181b – "Doomsday"
Doctor Who episode
The Daleks, the Cybermen and Torchwood battle in Canary Wharf.
Cast
Doctor	David Tennant (Tenth Doctor)
Companion	Billie Piper (Rose Tyler)
Guest stars
Camille Coduri – Jackie Tyler Noel Clarke – Mickey Smith Shaun Dingwall – Pete Tyler Andrew Hayden-Smith – Jake Simmonds Tracy-Ann Oberman – Yvonne Hartman Raji James – Dr. Rajesh Singh Paul Kasey – Cyber Leader Nicholas Briggs – Dalek and Cyberman voices Catherine Tate – The Bride
Production
Writer	Russell T. Davies
Director	Graeme Harper
Script editor	Helen Raynor
Producer	Phil Collinson
Executive producer(s)	Russell T. Davies Julie Gardner
Series	Series 2
Length	45 minutes 2nd episode of two-part story.
Originally broadcast	8 July 2006
Chronology
← Preceded by	Followed by →
"Army of Ghosts"	"The Runaway Bride"
IMDb profile

"Doomsday" is the thirteenth and final episode in the second series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was first broadcast on 8 July 2006 and is the conclusion of a two-part story; the first part, "Army of Ghosts", was broadcast on 1 July 2006. The two-part story features the Daleks, presumed extinct after the events of the 2005 series' finale; and the Cybermen, who appeared in "Rise of the Cybermen" and "The Age of Steel". Both species unexpectedly arrived on Earth at the conclusion of "Army of Ghosts". This article is about the television series. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x566, 122 KB) Summary Screenshot from the Doctor Who episode Doomsday. ... One Canada Square (also known as the Canary Wharf Tower) is a skyscraper in Canary Wharf, London. ... David Tennant is the stage name of David John McDonald[1] (born 18 April 1971), a Scottish actor from Bathgate, West Lothian. ... 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The concept of the Daleks and the Cybermen both appearing on-screen was first proposed in 1967, but was vetoed by Terry Nation, the creator of the Daleks. The episode is the first conflict between the two species in Doctor Who's 45-year history, and features Billie Piper's last appearance in the lead companion role as Rose Tyler and the final regular appearances of Noel Clarke as Rose's ex-boyfriend and previous companion Mickey Smith, and Camille Coduri and Shaun Dingwall as Rose's parents Jackie and Pete Tyler. The episode was filmed in December 2005 and January 2006, alongside the episodes "Rise of the Cybermen" and "The Age of Steel". Terry Nation (August 8, 1930 – March 9, 1997) was a British television screenwriter and is probably best known for creating the villainous Daleks for the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Billie Paul Piper (born Leanne Paul Piper[1] on 22 September 1982) is an British actress. ... Companion, in the long-running BBC television science fiction programme Doctor Who and related works, is a term used to describe a character who travels with and shares the adventures of the Doctor. ... Rose Marion Tyler is a fictional character played by Billie Piper in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Noel Clarke Noel Anthony Clarke (born 6 December 1975) is a British actor and writer from London. ... Mickey Smith is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, played by Noel Clarke. ... Camille Coduri (born 1966 in Wandsworth, London) is a British actress. ... Shaun Dingwall (born 1972 in London) is a British actor. ... Jackie Tyler, maiden name Jacqueline Andrea Suzette Prentice, (born February 1, 1967) is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, played by Camille Coduri. ... Pete Tyler, full name Peter Alan Tyler, is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, played by Shaun Dingwall. ...

The plot consists mostly of the Daleks and Cybermen waging a global war with humanity caught in the crossfire. The Doctor, the Tyler family, and Mickey Smith fight for their lives trying to revert the situation. They are successful, but at an emotional cost to the Doctor and Rose as they are split apart in separate universes.

The episode is one of the most popular Doctor Who episodes since the show's revival. It was nominated along with "Army of Ghosts" for the 2007 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form, which was won by the fourth episode in the series, "The Girl in the Fireplace". As of June 2008, it shares the new series' highest Audience Appreciation rating of 89 with "The Parting of the Ways" and "Silence in the Library", and is favoured by most critics for both the Cybermen–Dalek conflict and the farewell scene between the Doctor and Rose. In a 2006 issue of the Radio Times, the end of the episode was voted 'Moment of the Year.' The Hugo Awards are given annually by members of the World Science Fiction Convention for the best science fiction or fantasy works. ... The Girl in the Fireplace is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The Parting of the Ways is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast on June 18, 2005. ... Current Radio Times logo Radio Times is the BBCs weekly television and radio programme listings magazine. ...

