she left home at 16 for boarding school. An admitted alcoholic , Robinson stopped drinking on 12 December 1978 after picking her daughter up from school and driving to a petrol station to buy
2725-584: The Ninth Doctor ( Christopher Eccleston ) and his travelling companions Rose Tyler ( Billie Piper ) and Captain Jack Harkness ( John Barrowman ) are secretly brought on board the game-show-broadcasting satellite, Satellite Five, by its controller ( Martha Cope ) so they can fight against the controller's "masters", the Daleks . The Ninth Doctor , Rose , and Jack find themselves separated, waking up with temporary amnesia in what initially appears to be
2834-631: The Second World War . She inherited the family market stall in Liverpool and transformed it into one of the largest wholesale poultry dealing businesses in the north of England. Brought up initially at the family home in Crosby, Robinson attended a private Roman Catholic convent boarding school in Hampshire , Farnborough Hill Convent , now known as Farnborough Hill. She was hired as
2943-852: The TARDIS , which normally appears from the exterior to be a blue 1950s British police box . With his companions , he explores time and space, faces a variety of foes and saves civilizations, helping people and righting wrongs. The first series features Christopher Eccleston as the ninth incarnation of the Doctor, his only series in the role, accompanied by Billie Piper , as his first and main companion Rose Tyler , whom he plucks from obscurity on planet Earth, and to whom he grows increasingly attached. He also travels briefly with unruly boy-genius Adam Mitchell , played by Bruno Langley , and with 51st-century con man and former "Time Agent" Captain Jack Harkness , portrayed by John Barrowman . Episodes in
3052-477: The 1963 original with further elements added: an orchestral sound of low horns, strings and percussion and part of the Dalek ray-gun and TARDIS materialisation sound effects. Included on the album are two versions of the theme: the 44-second opening version, as arranged by Gold, and a longer arrangement that includes the "middle eight" (a name given to one of the sections of the melody), after Gold omitted it from both
3161-481: The 2005 Doctor Who episode titles to be revealed. Prior to this, the episode was referred to in promotional literature as "The Parting of the Ways (Part 1)", with "Part 2" eventually becoming simply " The Parting of the Ways ". The concept of the Anne Droid and a futuristic version of The Weakest Link was pitched by Russell T Davies in his second meeting with the BBC about bringing back Doctor Who in 2000 or 2001. The idea had come from his trip to New York City for
3270-402: The BBC had resolved the issues regarding production rights that had surfaced as a result of the jointly produced Universal Studios –BBC– Fox 1996 Doctor Who film , leading the Controller of BBC One Lorraine Heggessey and Controller of Drama Commissioning Jane Tranter to approach Gardner and Davies to create a revival of the series to air in a primetime slot on Saturday nights, as part of
3379-473: The BBC's interactive quiz Test the Nation . A report published in 2006, which concluded that the BBC is "endemically homophobic", highlighted as one example of anti-gay bigotry in the network Robinson's treatment of a male contestant at The Weakest Link – Celebrity Chefs , to whom she made questions such as "What do you do in your restaurant – just mince around?", and "Before you go, and bear in mind that this
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3488-523: The BBC's plan to devolve production to its regional bases. By mid-September, they accepted the deal to produce the series alongside Casanova . We were told that bringing it back would be impossible, that we would never capture this generation of children. But we did it. Following Scream of the Shalka , an animated episode which was shown on the Doctor Who website, the 'real' return of Doctor Who
3597-447: The Daleks". The production team had always intended for Adam to join the TARDIS after Rose developed a liking for him. To play this role, Bruno Langley was chosen, previously known for his role on Coronation Street as Todd Grimshaw . It was never intended for Adam to be a long-term companion, Davies wanted to show that not everyone is suitable to join the TARDIS crew and dubbed him "The Companion That Couldn't", he "always wanted to do
3706-468: The Doctor the coordinates to which the transmat leads, and is transmitted to her masters, who kill her. Rose wakes up on the floor of a spaceship and is approached by a Dalek . The Doctor and Jack discover a signal coming from the station that is hiding something at the edge of the Solar System . They cancel the signal and reveal a fleet of Dalek spaceships. The Daleks open a communication channel to
