The Eleventh Hour (Doctor Who)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
203 – "The Eleventh Hour"
Doctor Who episode
Eleventh Hour (Doctor Who).png
The newly regenerated Doctor confronts one of the Atraxi.
Cast
Others
Production
Writer Steven Moffat
Director Adam Smith
Script editor Lindsey Alford
Producer Tracie Simpson
Executive producer(s) Steven Moffat
Piers Wenger
Beth Willis
Production code 1.1[1]
Series Series 5
Length 65 minutes
Originally broadcast 3 April 2010
Chronology
← Preceded by Followed by →
The End of Time "The Beast Below"

"The Eleventh Hour" is the first episode of the fifth series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, first broadcast on BBC One and BBC HD on 3 April 2010. It was written by new head writer and executive producer Steven Moffat and directed by Adam Smith.

In the episode, the newly-regenerated Doctor (Matt Smith) crashes his time and space machine the TARDIS into the small English village of Leadworth, where he meets a young Scottish girl named Amelia Pond (Caitlin Blackwood). The Doctor is forced to leave, but promises Amelia he will return in five minutes. However, he arrives twelve years late and is confronted by the grown-up Amelia, now known as "Amy" (Karen Gillan), who does not trust him. He attempts to gain her trust to help return the shape-shifting alien Prisoner Zero to the galactic police the Atraxi before they destroy the planet.

The episode is the debut of Smith as the eleventh incarnation of the Doctor and Gillan as his new companion. It also introduced Arthur Darvill as Amy's boyfrend Rory Williams, who would become a main cast member. In the history of the show the Doctor typically rests after he regenerates, so Moffat decided to have him have to save the world instead. The episode sets up the main story arc of the series by introducing the cracks in the universe. "The Eleventh Hour" was seen by 10.08 million viewers in the UK, the highest rated premiere since "Rose", and also attracted popularity on the online BBC iPlayer and on BBC America in the United States. The episode received a generally positive response from critics, who welcomed Smith and Gillan into the cast.

Contents

[edit] Plot

[edit] Synopsis

The newly regenerated Doctor (Matt Smith) crash-lands his damaged TARDIS in Leadworth, in 1996. He meets seven-year-old Amelia Pond (Caitlin Blackwood), who shows him a scary crack in her bedroom wall. The Doctor discovers it is a crack in time and space itself, briefly opening it to discover an Atraxi prison. The Atraxi send a psychic message to the Doctor that "Prisoner Zero has escaped". Then the TARDIS's cloister bell is heard; the Doctor races back to his machine, promising Amelia that he will be back in five minutes.

The Doctor returns, unaware that he is 12 years late. On searching the house, he is knocked out and wakes up handcuffed. He discovers his assailant is a much older Amelia, now going by the name Amy (Karen Gillan). Amy, having believed in the Doctor's return and created toys and stories about him, has been ridiculed by others in the village. She finds the Doctor's damaged sonic screwdriver, dodging Prisoner Zero, and they flee the house.

Shortly afterwards, the Atraxi arrive in orbit, alerted by the Doctor's arrival, and issue an ultimatum: if Prisoner Zero is not found, the Earth will be destroyed. Meeting Amy's boyfriend Rory (Arthur Darvill), the Doctor realizes that Prisoner Zero, a multiform that can take the form of any unconscious being it has come in contact with, is borrowing the forms of a nearby hospital's coma patients. The Doctor uses a laptop to gatecrash an online meeting of scientific experts and relay specific instructions to them.

The Doctor races to the hospital, and arrives in time to save Amy and Rory from Prisoner Zero. The Doctor reveals his plan: he has created a computer virus that will broadcast the number "zero" across the world. It is tied to Rory's phone, which contains images of the coma patients, identifying Prisoner Zero in whatever form it may take. Prisoner Zero reveals it has one more form that is not on Rory's phone. Prisoner Zero knocks out Amy and transforms into the Doctor and young Amelia, whom it was able to bond with during the Doctor's absence. The Doctor realizes that Amy can hear him speaking and manipulates her subconscious to remember the form of Zero she saw in the house, which forces Zero to reveal its true form; it is identified by the Atraxi and transported away. Zero again warns the Doctor that "the Pandorica will open...silence will fall." The Atraxi fleet leaves the Earth, but the Doctor calls them back and he tells them he is the Earth's protector.

