The Infinite Quest
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| The Infinite Quest | |
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| Doctor | David Tennant (Tenth Doctor) |
| Writer | Alan Barnes |
| Director | Gary Russell |
| Length | 13 episodes, 3:30 each |
| Transmission date | 2 April - 25 June 2007 |
The Infinite Quest is an animated serial based on the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It is to be aired in 13 weekly parts starting 2 April 2007[1] as a segment of the children's spin-off show Totally Doctor Who.[2][3] Each part is to be three and a half minutes in length[4] and the complete story will be broadcast as a single episode of Doctor Who at the end of the run.[5]
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[edit] Synopsis
The Doctor and Martha will travel across several alien worlds following clues to aid them in their search of a spaceship known as The Infinite.[2] The first episode appears to be set some time in the 42nd century.
[edit] Guide
Episode 1: The doctor and Martha lands on a hand made war ship built by Baltazar. but when Baltazar threatens to destroy the universe the Doctor disagrees and destroys the ship. Thinking Baltazar was dead The Doctor and Martha leave but then Baltazar escapes on his robot bird and threatens to get the doctor...
[edit] Cast
- The Doctor — David Tennant
- Martha Jones — Freema Agyeman
- Baltazar — Anthony Head
- Unknown — Toby Longworth
- Unknown monster — Liza Tarbuck
[edit] Cast notes
- Anthony Head previously appeared in the Series 2 episode School Reunion as Mr Finch. He was also the Doctor's adversary in the Excelis Dawns, Excelis Rising and Excelis Decays audio dramas produced by Big Finish. Head had auditioned for the role of the Eighth Doctor in the 1996 Doctor Who television movie. Head also narrates Series 3 of Doctor Who Confidential.
- Freema Agyeman's voicing of Martha Jones in the first episode of The Infinite Quest is her second televised appearance in the role.
[edit] Outside References
- In the first episode, the Doctor refers to Delia Smith, Fanny Craddock and Madame Cholet.
[edit] Production
One segment of The Infinite Quest is being shown each week in Totally Doctor Who the first of 13 has already been aired. According to Broadcast magazine, the series will air as part of Totally Doctor Who starting on Mondays at 5pm on BBC1 from 2 April. It has the distinction of being the first Doctor Who story to be televised in a serial format since Survival in 1989.
The serial, animated by Firestep, is only the second officially licensed, fully animated Doctor Who serial, after the 2003 flash-animated, Scream of the Shalka. Missing episodes of the 1968 serial The Invasion were animated for that serial's 2006 DVD release. Both of these animations were produced by Cosgrove Hall. The BBC describes Firestep as "the creative team behind previous Doctor Who animated adventures for the BBC."[2]
An earlier animated series based on Doctor Who, to be produced by Nelvana for CBS, was planned in the 1980s, but fell through;[6] production art had been drawn up by Ted Bastien.[7] Three limited Flash animation webcasts — Death Comes to Time, Real Time, and Shada — were made and 'cast' on the BBC Website before Scream of the Shalka; however these were not very smooth animations and consisted largely of pans and zooms.[8]
[edit] References
- ^ BBC One Listings - bbc.co.uk
- ^ a b c "Who's a Toon?", BBC Doctor Who website, 2007-01-26. Retrieved on 2007-01-26.
- ^ Methven, Nicola, Polly Hudson. "DOCTOR TOON!", Daily Mirror, 2007-01-26. Retrieved on 2007-01-26.
- ^ Handcock, Scott (March 28, 2007 (cover date)). "2DTV". Doctor Who Magazine (380): 44.
- ^ Richard Johnson (2007-03-11). Master of the Universe 3. The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved on 2007-03-11.
- ^ Lofficier, Jean-Marc (1997). The Nth Doctor. Virgin Publishing, 9. ISBN 0-426-20499-9.
- ^ CBC Television - The Planet of the Doctor ("Ted Bastien's Nelvana photo gallery."). CBC Television. Retrieved on 2007-01-27.
- ^ Webcasts (HTML, SWF). Doctor - Classic Series. BBC. Retrieved on 2007-01-27.