3815-403: The Doctor, threatening to kill Rose if he interferes. The Doctor refuses to back down and vows to rescue Rose and wipe out the Daleks. The Daleks, in turn, vow to exterminate the Doctor. To Rose's horror, many hundreds of thousands of Daleks are shown to be aboard the mothership, all screaming their battle-cry: "Exterminate!" A working title for the episode was "Gameshow World". It was the last of
3924-516: The Ninth Doctor's best cliffhanger. It was also chosen by Morgan Jeffery and Chris Allen of Digital Spy among the five best Doctor Who cliffhangers; Jeffery wrote that it "isn't the strongest episode of his tenure – let's not forget the Trinny and Susannah robots – but you'd be hard-pressed to fault the climax". Doctor Who (series 1) The first series of the 2005 revival of
4033-692: The TARDIS landing on board the NX-01 . The idea was officially discussed, but the plans were abandoned following the cancellation of Enterprise in February 2005. The first series of Doctor Who featured eight scripts by Davies, the remainder being allocated to experienced drama writers and previous writers for the show's ancillary releases : Steven Moffat penned a two-episode story, while Mark Gatiss , Robert Shearman , and Paul Cornell each wrote one script. Davies also approached his friend Paul Abbott and Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling to write for
4142-712: The U.S. on the Sci Fi Channel on 17 March 2006 with the first two episodes airing back-to-back, one year after the Canadian and UK showings. The series concluded its initial U.S. broadcast on 9 June 2006. The series was first released in volumes; the first volume, containing the first three episodes, was released in Region 2 on 16 May 2005. The second, with "Aliens of London", "World War Three", and "Dalek", followed on 13 June 2005. "The Long Game", "Father's Day", "The Empty Child", and "The Doctor Dances" were released in
4251-557: The UK, Robinson is best known for hosting the game show The Weakest Link , and in the United States its NBC primetime counterpart, Weakest Link . She originally started with an icy, mysterious appearance and persona, maintaining her deadpan delivery to funny and friendly moments throughout; however, she toned down her icy, deadpan approach over the years, with her often smiling, engaging, and on occasion, even laughing, especially on
4360-560: The Viral Advertising Association, said that the BBC hired them for viral marketing strategies, and that he told them "they should release things before their time", to create a "cool factor". Both the BBC and CBC denied any involvement, but Bailey believes that to be disingenuous, saying that it is "the best viral advert they could have done". The leak was ultimately traced to a third-party company in Canada which had
4469-692: The actress cast as the Female Programmer in this episode, previously appeared as one of the uncredited 'Red Kang' extras in the 1987 classic series story Paradise Towers . This made her the second actor to appear in both the classic and new series of Doctor Who , following William Thomas 's appearance in the previous episode, " Boom Town ". Martha Cope later played Captain Oswin in the audio play The Nowhere Place and Talia in Bedtime Story . Paterson Joseph later played Victor Espinoza in
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4578-503: The answers during The Weakest Link scenes was that the Great Cobalt Pyramid was built on the ruins of the famous Old Earth Torchwood Institute, "Torchwood" being an anagram of "Doctor Who". In 2006, a spin-off series titled Torchwood began, set in modern-day Cardiff and involving a team investigating paranormal and alien incidents, and featuring John Barrowman reprising his role of Captain Jack Harkness. Nisha Nayar,
4687-425: The audio play Earth Aid . Sebastian Armesto later played Anders in the audio play Grand Theft Cosmos . According to Doctor Who Confidential , although Anne Robinson was invited to voice the Anne Droid, the expectation was that she would decline. A celebrity voice impersonator had already been hired to record the lines when Robinson accepted. The episode received final rating of 6.81 million viewers,
4796-538: The breakdown of her marriage and a custody battle with Wilson for their daughter, which Robinson lost. In 2001, Robinson was diagnosed with skin cancer , and had surgery to treat it. In 2017, Robinson revealed that she had an abortion in 1968. She described feeling "the most terrible black doom" that went on for months. Robinson shared her experience on the BBC Two Documentary, Abortion on Trial . Robinson has two grandchildren. In December 2023, it
4905-548: The celebrity editions. Her use of insults, caustic remarks and personal questions fiercely directed at contestants became famous. Her trenchant and curt utterance "You are the weakest link – goodbye!" became a catchphrase soon after the show started in 2000. Asked by the Duke of Edinburgh to present some Duke of Edinburgh's Awards , she agreed subject to his taking part in the Weakest Link . The Duke declined. In 2001, she