As the Atraxi leave, the Doctor finds the TARDIS, and departs before Amy or Rory can catch up. The Doctor returns back to Amy's house, finding that another two years have passed. Though Amy is still upset with the Doctor, she readily accepts his offer to travel with him, as long as he can return her the next day. As the TARDIS dematerializes, the viewer is shown Amy's bedroom, where, alongside her toys and drawings of the "raggedy Doctor," is her wedding dress.

[edit] Continuity

In the closing scene of this episode, The Doctor snaps his fingers to open the doors of the TARDIS and reveal to the interior to Amy. This is a special trick that his previous incarnation learned from River Song in "Silence in the Library" / "Forest of the Dead".[2][3] When the Doctor scans the crack in Amelia's wall with his sonic screwdriver, he says "Wibbley wobbley, timey wimey", a statement used by the Tenth Doctor in "Blink".[4] While inspecting the crack in Amy's wall early in the episode, he mentions that she's "had some cowboys in here", repeating a line from "The Girl in the Fireplace".[5]

[edit] Production

[edit] Writing

"I thought it would be fun if, while he was still regenerating, he had to run around and save the world. He's barely out of the box when he realises: I haven't changed my shirt yet and I've got 20 minutes to save the world. It's like trying to save the world with flu. And he does it with two minutes to spare."

Steven Moffat[6]

This is the first Doctor Who episode written by Steven Moffat as lead writer and executive producer of the show. The title of the episode is both a reference to the introduction of the Eleventh Doctor and his being there nearly too late, the meaning of the phrase.[7] Where traditionally the Doctor rests after he regenerates,[8] Moffat thought it would be fun if he had to save the world instead.[6] Believing that London and companions for London had become a "cliché" of the show and the audience had "[gotten] bored of it", Moffat chose to set the episode in the small fictional town of Leadworth.[9]

Throughout the episode, the Doctor appears "sporadic", as he gradually is getting used to his new body and tastes while developing a new personality. Executive producer Beth Willis stated that he "finally clicks into place" after picking out his new costume.[9] When he returns for Amy, she appears to be a very different person from the seven-year-old he had met before. Moffat explains that she developed a "tough" element and had become "distrustful" and "cynical" due to him not returning as promised and her being forced to accept he was an imaginary friend.[9] Rory was a character who was "completely in love" with Amy, but Amy had things to do in life before admitting she loved him too. Moffat described Rory as someone who had grown up in the "shadow" of Amy's imaginary Doctor.[9]

Moffat was inspired by a crack in his son's bedroom wall and developed the idea into the main story arc of the series.[10] The opening sequence, in which the Doctor barely hangs onto the crashing TARDIS as it flies over London, was not originally included in the script but later added to bridge the conclusion of The End of Time with the TARDIS crashing into Amy's garden. He thought it would be "funny" if they showed him hanging out of the TARDIS and nearly crashing into London, and that it would start an episode set in a small town in a big way.[11] Moffat also drew inspiration from A.A. Milne's The House at Pooh Corner, specifically the scene where Tigger claims to like everything, but then proceeds to reject all food offered to him until he finally finds that he likes extract of malt, to create a similar scenario with the newly regenerated Doctor and young Amy.[12][13]

[edit] Casting

The young Amy, known as Amelia, is played by Karen Gillan's real-life cousin Caitlin Blackwood.[14] Though Gillan recommended Blackwood for the role, Blackwood had to undergo rigorous auditions first.[15] Blackwood had no former acting experience prior to the episode.[9] EastEnders star Nina Wadia was chosen for the part of the doctor at the Leadworth Hospital. Wadia assumed she was chosen for the part as she had worked with director Adam Smith before.[16] Patrick Moore appears as himself in the video conference with a brief speaking part.[17]

[edit] Filming and effects

Karen Gillan and Matt Smith filming "The Eleventh Hour" in Llandaff.

