Tooth and Claw (TV story)

Summary
The Doctor and Rose arrive in the highlands of Scotland in 1879 in time to meet Queen Victoria. They accompany her to the Torchwood Estate where they must face a band of warrior monks and a werewolf.

Cast & Characters

 * The Doctor - David Tennant
 * Rose Tyler - Billie Piper
 * Queen Victoria - Pauline Collins
 * Steward - Ron Donachie
 * Isobel - Michelle Duncan
 * Reynolds — Jamie Sives
 * The Steward — Ron Donachie
 * The Host — Tom Smith
 * Flora — Ruth Milne
 * Sir Robert — Derek Riddell

Cast notes

 * Pauline Collins appeared previously in the series as Samantha Briggs in the Second Doctor serial The Faceless Ones (1967). This makes her the third actor from the classic series to appear in the new series, following William Thomas (Remembrance of the Daleks and Boom Town) and Nisha Nayar (Paradise Towers and Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways). Collins had been offered a role as a companion in 1967, but had turned this down.
 * When Sir Robert offers to precede the Queen out of the window, she calls him "my Sir Walter Raleigh". Actor Derek Riddell had played Raleigh in the BBC drama The Virgin Queen, screened earlier in the year. The script originally had Victoria refer to Sir Francis Drake, until Riddell pointed out that this would have been incorrect for the reference the Queen was making.
 * According to the internet commentary, actor Tom Smith, who played the Host, studied at drama school with David Tennant.

Influences

 * Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - The inspiration for the warrior monks (acknowledged in the Doctor Who Confidential Episode Fear Factor)
 * Werewolf Movies

Ratings

 * Tooth and Claw - 8.9m viewers (42.3%)

Location Filming

 * Treowen House in Dingestow, Wales was a site of filming for this episode, representing a Torchwood House in the Scottish Highlands

Cultural References

 * The Doctor identifies himself as "Doctor James McCrimmon of the township of Balamory" - Balamory is the setting of a CBeebies television program which although designed for pre-school children has gained a cult following in the UK. This town, however, is not entirely fictional - the children's TV show is filmed in an actual village called Balamory.

Continuity

 * When Rose first encounters the wolf in its human form it says it can see the wolf in her and that she is "burning like the Sun", a reference to her transformation in The Parting of the Ways
 * It is revealed at the very end of this episode that Queen Victoria founded the Torchwood Institute, taking the name from the estate, with a remit to investigate paranormal events such as the werewolf in this episode. The Torchwood Institute has previously been referenced in Bad Wolf and was seen in action in The Christmas Invasion. The Institute is to form the basis of a spin off series entitled Torchwood
 * The Doctor once again seems suprised by what appears on his psychic paper. It may just be that he allowed his mind to wander as Captain Jack did in The Empty Child or it may be that someone else is manipulating the paper as the Face of Boe was able to do in New Earth
 * Werewolves also appear in the stories Wolfsbane and Kursaal
 * The Doctor introduces himself as "Doctor James McCrimmon", a reference to his past Scottish companion Jamie McCrimmon.
 * The Seventh Doctor also foiled the plans of an alien who wanted to assassinate Queen Victoria in the episode Ghost Light.

Discontinuity

 * Both the Doctor and Rose are knighted in this episode, becoming Sir Doctor of the TARDIS and Dame Rose of the Powell Estate. Dame Commanders of the British Empire are not traditionally dubbed with a sword, and the formal names of a knight and a dame do not include a location. Also, as the Doctor told the Queen his name was James McCrimmon, she would have knighted him as such, not as "Sir Doctor".

Quotes
"Yeah ... but - a Werewolf!" - Rose Tyler

Story Arcs
Torchwood Arc

Similar stories

 * The Unquiet Dead
 * Ghost Light

More Info

 * Story Synopsis
 * Story Statistics
 * Story in the Media
 * Tooth and Claw TARDISODE
 * Doctor Who Confidential:Fear Factor
 * Totally Doctor Who Episode 2

Public Releases

 * According to Doctor Who Magazine #366, this episode will be released as a "vanilla" DVD along with School Reunion and The Girl in the Fireplace.