5014-399: The character around [John]". On meeting him, Barrowman tried out the character using his native Scottish accent, his normal American accent, and an English accent; Davies decided it "made it bigger if it was an American accent". Barrowman recounts Davies as having been searching for an actor with a " matinée idol quality", telling him that "the only one in the whole of Britain who could do it
5123-466: The departure of her husband, Robinson demanded that Maxwell make up the difference in their joint income, which he did. Robinson wrote obituaries to Maxwell following his death in 1991, saying: "He left me reeling from his charm, his amazing panache and the sheer speed at which his brain worked. He was my inspiration and my hero". Her closeness to Maxwell was mocked by Ian Hislop in 1999 as a panellist on Have I Got News for You , as well when she became
5232-531: The deputy news editor, Charles Wilson ; the couple married in 1968, but he subsequently had to terminate her employment because of the marriage. Robinson joined The Sunday Times . In 1977, her inability to hand in her copy due to an alcohol-related incident led to her contract being terminated by The Sunday Times . She then began working for the Liverpool Echo . Robinson returned to Fleet Street in 1980, working as columnist and assistant editor of
5341-493: The design changes that made it feel "fresh", as well as Eccleston's Doctor. However, he felt that Piper only did a "credible" job as Eccleston eclipsed her, and said that the writing was "uneven" with many of the episodes "just slightly flawed". Looking back on the series in 2011, Stephen Kelly of The Guardian wrote, "Eccleston's Doctor may have had many faults – looking like an EastEnders extra and bellowing "FANTASTIC!" at every opportunity being two of them – but he
5450-543: The eighteen-year-old Rose Tyler as a "perfect match" for the new Doctor; avoidance of the forty-year back story "except for the good bits"; the retention of the TARDIS , sonic screwdriver , and Daleks ; removal of the Time Lords; and also a greater focus on humanity. His pitch was submitted for the first production meeting in December 2003, with a series of thirteen episodes obtained by pressure from BBC Worldwide and
5559-506: The emotional content of Paul Cornell 's " Father's Day " drawing on the tone of Cornell's novels in the Virgin New Adventures line. Davies had asked both Shearman and Cornell to write their scripts with those respective styles in mind. The episode " Boom Town " included a reference to the novel The Monsters Inside , becoming the first episode to acknowledge (albeit in a subtle way) spin-off fiction. Murray Gold composed
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#17328023152195668-433: The end of the weekly instalment on BBC One. Both the series and documentary aired for 13 consecutive weeks, with the finale episode, "The Parting of the Ways", airing on 18 June 2005 along with its documentary counterpart. Davies had requested that the two first episodes be broadcast back-to-back, but the request was given to the BBC just two weeks before transmission, at which point everything was already set. In some regions,
5777-400: The episode, including video recordings watched within a week of transmission, was 10.81 million, making it the third highest for BBC One that week and seventh across all channels. The opening episode was the highest rated episode of the first series. The penultimate episode, "Bad Wolf", received the lowest viewers of the series with just 6.81 million viewers. The series also garnered
5886-439: The final episode anticlimactic, but overall said that the series was "excellent Saturday night telly of the kind that many of us thought the BBC had forgotten how to make". He praised Eccleston's performance and named "The Empty Child" and "The Doctor Dances" as the best episodes. Arnold T Blumburg of Now Playing gave the series a grade of A−, praising its variety. However, he was critical of Davies' "annoying tendency to play to
5995-473: The first few minutes of the original BBC broadcast of "Rose" on 26 March were marred by the accidental mixing of a few seconds of sound from Graham Norton hosting Strictly Dance Fever . In the United States, the Sci Fi Channel originally passed on the new series as it found it lacking and believed it did not fit in its schedule, but the network later changed its mind. After it was announced that
6104-497: The first guest presenter of the show in 2002. In Memoirs of an Unfit Mother in 2001, Robinson criticised Maxwell's fraudulent misappropriation of the Mirror pension fund (which fully came to light after his death), in which she said: "we failed to monitor what was happening on our doorstep", adding: "cowards had made his behaviour possible. Bankers, accountants, lawyers, who should have known better ... said yes when they should have said no." On 14 November 1982, Robinson attended