The read-through for the episode took place in September 2009.[9] Though it is the first episode of the series, "The Eleventh Hour" was not the first to be shot.[18] It was filmed in the third production block, after the completion of episodes 2-5.[19] The episode was directed by Adam Smith, who was attracted to the "brilliant script" and working with Matt Smith, who was on his "hitlist" of actors he wanted to work with after seeing him on stage. Smith was asked to direct "do the same but make it a bit different – the producers didn’t want it to be radically different, but they did want it to be different". The goal was to make it more "cinematic" and magical, and Smith watched E.T and Tim Burton's work for inspiration.[20]

Most scenes based in the fictional village of Leadworth were filmed in the Llandaff village in Cardiff on 29 September, 5-7 October, and 20 November 2009.[21] Photographs were taken on 5 October for the stop-frame animation sequence representing the Doctor's thought process.[21] As the stills were taken by members of the crew and not computers it was not completely perfect, which Adam Smith thought gave it a unique "organic" feel.[9] Plagued by torrential rain, the crew returned on 20 November to shoot the final scenes needed in Leadworth.[21] The production crew heavily addressed the area, adding flowers, street signs, and souvenirs for Leadworth.[9][22]

For the opening sequence, the Doctor hanging out of the TARDIS was filmed with Smith in front of a greenscreen,[23] while the aerial footage of London was achieved with a heliocopter piloted by a hired aerial operator.[24] Director Adam Smith stated that the scene was hard to visualise as it relied heavily on computer-generated images.[25] Nearly every scene in the sequence is a visual effects shot, including a 3-D TARDIS for when it is flying over London and a CG Doctor hanging out of the TARDIS in the aerial shots.[26] In post-production, 30 tracks of sound effects, music composed by Murray Gold specifically for the sequence, and Smith's "grunting and groaning" were added to the footage. It is primarily a music-led sequence.[27]

The destruction of the sonic screwdriver was achieved with a spark effect concealed inside the screwdriver, activated by an electrical charge that reached the screwdriver by an electrical wire that ran down Smith's sleeve and connected to a receiver. Special effects head Danny Hargreaves then used a remote control to activate the contraption.[6] Contrary to reports, the effect did not injure Smith.[28] The "fish fingers and custard" scene was shot in 12 takes.[12] The fish fingers were acually a breaded coconut-flavored food item; Smith estimated he ate about 14 of them.[7]

[edit] Broadcast and reception

"The Eleventh Hour" was first brodcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 3 April 2010.[29] Overnight figures reported that 8 million watched the episode on BBC One and the simulcast on BBC HD.[30] Final consolidated figures rose to 9.59 million on BBC One and 494,000 on BBC HD, making the final rating for the episode 10.08 million viewers, the most-watched premiere since "Rose" and the eighth highest rated episode since Doctor Who's return to television in 2005.[31] The final BBC1 rating was 9.59 million viewers. This placed the episode at number two for the entire week on BBC1 and number four for the entire week across all channels.[32] The episode earned an Appreciation Index of 86, considered "excellent".[33]

The episode was also popular on BBC's online iPlayer. Within one week of broadcast, "The Eleventh Hour" received 1.27 million hits on BBC's online iPlayer service, the record for most requests in a week.[34] It went on to become the most requested epsiode of 2010 with 2.2 million views; Doctor Who was also named the most watched programme of the year on the service.[35]

"The Eleventh Hour" was first broadcast in the US on BBC America on 17 April 2010[36] and in Canada on the same date on Space.[37] It set a record for BBC America, with an average of 1.2 million viewers and 0.9 million in the adults aged 25–54 demographic.[38] The episode aired in Australia on 18 April on ABC1.[39] It could also be viewed on ABC's website iView two days prior to the television air date, on 16 April.[39] The show was broadcast two weeks after airing in Britain, as the BBC required a fortnight to edit down the Doctor Who Confidential: Cut Down. There was no room for the accompaning Doctor Who Confidential due to the hour running time, but ABC holds the rights and has made it available on iView.[40] The episode aired in New Zealand on 2 May on Prime.[41]