Plot

Synopsis

The episode's opening continues from the final scene of "Army of Ghosts"; Dr Singh (Raji James), Mickey Smith (Noel Clarke) and Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) are trapped in a sealed room within Torchwood Tower. Four Daleks, accompanied by a device known as the "Genesis Ark", have emerged from the void ship.^[1] A Dalek Supreme called Dalek Sec extracts information about Earth from Singh. He discovers that a separate invasion is in progress, and sends Dalek Thay out to investigate. The Cybermen, who took control of Torchwood, detect the Dalek technology and offer an alliance. Thay declines, and the two species declare war on each other. Raji James was born Rajesh Jhanji on 24 February 1970 in Havant, England) and brought up in nearby Paulsgrove. ... Mickey Smith is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, played by Noel Clarke. ... Noel Clarke Noel Anthony Clarke (born 6 December 1975) is a British actor and writer from London. ... Rose Marion Tyler is a fictional character played by Billie Piper in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Billie Paul Piper (born Leanne Paul Piper[1] on 22 September 1982) is an British actress. ... The Torchwood Institute is a fictional organisation from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who and its spin-off series, Torchwood. ... The science fiction television series Doctor Who has presented various vehicles belonging to several fictional races/societies. ... This is a list of items from the BBC television series Doctor Who. ... The new Dalek from the 2005 series revival There are several variant models of the Daleks, a fictional alien race in the long-running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Sec was a Dalek Supreme and the leader of the Cult of Skaro. ... It has been suggested that Dalek sec be merged into this article or section. ...

While discussing humanity with the Doctor (David Tennant), the Cyber Leader is destroyed by a strike team led by Jake Simmonds (Andrew Hayden-Smith), from the same universe as the Cybermen. Jake takes the Doctor to his universe, explains the Cybermen's actions. Pete Tyler (Shaun Dingwall) then implores the Doctor to close the breach. David Tennant is the stage name of David John McDonald[1] (born 18 April 1971), a Scottish actor from Bathgate, West Lothian. ... Jake Simmonds is a character is a fictional character played by Andrew Hayden-Smith in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Hayden-Smith as Jake Simmonds. ... Pete Tyler, full name Peter Alan Tyler, is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, played by Shaun Dingwall. ... Shaun Dingwall (born 1972 in London) is a British actor. ...

Meanwhile, Rose tells Mickey they were kept alive because their touch would activate the Ark. Sec explains that the Cult cannot open the Ark because it is stolen Time Lord technology. He demands that Rose open it, but she goads the Daleks about annihilating their Emperor^[2] until the Doctor appears. Upon realising that the Daleks are the Cult of Skaro, he uses his sonic screwdriver to allow Cybermen to combat the Daleks. Mickey accidentally activates the Ark when escaping, and the Daleks travel to the exterior of Canary Wharf to release the Ark's contents: millions of Daleks who were imprisoned during the Time War. This article is about the Time Lords from Doctor Who. ... The Cult of Skaro is an elite order of Daleks from the television series Doctor Who, and the first individual Daleks whose recurring nature has been explicit — strictly speaking, Davros was a Kaled. ... Combatants Time Lords Dalek Empire Commanders President of Gallifrey Dalek Emperor Casualties Virtually the entire Time Lord population; the Doctor and the Master are known survivors. ...

The Doctor flees to the room where the main breach is located, and explains that crossing the Void causes a traveller to become saturated in background radiation. He plans to open the breach to create a vacuum effect, but notes that Rose and Mickey also crossed the Void. Mickey, Jackie, and Pete cross into the parallel universe, but Rose refuses to leave the Doctor, and helps him open the breach. They each hold onto a pair of magnetic clamps as the Cybermen and Daleks become drawn in. Rose's lever becomes damaged, and Rose tries to fix it, but loses her grip. Before the breach closes upon her, Pete catches her and drags her through a portal to his world.

Some time later, Rose has a dream where she hears the Doctor's voice calling her. The Tyler family follow the voice to a remote bay in Norway called Bad Wolf Bay, where an image of the Doctor appears, who harnessed the power of a supernova to transmit an image through one of the final breaches. Because the breach is to close permanently in two minutes, the pair share one last conversation. Rose breaks down in tears and tells him that she loves him, but as the Doctor starts to reply, the breach closes. In the TARDIS, a tearful Doctor regains his composure and sets a new course. He looks up to see a woman in a wedding dress (portrayed by Catherine Tate), who demands to know where she is.^[3] In both the original run and since the 2005 revival, long-running British science fiction television programme Doctor Who has featured a number of story arcs. ... Donna Noble is a fictional character played by Catherine Tate in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... This article is about the actress. ...

