Utopia (Doctor Who)

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191 - Utopia
Doctor	David Tennant (Tenth Doctor)
Writer	Russell T. Davies
Director	Graeme Harper
Script editor	To be announced
Producer	To be announced
Executive producer(s)	Russell T. Davies Julie Gardner
Production code	3.11
Length	45 minutes
Transmission date	9 June 2007
Preceded by	Blink
Followed by	The Sound of Drums

Utopia is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It will be broadcast on BBC One on 9 June 2007,^[1] and is the eleventh episode of Series 3 of the revived Doctor Who series. This episode sees the return of Jack Harkness.^[2], and the introduction of a character called The Professor, played by Derek Jacobi. The Daily Mirror reports that Jacobi's character will be "a 'good guy'" who "plays a key role in preventing the world from ending."^[3]

Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 2.1 Cast notes 3 Continuity 4 Trivia 5 Published rumours 6 References

[edit] Plot

Martha Jones meets Captain Jack Harkness for the first time, as the TARDIS hurtles towards the planet Malcassairo where a desperate Professor is trying to save his people from extinction ...

[edit] Cast

• The Doctor — David Tennant
• Martha Jones — Freema Agyeman
• Captain Jack Harkness — John Barrowman
• The Professor — Derek Jacobi

• TBA — Rene Zegger
• TBA — Chipo Chung
• TBA — Neil Readman
• TBA — Paul Marc Davies

[edit] Cast notes

• This is Derek Jacobi's third involvement in Doctor Who. The first was in the September 2003 audio drama Deadline, where he played a screenwriter who believes himself to be the Doctor. The second was several months later, in the webcast Scream of the Shalka, where he played a robot copy of the Master. David Tennant also had a minor role in Scream of the Shalka.

[edit] Continuity

• Captain Jack was last seen at the end of the Torchwood episode End of Days looking off-screen while the familiar sounds of a TARDIS are heard in the background.

[edit] Trivia

• "Utopia" is also the name of a short story featuring the Seventh Doctor, published in the collection Short Trips: Farewells.

[edit] Published rumours

• The Sun has reported that the Professor (Sir Derek Jacobi) is the Master in disguise, and that this will be revealed when he regenerates.^[4][5] The Sun has also reported that John Simm (who is in the succeeding two episodes) will be playing the Master.

[edit] References