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Doctor Who: Turn Left (1)
History is changed and Donna never meets the Doctor. With the entire planet falling apart around her, help comes in the form of a traveler from an alternate universe, someone who the Doctor thought he had lost forever...
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Episode Info
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Episode number: 4x11 Airdate: Saturday June 21st, 2008 Special Airtime: 06:40 pm Alternate Airdates:
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Recap
On the planet Shan Shen, the Doctor and Donna are touring the markets. Donna wanders off on her own and a fortune teller offers to tell her the future for free. Donna accepts as the fortune teller draws the curtains closed behind her. The fortune teller speaks of Donna meeting a remarkable man and asks when her life crossed with his. Donna explains she had a job as a temp and feels a small shock as she remembers. She’s unaware that something is crawling on the floor behind her. The fortune teller talks of what choices led Donna to the job, and Donna mentions how six months before her mother wanted her to take a permanent job as a secretary. The fortune teller pressures Donna to reveal the exact point when she choose, when she turned left to go to her temp job. The fortune teller wonders what would have happened if Donna had turned right, then tells Donna to turn right. The creature on the floor, a beetle-like creature, crawls up Donna’s back and Donna in the past… turns right...Read the full recap
Music
| Artist | Song Title | Played When |
| Queen | Bohemian Rhapsody | the refugees singing in the flat |
| Traditional Irish Folk Song | The Wild Rover | refugees singing, before Donna enters the room |
Episode Quotes
Fortune Teller: I see, a man, the most remarkable man. How did you meet him?
Donna: You're supposed to tell me.
Fortune Teller: I see the future, tell me the past. When did your lives cross?
Donna: It's sort of complicated. I ended up in his spaceship on my wedding day. Long story.
Donna: You're supposed to tell me.
Fortune Teller: I see the future, tell me the past. When did your lives cross?
Donna: It's sort of complicated. I ended up in his spaceship on my wedding day. Long story.
Sylvia: Oh, I know why you want a job with HC Clements, lady. 'Cause you think you'll meet a man with lots of money and your whole life will change. Well, let me tell you, sweetheart, city executives don't need temps except for practice.
Donna: Yeah, well, they haven't met me.
Donna: Yeah, well, they haven't met me.
Fortune Teller: Turn right and never meet that man. Turn right and change the world!
Wilfred: Sweetheart, come on. You're not gonna make the world any better by shouting at it.
Donna: I can try.
Donna: I can try.
Rose: Just remember: when you get to the junction, change the car's direction by one minute past ten.
Donna: How do I do that?
Rose: That's up to you.
Donna: Well, I just have to run up to myself and have a good argument.
Rose: I'd like to see that!
Donna: How do I do that?
Rose: That's up to you.
Donna: Well, I just have to run up to myself and have a good argument.
Rose: I'd like to see that!
Rose: Good luck.
Donna: I'm ready.
Rose: One minute past ten.
Donna: 'Cause I understand now. You said I was gonna die, but you mean this whole world is gonna blink out of existence. But that's not dying, 'cause a better world is gonna take its place – the Doctor's world. And I'm still alive. That's right, isn't it? I don't die. If I change things, then I don't die. That's… that's right, isn't it?
Rose: I'm sorry.
Donna: But I can't die! I've got a future! With the Doctor! You told me!
Donna: I'm ready.
Rose: One minute past ten.
Donna: 'Cause I understand now. You said I was gonna die, but you mean this whole world is gonna blink out of existence. But that's not dying, 'cause a better world is gonna take its place – the Doctor's world. And I'm still alive. That's right, isn't it? I don't die. If I change things, then I don't die. That's… that's right, isn't it?
Rose: I'm sorry.
Donna: But I can't die! I've got a future! With the Doctor! You told me!
Episode References
The results of the Doctor's absence are seen as the events of The Runaway Bride, Smith and Jones, Voyage of the Damned, Partners in Crime and The Sontaran Stratagem/The Poison Sky unfold differently to what we saw in the actual episodes.
The Doctor mentions the Trickster's Brigade. The Trickster's Brigade has previously appeared in The Sarah Jane Smith Adventures in the episode Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? when they attempted to alter Sarah Jane's timeline.
For the first time characters unique to the crossover series are mentioned: Ianto Jones and Gwen Cooper are mentioned (Torchwood), as are Marie and Luke from The Sarah Jane Smith Adventures.
The Cloister Bells, a warning of imminent universe-spanning danger, are heard for the first time since Trial of a Time Lord in the original series.
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