"Doctor Who" School Reunion (2006)

User Rating:

8.4/10   

Director:

James Hawes

Writers:

Toby Whithouse (written by)
Bob Baker (character: "K9") ...

TV Series:

"Doctor Who" (2005)

Original Air Date:

29 April 2006 (Season 2, Episode 3)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

The Krillitanes - aliens with a mix-and-match physiology - are trying to crack the 'God-Maker', a paradigm to give them ultimate power. They are using children as a computer, and only the Doctor and Rose, re-united with Sarah Jane Smith and K9 can prevent them from becoming masters of time and space.

Plot Keywords:

Tardis | Robot Dog | Alien | Time Lord | Companion

Cast

David Tennant	...	The Doctor
Billie Piper	...	Rose Tyler
Anthony Head	...	Mr. Finch
Noel Clarke	...	Mickey Smith
Elisabeth Sladen	...	Sarah Jane Smith
Rod Arthur	...	Mr. Parsons
Eugene Washington	...	Mr. Wagner
Heather Cameron-McLintock	...	Nina (as Heather Cameron)
Joe Pickley	...	Kenny
Ben Smith	...	Luke (as Benjamin Smith)
Clem Tibber	...	Milo
Lucinda Dryzek	...	Melissa
Caroline Berry	...	Dinner Lady
John Leeson	...	K-9 (voice)

Runtime:

45 min | 45 min (50 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:PG

Trivia:

Elisabeth Sladen warned the crew about the difficulties with working with the K-9 prop, which had a reputation for breaking down. Despite several years of improvement in technology, Sladen's warnings were proved correct.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: At the end when Sarah Jane is walking towards the Tardis and the Doctor opens the doors the inside of the Tardis is obviously a painting.

Quotes:

Rose Tyler: I've been to the year five million, but this, this is really seeing the future- you just leave us behind! Is that what you're going to do to me?
The Doctor: No. Not you.
Rose Tyler: But, Sarah Jane- you were that close to her once, and now... you never even mention her. Why not?
The Doctor: I don't age. I regenerate. But humans decay. You wither and you die. Imagine watching that happen to someone you...
Rose Tyler: What, Doctor?
The Doctor: You can spend the rest of your life with me. But I can't spend the rest of mine with you. I have to live on, alone. That's the curse of the Timelords.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Doctor Who Confidential: The New World of Who (#2.10)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

Love Will Tear Us Apart

Closure for Sarah Jane

I was worried about this episode. Sarah Jane Smith has always been my favorite Dr. Who assistant and didn't want the new producers to trample on my feelings about the character (the way 'Star Trek Voyager' did when they brought back the character of Kes for a one-off episode). I needn't have been concerned though, it was wonderful. That's the thing about this new Dr. Who incarnation, it's so much more emotional than the old version. Perhaps it's not surprising. The new producers grew up with the show like the rest of us. We're all older and we want something with a bit more depth than just the same old face-off between the Doctor and the Daleks, the Cybermen etc. (although we want that too). As a result, Elizabeth Sladen got to act in a way that she never did in the old series (and didn't she look GREAT). I loved that little scene in the café where Sarah Jane talked about how much traveling with the Doctor had meant to her and what it had been like to give it all up. I also loved the final scene where she got to go inside the Tardis again, and the moment when she thanked the Doctor for all her experiences with him. She might have been speaking for all of us.