6213-472: The first series would start in March 2006, Sci Fi Channel executive vice president Thomas Vitale called Doctor Who "a true sci-fi classic", with creative storytelling and colorful history, and was excited to add it to its line up. The network also took an option on the second series. Candace Carlisle from BBC Worldwide found the Sci Fi Channel the perfect home for Doctor Who . Doctor Who finally debuted in
6322-437: The first time since The Gunfighters in the third season , each episode was given an individual title, which was the case with the standalone and two-part stories. The production team was tasked with finding a suitable actor for the role of the Doctor. Most notably, they approached film stars Hugh Grant and Rowan Atkinson for the role. By the time Mal Young had suggested actor Christopher Eccleston to Davies, Eccleston
6431-422: The flare. The Controller used a teleport called a transmat to hide the Doctor and his companions in the games as her masters do not watch them. The solar flare ends before she can tell the Doctor who is controlling her. Jack finds the TARDIS hidden in a restricted area, which he uses to figure out that the show's contestants are not actually disintegrated but transmitted off the station. The Controller begins giving
6540-470: The highest audience Appreciation Index of any non- soap drama on television. Besides the second episode, "The End of the World", which garnered a 79% rating, the lowest of the series, all episodes received an AI above 80%. The series finale "The Parting of the Ways" was the highest rated episode with an AI of 89%. The success of the launch saw the BBC's Head of Drama Jane Tranter confirming on 30 March that
6649-512: The host of BBC game show The Weakest Link from 2000 to 2012, and again in 2017 for a one-off celebrity special for Children in Need . She presented the BBC consumer affairs programme Watchdog for a total of 15 years, from 1993 to 2001 and again from 2009 to 2015. Robinson hosted the Channel 4 game show Countdown from June 2021 to July 2022, taking over from Nick Hewer . She left
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#17328023152196758-439: The host of 1,693 shows. On 10 September 2015, it was announced that Robinson would step down from Watchdog once again, this time in order to film a new series of Britain's Spending Secrets for the channel. She had presented Watchdog for a total of 15 years. In 2016, Robinson presented Anne Robinson's Britain for BBC One. The series consisted of three episodes, each focusing on different aspects of British life. Episode one
6867-411: The late-90s, Davies, a lifelong Doctor Who fan, lobbied the BBC to revive the show from its hiatus and reached the discussion stages in late 1998 and early 2002. His proposals would update the show to be better suited for a 21st-century audience, including the transition from videotape to film, doubling the length of each episode from twenty-five minutes to fifty, keeping the Doctor primarily on Earth in
6976-656: The launch of the American version of Queer as Folk , where he had seen "a vast screen in Times Square with a gigantic Anne Robinson blasting us tiny mortals with her voice". This screen was promoting the American Version of The Weakest Link . The production team originally intended to show Jack's naked buttocks on screen. The scene was shot, but the BBC 's editorial policy department stepped in and vetoed it,
7085-409: The lowest common denominator with toilet humor", but felt that from "Dalek" on the series was more dramatic and sophisticated. DVD Talk 's John Sinnott rated the first series four and a half out of five stars, writing that it "keeps a lot of the charm and excitement of the original (as well as the premise), while making the series easily accessible for new viewers". Sinnott praised the faster pace and
7194-514: The lowest figure of the series. The episode received an Audience Appreciation Index score of 86. Digital Spy 's Dek Hogan had a positive reaction to "Bad Wolf", praising Eccleston, the parodies, and the Susanna and Trinny robots. Alasdair Wilkins of io9 praised the "mad energy" to the finale and Eccleston's emotion over losing Rose. However, he was critical of the popular culture references, feeling that it would not age well and he could not find
7303-490: The music for this series, which was entirely synthesised. Principal photography for the series began on 18 July 2004 on location in Cardiff for "Rose". The series was filmed across South East Wales, mostly in or around Cardiff. Each episode took about two weeks to film. The start of filming created stress among the production team because of unseen circumstances: several scenes from the first block had to be re-shot because
