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The Empty Child
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 London, 1941, at the height of the Blitz. The army guards a mysterious cylinder and homeless children, living on bombsites, are terrorised by an unearthly child.
Rose meets the dashing Jack Harkness and wonders if she has found a hero even better than The Doctor?
The Child’s plague spreads throughout Wartime London with its zombie army on the march. The Doctor and Rose form an alliance with Captain Jack, but find themselves trapped in an abandoned hospital. The answer lies at the bombsite, but time is running out…
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| | Source: BBC DVD | |
| Season: |
Twenty Seven (New Series 1)
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| Production
Code: |
1-9/10 |
| Story Number: |
164 (New Series: 8)
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| Episode Numbers: | 705 - 706 (New Series: 9 - 10) |
| Number of
Episodes: |
2 | | Percentage of Episodes Held: | 100% | | Working Titles: | "World War II" and "Captain Jax" |
| Production
Dates: |
December 2004 - February 2005 |
| Broadcast Started: | 21 May 2005 | | Broadcast Finished: | 28 May 2005 |
| Colour Status: |
Colour |
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Studio: |
BBC Wales (Unit Q2, Newport) |
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Location: |
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Cardiff Royal Infirmary, Womanby Street (Cardiff), Headlands School (Penarth), RAF St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan Railway (Vale of Glamorgan) and Newport. |
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| Writer: | Steven Moffat | | Director: | James Hawes | | Producer: | Phil Collinson | | Executive Producers: | Julie Gardner, Mal Young and Russell T Davies | | Associate Producer: | Helen Vallis | | Script Editor: | Helen Raynor | | Editor: | Liana Del Giudice | | Production Manager: | Tracie Simpson | | Production Designer: | Edward Thomas | | Director of Photography: | Ernie Vincze BSC | | Casting Director: | Andy Pryor CDG | | Costume Designer: | Lucinda Wright | | Make-Up Designer: | Davy Jones | | Cameraman: | Martin Stephens (Operator) | | Visual Effects: | The Mill | | Special Effects: | Any Effects | | Prosthetics: | Millennium Effects | | Stunt Co-ordinator: | Lee Sheward | | Stunt Performer: | Kim McGarrity | | Incidental Music: | Murray Gold | | Special Sounds (SFX Editor): | Paul Jefferies | | Sound Recordist: | Ian Richardson | | Title Music: | Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Arranged by Murray Gold |
| Number of
Doctors: |
1 | | The Doctor: |
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| Number of
Companions: |
2 | | The Companions: |
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Richard Wilson (Dr Constantine) |
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Kate Harvey (Nightclub Singer), Albert Valentine (The Child), Florence Hoath (Nancy), Cheryl Ferguson (Mrs Lloyd), Damian Samuels (Mr Lloyd), Robert Hands (Algy), Joseph Tremain (Jim), Jordan Murphy (Ernie), Brandon Miller (Alf), Noal Johnson (Voice of The Empty Child), Dian Ferry (Computer Voice), Luke Perry (Timothy Lloyd), Martin Hodgson (Jenkins) and Vilma Hollingberry (Mrs. Harcourt) |
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Villain: | Empty Child
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| No. |
Episodes |
Broadcast
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Duration |
Viewers
(Millions) |
In
Archive |
| 705 | The Empty Child | 21 May 2005 | 42'39" | 7.1 | Yes | | 706 | The Doctor Dances | 28 May 2005 | 42'04" | 6.9 | Yes |
| Total Duration |
1 Hour 25 Minutes |
| Average Viewers
(Millions) |
7.0 |
| Doctor Who Magazine Poll (2005) | 91.08%  (Position = 1 out of 10) | | Doctor Who Magazine Poll (2009) | 89.86%  (Position = 5 out of 200) | | Doctor Who Magazine Poll (2014) | 89.48% (Position = 7 out of 241) | | Doctor Who Magazine Poll (2023) | Position = 1 out of 10 |
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Both episodes exist and are held in the BBC's Film and Videotape Library. |
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