Doomsday (Doctor Who): Difference between revisions

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'' after two series.<ref name="companion">{{cite magazine|last=Pixley|first=Andrew|date=August 2006|title=Army of Ghosts/Doomsday|magazine=Doctor Who Magazine|publisher=Panini Comics|volume=The Doctor Who Companion: Series 2|location=Royal Tunbridge Wells|issue=Special Edition 14|pages=92–101}}</ref> "Doomsday" is the first episode in the history of ''Doctor Who'' where the Cybermen and the Daleks appear on-screen together; Cybermen and Daleks were both featured in ''"[[The Five Doctors]]''" and "[[Army of Ghosts]]", but in separate scenes.<ref>{{cite serial | title = [[The Five Doctors]] | series = [[Doctor Who]] | credits = [[Terrance Dicks]] (writer), [[Peter Moffatt]], [[John Nathan-Turner]] (uncredited) (directors), John Nathan-Turner (producer) | network = [[BBC]] | station = [[BBC1]] | airdate = 23 November 1983}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode | title = [[Army of Ghosts]] | series = [[Doctor Who]] | series-no = 2 | number = 12 | credits = [[Russell T Davies]] (writer), [[Graeme Harper]] (director), [[Phil Collinson]] (producer) | network = [[BBC]] | station = [[BBC One]] | airdate = 1 July 2006}}</ref>

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}}</ref> to the point there were several tears on set.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/confidential/index13.shtml|title=Episode 13: Finale|work=[[Doctor Who Confidential]]|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=29 October 2007|format=Embedded [[.swf|Flash object]]|archive-date=28 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228065414/http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/confidential/index13.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> The last scene of "Doomsday", Catherine Tate's appearance in the TARDIS as [[Donna Noble]] (credited as "The Bride"), was filmed on 31 March during the [[wrap party]]. 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.<ref name="companion" />

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