Planet Gallifrey: Series 2

Thursday, July 12

New Earth

Episode Location: New Earth, New New York 500023
Aliens/Enemies: Lady Cassandra, the Flesh
New Characters: Sisters of Plenitude, Novice Hame, Chip
Gadgets Used: The TARDIS, Psychic Paper, The Sonic Screwdriver
Episode Objective: To respond to the message left on the Psychic Paper, find out how the sisters have the cure to every disease, save Rose, and stop the Flesh


Bullet-point Plot
  • The Doctor and Rose arrive on New Earth
  • They relax on the apple grass
  • And talk
  • A spider-robot appears
  • Following commands from a doodle-man
  • And Lady Cassandra
  • The Doctor shows his Psychic Paper
  • With a message 'Ward 26 Please Come'
  • He and Rose head to a nearby hospital
  • Here they meet the Cat-nuns
  • Get in the lift
  • Get separated
  • And soaked by the disinfectant
  • The Doctor goes to Ward 26
  • Rose is taken to the basement
  • Here she runs into Chip
  • And then Cassandra
  • The Doctor meets the Face of Boe
  • And is told he is dying
  • Cassandra traps Rose
  • Uses a psychograft
  • And implants her consciousness
  • So she is in Rose's body
  • She reads Rose's memories
  • And learns she's with The Doctor
  • The Doctor explored Ward 26
  • And is surprised
  • As there is a cure for every disease
  • He knows somethings up
  • And calls Rose
  • She goes to him
  • Acts a bit odd
  • Then kisses him
  • He's a bit shocked
  • They hack into the computers
  • And find a secret area
  • Known as 'intensive care'
  • Here they meet the Flesh
  • People who are grown
  • And forced to have every disease
  • So the Cat-nuns can find cures
  • Two Cat-nuns appear
  • The Doctor's pissed off
  • And demands to know what they've done to Rose
  • Rose reveals herself as Cassandra
  • And knocks The Doctor out
  • Cassandra talks to the Cat-nuns
  • And tries to blackmail them
  • They refuse
  • So Cassandra lets the Flesh out
  • The Cat-nuns quarantine the building
  • The Doctor, Rose and Cassandra run
  • Cassandra keeps swapping bodies
  • With amusing consequences
  • The Cat-nuns are killed by the Flesh
  • The Doctor and Cassandra reach Ward 26
  • Where The Doctor has an idea
  • He gathers all the intravenous solutions
  • Which cure all diseases
  • And jumps into the lift shaft
  • Followed by Cassandra
  • He puts the solutions in the lift
  • So they are mixed with the disinfectant
  • Cassandra holds a lever
  • While The Doctor jumps into the lift
  • The disinfectant comes on
  • As the Flesh are drawn to The Doctor
  • They are soaked
  • And pass on the cure
  • So all are healed
  • The Cat-nuns are arrested
  • The Face of Boe says he will meet The Doctor again
  • Cassandra goes into Chip
  • Rose and The Doctor reunite
  • And take Cassandra back in time
  • So she can meet her old self
  • And tell her she is beautiful
  • She then dies
Best Bits
- Seeing the sick aliens
- Lady Cassandra and Rose's bitch-off
- The Kiss
- In The Doctor's body
- Body switching up the elevator shaft
- The Face of Boe

Favorite Quotes
The Doctor
: It's the city of New New York. Strictly speaking, it's the fifteenth New York, which makes it New New-New-New-New New-New-New-New-New New-New...New-New-New York.
[Rose Laughs]

The Doctor
: What?
Rose
: You're so different.
The Doctor
: New-New Doctor.
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Rose
: They're cats.
The Doctor
: Now, don't stare. Imagine what you look like to them, all pink and yellow.
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The Doctor: Nice place - no shop downstairs, I'd have a shop. Not a big one, just a shop... so people can shop.
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Cassandra: God, she's with the Doctor. That man... he's the Doctor? The same Doctor with a new face. That hypocrite!
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Rose
: Don't you come anywhere near me, Cassandra!
Cassandra
: Why? What do you think I'm going to do, flap you to death?
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The Doctor: I'm the Doctor. And if you don't like it, if you want to take it to a higher authority, there isn't one. It stops with me.
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Cassandra
: Goodness me, I'm a man! Yum. So many parts! And hardly used. Ungh.. Oh! Two hearts! Oh baby, I'm beating out a samba!
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The Doctor: ...You're so afraid of dying... why not try and live a little!
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Cassandra: You're completely mad!... I can see why she likes you.
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Cassandra: Oh, I hate telepathy. Thats just what I need, a head full of Big-face.