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"Doomsday" is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was first broadcast on 8 July 2006 and is the final episode of the show's second series. The episode is the second of a two-part story; the first part, "Army of Ghosts", was broadcast on 1 July 2006. It is the final regular appearance of several characters, including Billie Piper as companion Rose Tyler (until 2008) Noel Clarke as Rose's ex-boyfriend and previous companion Mickey Smith, and Camille Coduri and Shaun Dingwall as parents Jackie and Pete Tyler. The two-part story features the return of the Daleks, presumed extinct after the events of the 2005 series' finale, and the Cybermen, who appeared in "Rise of the Cybermen" and "The Age of Steel", both species having unexpectedly arrived on Earth at the conclusion of "Army of Ghosts".

The episode primarily focuses upon the Daleks and Cybermen waging a global war, the first conflict between the two species in Doctor Who's 45-year history, with humanity caught in the crossfire. The Doctor, the Tyler family, and Mickey Smith fight for their lives trying to revert the situation, in which they are successful, but at an emotional cost to the Doctor and Rose as they are split apart.

The episode is among the most popular Doctor Who episodes since the show's revival, with the highest Audience Appreciation rating (of "89") as of 2007 and generally favoured by critics for both the Cybermen–Dalek conflict and the farewell scene between the Doctor and Rose. (more…)