"The Eleventh Hour" was released in Region 2 on DVD and Blu-ray with the following episodes "The Beast Below", "Victory of the Daleks" on 7 June 2010.[42][43] It was then re-released as part of the complete series five DVD on 8 November 2010.[44]

[edit] Critical reception

"The Eleventh Hour" received positive reviews from critics. The Mail on Sunday reviewer Sinclair McKay called "The Eleventh Hour" a "deft first epsiode" that was "packed with one-liners and an even more fantastical feel than of late. But it had that old reassuring combination of intense Britishness, quirkiness and a sense of the macabre". He also praised Gillan's "winning" performance and Smith's adaption to the role, concluding, "Smith might turn out to be one of the best Time Lords of the lot".[45] Benji Wilson, for The Daily Telegraph, wrote "It was ridiculous but it felt right: mad, alien, brand-new but very old. A+ to the casting director. A+ to Smith". He also said that Gillan "110 per cent nailed it". Though he compared Prisoner Zero's low-budget CGI makeup to a "draught excluder", he said that Moffat "turned a weakness into a strength" by having Prisoner Zero take the form of humans.[46]

Daniel Martin of The Guardian called "The Eleventh Hour" "an absolute triumph" and the fact that "the story wisely doesn't waste too much time with an unstable regeneration". Though he praised Smith, he commented he was "still not feeling" the "Geronimo!" catchphrase.[17] Radio Times reviewer Patrick Mulkern believed it was "obvious" that Smith's Doctor would be "up there with the greatest" and also praised Gillan, though he was unsure of the rescored theme tune. He also praised Moffat's script for "[offering] funny lines...directorial flourishes and a host of blink-and-miss star turns".[47] Zap2it's Sam McPherson gave the episode an A+, saying that it was "definitely" his favourite and praised the debut of Smith, Gillan, and the redesigned TARDIS.[48] Paul Kerton, also of the site, praised Adam Smith for "[handling] the episode beautifully", the depth in Amy's character, and Matt Smith's take on the role. However, he thought the downside to the episode were the "slightly poor effects" and "somewhat lightweight story", and while he called the new title sequence "absolutely beautiful", he was unsure of the new variation of the theme tune.[49]

IGN's Matt Wales rated the episode 8 out of 10, praising it for easily fitting into the show's continuity, especially with Smith's portrayal of the Doctor. However, he thought the "calamity plot" was the "weakest link in an otherwise superb opening episode" and the "whole bunch of disparate elements...never [gelled] into a satisfying whole". Though it said it was not perfect with "a saggy midsection and slightly naff CGI effects", he thought it was still "wonderous in so many ways".[50] Dave Golder of SFX magazine gave "The Eleventh Hour" five out of five stars, thinking that Moffat captured "the way children perceive the Doctor" and praising the debuts of Smith and Gillan.[51] The A.V. Club reviewer Keith Phipps gave the episode a B+, explaining that he liked Smith "a lot" but was not sure if the Eleventh Doctor was separate enough from Ten yet. He called Gillan "instantly winning" and that the story was "no exception" from Moffat's typical "exceptionally strong narratives, keen sense of character, and efficient plotting".[52] Den of Geek selected the episode as Doctor Who's highlight in their "Best TV Episodes of 2010" article.[53] In 2011, after the airing of the next series, Digital Spy called the episode "still Smith and Moffat's finest hour".[54]

