The Idiot's Lantern

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"The Idiot's Lantern" is a 2006 Doctor Who episode set in 1950s London, where the Tenth Doctor and Rose investigate a mysterious television broadcast that steals people's faces.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Doctor Who television episode
television episode
broadcastMediumInPlot television
broadcastOn television
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
director Euros Lyn NERFINISHED
featuresAntagonist The Wire NERFINISHED
featuresCharacter Eddie Connolly NERFINISHED
Rita Connolly NERFINISHED
Tommy Connolly NERFINISHED
featuresCompanion Rose Tyler NERFINISHED
followedBy The Impossible Planet NERFINISHED
format live-action television
franchise Doctor Who NERFINISHED
genre drama
science fiction
hasTheme family conflict
identity loss
mass media influence
language English
musicBy Murray Gold NERFINISHED
originalAirYear 2006
originalNetwork BBC One
partOf Tenth Doctor era NERFINISHED
plotElement mysterious television broadcast steals people's faces
portrayedCompanionBy Billie Piper NERFINISHED
portrayedDoctorBy David Tennant NERFINISHED
precededBy The Age of Steel NERFINISHED
producer Phil Collinson NERFINISHED
productionCode 2.7
releaseDecade 2000s
season Series 2
series Doctor Who NERFINISHED
settingEvent coronation of Queen Elizabeth II NERFINISHED
settingPlace London NERFINISHED
settingTime 1953
showrunner Russell T Davies NERFINISHED
starringDoctor Tenth Doctor NERFINISHED
writer Mark Gatiss NERFINISHED

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