Earthbound was the sixth serial of Season 40 of Doctor Who. It was written by Gareth Roberts, directed by Euros Lyn and starred Aidan Gillen as the Tenth Doctor & Miranda Raison as Jessica Tyler.
Synopsis[]
The Doctor & Jessica arrive back in present-day London, only for the TARDIS to dematerialise, jumping time tracks and moving ahead several days. Stranded in London while they waits for the TARDIS to catch up, the Doctor & Jessica find themselves crashing at Moira's house.
As Jessica reaquaints herself with her ex-boyfriend & old friends, the Doctor proceeds to be a less-than-welcome houseguest. Meanwhile, a Bandrigan fleet approaches Earth with plans to destroy it. With no TARDIS, & armed with nothing than a toothbrush, can the Doctor save the Earth?
Plot[]
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Cast[]
- The Doctor - Aidan Gillen
- Jessica Tyler - Miranda Raison
- Moira Tyler - To be added.
- Michael Wilson - To be added.
- Chantelle Jones - To be added.
- Billie Noble - To be added.
- Milly Sunday - To be added.
- Bandrigan - To be added.
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Crew[]
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Worldbuilding[]
- Moira lies to her friends by telling them Jessica has been travelling.
- Moira attempts to get the Doctor to use the alias "John from Ireland".
- The Doctor drinks a Pepsi in Moira's house
- Moira is shown sticking the Doctor's sonic screwdriver into his mouth. Sticking a sonic screwdriver into one's mouth results in tooth extraction, but the screwdriver is capable of putting them back in.
- The Bandrigan threat is only minor, and only their vessels are seen on Moira's television before the Doctor masks the Earth from their sensors, tricking them into leaving.
- The Doctor is a skilled football player.
- The Doctor is savvy enough with video games to find a way to win a shoot-em-up without resorting to digital violence. He also adjusts Moira's TV so that it picks up TV programmes from a decade in the future, as well as images of an alien fleet in space.
Continuity[]
- The Doctor offers to take Jessica to Oxyveguramosa, a planet previously mentioned in PROSE: The Ultimate Foe.
Home video releases[]
VHS[]
- This story was first released on VHS.
DVD[]
- This story along with the other stories in Season 40 were released as Doctor Who: The Complete Fortieth Season in 2004.
Blu-ray[]
- This story along with the other stories in Season 40 were later released as Doctor Who: The Complete Fortieth Season on Blu-ray.