The End of the World was the second serial of Season 36 of Doctor Who. It was written by Russell T Davies, directed by Brian Grant and starred Hugh Bonneville as the Ninth Doctor & Helen Baxendale as Jean Robinson.
Synopsis[]
The Doctor takes his new companion, Jean Robinson, to the year 5,000,000,000 to see the sun expand and destroy the Earth. The observation deck space station, Platform One, is holding an event with the richest beings of the time observing the Earth's destruction, but mysterious metal spiders gifted by the Adherents of the Repeated Meme to the other guests are secretly infiltrating and sabotaging the station.
Plot[]
To be added.
Cast[]
- The Doctor - Hugh Bonneville
- Jean Robinson - Helen Baxendale
- Steward - To be added.
- Jabe - To be added.
- Moxx of Balhoon - To be added.
- Cassandra - To be added.
- Raffalo - To be added.
- Computer Voice - To be added.
- Alien Voices - To be added.
- Coffa - To be added.
- Lute - To be added.
- Cal MacNannovitch - To be added.
- Noxwen Van Coofen - To be added.
- Mr. Pakoo - To be added.
- Mrs. Pakoo - To be added.
- Brothers Hop Pyleen - To be added.
- Surgeons - To be added.
- Ambassadors - To be added.
- Scholars - To be added.
Crew[]
To be added.
Worldbuilding[]
Locations[]
- Private gallery 15 is on Platform One.
Individuals[]
- Cassandra calls the Moxx of Balhoon a pixie.
Species[]
- Cassandra mentions there are many species out there that describe themselves as "human-ish", but that she is the last "pure" human.
Culture from the real world[]
- "Tainted Love" by Soft Cell plays after all of the delegates have assembled.
- Cassandra brings in a jukebox, and calls it an Hi-Fi, mixing the names up.
Notes[]
To be added.
Continuity[]
- Jean asks why all of the aliens seem to speak English, as did previous companion Sarah Jane Smith. (TV: The Masque of Mandragora)
- The Doctor implies to Jabe that he was on the RMS Titanic. (TV: The Left-Handed Hummingbird) The Fourth Doctor also referenced the sinking. (TV: Robot, The Invasion of Time)
- The Doctor visits the Earth's end with Ashley Tannen & Richard McIntyre when trying to uncover the mystery of The Caliburn Ghast (TV: Hide)
- The Doctor witnessed Earth's end when the planet was trailing smoke as it headed towards the Sun at during the 57th segment of Time, approximately 10,000,000 years into the future. The last humans left on Earth had evacuated the planet because of the increasing danger that it would fall into the Sun, fleeing to planets such as Refusis II (TV: The Ark) and Frontios. (TV: Frontios) Cassandra alludes to this, noting "they say mankind has touched every star in the sky."
- The Third Doctor previously took Sarah Jane to watch a dying planet. According to another account, it was the Fourth Doctor and Joan Brown. (COMIC: Doomcloud)
Home video releases[]
VHS[]
- This story was first released on VHS.
DVD[]
- This story along with the other stories in Season 36 were released individually in 2000
- This story along with the other stories in Season 36 were released as Doctor Who: The Complete Thirty-Sixth Season in 2009.
Blu-ray[]
- This story along with the other stories in Season 36 were upscaled in 1080i50 high definition and were released as Doctor Who: The Collection - Season 36 in the UK.