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Doctor Who: The Poison Sky (2)
The Sontaran fleet watch from space as the Earth is gripped in a deadly blanket of poisonous fumes. Whilst UNIT collides with Sontaran ground forces, the Doctor and a treacherous clone of Martha attempt to locate a missing TARDIS, and Donna finds herself trapped aboard the Sontaran ship itself...
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Episode Info
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Episode number: 4x5 Airdate: Saturday May 03rd, 2008 Alternate Airdates:
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Recap
The ATMOS converters from millions of cars spew gas into Earth's atmosphere. Sylvia saves Wilfred by smashing open the car window and the two of them get into the house with the Doctor and Donna. Colonel Mace and his men are trying to deal with their own ATMOS-equipped vehicles at the factory. As they do so, the Martha clone created by the Sontarans is accessing the NATO defense codes through the UNIT computer and downloading them onto a PDA...Read the full recap
Episode Notes
This episode marks another appearance of Rose (Billie Piper). She appear on the viewscreen in the TARDIS when the Doctor hails the Sontarans, before Donna reaches it.
Episode Quotes
General Staal: The planet is going nuclear! I admire them. The bravery of idiots is bravery nonetheless.
General Staal: There was no planetfall. Castor 36, indeed. We only needed you for the installation of the ATMOS system.
Luke Rattigan: No, but I'm on your side. I did everything you wanted! And it's not ATMOS system, that's a tautology, it's just ATMOS!
General Staal: Execute him!
Luke Rattigan: No, but I'm on your side. I did everything you wanted! And it's not ATMOS system, that's a tautology, it's just ATMOS!
General Staal: Execute him!
Donna: What's happened, where are you?
The Doctor: Still on Earth, but don't worry. I've got my secret weapon.
Donna: What's that?
The Doctor: You.
The Doctor: Still on Earth, but don't worry. I've got my secret weapon.
Donna: What's that?
The Doctor: You.
Colonel Mace: Attention all troops! The Sontarans might think of us as primitive, as does every passing species with an axe to grind. They make a mockery of our weapons, our soldiers, our ideals. But no more. From this point on, it stops. From this point on, the people of Earth fight back and we show them. We show the warriors of Sontar what the human race can do.
Cultural References
When the Doctor switches the channel on General Staal, the cartoon showing is Tommy Zoom. The villainous magician is Polluto: the boy in the audience is the main character, Tommy, along with his dog Daniel.
Episode References
The Doctor: Are you my mummy?
The Doctor is mimicking the antagonist from the earlier episode "The Empty Child". In this episode, a small child who has been mutated via nanobots to have a gas mask surgically planted on to his face searches for his mother, repeatedly asking "Are you my mummy?"
The Doctor is mimicking the antagonist from the earlier episode "The Empty Child". In this episode, a small child who has been mutated via nanobots to have a gas mask surgically planted on to his face searches for his mother, repeatedly asking "Are you my mummy?"
Colonel Mace mentions that "Sir Alastair" is trapped in Peru. Alastair is Brigadier Alastair Lethbridge-Stewart, who commanded the English branch during the Doctor's exile to Earth in his third incarnation. His last appearance was in the original series episode Battlefield.
The Doctor mentions the Sontarans' mortal enemies, the Rutans. The Rutans are a jellyfish-like race that can discharge electricity and have limited shapeshifting ability. They appeared in the original series for the first and last time in the 4th Doctor episode "The Horror of Fang Rock."
The Doctor's severed hand can be briefly seen in a jar in the TARDIS as the doors close and trap the Doctor, Donna, and Martha.
Other Episode Crew
| • Executive Producer | Russell T. Davies | Phil Collinson | Julie Gardner (1) |
| • Producer | Susie Liggat |
| • Production Designer | Michael Edward Thomas (3) |
| • Editor | Mike Hopkins |
| • Casting | Andy Pryor |
| • First Assistant Director | Francesco Reidy |
| • Second Assistant Director | Jennie Fava |
| • Music | Murray Gold |
| • Costume Designer | Louise Page |
| • Make-up | Steve Smith (8) | Pam Mullins | John Munro (2) |
| • Grip | John Robinson (3) |
| • Camera Operator | James Moss |
| • Set Decorator | Joelle Rumbelow |
| • Location Manager | Jonathan Allott |
| • Property Master | Paul Aitken (2) |
| • Production Coordinator | Jess Van Niekerk |
| • Supervising Sound Editor | Paul McFadden |
| • Gaffer | Mark Hutchings |
| • On-Line Editor | Matthew Clarke (2) | Mark Bright (2) |
| • Stunt Coordinator | Tom Lucy |
| • Production Secretary | Kevin Myers |
| • Assistant Production Coordinator | Debi Griffiths |
| • Post Production Coordinator | Marie Brown (2) |
| • Production Management | Debbi Slater |
| • Special Effects | Will Cohen (3) |
| • Script Editor | Nikki Smith (2) |
| • Dubbing Mixer | Tim Ricketts |
| • Sound Recordist | Brian Milliken |
| • Choreographer | Alisa Berk |
| • Third Assistant Director | Sarah Davies |
| • Costume Supervisor | Lindsay Bonaccorsi |
| • Boom Operator | Jeff Welch |
| • Art Department Coordinator | Amy Pope |
| • Visual Effects Coordinator | Rebecca Johnson (2) | Jenna Powell |
| • Main Title Theme | Ron Grainer |
| • Visual Effects Supervisor | David Houghton |
| • Production Accountant | Oliver Ager |
| • Best Boy | Peter Chester |
| • Casting Associate | Andy Brierley | Amy Rogers (2) |
| • Visual Effects Producer | Marie Jones (2) |
| • Special Effects Supervisor | Danny Hargreaves |
| • Production Executive | Julie Scott (2) |
| • Colorist | Mick Vincent |
| • Assistant Costume Designer | Rose Goodhart |
| • Special Effects Coordinator | Ben Ashmore |
| • Continuity | Non Eleri Hughes |
| • Focus Puller | Steve Rees |
| • Prop Buyer | Sue Jackson Potter |
| • Supervising Art Director | Stephen Nicholas | Arwel Wyn Jones |
| • Standby Art Director | Alexandra Merchant |
| • Construction Manager | Matthew Hywel-Davies |
| • Standby Props | Phill Shellard | Nick Murray (2) |
| • Production Runner | Nicola Brown (2) |
| • Floor Runner | Andy Newbery |
| • Art Department Production Manager | Jonathan Allison |
| • Associate Designer | James North |
| • Design Assistant | Peter McKinstry |
| • Sound Special Effects Editor | Paul Jefferies |
| • Make-up Designer | Barbara Southcott |
| • VFX Editor | Ceres Doyle |
| • Created By | Robert Holmes |
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