Continuity to other stories

"Doomsday" is the first episode in the history of Doctor Who where the Cybermen and the Daleks appear together on screen. Both Cybermen and Daleks were featured in The Five Doctors and "Army of Ghosts", but only in separate scenes.^[4][5] The Five Doctors was a special movie-length episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, produced in celebration of the programmes twentieth anniversary. ... Army of Ghosts is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who which was first broadcast on 1 July 2006. ...

The Cult of Skaro's purpose, thinking as the enemy thinks, is to combat the limits of the Daleks' logic. The concept was visited several times previously: in The Evil of the Daleks, the Daleks attempted to use "the Human Factor" to increase their strategic effectiveness,^[6] and in Remembrance of the Daleks, the Renegade Dalek faction used a human schoolgirl as a battle computer.^[7] The Evil Of the Daleks is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which originally aired in seven weekly parts from May 20 to July 1, 1967. ... Remembrance of the Daleks is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from October 5 to October 26, 1988. ...

The episode's events created a minor story arc for the following series and spin-off series Torchwood. The effects of the "cyber-conversion" of humans to Cybermen were later explored in the Torchwood episode "Cyberwoman", which focused upon character Ianto Jones (Gareth David-Lloyd) keeping his partially converted girlfriend away from his colleagues while he searches for a cure. The spin-off novella Made of Steel, which features the Doctor's next companion Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman), concerns several Cybermen who, after being stranded on Earth, try to bring the Cybermen from out of the Void. The loss of Rose was used several times in the third series – the memory was used in an attempt to weaken the Doctor in "The Shakespeare Code",^[8] and was an annoyance to companion Martha Jones^[9]. The loss of Rose upset him during "The Runaway Bride",^[3] but it also allowed him to "keep on fighting" several times.^[8] For plants known as torchwood, see Burseraceae. ... For plants known as torchwood, see Burseraceae. ... For the fictional cyborg race, see Cyberman. ... Ianto Jones (IPA: ) is a fictional character and a regular in the BBC television series Torchwood, a spin-off from the long-running series Doctor Who, played by Gareth David-Lloyd. ... -1... Made of Steel is a BBC Books original novella written by Terrance Dicks and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Martha Jones is a fictional character played by Freema Agyeman in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who, and will appear in its spin-off series, Torchwood. ... Freema Agyeman (born 1 January 1979 in Finsbury Park, London[2] ) is an English actress of Ghanaian and Iranian descent whose first notable appearance was in the ITV soap opera Crossroads in 2001[1]. She is best known for playing medical student Martha Jones, companion of the Tenth Doctor in... The Shakespeare Code is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Martha Jones is a fictional character played by Freema Agyeman in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who, and will appear in its spin-off series, Torchwood. ...

Production

Conception

The concept of the Daleks and Cybermen appearing together on screen is not new; in December 1967, the BBC approached Terry Nation to have both races in a serial, but Nation vetoed this idea. The concept came to Davies while mapping out the 2006 series: the story would both serve to resurrect the popular Daleks and provide a suitable exit for Piper, who had decided to leave Doctor Who.^[10] Terry Nation (August 8, 1930 – March 9, 1997) was a British television screenwriter and is probably best known for creating the villainous Daleks for the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

The two-part finale was originally going to take place in Cardiff on the time rift which was the focus of the episodes "The Unquiet Dead" and "Boom Town". When Torchwood was commissioned in 2005, Davies decided to base the spin-off in Cardiff and relocate "Army of Ghosts" and "Doomsday" to Canary Wharf in London.^[10] The Cardiff Rift is a fictional wormhole in the science fiction television series Doctor Who and Torchwood, one end of which is located in Cardiff Bay, Wales. ... The Unquiet Dead is an episode in the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who that was first broadcast on April 9, 2005. ... Boom Town is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast on June 4, 2005. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...

An item of discussion between the production staff was over who would rescue Rose; Davies and Julie Gardner wanted Pete to rescue her, while Clarke and Phil Collinson wanted Mickey. The position was ultimately given to Pete, to emphasise that he had accepted Rose as a surrogate daughter.^[10] The Doctor's intended reply to Rose was also discussed; Davies, who left the reply unspecified, stated he didn't know when asked by Collinson on the commentary, and Gardner vehemently believed the Doctor would reciprocate Rose's love.^[11]

Some elements of the story were inspired by Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy. Pullman was "flattered" by the references in the episode, and compared Davies' actions to his own practice of referencing works.^[12] Philip Pullman CBE (born October 19, 1946) is a British writer. ... The trilogy (U.K versions), in order of succession from left to right. ...