7412-503: The only time they over-ruled the production team during the 2005 series. According to the DVD commentary for this episode, the music that is heard as the Dalek fleet is revealed includes a chorus singing "What is happening?" (transliterated: Mah Kor'ei) in Hebrew . Davies mentioned that the "arc word" for the subsequent series was mentioned in this series, as well as being an anagram . One of
7521-432: The opening and closing credits. Gold has said that his interpretation was driven by the title visual sequence he was given to work around. Often erroneously cited as being the same as the end credits version, this second version is in fact a new arrangement and recording. Anne Robinson Anne Josephine Robinson (born 26 September 1944) is a journalist and was an English television presenter, best known as
7630-547: The original footage was unusable; the Slitheen prosthetics for "Aliens of London", "World War Three", and "Boom Town" were noticeably different from their computer-generated counterparts; and, most notably, the BBC came to a gridlock with the Terry Nation estate to secure the Daleks for the sixth episode of the series, to be written by Rob Shearman . After the first production block, which Davies described as "hitting
7739-500: The pacing of the first episode. His only criticism was about the new TARDIS interior, though he did comment that he was "also a bit dismayed that more wasn't made of the show's incidental music, which seemed fairly anonymous in the background". Robin Oliver of The Sydney Morning Herald praised Davies for taking "an adult approach to one of television's most famous characters" that children would appreciate, and that he reinvented it in
7848-409: The picket, culminating in a near riot . The event eventually went ahead after Robinson was escorted into the venue by local police. In 2005, she made an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show , admitting she had been an unfit mother. Also in 2005, she appeared on an episode of the revived Doctor Who , entitled " Bad Wolf ", voicing a futuristic android version of herself named the "Anne Droid" on
7957-425: The premiere episode was broadcast, Doctor Who was renewed for a Christmas special as well as a second series . The series was well received by both critics and fans, winning a BAFTA Award for the first time in Doctor Who ' s history. The approval from Michael Grade , who had previously forced an 18-month hiatus on the show in 1985, and had postponed Doctor Who out of personal dislike on several occasions,
8066-708: The presentation and writing of the consumer affairs television programme Watchdog . Robinson joined BBC Radio 4 to present the News Stand, Today and mid-week programme by deputising for main presenters Ian Hislop , Libby Purves and Michael Aspel for three years between 1985 and 1987 some time later she joined BBC Radio 2 by covering Derek Jameson 's weekday breakfast show in May 1987 she returned to Radio 2 to present her own Saturday morning show from 1988 to 1993, she also deputised for Jimmy Young on his weekday lunchtime show for 10 years between 1988 and 1998. In
8175-496: The problem: "In my day we gave them a slap, and told them to grow up!" Robinson was accused of victim blaming on social media. In February 2021, Robinson was announced as the next host of the game show Countdown , following the resignation of Nick Hewer . Her premiere as host aired on 28 June 2021, marking her return to the show when she first appeared as a guest in the Dictionary Corner in 1987. In May 2022, it
8284-560: The production staff and the screenwriter , before passing their joint work to the head writer for a "final polish". Raynor said that the job is not a creative one, "you are a part of it, but you aren't driving it." Under producer Davies, the new series had a faster pace than those of the classic series. Rather than four to six-part serials of 25-minute episodes, most of the Ninth Doctor's stories consisted of individual 45-minute episodes, with only three stories out of ten being two-parters. The thirteen episodes were, however, loosely connected in
8393-509: The production team showcasing the various genres inhabited by Doctor Who over the years. Examples include the "pseudo-historical" story " The Unquiet Dead "; the far-future whodunnit of " The End of the World "; Earthbound alien invasion stories in " Rose " and " Aliens of London "/" World War Three "; "base under siege" in " Dalek "; and horror in "The Empty Child". Even the spin-off media were represented, with "Dalek" taking elements from writer Rob Shearman 's own audio play Jubilee and
