Partners in Crime
- Episode aired Apr 25, 2008
- TV-PG
- 48m
With a new weight-loss pill tested in London by Adipose Industries, The Doctor goes to investigate the sinister truth behind the product, only to find out that his old friend Donna Noble is ... Read allWith a new weight-loss pill tested in London by Adipose Industries, The Doctor goes to investigate the sinister truth behind the product, only to find out that his old friend Donna Noble is investigating as well.With a new weight-loss pill tested in London by Adipose Industries, The Doctor goes to investigate the sinister truth behind the product, only to find out that his old friend Donna Noble is investigating as well.
- Miss Foster Guard
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- 1st Foster Guard
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- Passerby
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- Reporter
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- Russell T. Davies(showrunner)
- Sydney Newman(uncredited)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaHoward Attfield did film some scenes as Donna's father, Geoff Noble, but became too unwell to continue and died during filming. This episode was dedicated to him. Bernard Cribbins, who had starred in the previous episode Voyage of the Damned (2007), as a newspaper salesman named Wilfred Mott, was brought back to re-film Attfield's scenes, now establishing Wilfred as Donna's grandfather. The video release shows Attfield's scenes in a special feature.
- GoofsThe security guards shoot away the lock on the door, which they then kick down with no real effort. But the door would still be held in place by the hinges - they don't kick it with enough force to rip the hinges out, and even if they had, we can see that there's no damage on the hinge side of the door anyway to demonstrate their forcible removal.
- Quotes
[mouthing words silently and exaggeratedly]
The Doctor: Donna?
Donna Noble: Doc-tor!
The Doctor: Wh - what - w - what?
Donna Noble: Oh! My! *God*!
The Doctor: How?
Donna Noble: [pointing at her face with both hands] It's me!
The Doctor: [nodding, gesturing to eyes, then Donna] Yeah, I can see that.
Donna Noble: [pointing to where she's standing, then two thumbs up] Oh, this... is... *brilliant*!
The Doctor: [pointing thrice at Donna] W - wha - what the hell are *you* *doing* *there*?
Donna Noble: [pointing to eyes, then at The Doctor] I... was looking... for... you!
The Doctor: [points at self questioningly] What for?
Donna Noble: [miming reading the paper] Read it...
Donna Noble: [typing fingers in the air] ... on the Internet...
Donna Noble: [wiggling fingers around mouth] ... so weird...
Donna Noble: [walking fingers] ... crept along...
Donna Noble: [thumb into room, hand-as-mouth] ... heard them talking...
Donna Noble: [ducks down, comes back up, points] ... looked, ah! *You*!
The Doctor: [imperceptibly nods]
Donna Noble: [thumbs back at Miss Foster, looks, freezes] Th...
[Miss Foster has stopped talking and is staring at Donna. Miss Foster turns and looks right at The Doctor. The Doctor turns to see Miss Foster]
Miss Foster: [aloud] Are we interrupting you?
- ConnectionsEdited into Doctor Who: Turn Left (2008)
- SoundtracksTwenty Four Hours from Tulsa
(uncredited)
Written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David
Performed by Dusty Springfield
The funniest scene is when Doctor Donna completely miss the part where they are both in the office in the same building and in the same place. Both Catherine Tate and David Tennant bringing so much energy into the role, which is always fantastic to see. And this episode starts of the success of the siries. Which in my opinion, is the absolute best season. And Doctor who is top in terms of Hot topics right now, regarding the 60Th anniversary, so why not jump the boat and rank my favourite siries of the show.
The Episodes premise is Donna trying to reach out to find the doctor, "A Mate". She then investigates these weird strange pills. Ounce the pills go out large into the city, a button is pressed. And people start going mad, and start acting very strange. It's a classic 'invasion of Earth' type story. Which Doctor who does to fantastically well at, old and new. Another couple of funny scenes is the mirror scene when Doctor Donna see each other, where they are basically in the same proximity of each other. Also what's great and light hearted is that Wilf completely misses what's going on around him.
Wilf is a delight. He was a great companion in his short run with the Doctor. Who knows though we might even get to see him in "Wild Blue Yonder" or "The Giggle" as it would be great to see him again. Brilliantly portrayed by Bernard Cribbins. And he brings such an electric performance, full of energy and very bouncy. Which is also what makes this siries of Doctor who so great. So all in all a fantastic siries. Now time for my verdict.
Verdict,
8/10 A Fun duo, and a great start to the Best Siries of New who. Which this review marks my #100 th review of this account. Which makes 256 in Total. Just added in for a bit of context about me. Great Episode, full of fun and energy!
- rohanumpleby-34057
- Nov 29, 2023
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- Runtime48 minutes
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- 1.78 : 1