The episode attracted some criticism from viewers who complained that Amy's character and occupation as a kissogram was "too sexy" for a family programme. Gillan defended her character, claiming that girls Amy's age often wore short skirts and it showed the character had confidence, while executive producer Piers Wenger stated that it was "The whole kissogram thing played into Steven's desire for the companion to be feisty and outspoken and a bit of a number. Amy is probably the wildest companion that the Doctor has travelled with, but she isn't promiscuous".[55]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Doctor Who Magazine, issue 419, 4 March 2010
  2. ^ "Silence in the Library". Steven Moffat (writer), Euros Lyn (director), Phil Collinson (producer). Doctor Who. BBC. BBC One. 31 May 2008. No. 8, series 4.
  3. ^ "Forest of the Dead". Steven Moffat (writer), Euros Lyn (director), Phil Collinson (producer). Doctor Who. BBC. BBC One. 7 June 2008. No. 9, series 4.
  4. ^ "Blink". Steven Moffat (writer), Hettie MacDonald (director), Phil Collinson (producer). Doctor Who. BBC. BBC One. 9 June 2007. No. 10, series 3.
  5. ^ "The Girl in the Fireplace". Steven Moffat (writer), Euros Lyn (director), Phil Collinson (producer). Doctor Who. BBC. BBC One. 6 May 2006. No. 4, series 2.
  6. ^ a b c "Doctor Who star Matt Smith on sonic screwdrivers, Steven Moffat and following David Tennant". The Daily Telegraph. 11 March 2010. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/doctor-who/7421880/Doctor-Who-star-Matt-Smith-on-sonic-screwdrivers-Steven-Moffat-and-following-David-Tennant.html. Retrieved 26 June 2011. 
  7. ^ a b Wilkes, Neil (18 March 2010). "Video: Matt, Karen and The Moff talk 'Who'". Digital Spy. http://www.digitalspy.com/british-tv/s7/doctor-who/tubetalk/a209526/video-matt-karen-and-the-moff-talk-who.html. Retrieved 12 November 2011. 
  8. ^ "Introducing The Eleventh Hour". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/episodes/b00rs6t7/videos/p0075hy4. Retrieved 17 February 2012. 
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h "Call Me the Doctor". Doctor Who Confidential. BBC. BBC Three. 3 April 2010. No. 1, series 5.
  10. ^ "Blinded by the Light". Doctor Who Confidential. BBC. BBC Three. 1 May 2010. No. 5, series 5.
  11. ^ "Writer Steven Moffat" (Video). BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/videos/p0072n1h. Retrieved 17 February 2012. 
  12. ^ a b "Doctor Who Team Hits New York". Doctor Who News Page. 23 April 2010. http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/04/doctor-who-team-hits-new-york.html. Retrieved 23 April 2010. 
  13. ^ Milne, A.A. (1928). "In Which Tigger Comes to the Forest and Has Breakfast". The House at Pooh Corner. Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 
  14. ^ "Karen Gillan bags relative role". Teensay. 31 March 2010. http://www.teensay.com/tv/karen-gillan-bags-relative-role_990.html. Retrieved 24 June 2010. 
  15. ^ English, Paul (31 March 2010). "New Doctor Who star Karen Gillan meets cousin for the first time...on set of the show". Daily Record. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/showbiz/television-news/2010/03/31/new-doctor-who-star-karen-gillan-mets-cousin-for-the-first-time-on-set-of-the-show-86908-22150888/. Retrieved 12 February 2012. 
  16. ^ Wilkes, Neil (2 April 2010). "Nina Wadia talks 'Doctor Who' cameo". Digital Spy. http://www.digitalspy.com/british-tv/s7/doctor-who/tubetalk/a211889/nina-wadia-talks-doctor-who-cameo.html. Retrieved 12 February 2012. 
  17. ^ a b Martin, Daniel (3 April 2010). "Doctor Who: Matt Smith's debut in The Eleventh Hour — the verdict". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/apr/03/doctor-who-eleventh-hour. Retrieved 18 February 2012. 
