The Land of the Dead was the ninth story in Season 37 of Doctor Who. It was written by Stephen Cole, directed by Sandy Johnson and starred Aidan Gillen as the Tenth Doctor & Helen Baxendale as Jean Robinson.
Synopsis[]
Landing in Alaska, the Doctor and Jean encounter a group of people in a most unusual house, cut off not only by the harsh climate but by their individual secrets and obsessions.
Millionaire Shaun Brett is utilising chunks of the local area to construct a shrine to his dead father. But when deadly creatures start roaming outside, and a terrifying discovery is made inside the house, the Doctor realises that Brett has unleashed an unimaginably ancient force.
Plot[]
To be added.
Cast[]
- The Doctor - Aidan Gillen
- Jean Robinson - Helen Baxendale
- Monica Lewis - To be added.
- Supplier - To be added.
- Shaun Brett - To be added.
- Tulung - To be added.
- Gaborik - To be added.
Crew[]
To be added.
Worldbuilding[]
- The Doctor notes, a little defensively, that several elements of the TARDIS are not working quite as well as they should, particularly the visual sensors and audio circuits.
- Tulung was born in Alaska in 1954 to an archaeologist from Colorado and a Koyukon woman.
- Shaun Brett has stocked his artificial habitat with sea lions.
Notes[]
To be added.
Continuity[]
- The Doctor mentions the extinction of the dinosaurs. (TV: Earthshock)
Home video releases[]
VHS[]
- This story was first released on VHS.
DVD[]
- This story along with the other stories in Season 37 were released as Doctor Who: The Complete Thirty-Seventh Season in 2001.
Blu-ray[]
- This story along with the other stories in Season 37 were later released as Doctor Who: The Complete Thirty-Seventh Season on Blu-ray.