The Cannibalists was the eighth serial of Season 47 of Doctor Who. It was written by Jonathan Morris, directed by Richard Clark and starred Peter Capaldi as the Thirteenth Doctor, Freema Agyeman as Ashley Tannen & Tom Ellis as Richard McIntyre.
Synopsis[]
From their high spire, looking out over silent streets and empty plazas, the Assemblers are waiting for the day when the humans arrive. Waiting. Waiting. Waiting...
When the TARDIS brings the Doctor & his companions to the Haven, it seems like Assemblers' long wait might be over. Living beings! Without batteries! Protocol be praised!
Except — they're headed for the lower levels. They don't want to do that. That's where the Cannibalists live. And if the Cannibalists catch them — well, they won't be living beings much longer...
Plot[]
To be added.
Cast[]
- The Doctor - Peter Capaldi
- Ashley Tannen - Freema Agyeman
- Richard McIntyre - Tom Ellis
- Titus - Phil Davis
- Servo - Phill Jupitus
- Domitian - To be added.
- Diode - Nigel Lambert
- Macrinus - To be added.
- Crusher - To be added.
- Probus - To be added.
- Ripper - Oliver Senton
- Minerva - Charlotte Fields
- Elevator Voice - Beth Chalmers
Crew[]
To be added.
Worldbuilding[]
- Ashley has watched a lot of Star Trek.
- Titus quotes Neil Young by saying, "It's better to burn out than to fade away".
- The Assemblers cannot distinguish between men and women.
Notes[]
To be added.
Continuity[]
- In PROSE: The Pirate Loop, the Twelfth Doctor and Sally Ryder also arrive in a place populated only by robots waiting for the humans to arrive.
- Ashley mentions meeting Cybermen. (TV: The Silver Turk)
Home video releases[]
DVD[]
- This story along with the other stories in Season 47 were released as Doctor Who: The Complete Forty-Seventh Season in 2011.
- This story along with the other stories in Season 47, Part 2 were released as Doctor Who: Season 47, Part 2 in 2011.
Blu-ray[]
- This story along with the other stories in Season 47 were later released as Doctor Who: The Complete Forty-Seventh Season on Blu-ray in 2011.
- This story along with the other stories in Season 47, Part 2 were released as Doctor Who: Season 47, Part 2 on Blu-ray in 2011.