“The Stolen Earth” is the twelfth episode of the fourth series of Doctor Who. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 28 June 2008. The episode is the first of a two-part crossover story with spin-offs The Sarah Jane Adventures and Torchwood. In the episode, contemporary Earth and 26 other planets are stolen by the Daleks. The Doctor is shot by a Dalek and begins to regenerate in the episode’s climax.
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“The Stolen Earth” is the twelfth episode of the fourth series of Doctor Who. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 28 June 2008. The episode is the first of a two-part crossover story with spin-offs The Sarah Jane Adventures and Torchwood. The concluding episode is “Journey’s End”, which was broadcast on 5 July 2008. In the episode, contemporary Earth and 26 other planets are stolen by the Daleks. The Doctor is shot by a Dalek and begins to regenerate in the episode’s climax. It is the last regular-series story for departing producers Russell T Davies, Julie Gardner, and Phil Collinson. Steven Moffat and Piers Wenger replaced Davies and Gardner as show runner and executive producer respectively in 2010. The Audience Appreciation Index score was 91: an unprecedented figure for Doctor Who and one of the highest ratings ever given to a television programme. On its original broadcast, it was viewed by 8. 78 million viewers and was the second most-watched programme of the week. At the time of broadcast, the episode was the highest position Doctor Who had ever reached. It marks the first Doctor Who appearance of Gwen Cooper, Ianto Jones, Luke Smith and Mr Smith, though Myles and Armstrong appeared in other episodes playing different roles. Adjoa Andoh and Penelope Wilton reprise supporting roles as Martha’s mother Francine Jones and former Prime Minister Harriet Jones respectively. Paul O’Grady and Richard Dawkins make cameo appearances as themselves as television personalities who attempt to assuage public fear.
Nicholas Briggs and Julian Bleach were commended for their portrayal of Dalek Caan and Davros respectively. Most aspects of Davies’ writing were applauded. Most notably, the twist ending of theepisode was universally appreciated. The shock regeneration created an unprecedented level of public interest in the show, which continued until the transmission of \”Journey’s End\”. The Tenth Doctor contacts the Shadow Proclamation, a universal police force, to find Earth. The Doctor and Donna determine that 27 missing planets—including Earth and others they learnt were lost—automatically reorganise into a specific pattern when placed near each other. This allows the Doctor to trace the planets to the Medusa Cascade, an inter-universal rift. A Dalek force, led by their creator Davros and the red Supreme Dalek, subjugate humanity’s fierce resistance. The power needed to enter the conflict was saved by Davros, who was thought to have perished during the Time War, but entered the conflict after performing an emergency temporal shift. The cost of his sanity caused the Doctor’s former companions to become precognitive at the time. Sarah Jane uses her supercomputer Mr Smith’s power to manipulate the spatial rift in various places in Cardiff. They attempt to reach the Doctor in an emergency temperature-temporal rift in Cardiff in order to reach him in time. Jack Harkness, Martha Jones, Sarah Jane Smith, and Rose Tyler convene to contact him and mount a defence against the Dalks.
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