The Big Bang (TV story)


 * For the event known as the Big Bang, see Event One.

The Big Bang is the thirteenth episode, and second in a dramatic two-part story of Series 5.

Synopsis
The cracks are meeting, and silence has fallen. The Doctor and friends face the ultimate challenge as secrets are revealed and the true power emerges. Whilst the Doctor discovers a message, Amy faces a great terror. Is this the day the Doctor falls?

Plot
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Cast

 * The Doctor - Matt Smith
 * Amy Pond - Karen Gillan
 * Young Amelia Pond - Caitlin Blackwood
 * Rory Williams (TBC) - Arthur Darvill
 * River Song - Alex Kingston
 * Madame Vernet - Chrissie Cotterill
 * TBA - Barnaby Edwards
 * Dr Gachet - Howard Lee
 * TBA - Phillip Madoc
 * Aunt Sharon - Susan Vidler
 * TBA - Melanie Walters
 * Daleks/Cybermen/Judoon (TBC) (voice) - Nicholas Briggs
 * Commander Strak - Christopher Ryan

Production crew
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Story notes

 * This episode was incorrectly entitled Cyber War and Enemies of a Time Lord.
 * Many old enemies have been confirmed to appear in the episode, whether there to play an enemy part is still to be confirmed. The list of enemies include the Daleks, the Cybus Cybermen, the Sontarans, the Judoon, the Hoix, the Weevils, the Uvodni, the Sycorax, the Silurians, the Autons, the Roboform and the Blowfish.
 * Amy Pond's mother will appear, played by actress Karen Westwood . Her Aunt Sharon will also appear, played by Susan Vilder.
 * The title is most likely a reference to the unidentified explosion on 26/06/2010 (DW: Flesh and Stone)

Ratings
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Rumours

 * Spoilers, including pictures from shooting, and in some cases even the published previews, have established that, in addition to the Time Field, and Roman soldiers, the episode will feature Daleks, Cybus Cybermen, Sontarans, Judoon, Silurians, Sycorax, Weevils, Hoix, Roboform, Uvodni, Blowfish, and Autons, most of which have been confirmed to appear in the episode by the BBC.
 * The original Cybermen will return.
 * Omega will return.
 * The Big Bang is caused by the explosion of the Heart of the TARDIS.
 * The TARDIS will be destroyed, as the Doctor pulls what appears to be a piece of the TARDIS's police notice sign out of the crack in . Maybe the TARDIS that the Doctor is rumoured to design in is destroyed, as it could be featured in.
 * It is rumoured that all of the above enemies are beings that were absorbed by the cracks (for example the Daleks from or the Cybermen from ), and that somehow they have all come back through because of the Pandorica opening. This could also explain the Silurians appearing, as there was a crack near their civilization. This could mean the Weeping Angels would make an appearance due to getting absorbed by a crack, and possibly Saturnynians, although none of the existing spoilers mention either race. This theory would also explain Rory's apparent reappearance.

Filming locations
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Production errors
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Continuity

 * The Time Cracks (DW: The Eleventh Hour, The Beast Below, Victory of the Daleks, Flesh and Stone,)

Home video releases
BBC Video - Doctor Who Series Five - Volume Four will feature The Lodger (TV Story), The Pandorica Opens and The Big Bang. It will be released on Monday 6th September 2010 (UK Only) on DVD and Blu-Ray.