The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)

Synopsis
In 1950s England, Tenth Doctor encounters an alien inteligence which travels along television broadcast airwaves.

Plot
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Cast

 * The Doctor - David Tennant
 * Rose Tyler - Billie Piper
 * The Wire - Maureen Lipman
 * Mr Magpie - Ron Cook
 * Eddie - Jamie Foreman
 * Rita - Debra Gillett
 * Tommy - Rory Jennings
 * Grandma Connolly - Margaret John
 * Mrs Gallagher - Marie Lewis
 * Bishop - Sam Cox
 * Crabtree - Ieuan Rhys
 * Betty - Jean Challis

Crew
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Story Notes
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Ratings
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Myths
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Location Filming
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Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors

 * How do the people survive without mouths/noses for air?

Continuity

 * The portable TV turns up in an episode of Torchwood.
 * Magpie Electronics apparently continues to exist. Martha Jones has a Magpie brand television in The Sound of Drums.

DVD Releases

 * This was released on a vanilla DVD along side Rise of the Cybermen and The Age of Steel.
 * It was also released as part of the Series 2 box set.