8502-522: The programme on 13 July 2022 after recording 265 episodes. Robinson was born in Crosby , Lancashire , on 26 September 1944 and is of British Irish descent. Her father was a schoolteacher. Her mother, Anne Josephine ( née Wilson), was an agricultural businesswoman from Northern Ireland, where she was the manager of a market stall. When she came to England, she married into her husband's family of wholesale chicken dealers, and sold rationed rabbit following
8611-494: The role in an e-mail. After the announcement that the show would be returning, Davies revealed that the new companion would "probably" be called Rose Tyler in an edition of Doctor Who Magazine published in November 2003. This name was confirmed in March 2004, and it was announced at the same time that former pop star Billie Piper was being considered for the role. Piper was announced as portraying Rose Tyler on 24 May,
8720-553: The series form a loose story arc, based upon the recurring phrase "Bad Wolf", the significance of which goes unexplained until the two-part series finale. Alongside the "Bad Wolf" arc, the revived era re-introduces the Doctor as the sole survivor of an event known as the Time War , which the Doctor claims wiped out all of the Time Lords and the Daleks . The series premiere was watched by 10.81 million viewers, and four days after
8829-663: The series included Camille Coduri as Rose's mother Jackie Tyler , and Noel Clarke as Rose's boyfriend Mickey Smith . Other actors and television presenters who appeared in the series included Mark Benton , Zoë Wanamaker , Simon Callow , Eve Myles , Penelope Wilton , Annette Badland , David Verrey , Matt Baker , Andrew Marr , Corey Johnson , Simon Pegg , Anna Maxwell-Martin , Tamsin Greig , Shaun Dingwall , Florence Hoath , Richard Wilson , Jo Joyner , Davina McCall , Paterson Joseph , Anne Robinson , Trinny Woodall , and Susannah Constantine . During
8938-423: The series which would have revealed that Rose's entire life had been manipulated by the Doctor in order to mould her into an ideal companion. Davies eventually wrote "Boom Town" to replace it when Abbott, after months of development, realised he was too busy to work on the script. The first series was Christopher Eccleston's only series in the role of the Doctor. Eccleston's contract was for a single year because at
9047-420: The series would return both for a Christmas Special in December 2005 and a full second series in 2006. The initial Sci Fi Channel broadcasts of the series attained an average Nielsen Rating of 1.3, representing 1.5 million viewers in total. Although these ratings were less than those reached by Sci Fi's original series Battlestar Galactica , Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis , they reflect
9156-418: The series, but both declined due to existing commitments. Shortly after securing writers for the show, Davies stated that he had no intention to approach writers for the old series; the only writer he would have wished to work with was Robert Holmes , who died in May 1986, halfway through writing his contribution to The Trial of a Time Lord . Elwen Rowlands and Helen Raynor served as script editors for
9265-402: The series. Davies' official role as head writer and executive producer , or " showrunner ", consisted of laying a skeletal plot for the entire series, holding "tone meetings" to correctly identify the tone of an episode, often being described in one word—for example, the "tone word" for Moffat's " The Empty Child " was "romantic"—and overseeing all aspects of production. During early production
9374-432: The series. They were hired simultaneous, marking the first time Doctor Who had female script editors. Rowlands left after the first series for Life on Mars . Compared to the original series the role of the script editors was significantly diminished, with the head writer taking most of those responsibilities. Unlike the original series they do not have the power to commission scripts. Instead, they act as liaisons between
9483-412: The seventh and twenty-sixth seasons of the original series, every story of the season takes place on or near Earth. This fact is directly addressed in the original novel The Monsters Inside , in which Rose and the Doctor joke about the fact that all their adventures to date have taken place on Earth or on neighbouring space stations. The stories of the series varied quite significantly in tone, with
9592-713: The show and imposed an eighteen-month hiatus on it during the Sixth Doctor era, he eventually wrote an e-mail to the Director-General of the BBC Mark Thompson in June 2005, after the successful new first series, voicing approval for its popularity. He also declared, "[I] never dreamed I would ever write this. I must be going soft!" The revival also impressed former Doctor Sylvester McCoy , who praised Eccleston and Piper as well as their characters, and
