Originally broadcast31 March 2007
The Doctor is incognito in a London hospital, pretending to be a patient, to investigate the appearance of plasma coils on the hospital. Martha happens to be a particularly astute medical student.
A brutal mercenary police force, the rhinoceros-like Judoon, who have no jurisdiction on Earth, transport the hospital to the Moon by a H2O Scoop in order to apprehend and execute Florence Finnegan, a shapeshifting bloodsucker (a "plasmavore") who has the ability to appear as whatever species whose blood she consumes. Mrs Finnegan attempts to evade capture by sucking the blood of humans. Her first victim is Mr Stoker, the head doctor, and so she is registered as a human, but is cleverly tricked into sucking the Doctor's blood, believing him to be human. He collapses, unconscious. She is apprehended by the Judoon, pointed out by Martha, and identified as non-human and executed by the Judoon for the murder of the child princess of Padrivole Regency Nine.
Meanwhile before expiring the bloodsucker has modified an MRI scanner to make it destroy all intelligent life on the Moon and on the half of Earth facing the Moon. Martha uses CPR on the Doctor's two hearts and manages to revive him, and he turns off the scanner. Oxygen levels are low and the occupants of the hospital are near death, but as they depart the Judoon return the hospital safely to Earth.
Martha attends her brother's birthday party, but it breaks down into a family row. She notices the Doctor and follows him. He goes to the TARDIS and invites Martha to go on a trip with him as a reward for her help; during this, he refers to Rose Tyler and emphasizes that Martha is not replacing her, and that he prefers to travel alone.
In this episode, Martha's powers of observation and deduction are showcased: when the hospital is on the moon she realises that there must be some kind of force field keeping the air in, for the windows are not well enough sealed to stop the air escaping fast. She also observes, before the crisis, that the Doctor has two hearts, and remembers to perform CPR on both of them when she needs to revive him.
Cast
The Doctor — David Tennant
Martha Jones — Freema Agyeman
Florence Finnegan — Anne Reid
Mr. Stoker — Roy Marsden
Francine Jones — Adjoa Andoh
Tish Jones — Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Leo Jones — Reggie Yates
Clive Jones — Trevor Laird
Annalise — Kimmi Richards
Oliver Morgenstern — Ben Righton
Julia Swales — Vineeta Rishi
Judoon Leader — Paul Kasey
Judoon Voices — Nicholas Briggs
Cast notes
Freema Agyeman previously played Adeola Oshodi in "Army of Ghosts" (2006).
Adjoa Andoh previously appeared as Sister Jatt in the Tenth Doctor episode "New Earth" (2006).
Anne Reid previously appeared as Nurse Crane in the Seventh Doctor story The Curse of Fenric (1989).
Trevor Laird previously appeared as Frax in the Sixth Doctor story Mindwarp (1986).
A brutal mercenary police force, the rhinoceros-like Judoon, who have no jurisdiction on Earth, transport the hospital to the Moon by a H2O Scoop in order to apprehend and execute Florence Finnegan, a shapeshifting bloodsucker (a "plasmavore") who has the ability to appear as whatever species whose blood she consumes. Mrs Finnegan attempts to evade capture by sucking the blood of humans. Her first victim is Mr Stoker, the head doctor, and so she is registered as a human, but is cleverly tricked into sucking the Doctor's blood, believing him to be human. He collapses, unconscious. She is apprehended by the Judoon, pointed out by Martha, and identified as non-human and executed by the Judoon for the murder of the child princess of Padrivole Regency Nine.
Meanwhile before expiring the bloodsucker has modified an MRI scanner to make it destroy all intelligent life on the Moon and on the half of Earth facing the Moon. Martha uses CPR on the Doctor's two hearts and manages to revive him, and he turns off the scanner. Oxygen levels are low and the occupants of the hospital are near death, but as they depart the Judoon return the hospital safely to Earth.
Martha attends her brother's birthday party, but it breaks down into a family row. She notices the Doctor and follows him. He goes to the TARDIS and invites Martha to go on a trip with him as a reward for her help; during this, he refers to Rose Tyler and emphasizes that Martha is not replacing her, and that he prefers to travel alone.
In this episode, Martha's powers of observation and deduction are showcased: when the hospital is on the moon she realises that there must be some kind of force field keeping the air in, for the windows are not well enough sealed to stop the air escaping fast. She also observes, before the crisis, that the Doctor has two hearts, and remembers to perform CPR on both of them when she needs to revive him.
Cast
The Doctor — David Tennant
Martha Jones — Freema Agyeman
Florence Finnegan — Anne Reid
Mr. Stoker — Roy Marsden
Francine Jones — Adjoa Andoh
Tish Jones — Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Leo Jones — Reggie Yates
Clive Jones — Trevor Laird
Annalise — Kimmi Richards
Oliver Morgenstern — Ben Righton
Julia Swales — Vineeta Rishi
Judoon Leader — Paul Kasey
Judoon Voices — Nicholas Briggs
Cast notes
Freema Agyeman previously played Adeola Oshodi in "Army of Ghosts" (2006).
Adjoa Andoh previously appeared as Sister Jatt in the Tenth Doctor episode "New Earth" (2006).
Anne Reid previously appeared as Nurse Crane in the Seventh Doctor story The Curse of Fenric (1989).
Trevor Laird previously appeared as Frax in the Sixth Doctor story Mindwarp (1986).
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