Damaged Goods was the fifth serial of Season 32 of Doctor Who. It was written by Russell T. Davies, directed by Graeme Harper and starred Richard Griffiths as the Eighth Doctor, Lisa Bowerman as Bernice Summerfield & Robert Bathurst as Chris Hector.
Synopsis[]
The year is 1987: a dead drug dealer has risen from the grave, and an ancient weapon is concealed beneath human tragedy. But the Doctor soon discovers that the things people do for their children can be every bit as deadly as any alien menace - as he uncovers the link between a special child, an obsessive woman, and a desperate bargain made one dark Christmas Eve.
Plot[]
To be added.
Cast[]
- The Doctor - Richard Griffiths
- Bernice Summerfield - Lisa Bowerman
- Chris Hector - Robert Bathurst
- David Daniels - Matt Bardock
- Winnie Tyler - Brenda Blethyn
- Bev Tyler - Sarah Alexander
- Gabriel Tyler/Steven Jericho - Orlando Bloom
- Eva Jericho - Georgina Hale
- Simon Jenkins - Mark Addy
- Dr. James Greco - Alan Bates
Crew[]
To be added.
Worldbuilding[]
Gallifreyan technology[]
- N-Forms exist in a pocket dimension.
Psychic powers[]
- Gabriel Tyler is a low-level psychic.
Species[]
- Haemovores went extinct as their evolution fed on itself.
Technology[]
- Tribophysics literally means the science of interacting surfaces in relative motion and dates back to the Time of Legend on Gallifrey.
Time Lords[]
- Patrexes are a Gallifreyan Chapter of artists, aesthetes and shallow Epicureans with pretentious minds. They think there's something beautiful about the death of suns.
Food and beverages[]
- The Doctor drinks water with a slice of lemon in 1980s New York whilst holidaying with his companions.
- The Doctor and his companions drink "nasty coffee" at the Angel Square Café in London.
Notes[]
To be added.
Continuity[]
- Bernice asks the Doctor to confirm whether he once lived on Earth himself for a time. The Doctor does confirm this, saying he was exiled here. The Second Doctor was forced to regenerate by the Time Lords into the Third Doctor and was forced to live in exile on Earth for many years in the 1970s, during which he worked for UNIT. (TV: The War Games, Spearhead from Space, et al.)
- The Osirans are mentioned as potential creators of the weapon inhabiting the Capper's corpse. (TV: Pyramids of Mars)
Home video releases[]
VHS[]
- This story was first released on VHS.
DVD[]
- This story along with the other stories in Season 32 were released as Doctor Who: The Complete Thirty-Second Season in 2007.
Blu-ray[]
- This story along with the other stories in Season 32 were upscaled in 1080i50 high definition and were released as Doctor Who: The Collection - Season 32 in the UK.