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Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead(Movie, 2009)

Doctor Who: Planet of the DeadRating: 3.8/5 (with 9595 votes)
"Planet of the Dead" is the first of four special episodes of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who broadcast in between mid-2009 and early 2010. It was simultaneously broadcast on BBC One and BBC HD on 11 April 2009. The specials served as lead actor David Tennant's final stories as the Tenth Doctor. He is joined in the episode by actress Michelle Ryan, who plays Lady Christina de Souza, a one-off companion to the Doctor. The episode was written by Russell T Davies and Gareth Roberts, the first co-writing credit since the show's revival in 2005. "Planet of the Dead" serves as the 200th story of Doctor Who. The episode depicts Christina fleeing the police from a museum robbery by boarding a bus that accidentally travels from London to the desert planet of San Helios, trapping her, the Doctor, and several passengers on board the damaged vehicle. After the bus driver dies trying to return to Earth, the Unified Intelligence Taskforce, headed by Captain Erisa Magambo (Noma Dumezweni) and scientific advisor Malco... ()
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About Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead

A meeting in a London bus with jewel thief Lady Christina takes a turn for the worse for the Doctor when the bus takes a detour to a desert-like planet, where the deadly Swarm awaits.

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Production country: United Kingdom (UK)
Plays in: London, San Helios
Plays in year: 2009
Made by: BBC Wales
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 6 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Portuguese (PT), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 04/11/2009
Appearing Characters: Tenth Doctor, Lady Christina de Souza
Director: James Strong
Screenwriter: Russell T Davies
Executive Producer: Russell T Davies, Julie Gardner
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Planet of the Dead"
Keywords: sand, wormhole

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