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Doctor Who (2005) :: The Christmas Invasion (01x15)
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| Title: | The Christmas Invasion |
| Episode: | Season 1 Special |
| Production Number: | 114 |
| Original Airdate: | Sunday December 25th, 2005 |
| Special Runtime: | 60 Minutes |
*Also Known As: - Die Weihnachtsinvasion (
 Germany [ProSieben])
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 Ireland |
Dec 25, 2005 |
 Australia |
Jul 08, 2006 |
 US (Syfy) |
Sep 29, 2006 |
| DE (ProSieben) |
Jun 08, 2008 |
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Episode Summary |
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It's the moment fans have been waiting for, as David Tennant takes over ownership of the TARDIS from Christopher Eccleston, and embarks on his first adventure with plucky sidekick Billie Piper. The new-look Doctor takes Rose home for the festive season, but the regeneration process has knocked the wind out of his sails and he ends up falling unconscious - just as the planet comes under threat from evil alien race the Sycorax, who have employed sinister Santas and murderous trees to do their bidding.
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Directly after this episode aired there was a special interactive episode on BBCi, Attack of the Graske. In which you (the viewer) had to help the Doctor stop an invasion by alien bodysnatchers.
| The Christmas Invasion took 22 days to film, with 28 cameras and sound tapes.
| The Christmas Invasion was actually filmed in the middle of July.
| 500 supporting artists were employed for this episode.
| Harriet Jones's Christmas Speech was the first thing shot.
| The inside of the spaceship was shot in Clearwell Caves.
The outside was shot on a slag heap in Barry Island.
| This was David Tennant's first full episode as the Doctor.
| David Tennant is the first actor under the age of 35 to play the Doctor since Peter Davison left the role in 1984.
| As the Sycorax ship descends on London, scaffolding can be seen around Big Ben. This is a reference to the events of "Aliens of London" in which an alien spacecraft struck the clock tower.
| Before being cast as the Doctor, David Tennant appeared in several Big Finish Doctor Who audio dramas, including "Colditz" in 2001 and "Sympathy for the Devil" in 2003.
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The Doctor: Not bad for a man in his jim-jams, very Arthur Dent...now there was a nice man.
| The Doctor: (quietly to himself; after killing the Sycorax leader) No second chances. I'm that sort of man.
| The Doctor: (referring to humanity) From the day they arrive on the planet and blinking, step into the sun, there is more to see than can ever be seen, more to do than...No, hold on. Sorry, that's The Lion King. But, the point still stands...leave them alone!
| The Doctor: (to the Sycorax) By the ancient rites of combat, I forbid you to scavenge here for the rest of Time. When you go back to the stars and tell others of this planet, when you tell them of its riches, its people, its potential. When you talk of the Earth, then make sure you tell them this: it is defended!
| The Doctor: Trouble's just the bits in between! It's all waiting out there, Jackie. And it's all brand new to me. All those planets, creatures, and horizons...I haven't seen them yet. Not with these eyes. And it is going to be...fantastic!
| The Doctor: Now, first things first. Be honest. How do I look?
Rose: Umm...different.
The Doctor: Good different or bad different?
Rose: Just...different.
The Doctor: Am I...ginger?
Rose: No, you're just sort of brown.
The Doctor: (disappointed) Aw, I wanted to be ginger! I've never been ginger! And you, Rose Tyler! Fat lot of good you were! You gave up on me!
(Rose seems annoyed)
The Doctor: Ooh, that's rude...Is that the sort of man I am now? Am I rude? Rude and not ginger.
| The Doctor: You cut my hand off!...And now I know what sort of man I am. I'm lucky, because quite by chance, I'm still within the first 15 hours of my regeneration cycle, which means I have just enough residual cellular energy to do this.
(The Doctor's hand grows back)
The Sycorax Leader: (astonished) Witchcraft!
The Doctor: Time Lord.
| The Doctor: This new hand I've got...it's a fightin' hand!
| The Doctor: Don't challenge me, Harriet Jones! 'Cause I'm a completely new man! I could bring down your government with a single word.
Harriet Jones: You're the most remarkable man I've ever met. But I don't think you're quite capable of that.
The Doctor: No, you're right, not a single word...Just six.
Harriet Jones: I don't think so.
The Doctor: Six words.
Harriet Jones: Stop it!
The Doctor: Six.
(He walks over to Alex)
The Doctor: (whispering) Don't you think she looks tired?
| The Doctor: We haven't got much time. If there's Pilot Fish then--
(He puts his hand in his pocket and finds an apple)
The Doctor: Why is there an apple in my dressing gown?
Jackie: Oh that's Howard's. Sorry, sorry.
The Doctor: He keeps apples in his dressing gown?
Jackie: He gets hungry.
The Doctor: What, he gets hungry in his sleep?
Jackie: Sometimes.
| Major Blake: The President is insisting that he takes control of the situation.
Harriet Jones: You can tell the President, and please use these exact words; "He's not my boss and he's certainly not turning this into a war."
| Harriet Jones: Harriet Jones, Prime Minister.
Daniel Llewellyn: Well, yes, I know who you are.
| The Sycorax Leader: You stand as this world's champion?
The Doctor: Thank you. I have no idea who I am but you've just summed me up.
| Daniel Llewellyn: Forgive me, but...you seem to be talking about alien lifeforms as if it were matter of fact.
Harriet Jones: There's an Act of Parliament banning my autobiography.
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The Doctor: Not bad for a man in his jim-jams, very Arthur Dent...now there was a nice man.
This is a reference to the character “Arthur Dent” from the novel and the BBC TV movie The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Arthur Dent is whisked away on a wide ranging off-world trip while dressed only in his pajama’s.
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