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EPISODE 7 - THE UNICORN AND THE WASP - Screengrabs after broadcast
 
"...Flapper or slapper..?"

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In 1926, Agatha Christie disappeared for 10 days. Was it amnesia? A nervous breakdown? Or a Giant Alien Wasp..?

The Doctor and Donna join forces with the world's most famous crime novelist to encounter a body in the library, poisoned cocktails and a Vespiform seeking revenge.

EPISODE REVIEW - PENDING

In the meantime, off out to Dinner (no "dickie" though), review later but in the meantime... fantastic.

Sparkling plot, sparkling dialogue, sparkling special visual effects, and a cast on sparkling form. And David Tennant's Dad as a "Butler".

 

 

 

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PRODUCTION NOTES In writing the episode, Roberts aimed to make the episode a "big, fun, all-star murder mystery romp".

He was influenced by advice given by Davies, who wanted Roberts to "go funnier" with every draft, and former DOCTOR WHO script editor Douglas Adams' advice that "a danger one runs is that the moment you have anything in the script that's clearly meant to be funny in some way, everybody thinks 'oh well we can do silly voices and silly walks and so on', and I think that's exactly the wrong way to do it".

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Main and pre-broadcast photograph: © BBC - Adrian Rogers
Review - MATTHEW WALTER
EOH RATING

eyeofhorus.org.uk rating: 8/10

DOCTOR WHO SERIES 4 THE UNICORN AND THE WASP DOCTOR WHO SERIES 4 THE UNICORN AND THE WASP - GRAEME HARPER
CAST - TBC
DOCTOR WHO
David Tennant
DONNA NOBLE
Catherine Tate
AGATHA CHRISTIE
Fenella Woolgar
LADY CLEMENCY EDDISON
Felicity Kendall
HUGH
Christopher Benjamin
REV. GOLIGHTLY
  Tom Goodman-Hill
PROF. PEACH
  Ian Barritt
GREEVES
 
David Quitter
ROGER CURBISHLEY
 
Adam Rayner
DAVENPORT
 
Daniel King
 
Daphane Oxenford
MISS CHANDRAKALA
 
Leena Dhingra
 
Natalie Barrett
ROBINA REDMOND
  Felicity Jones
MRS HART
  Charlotte Eaton
   
SERIES 4 Guest Star the legendary
BERNARD CRIBBINS as WILFRED MOTT
 

 

MAIN CREDITS - TBC
With thanks to the BBC National Orchestra of Wales
   
ORIGINAL THEME MUSIC
  Ron Grainer
CASTING DIRECTOR
  Andy Pryor CDG
PRODUCTION ACCOUNTANT
  Endaf Emry Williams
SOUND RECORDIST
  Simon Fraser
COSTUME DESIGNER
  Louise Page
MAKE-UP DESIGNER
  Sheelagh Wells
MUSIC
  Murray Gold
VISUAL EFFECTS
  THE MILL
VISUAL FX PRODUCER
  Will Cohen
VISUAL FX SUPERVISOR
  Dave Houghton
SPECIAL EFFECTS
  ANY EFFECTS
PROSTHETICS
  Neill Gorton and Millennium Effects
EDITOR
  Llana del Giudice
PRODUCTION DESIGNER
  Edward Thomas
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
  Rory Taylor BSC
PRODUCTION MANAGER
  Tracie Simpson
   
PRODUCER
  Susie Liggat
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
  Julie Gardner
Russell T Davies
DIRECTOR
  Graeme Harper
  Produced by
BBC WALES
WRITER
  Gareth Roberts
     
INFORMATION
BROADCAST DATE
17 May 2008
 
REPEATED DATES
  18 May 2008
     
FIRST RUN UK RATINGS (millions)
8.41
 
DVD RELEASE
7 July 2008
     
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