The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)

The Unicorn and the Wasp is the Seventh episode of Series 4 of Doctor Who

Synopsis
In 1926, Agatha Christie mysteriously disappeared, only to be found ten days later, with no memory of what has happened. Was it a nervous breakdown? A cry for help? Or perhaps a giant alien wasp..?

Plot
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Cast

 * The Doctor - David Tennant
 * Donna Noble - Catherine Tate
 * Agatha Christie - Fenella Woolgar
 * Clemency Eddison - Felicity Kendal
 * Reverend Golighty - Tom Goodman Hill
 * Colonel Hugh - Christopher Benjamin
 * Robina Redmond - Felicity Jones
 * Roger Curbishley - Adam Rayner
 * Greeves - David Quilter
 * Davenport - Daniel King
 * Professor Peach - Ian Barritt
 * Miss Chandrakala - Leena Dhingra
 * Mrs Hart - Charlotte Eaton

Production crew
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Story notes
Professor Peach is a reference to Professor Plum of the popular Cluedo case-cracking game.

Ratings
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Myths
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Rumours

 * Donna tries to blend into the time period by saying "spiffing" and "chin chin".


 * There are spinning newspapers.


 * Agatha Christie makes a sexual advance towards Donna, but is loudly knocked back.


 * An arrow-armed Doctor is seen in flashback in Hercule Poirot's old hunting ground.


 * The Doctor tries to down a jar of anchovies.


 * Part of a Cybus Cyberman turns up in the episode. Confirmed by on-set photos.


 * Donna thinks that 'Murder On The Orient Express' is a song by Sophie Ellis Bextor.


 * There is an explicit reference to the events of 'The Unquiet Dead'.


 * Donna tells Agatha Christie that her plot twists are nothing compared to the Jeremy Kyle Show.


 * The Doctor disappoints Donna by telling her that Enid Blyton's Noddy is not real.

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 * Chief Inspector Smith from Scotland Yard makes an appearance. ''This was confirmed in the trailer.

Filming locations
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Continuity

 * The Doctor mentioned to Martha Jones in Last of the Time Lords, that they could take a trip to see Agatha Christie, but was unable due to Martha leaving at the time. Ironically, Martha leaves in the episode preceeding this one.


 * The phrase "The bees are disappearing" is mentioned in the Partners in Crime and again in Planet of the Ood. This may be a reference to this episode. However, this episode features a giant wasp, not bee and is set 80 years before "The bees are disappearing".


 * This is the third time a famous author has appeared in the revived series. The first being Charles Dickens, the second being William Shakespeare and now Agatha Christie.


 * The Doctor and Donna are mistaken by Agatha Christie to be a couple. This was previously done in The Fires of Pompeii, Planet of the Ood and The Doctor's Daughter.

Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors
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DVD and other releases

 * It will be released on the Series 4 boxset DVD in November 2008.