  18. ^ "The Eleventh Hour: The Fourth Dimension". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rs6t7. Retrieved 17 February 2012. 
  19. ^ Doctor Who Magazine (Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent: Panini Comics) (418). 4 February 2010. 
  20. ^ Edwards, Richard (2 April 2010). "Doctor Who Director Interview". SFX. http://www.sfx.co.uk/2010/04/02/doctor-who-director-interview/. Retrieved 17 February 2012. 
  21. ^ a b c "Walesarts, Llandaff village, Cardiff". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/arts/sites/doctor-who-wales/alllocations/cardiff-llandaff-village. Retrieved 30 May 2010. 
  22. ^ "In pictures: Doctor Who set". BBC. 5 October 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/8291292.stm. Retrieved 19 February 2012. 
  23. ^ "Producer Nikki Wilson" (Video). BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/videos/p0073qwh. Retrieved 17 February 2012. 
  24. ^ "Ariel Operator" (Video). BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/videos/p0072mzj. Retrieved 17 February 2012. 
  25. ^ "Director Adam Smith" (Video). BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/videos/p00744yf. Retrieved 17 February 2012. 
  26. ^ "Special FX" (Video). BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/videos/p0075j2s. Retrieved 17 January 2012. 
  27. ^ "Sound Dub" (Video). BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/episodes/b00rs6t7/videoexplorer. Retrieved 17 February 2012. 
  28. ^ "Karen Gillan interviews Matt Smith". BBC. 10 May 2010. http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/news/bulletin_100510_01/Karen_Gillan_interviews_Matt_Smith. Retrieved 17 February 2012. 
  29. ^ Jones, Paul (19 March 2010). "Moffat reveals Doctor Who new series launch date". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 23 March 2010. http://web.archive.org/web/20100323155119/http://www.radiotimes.com/blogs/902-doctor-who-steven-moffat-announces-new-series-launch-date-guest-stars/. Retrieved 12 February 2012. 
  30. ^ Golder, Dave (4 April 2010). "Doctor Who Nabs Eight Million Viewers". SFX. http://www.sfx.co.uk/2010/04/04/doctor-who-nabs-over-eight-million-viewers/. Retrieved 12 February 2012. 
  31. ^ Golder, Dave (13 April 2010). "Final Viewing Figures Add 2 Million to "Eleventh Hour"". http://www.sfx.co.uk/2010/04/13/final-viewing-figures-add-2-million-to-%e2%80%9celeventh-hour%e2%80%9d/. Retrieved 12 February 2012. 
  32. ^ "Weekly Top 30 Programmes". BARB. 18 April 2010. http://www.barb.co.uk/report/weeklyTopProgrammesOverview?_s=4. Retrieved 12 February 2012. 
  33. ^ "Eleventh Hour — AI and Repeat Ratings". Doctor Who News Page. 5 April 2010. http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2010/04/eleventh-hour-ai-and-repeat-ratings.html. Retrieved 12 February 2012. 
  34. ^ Wightman, Catriona (19 April 2010). "'Doctor Who' sets BBC iPlayer record". Digital Spy. http://www.digitalspy.com/british-tv/s7/doctor-who/news/a215133/doctor-who-sets-bbc-iplayer-record.html. Retrieved 12 February 2012. 
  35. ^ "BBC iPlayer celebrates a record-breaking 2010" (Press release). BBC. 23 December 2010. http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/12_december/23/iplayer.shtml. Retrieved 12 February 2012. 
  36. ^ Goldman, Eric (25 February 2010). "Doctor Who: Season 5 US Premiere Date". IGN. http://tv.ign.com/articles/107/1072488p1.html. Retrieved 17 February 2012. 
  37. ^ Frey, Warren (3 March 2010). "New Season. New Doctor. New Era". Space. http://www.spacecast.com/article/New-Season-New-Doctor-New-Era. Retrieved 16 October 2011. 
  38. ^ Nordyke, Kimberly (30 November 2010). "'Doctor Who' reboot sets records for BBC America". The Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/blogs/live-feed/doctor-reboot-sets-records-bbc-53473. Retrieved 17 February 2012. 
