Tardisode 1

Tardisode 1 is the first of the Tardisode series of mini-episode prologues to Doctor Who Series 2. This Tardisode is a prelude to the episode, New Earth.

Synopsis
Novice Hame is advertising the New New York Hospital, explaining to viewers how they never lose a patient. A female scream of help is heard and the camera cuts out.

Script
Announcer: "Welcome to New Earth, Let us cure you".

Novice Hame walks into camera shot and walks up to a sick patients' bed.

Novice Hame: "We can cure anything."

The camera pans around to show a sick female patient in a hospital bed and then onto a medical monitor displaying readings.

Novice Hame: "Hortray's Syndrome, terminal."

''Camera pans around slowly, the bed curtain gradually blocking the view more and more until it reaches the other side. the patient is looking better, smiling, happy.''

Novice Hame: "Wrong, we never lose a patient. We're here to help you. Donations welcome. Come to New Earth and be cured."

''The scene continues to be a happy one with the patient smiling and Hame stroking her. The screen suddenly goes black and we hear a voice scream out.''

Voice: "Help me! Please help me."

Cast

 * Novice Hame - Anna Hope
 * Cat Nun - Natalie Cuzner
 * Paitent - Sophie Higgs
 * Cat Nun - Kim Wyld

Production crew

 * Executive Producer - Russell T Davies
 * Executive Producer - Julie Gardner
 * Script Editor - Simon Winstone

Continuity

 * This is a prelude to DW: New Earth.

Story notes

 * This is the first BBC-made Doctor Who production since DW: Mission to the Unknown in which neither the Doctor nor a companion appear.

Home video releases
The BBC did not include any Tardisode episode in the Series 2 boxset.