9701-455: The show." However, not everyone was pleased with the new production. Some fans criticised the new logo and perceived changes to the TARDIS model. According to various news sources, members of the production team even received hate mail and death threats . "The Unquiet Dead" was criticised by parents, who felt that the episode was "too scary" for their young children; the BBC dismissed the complaints, saying that it had never been intended for
9810-515: The space station Satellite Five, now known as "The Game Station", in the year 200,100. The station is now under the control of the Bad Wolf Corporation, which shares the name with a set of words that are following the Doctor and Rose through time and space. Lynda explains that 100 years ago, when the Doctor last visited, Satellite Five stopped broadcasting and the government and economy collapsed. The three search for Rose, hurrying up in
9919-486: The style of the Third Doctor UNIT episodes, and removing "excess baggage" such as Gallifrey and the Time Lords . His pitch competed against three others: Dan Freedman 's fantasy retelling, Matthew Graham 's Gothic -styled pitch, and Mark Gatiss , Clayton Hickman and Gareth Roberts ' reboot, which would make the Doctor the audience surrogate character, instead of his companions . In August 2003,
10028-710: The third volume on 1 August 2005 and the final three episodes were released in the fourth volume on 5 September 2005. The entire series was then released in a boxset on 21 November 2005 in Region 2. Aside from the 13 episodes it included commentaries on every episode, a video diary from Davies during the first week of filming, as well as other featurettes. The boxset was released in Region 1 on 4 July 2006. All releases are for DVD unless otherwise indicated: "Rose" received average overnight ratings of 9.9 million viewers, peaking at 10.5 million, respectively 43.2% and 44.3% of all viewers at that time. The final figure for
10137-635: The time it was uncertain whether the show would continue beyond a single revival series. Eccleston's intent to leave was revealed on 30 March 2005, shortly after the broadcast of the first episode. The BBC released a statement, attributed to Eccleston, saying that he had decided to leave because he feared becoming typecast . On 4 April, the BBC revealed that Eccleston's "statement" was falsely attributed and released without his consent. The BBC admitted that they had broken an agreement made in January not to disclose publicly that he only intended to do one season. In
10246-428: The word "Torchwood", an anagram of "Doctor Who", was used as a title ruse for the series while filming its first few episodes and on the daily rushes to ensure they were not intercepted. The word "Torchwood" was later seeded in Doctor Who and became the name of the spin-off series Torchwood . Davies was interested in making an episode that would serve as a crossover with Star Trek: Enterprise , and involve
10355-498: The youngest of children. Selected pieces of score from the first series, second series , and " The Runaway Bride ", as composed by Murray Gold, were released on 4 December 2006 by Silva Screen Records. The cues from the first series were re-recorded by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales , the original music having been created using orchestral samples. Gold's arrangement of the main theme featured samples from
10464-575: Was accused of hatred towards the Welsh , after describing them as "irritating and annoying" while appearing as a guest on Room 101 . Robinson is a vocal supporter of fox hunting and, before it was banned in 2004, was a key supporter of the pro-hunt cause. The Guardian claims she has ridden with the White Horse Hunt . In an interview with Radio Times in September 2000, Robinson
10573-405: Was an MG sports car and a fur coat. Robinson secured a permanent position as a result of scooping the details of the story of Brian Epstein 's death from being a family friend of the Liverpool solicitor handling the legalities , offering him a ride to Euston railway station when he could not find an available taxi. Her work became more uncomfortable for her when she met and fell in love with
10682-405: Was announced on 26 September 2003 in a press release from the BBC . Davies voluntarily wrote a pitch for the series, the first time he had done so; he previously chose to jump straight to writing pilot episodes because he felt that a pitch would "feel like [he's] killing the work". The fifteen-page pitch outlined a Doctor who was "your best friend; someone you want to be with all the time";
10791-407: Was announced that she would be leaving the show after just one year with immediate effect. Her last episode aired on 13 July 2022. In total, she recorded 265 episodes of Countdown . Robinson married the journalist Charles Wilson in 1968. In 1970 the couple had a daughter, Emma Wilson, who became a British radio disc jockey and has also hosted Scaredy Camp , a game show in the United States on