Filming

Southerndown beach in Wales was used as the backdrop to the Doctor's farewell to Rose on Bad Wolf Bay.

To ensure that Clarke and Dingwall were available for filming, the story was filmed in the season's third production block with "Rise of the Cybermen" and "The Age of Steel". Filming for the story started on 2 November 2005 on location in Kennington, but did not become the primary focus of the production crew until 29 November, when filming began on the scenes in and around the sphere chamber. The scene of the Tylers driving through Norway was filmed at Bridgend on 6 December. Scenes in the lever room, the main setting for the story, were filmed between 12 December and 15 December, and 3 January and 5 January 2006. Greenscreen work for Rose being sucked into the void took place on 13 January and the skirmish between the military and Cybermen on the bridge was filmed on 15 January.^[10] Southerndown is a village close to St Brides Major, Llantwit Major and Ogmore-by-Sea, mostly known for its beach, which is a popular tourist destination during the summer months. ... Rise of the Cybermen is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The Age of Steel is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... is the 306th day of the year (307th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 333rd day of the year (334th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 340th day of the year (341st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 346th day of the year (347th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about bluescreen compositing, a special effects technique. ... is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

The penultimate scene of the episode, the Doctor's farewell to Rose, was filmed on 16 January 2006; the last day of filming for Clarke and Dingwall. Piper's last scene was Rose's reunion with the Doctor in "The Satan Pit" on 31 March,^[13] but the shoot was rather emotional,^[11] to the point there were several tears on set.^[14] The last scene, Catherine Tate's appearance in the TARDIS as Donna Noble, was filmed on 31 March during the wrap party, and was the last usage of the TARDIS set that had been used since 2005. To ensure the secrecy of Rose's departure and Tate's appearance, only Piper and Tennant were given scripts of the departure scene, and director Graeme Harper was not informed of the final scene until the last possible second.^[10] Donna was not named in this episode, Catherine Tate was credited only as "The Bride". is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Satan Pit is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... is the 90th day of the year (91st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Donna Noble is a fictional character played by Catherine Tate in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... is the 90th day of the year (91st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... A wrap party is a party organised for the cast and crew of a film to celebrate the end of principal photography. ...

Music

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"I wanted to get that kind of throbbing, sort of hurt sound of quite emotional rock, because I thought that's what Rose would do if she was hurting and ran up to her bedroom and locked herself in her room and had a good old cry, really." —Murray Gold[15]

As well as using existing music such as the themes for the Daleks, Cybermen and Rose, Murray Gold specially composed a piece of music for Rose's farewell, entitled "Doomsday", which featured vocal work from Melanie Pappenheim. Instead of using the swelling violins that Davies and the rest of the production team had expected, Gold took a minimalist approach. When pitching the track to the production team, Gold described the track as representing Rose's unbridled energy and determination as she searches for the Doctor. The piece uses the same vocal work from "Rose" when Rose first enters the TARDIS, thus creating a bookend effect.^[15] It is a favourite among fans, especially executive producer Julie Gardner,^[11] and is one of the reasons, along with Pappenheim's overall contribution and the song "Song for Ten" from "The Christmas Invasion", that the soundtrack of both series was released several months later.^[16][17] Murray Gold (born 1969, Portsmouth, England) is a British composer for stage, film, and television and a dramatist for both theatre and radio. ... Melanie Pappenheim is a female vocalist, most notable for her vocal work on Doctor Who. ... Rose is an episode in the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who that was first broadcast on 26 March 2005. ... The term framing device refers to the usage of the same single action, scene, event, setting, or any element of significance at both the beginning and end of an artistic, musical, or literary work. ... The Christmas Invasion is a 60-minute special episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

Broadcast and reception

Broadcast and pre-airing media blackout

To protect as much information concerning the episode as possible, the final scene of "Army of Ghosts" was withheld, the BBC website's Fear Forecasters were not allowed to see the episode before its airing,^[18] and access to copies was restricted. Despite this, the Dalek Sec prop, which had been previously unused, had invaded the stage at the 2006 BAFTA Television Awards while the production team were collecting an award.^[11] A similar moratorium would be placed on the following series' finale "Last of the Time Lords".^[19] The British Academy Television Awards, also known as the BAFTAs or, to differentiate them from the BAFTA Film Awards, the BAFTA Television Awards, are the most prestigious awards given in the British television industry, analogous to the Emmy Awards in the United States. ... Last of the Time Lords is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

