What's it called?
"A Day in the Death"
Who's it credited to?
Joseph Lidster, writer (several Big Finish Doctor Who audios) and Andy Goddard, director ("Adam", "Dead Man Walking")
What do we know?
Parker is dying; but he doesn't want to. He'll go to any means to stay alive, with brings him to Torchwood's attention - specifically Owen Harper, who's still dead and seaking absolution.
Major guest stars?
Freema Agyeman is back as "Martha Jones" for the third and final time; Richard Briers of "The Good Life" fame appears, playing Parker. There's no Rhys or no Weevils, apparently.
Rest of the best
Christine Bottomley plays "Maggie"; Louis Decosta Johnson is "Farrington"; Brett Allen plays "Taylor"; and Gil Kolirin is "Webb".
Reviewing the reviews
I haven't read any! We must have reached that point in the series where preview discs aren't available ahead of broadcast; which is a shame.
When's it on?
BBC Two, tonight from 9pm. It'll be shown again, edited, tomorrow from 7pm on BBC Two.
What about America?
"A Day in the Death" is scheduled to air on BBC America Saturday 15th March, at 9pm. The BBC America schedule can be found here. You can also catch the episode in glorious High Definition - on HD-Net - March 31st.
Look to the future...
Next week is a light hearted romp, in "Something Borrowed" - as Gwen and Rhys prepare for their wedding day! Then, in "From Out of the Rain" watching old movies won't ever be the same again. Who says films can't come alive while you watch them...?
Excitement level?
***1/2 - Apparently Martha hardly features in this episode, suggesting the three episode crossover arc ends in a whimper, not a bang. Writer Joseph Lidster is new to television, but his work for Big Finish has been great; funny, emotional - everything Doctor Who should be. Let's hope his Torchwood script sparkles equally bright.
BBC Three Preview
BBC Three previews the next episode - "Something Borrowed" - straight after this one. You can read a preview of that episode by clicking here.
8 comments:
This was an interesting one...it went from the not so great to the bloomin' fantastic for me. I liked it as a whole though and I liked the transitions in it.
NO NO NO NO!!!!
How could Martha just walk off towards the bay???
No Tardis to come and pick her up? No whooshing synth to get Who fans aroused? No proper goodbye? (The station's that way, love!)
And now a dead Owen is allowed back in to the group doctor after so swiftly being demoted to tea-boy??
An exceptional episode of TW, ruined by an annoyingly sloppy ending...
Great episode, IMO. Burn Gorman is fantastic.
There's a review in TV Times. I'm guess the RT didn't do one as, coming out on Tuesdays, it would spoil the surprise of Owen's return for the average, ordinary viewer.
Wow - that was good. Right back to the emotional, character-led stuff the series does best.
And... after breaking into Mr Tom Good's house, when Owen's looking at that second display case... was that a Baker-era sonic screwdriver I did spy? Squeak!
That was Random Shoesly done, but so many many times better!
That was a very good episode, hope the rest are just as good
OK, so am I the only one to note the great big problem with Owen being dead? He has no breath to give mouth to mouth, but can still talk! Bit of inconsistency here boys and girls!
Good point, tal - to give mouth to mouth he'd just need to be able to draw in air, which he can obviously do if he talks.
You'd think it would be better quality air as well, as it wouldn't be second-hand and deoxygenated. He should be the perfect person to give mouth to mouth!
Were we watching the same show?? This episode was so disappointing on so many levels. Inconsistencies, lame plot device, poor weak ending. Burn's performance was good. In fact it was much better than the script, but in the end I didn't care how or why he was still around. It didn't even have the redeeming humor value of Dead Man Walking.
I'll watch the remaining shows, but they'd better than this.
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