PropertyValue
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rdfs:label
  • Children in Need Special (TV story)
rdfs:comment
  • From a production standpoint, it was notable for a number of reasons. It was the first episode of Doctor Who to have no on-screen titles or credits, other than those for the two actors involved. It was also the first Doctor Who segment filmed for a charity event that could be said to be a part of the regular programme's continuity. And it was the only time an incoming Doctor had been given a second "regeneration scene" prior to embarking upon his first full episode. It established an annual pattern of the BBC Wales version of Doctor Who participating in Children in Need. And it was the first of a long line of minisodes and episode prequels that would be produced with increasing frequency over the years. That it was directed by Euros Lyn would later allow for some directorial symmetry, in t
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made next
  • New Earth
broadcast date
  • 2005-11-18
made prev
  • The Christmas Invasion
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Doctor
  • Tenth Doctor
Series
Producer
Name
  • Children in Need Special
Production code
  • CIN
Season Number
Format
  • 420.0
Companions
Setting
PREV
  • The Parting of the Ways
NEXT
  • The Christmas Invasion
Writer
Director
Network
abstract
  • From a production standpoint, it was notable for a number of reasons. It was the first episode of Doctor Who to have no on-screen titles or credits, other than those for the two actors involved. It was also the first Doctor Who segment filmed for a charity event that could be said to be a part of the regular programme's continuity. And it was the only time an incoming Doctor had been given a second "regeneration scene" prior to embarking upon his first full episode. It established an annual pattern of the BBC Wales version of Doctor Who participating in Children in Need. And it was the first of a long line of minisodes and episode prequels that would be produced with increasing frequency over the years. That it was directed by Euros Lyn would later allow for some directorial symmetry, in that Lyn also directed Tennant's last full scene in The End of Time.