10900-642: Was asked what her first act as world leader would be, replying: "I'd lock up all the hunt saboteurs because they are destructive. They are campaigning about something of which they know nothing." In February 2002, she hosted a spin-off version of The Weakest Link in Cirencester to raise funds for the local White Horse Hunt. The event was picketed by around 100 protesters from the League Against Cruel Sports , around 70 animal rights activists returning from another demonstration joined
11009-441: Was broadcast on Saturday 5 April 2008 on BBC One . Robinson caused controversy on The Weakest Link when she made former Blue Peter presenter John Noakes cry after asking "What was the end for Shep?" Shep had been Noakes's pet dog both on and off Blue Peter . In 2009, Robinson returned to presenting BBC One's long-running consumer show Watchdog . She finished presenting The Weakest Link in 2012 after twelve years as
11118-555: Was centred on parenting, episode two on the nation's love of pets and particularly cats and dogs, and the final episode focused on the nation's fixation with how they look. At the end of October 2017 on BBC Radio's Today programme, Robinson responded to the accusations of sexual abuse made against multiple men which had followed Harvey Weinstein allegations published earlier in the month. She accused women of not complaining until now. According to Robinson, "40 years ago, there were very few of us women in power and, I have to say, we had
11227-453: Was cited as a factor in the show's resurgence. The show's popularity ultimately led to a resurgence in family-orientated Saturday night drama. Unlike the classic era of the series that ended in 1989, the plan with the new series was to have each episode as a standalone story, with no serials. Of the thirteen episodes in the series, seven of them followed this format; the remaining six were grouped together into three two-part stories. Also, for
11336-785: Was launched with exclusive content such as games and new Ninth Doctor information. An early edit of the premiere was leaked onto the Internet three weeks before the scheduled series premiere. This attracted much media attention and discussion amongst fans, and caused interest in the show to skyrocket. The BBC released a statement that the source of the leak appeared to be connected to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation , which responded by stating that they "are looking into it. That's all I can say at this point because we don't know exactly what happened. It certainly wasn't done intentionally." Asa Bailey, founder of
11445-414: Was merely a reflection of a show that, at the time, still didn't know what it wanted to be. The first series of the revived Doctor Who – which featured farting aliens – was a world away from the intelligent, populist science-fiction we know it as now. But then, it is thanks to Eccleston that it got this far at all – a big, respectable name who laid the foundations for Tennant to swag away with
11554-557: Was one of only three left in the running for the role: the other two candidates are rumoured in the industry to have been Alan Davies and Bill Nighy . His involvement in the programme was announced on 20 March 2004 following months of speculation. In the April 2004 issue of Doctor Who Magazine , Davies announced that Eccleston's Doctor would indeed be the Ninth Doctor , relegating Richard E. Grant's Shalka Doctor to non-official status. Russell T Davies revealed that Eccleston asked for
11663-418: Was released as part of BBC One's Winter Highlights presentation on 2 December 2004 and subsequently posted on the Internet by the BBC. A media blitz including billboards and posters across the UK started early March 2005. Television trailers started showing up on 5 March and radio advertisements started two weeks before the series premiere and ran till the second episode aired. The official Doctor Who website
11772-464: Was revived by longtime Doctor Who fan Russell T Davies , who had been lobbying the BBC since the late 1990s to bring the show back. The first series comprised 13 episodes, eight of which Davies wrote. Davies, Julie Gardner and Mal Young served as executive producers, Phil Collinson as producer. The show depicts the adventures of a mysterious and eccentric Time Lord known as the Doctor , who travels through time and space in his time machine,
11881-430: Was you". David Tennant had been offered the role of the Doctor when he was watching a pre-transmission copy of Casanova with Davies and Gardner. Tennant initially believed the offer was a joke, but after he realised they were serious, he accepted the role and first appeared in the series finale "The Parting of the Ways". Tennant was announced as Eccleston's replacement on 16 April 2005. Other recurring characters for
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