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Spare Parts was the third serial of Season 35 of Doctor Who. It was written by Marc Platt, directed by John Henderson and starred Hugh Bonneville as the Ninth Doctor & Beverley Cressman as Abigail Norwood.

Synopsis[]

On a dark frozen planet where no planet should be, in a doomed city with a sky of stone, the last denizens of Earth's long-lost twin will pay any price to survive, even if the laser scalpels cost them their love and hate and humanity.

And in the Mat-infested streets, round about tea-time, the Doctor and Abigail unearth a black market in secondhand body parts and run the gauntlet of augmented police and their augmented horses.

And just between the tram stop and the picture house, the Doctor's worst suspicions are finally confirmed: the Cybermen have only just begun, and the Doctor will be, just as he always has been, their saviour...

Plot[]

To be added.

Cast[]

  • The Doctor - Hugh Bonneville
  • Abigail Norwood - Beverley Cressman
  • Doctorman Allan - Sally Knyvette
  • Sisterman Constant - Pamela Binns
  • Thomas Dodd - Derren Nesbitt
  • Dad - Paul Copley
  • Yvonne Hartley - To be added.
  • Frank Hartley - To be added.
  • Mrs Ginsberg - To be added.
  • Cybermen - Alistair Lock
  • Cyber-Commander Zheng - Nicholas Briggs
  • Minister - To be added.
  • Philpott - To be added.

Crew[]

To be added.

Worldbuilding[]

Species[]

  • Yvonne has a pet Cybermat.
  • The Doctor tries to fight off a Cyberman with gold dust, but it has no effect.
  • Part of the Cybermen design is structured after the Doctor's own brain.
  • A Cybermat given to Abigail as a gift damaged the TARDIS console but was destroyed by the Heart of the TARDIS.

Foods and beverages[]

  • Doctorman Allan drinks wine.
  • Abigail gives the Hartley family some tea leaves she found in the TARDIS. The Doctor explains sternly that they came from Emperor Ieyasu of Nippon and he was saving them for a special occasion.

Notes[]

  • This story has similarities to the unproduced story Genesis of the Cybermen. Both looked into the past of the Cybermen

Continuity[]

  • This story takes place at the beginning of the Cybermen's creation. Many of its events lead into those of TV: The Tenth Planet.
  • Mondas began to drift through space, due to the sudden arrival of a moon between Earth and Mondas. This upset the gravitational equilibrium of Mondas, causing it to escape its orbit. (TV: The Tenth Planet)

Home video releases[]

VHS[]

  • This story was first released on VHS.

DVD[]

  • This story along with the other stories in Season 35 were released as Doctor Who: The Complete Thirty-Fifth Season in 2003.

Blu-ray[]

  • This story along with the other stories in Season 35 were upscaled in 1080i50 high definition and were released as Doctor Who: The Collection - Season 35 in the UK.
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