The Doctor Dances

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The Doctor Dances is a critically acclaimed 2005 Doctor Who television episode from the revived series, notable for its eerie World War II setting and the introduction of Captain Jack Harkness.

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instanceOf Doctor Who television episode
television episode
airDate 2005-05-28
broadcastOnChannel BBC One
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
criticalReception critically acclaimed
directedBy James Hawes
episodeNumberInSeries 10
featuresAntagonistType gas mask zombies
featuresCharacter Captain Jack Harkness
Jamie
Nancy
Ninth Doctor
Rose Tyler
featuresElement Chula nanogenes
featuresHistoricalEventContext The Blitz
filmedFor BBC Cymru Wales
surface form: BBC Wales
followedByEpisode Boom Town
follows The Empty Child
genre drama
horror
science fiction
hasFormat live-action television
hasTheme healing and redemption
parenthood and responsibility
war and its consequences
introducesCharacter Captain Jack Harkness
isSecondPartOf The Doctor Dances self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances two‑part story
isSequelTo The Empty Child
musicBy Murray Gold
notableQuote Everybody lives!
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork BBC One
partOf Doctor Who revived series
Doctor Who series 1 (2005)
partOfFranchise Doctor Who
precededByEpisode The Empty Child
producedBy Phil Collinson
productionCode 1.10
runtimeMinutes 45
seriesNumber 1
setInLocation London, England
surface form: London
setInTimePeriod World War II
setInYear 1941
starsActor Billie Piper
Christopher Eccleston
John Barrowman
writtenBy Steven Moffat

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Steven Moffat writerOf The Doctor Dances
The Empty Child twoPartStoryWith The Doctor Dances
The Empty Child followedByEpisode The Doctor Dances
The Doctor Dances isSecondPartOf The Doctor Dances self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances two‑part story