The Runaway Bride
- Episode aired Jul 6, 2007
- TV-PG
- 1h
The Doctor is baffled when a young woman is transported to the TARDIS on her wedding day, and attempts to find out how she is connected to an alien plot to destroy Earth.The Doctor is baffled when a young woman is transported to the TARDIS on her wedding day, and attempts to find out how she is connected to an alien plot to destroy Earth.The Doctor is baffled when a young woman is transported to the TARDIS on her wedding day, and attempts to find out how she is connected to an alien plot to destroy Earth.
- Vicar
- (as Trevor Georges)
- Rose Tyler
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
- Wedding Guest
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Russell T. Davies(showrunner)
- Sydney Newman(uncredited)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis is the first time in New Who that The Doctor's home planet, Gallifrey, is identified by name.
- GoofsWhen Donna and The Doctor are first running down the tunnel away from the TARDIS, the door is open but in the next scene it is closed.
- Quotes
The Doctor: Haven't you got a mobile?
Donna: I'm in my wedding dress; it doesn't have pockets. Who has pockets? Have you ever seen a bride with pockets? When I went to my fitting at Chez Alison, the one thing I forgot to say was "Give me pockets"!
- Crazy creditsCatherine Tate receives co-star credit on the episode "The Runaway Bride" - the only time in the show's history (to date) that a guest star has been so credited.
- Alternate versionsThe version airing on BBC America omitted an entire scene toward the end, when the Doctor drops off Donna at her home. In the American version, they simply smile at each other and say their goodbyes, before the Doctor goes back into the TARDIS and flies away. The British version made this scene less abrupt, as the Doctor invites her along, and she declines; then she invites him to dinner with her parents, and he declines. She pleads with him, and he begrudgingly accepts, and says he just needs to park the TARDIS properly, since it's in the street. He goes back inside and it begins to disappear... Donna shouts at him and he re-emerges, and this time they say their goodbyes for real, before the TARDIS then flies up and away into the sky.
- ConnectionsEdited from Doctor Who: Rose (2005)
Bereft from the loss of Rose, the Doctor (David Tennant) is baffled to find a woman in a wedding dress stood in the Tardis. Pulled away whilst walking down the aisle, Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) is equally lost and terrified to arrive in the Tardis. Whilst returning Donna to her wedding, the pair are attacked by robotic Santa's, but as last year, they are an exploratory force for a conniving evil, one whose plan has been billions of years in the making.
There's lots I don't like about this episode. Principally, I don't like Donna. I wasn't much of a fan of Catherine Tate's comedy at the time (though I did like some of her later acting roles) and her shouting here wore me down pretty quickly. I think I did warm to Donna during her season as the companion though. I didn't like the villain, or more specifically her plan, which makes no sense when you consider the plan B that she uses. I particularly don't like the idea of the Tardis actively travelling, rather than just materialising somewhere instantly. I understand it's needed for the plot of the episode, but it rather undermines the way the show works.
Overall though, despite those aspects I didn't like, it's not that bad. It's a knockabout episode with a bit of action, a few laughs, a decent character twist and an early reference to "Saxon" that would be a season three runner. The Doctor starts to work through the loss of Rose, which again would be a runner in the season to come.
- southdavid
- Jan 12, 2021
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- Millennium Stadium, Westgate Street, Cardiff, Wales, UK(Torchwood base corridors)
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- Runtime1 hour
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