Colditz was the fourth serial of Season 43 of Doctor Who. It was written by Steve Lyons, directed by Douglas Mackinnon and starred Liam Cunningham as the Eleventh Doctor & Sheridan Smith as Sally Ryder.
Synopsis[]
October 1944.
As World War Two draws towards its conclusion, a Nazi defeat begins to seem almost inevitable. But that might be about to change...
Two intruders are captured in the grounds of Colditz Castle, the most secure Prisoner of War camp in Germany.
At first, the guards think they're dealing with British spies. But the strangers arrived in an advanced travelling machine, the like of which they've never seen before.
With this "TARDIS" in their hands, the Third Reich might triumph after all...
Plot[]
To be added.
Cast[]
- The Doctor - Liam Cunningham
- Sally Ryder - Sheridan Smith
- Elizabeth Klein - To be added.
- Feldwebel Kurtz - To be added.
- Hauptmann Julius Schäfer - To be added.
- Flying Officer Bill Gower - To be added.
- Timothy Wilkins - To be added.
- Prisoner - To be added.
- Guard - To be added.
Crew[]
To be added.
Worldbuilding[]
Individuals[]
- Sally refers to the Stone Roses.
Languages[]
- When the Doctor and Sally arrive, they are shouted at in German.
Weapons[]
- In Klein's future, the Nazis won the war by working out nuclear weapons based on Sally's CD Walkman's laser.
Games[]
- Sally mentions that she knows a lot about ways to escape from Colditz Castle because she "played the boardgame", referring to the game "Escape from Colditz".
Notes[]
To be added.
Continuity[]
- The Doctor had previously used the alias "Johann Schmidt" while aboard the British airship R101 on 5 October 1930. (TV: Storm Warning)
Home video releases[]
DVD[]
- This story along with the other stories in Season 43 were released as Doctor Who: The Complete Forty-Third Season in 2007.
Blu-ray[]
- This story along with the other stories in Season 43 were later released as Doctor Who: The Complete Forty-Third Season on Blu-ray.