The End of The World (Doctor Who)

The End Of The World (Doctor Who)


158 – "The End of the World"
Doctor Who episode

The Guests approach Platform One
Cast
Doctor
  • Christopher Eccleston (Ninth Doctor)
Companion
  • Billie Piper (Rose Tyler)
Others
  • Simon Day – Steward
  • Yasmin Bannerman – Jabe
  • Jimmy Vee – Moxx of Balhoon
  • Zoë Wanamaker – Cassandra
  • Camille Coduri – Jackie Tyler
  • Beccy Armory – Raffalo
  • Sara Stewart – Computer voice
  • Silas Carson – Alien voice
  • Nicholas Briggs – Alien voice
Production
Writer Russell T Davies
Director Euros Lyn
Script editor Helen Raynor
Producer Phil Collinson
Executive producer(s) Russell T Davies
Julie Gardner
Mal Young
Production code 1.2
Series Series 1
Length 45 minutes
Originally broadcast 2 April 2005
Chronology
← Preceded by Followed by →
"Rose" "The Unquiet Dead"

"The End of the World" is the second episode of Series One of the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who. Written by show runner Russell T Davies and directed by Euros Lyn, the episode was first broadcast on 2 April 2005.

In the episode, alien time traveller the Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) takes his new companion Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) on her first trip through time and space in the TARDIS to the year five billion where many rich alien delegates have gathered on a space station called Platform One to watch the Sun expand and destroy the Earth, but one of these guests is plotting to profit from the event by killing them all.

The episode marked the first appearance of Cassandra and the Face of Boe. The episode was seen by 7.97 million viewers in the United Kingdom.

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