Screenplays by Gareth Roberts (Book Guide) - Attack of the Graske, from Raxacoricofallapatorius with Love, Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith, Invasion of the B (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (plays not included). Pages: 30. Chapters: Attack of the Graske, From Raxacoricofallapatorius with Love, Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith, Invasion of the Bane, Planet of the Dead, Revenge of the Slitheen, Secrets of the Stars, Tardisode, The Empty Planet, The Lodger (Doctor Who), The Shakespeare Code, The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith, The Unicorn and the Wasp, The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith, Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?. Excerpt: "Planet of the Dead" is the second 2008-10 special of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who that was simultaneously broadcast on BBC One and BBC HD on 11 April 2009. It was the second of five special episodes (including the animated serial Dreamland) broadcast throughout 2009 and early 2010, which served as lead actor David Tennant's denouement as the Tenth Doctor. He is joined in the episode by actress Michelle Ryan, who plays Lady Christina de Souza, a one-off companion to the Doctor. The episode was co-written by Russell T Davies and Gareth Roberts, the first writing partnership since the show's revival in 2005. The episode depicts Christina fleeing the police from a museum robbery by boarding a bus that accidentally travels from London to the desert planet of San Helios, trapping her, the Doctor, and several passengers on board the damaged vehicle. After the bus driver dies trying to return to Earth, the Unified Intelligence Taskforce, headed by Captain Erisa Magambo (Noma Dumezweni) and scientific advisor Malcolm Taylor (Lee Evans), attempt to return the bus while preventing a race of metallic stingray aliens from posing a threat to Earth. At the end of the episode, one of the passengers delivers a warning to the Doctor which foreshadows the remaining three specials. "Planet of the Dead" is the first Doctor Who episode to be filmed in high definition, after a positive...