Doctor Who: Death takes a Holiday (2003) is a fan film made on The Sci-Fi Cruise that stars officials doctor who stars!
Most notably it features Nicholas Courtney as Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart.
The film's success led to a sequels,The Crystal Conundrum.
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Plot[]
Prologue: Happy Birthday[]
Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart is in his office, writing in his diary about his current birthday, although he recalls having his 73rd Birthday twice. He starts to reflected on his first 73rd Birthday, were he was aged.
Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart writing notes
The Cruse[]
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The Sixth Doctor and Jamie leave the Tardis
Cast[]
Main Cast
- Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart - Nicholas Courtney
- Zoe Heriot - Wendy Padbury
- BOSS - Holly Swift
- Henchman - Ron Daniels
- Goon - Mike Leahy
- First Archaeologist - Dan Murphy
- Second Archaeologist - Jennifer Lowden
- Unlucky Tourist - Brain Stearns
- Aged BOSS - Anne Sedell
- Extras - Members of the Sci-fi Sea Cruise
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Crew[]
- By Ron Daniels, Priscilla Daniels & Jennifer Lowden
- Director: Paul Scott Aldred
- Producer: Dan Harris
- Script Editor: Brian Swift
- Credit Sequence: Burt Hazard
- Music: Dudley Simpson
- Continuity: Laura Palmer
- Action Arranged By Ron Daniels
- Cinematography & Editing by: Ryan K. Johnson
- Assistant Camera: Joel Getschman
- Production Consultants: Terrance Dicks & Barry Letts
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Story notes []
The Doctor Who Logo
- This is the First Sci-Fi Cruise Film.
- This Story has many official doctor who stars reprise there TV roles.
- There's a bit of a Continuity issue. The Sixth Doctor is seen with Jamie, implying this adventure is set within the Land of Fiction, however the sequel has the Seventh doctor. Unless The Sixth Doctor picked up the real Jamie later in his timeline, it doesn't make sense.
- Despite the Doctor Who Logo, The Doctor himself only makes a small cameo. This means the story can be considered a Brigadier Spin-off.
Filming locations[]
Recorded on location in Belize, Mexico, aboard the Norwegian Wind, and the Chicago TARDIS Convention
Production errors[]
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Continuity[]
- The Doctor would later need to replace his Zybanium crystal in his next incarnation (The Crystal Conundrum)
- The Sixth Doctor is seen traveling with an Older Jamie McCrimmon (City of Spires, The Wreck of the Titan, Legend of the Cybermen)
- Lethbridge-Stewart, Zoe, Jamie and The Doctor have aged dramatically, The Doctor has been artificially aged before in his forth incarnation (The Leisure Hive)
- BOSS plans to use Time lord technology to make herself immortal, similar to how Borusa used Rassilons power (The Five Doctors)
- BOSS is aged to death, like Sara Kingdom (The Daleks' Master Plan) and Professor Kerensky was (City of Death)
Links[]
Watch part 1
Watch part 2