Doctor Who: Children in Need
Doctor Who: "Children in Need" | |||
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Doctor Who charity special | |||
![]() The Tenth Doctor, having just regenerated. | |||
Cast | |||
Production | |||
Directed by | Euros Lyn | ||
Written by | Russell T Davies | ||
Produced by | Phil Collinson | ||
Executive producer(s) | Russell T Davies Julie Gardner | ||
Music by | Murray Gold | ||
Production code | CIN | ||
Running time | 7 minutes | ||
First broadcast | 18 November 2005 | ||
Chronology | |||
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"Doctor Who: Children in Need", also known as "Born Again",
Plot
Following on directly from the end of "
Rose, confused and frightened, asks him who he is. When he tells her he is the Doctor, she does not believe him. Confused as to what she has just seen, she theorises that this stranger has replaced the Doctor by means of teleportation, or perhaps he is a Slitheen. She demands that he bring the Doctor back, and the Doctor tries to reassure her that it is him, telling her how they first met in the cellar at Henrik's, and the first word he ever said to her was "run".
Rose starts to believe him, and the Doctor leaps around the console happily, reminiscing about their other adventures, such as when they once had to hop for their lives. However, she is still unsettled and asks him if he can change back to his previous self. A deflated Doctor replies that he cannot, and asks her if she wants to leave. When Rose hesitates in her answer, he resets the TARDIS' coordinates for her
Suddenly, the Doctor suffers a form of seizure, expelling glowing energy from his mouth, and the TARDIS shudders as if in sympathetic response. The Doctor tells Rose that the regeneration is going wrong and starts to act maniacally, throwing switches on the TARDIS console and ranting about increasing speed, as the sounds of the Cloister Bell start ringing through the console room. As Rose hangs on to the console for dear life, the TARDIS heads for a crash landing on Christmas Eve.
Production
The mini-episode was not broadcast with a title, but throughout the Children in Need appeal a preview banner for the segment called it The New Doctor. Writer and executive producer
The mini-episode was written and recorded separately from both "The Parting of the Ways" and "The Christmas Invasion" and recorded after the latter had completed shooting. The online feed of the mini-episode ended with several pre-recorded inserts of Tennant and Piper appealing for donations to Children in Need. Davies stated in the book The Inside Story that he brokered an agreement with the BBC that there would be "... no banners along the bottom of the screen thanking people for sitting in bathtubs full of baked beans, and no Pudsey on the TARDIS console!"[citation needed]
Broadcast and home media
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According to the Broadcasters Audience Research Board (BARB), the overnight ratings suggest that 10.7 million viewers were tuned into BBC One from 9.00pm to 9.15pm (a 45.1% audience share), the slot in which the mini-episode was broadcast in most regions. This represented the highest ratings that Children in Need had received in eight years.
The mini-episode was included on the Series 2 DVD box set.
In print
The storyline from this mini-episode was included in the
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-84607-749-4.
- ^ "Doctor Who Series 2 (2006)". BBC Writers. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ "Series Two DVD Box". BBC. 31 August 2006. Archived from the original on 1 March 2008. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
External links
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- "Children in Need Special". Outpost Gallifrey. Archived from the original on 27 December 2007.