The episode's finalised average viewing figure was 8.22 million viewers and was, excepting World Cup games, the second most watched television programme of the week, behind an episode of Coronation Street, and eighth most-watched overall. The companion episode of Doctor Who Confidential gained just over one million viewers, making it the second most watched programme on a non-terrestrial channel that week.^[20] The ratings for the episode were higher than the following World Cup match between Germany and Portugal, which had a million fewer viewers.^[21] Coronation Street is an award-winning British soap opera. ... The Doctor Who Confidential logo Doctor Who Confidential is a documentary series created by the British Broadcasting Corporation to complement the revival of the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th staging of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international association football world championship tournament. ...

Critical reception and later release

"Doomsday" is one of the most popular episodes of the revived Doctor Who. It gained an audience Appreciation Index of 89, the highest for all new series episodes along with "The Parting of the Ways" and "Silence in the Library",^[22][23] and is the only episode of Doctor Who to receive a perfect "10" rating on IGN,^[24] who congratulated Davies on making an action-packed episode so emotional.^[25] Television Without Pity gave the episode an "A+" rating.^[26] The Stage commented that the Dalek-Cybermen conflict was the "only thing worth watching" at the weekend, overshadowing even the World Cup Final, and that the parting scene was "beautifully written and movingly played", with "not a dry eye in the universe".^[27] Dek Hogan of Digital Spy stated that the episode was "beautifully balanced and with moments of high excitement and touching poignancy" and that the single oil tear shed by the Cyberman version of Hartman was a "nice touch", but criticised Catherine Tate's appearance as being unnecessary to end the episode and for "breaking the mood".^[28] Stephen Brook of The Guardian thought that the episode was "a highpoint of the modern series, highly emotional, scary and genuinely exciting", Rose's departure was "brilliantly handled", and positively compared the episode's plot of a war between "the greatest monsters in the programme^[sic] history" against the film Alien vs. Predator.^[29] IGN - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Television Without Pity (often abbreviated TWoP) is a website that provides detailed recaps of certain television dramas and reality TV shows, often by mocking them. ... The Stage is a weekly British newspaper founded in 1880, available nationally and published on Thursdays. ... The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th staging of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international association football world championship tournament. ... Digital Spy (or DS as it is often known by its users) is a British media and entertainment website, noted for its extensive Big Brother coverage and forums. ... For other uses, see Guardian. ... For other uses, see SIC. Sic is a Latin word meaning thus, so, as such, or just as that. In writing, it is placed within square brackets and usually italicized—[sic]—to indicate that an incorrect or unusual spelling, phrase, punctuation, and/or other preceding quoted material has been reproduced... Alien vs. ...

After its initial airing, the episode was released on DVD with "Fear Her" and "Army of Ghosts" on 25 September 2006.^[30] It was first aired on CBC Television on 19 February 2007.^[31] The story ("Army of Ghosts"/"Doomsday") was one of three from the second series of ''Doctor Who to be nominated for the 2007 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form; the other stories nominated were "School Reunion" and "The Girl in the Fireplace",^[32] the award won by the latter.^[33] Fear Her is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Army of Ghosts is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who which was first broadcast on 1 July 2006. ... is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... CBC Television is a Canadian English language television network. ... [[Media:Italic text]]{| style=float:right; |- | |- | |} is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... The 2005 Hugo Award with base designed by Deb Kosiba. ... The Hugo Awards are given annually by members of the World Science Fiction Convention for the best science fiction or fantasy works. ... School Reunion is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The Girl in the Fireplace is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

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External links

Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to:

"Doomsday"

The TARDIS Index File has information related to:

Doomsday

• TARDISODE 13
• Episode trailer shown at the end of "Army of Ghosts"
• Episode commentary by Russell T Davies, Julie Gardner and Phil Collinson (MP3)
• "Doomsday" episode homepage
• "Doomsday" at the BBC Doctor Who homepage
• "Army of Ghosts" / "Doomsday" at Doctor Who: A Brief History Of Time (Travel)
• "Army of Ghosts" / "Doomsday" at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
• "Doomsday" at Outpost Gallifrey
• "Doomsday" at TV.com

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Reviews

• "Doomsday" reviews at Outpost Gallifrey
• "Army of Ghosts" / "Doomsday" reviews at Outpost Gallifrey
• "Army of Ghosts" reviews at The Doctor Who Ratings Guide
• "Army of Ghosts" / "Doomsday" reviews at The Doctor Who Ratings Guide