Good as Gold (Doctor Who)
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"Good as Gold" | |||
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Doctor Who episode | |||
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Production | |||
Written by | Children of Ashdene School | ||
Executive producer(s) | Steven Moffat | ||
Music by | Murray Gold | ||
Running time | 3 minutes | ||
First broadcast | 24 May 2012 | ||
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"Good as Gold" is a special mini-episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who that was first broadcast on CBBC (as part of Blue Peter) on 24 May 2012. It was written via a competition (Script to Screen) in which junior schools were asked to write a script including the Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith) and an enemy of his. The competition was won by the children of Ashdene School. The mini-episode also featured Karen Gillan as Amy Pond.
The first Doctor Who Script to Screen special was "
Plot
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Amy reminds the Doctor he needs to have an adventure once in a while, the Doctor complies and sets the TARDIS to its "adventure setting". After a series of malfunctions, the ship lands in the middle of the
Reception
Robert Gonzalez of io9 stated that Steven Moffat chose the winning script "wisely" though he did find the premise of "a weeping angel that can chase somebody while being watched by thousands of Olympic Game spectators a little dubious".[2] Kevin Fitzpatrick of ScreenCrush described the episode as "hokey" though enjoyed the indication that the Weeping Angels would return in the following series.[3] Susana Polo writing for "girl geek" website The Mary Sue described it as "funny and cute" and stated that it "definitely should not be part of a serious effort to fit it into [Doctor Who] canon".[4] Louisa Mellor of Den of Geek affirmed that the short episode should be viewed "in the spirit in which it was intended, i.e. some fun for primary school kids who love Doctor Who, the Olympics, and presumably, making their teachers happy".[5]
References
- ^ Behind-the-scenes segment of the episode.
- ^ Gonzalez, Robert (24 May 2012). "Watch the brand new Doctor Who mini-episode, "Good as Gold"!". io9. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
- ^ Fitzpatrick, Kevin (25 May 2012). "'Doctor Who' returns in Spoilery new mini-sode". ScreenCrush. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
- ^ Polo, Susana (24 May 2012). "BBC Releases Student Written Doctor Who Short, Teases Olympic Torch-Related Surprise". The Mary Sue. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
- ^ Mellor, Louisa (24 May 2012). "Did you see CBBC's mini Doctor Who episode?". Den of Geek. Retrieved 28 May 2012.