  39. ^ a b Geisler, Zennith (10 March 2010). "Doctor Who debuts on ABC's iView". CNet. http://www.cnet.com.au/doctor-who-debuts-on-abc-s-iview-339301687.htm. Retrieved 11 April 2010. 
  40. ^ "Who Due in Two". The Wall of Lies: 123. 
  41. ^ "Series premiere of Doctor Who on Prime". Throng. 2 May 2010. http://www.throng.co.nz/doctor-who/series-premiere-doctor-who-prime. Retrieved 9 December 2011. 
  42. ^ "Doctor Who: Series 5, Volume 1 (DVD)". BBCShop. http://www.bbcshop.com/Doctor-Who-Series-5-Volume-1-DVD/invt/bbcdvd3213. Retrieved 3 March 2010. 
  43. ^ "Doctor Who: Series 5 - Volume 1 (Blu-ray)". BBCshop. http://www.bbcshop.com/matt-smith/doctor-who-series-5-volume-1-blu-ray/invt/bbcbd0082/. Retrieved 17 February 2012. 
  44. ^ "Doctor Who: The Complete Series 5 (DVD)". BBCshop. http://www.bbcshop.com/doctor-who/doctor-who-the-complete-series-5-dvd/invt/bbcdvd3285/. Retrieved 17 February 2012. 
  45. ^ McKay, Sinclair (4 April 2010). "Giant flying eyeballs, a kissagram for an assistant and maybe the best Doctor Who ever". Daily Mail. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/reviews/article-1263402/Giant-flying-eyeballs-kissagram-assistant-maybe-best-Doctor-Who-ever.html. Retrieved 24 June 2011. 
  46. ^ Wilson, Benji (3 April 2010). "Doctor Who, BBC One, review". The Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/doctor-who/7545387/Doctor-Who-BBC-One-review.html. Retrieved 24 June 2011. 
  47. ^ Mulkern, Patrick (4 April 2010). "Doctor Who: The Eleventh Hour". Radio Times. http://www.radiotimes.com/blog/2010-04-04/doctor-who-the-eleventh-hour. Retrieved 18 February 2012. 
  48. ^ McPherson, Sam (3 April 2010). "Doctor Who 5.1 "The Eleventh Hour" (from an American perspective)". Zap2it. http://www.tvovermind.com/doctor-who/doctor-who-5-01-the-eleventh-hour-review-from-an-american-perspective/21320. Retrieved 18 February 2012. 
  49. ^ Kerton, Paul (3 April 2010). "Review: Doctor Who Season 5 - The Eleventh Hour". Zap2it. http://www.tvovermind.com/doctor-who/review-doctor-who-season-5-the-eleventh-hour/21322. Retrieved 18 February 2012. 
  50. ^ Wales, Matt (6 April 2010). "Doctor Who: "The Eleventh Hour" Review". IGN. http://tv.ign.com/articles/108/1082059p1.html. Retrieved 10 December 2011. 
  51. ^ Golder, Dave (3 April 2010). "TV Review Doctor Who 5.01: "The Eleventh Hour"". SFX. http://www.sfx.co.uk/2010/04/03/tv-review-doctor-who-5-01-%E2%80%9Cthe-eleventh-hour%E2%80%9D/. Retrieved 10 December 2011. 
  52. ^ Phipps, Keith (17 April 2010). "The Eleventh Hour". The A.V. Club. http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-eleventh-hour,40140/. Retrieved 18 February 2012. 
  53. ^ "The Best TV Episodes of 2010". Den of Geek. 7 January 2011. http://www.denofgeek.com/television/719653/the_best_tv_episodes_of_2010.html. Retrieved 12 February 2011. 
  54. ^ Jeffery, Morgan (22 December 2011). "Tube Talk's Top 25 Shows of 2011: 10-6". Digital Spy. http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/tubetalk/a355617/tube-talks-top-25-shows-of-2011-10-6.html. Retrieved 18 February 2012. 
  55. ^ "Viewers think new Doctor Who is 'too sexy'". The Daily Telegraph. 5 April 2010. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/doctor-who/7554825/Viewers-think-new-Doctor-Who-is-too-sexy.html. Retrieved 18 February 2012. 

[edit] External links

Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Eleventh Doctor

[edit] Reviews
Doctor Who: Regeneration television stories
First Doctor
Second Doctor
Third Doctor
Fourth Doctor
Fifth Doctor
Sixth Doctor
Seventh Doctor
Eighth Doctor
Ninth Doctor
Tenth Doctor
Eleventh Doctor
  • "The Eleventh Hour"
Other characters
See also
Third Doctor
Fifth Doctor
Eleventh Doctor
Minor appearances
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Eleventh_Hour_(Doctor_Who)&oldid=480190992"
Personal tools
Namespaces

Variants
Actions
Navigation
Interaction
Toolbox
Print/export
Languages