The Parting of the Ways (TV story)

Cast

 * The Doctor - Christopher Eccleston
 * The Doctor - David Tennant
 * Rose Tyler - Billie Piper
 * Captain Jack Harkness - John Barrowman
 * Mickey Smith - Noel Clarke
 * Jackie Tyler - Camille Coduri
 * Lynda Moss - Jo Joyner
 * Rodrick - Paterson Joseph
 * Female Programmer - Nisha Nayar
 * Male Programmer - Jo Stone-Fewings
 * The Anne Droid (voice) - Anne Robinson
 * Floor Manager (uncredited) Operator - Jenna Russell
 * Dalek (voice) - Nicholas Briggs

Crew

 * Dalek Operator - Nicholas Pegg
 * Android Operator - Alan Ruscoe
 * Dalek Operator - Barnaby Edwards
 * Dalek Operator - David Hankinson

Story Notes

 * The Doctor regenerates into the Tenth Doctor - David Tennant.
 * The guns used by Jack and the Game Station people are Heckler and Koch G36Ks.

Ratings

 * 6.9 million viewers.

Myths

 * In one version (a fake version) Rose was to have died.

Location Filming
to be added

Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors

 * The Doctor states that in the ancient legends on the Dalek homeworld he's known as 'The Oncoming Storm', however this was the name the Draconians gave him, the Dalek name for him is Ka Faraq Gatri.

Continuity

 * This is the first on-screen occurrence of a Dalek in the TARDIS, however War of the Daleks featured a Dalek within the TARDIS.
 * Rose tells the Cult of Skaro that she met the emperor in Doomsday.
 * Rose brings Jack back to life, something which plagues him throughout Torchwood.
 * Humans have been made into Daleks before in Revelation of the Daleks.
 * One of the Daleks has a cutting tool instead of a plunger, this has previously been seen in The Daleks.
 * A version of the Doctor's holographic Doctor appeared in Infinite Requiem.
 * Rose learnt about the heart of the TARDIS in Boom Town.
 * Rose mentions the events of Father's Day to Jackie.
 * Mickey mentions in The Age of Steel that he saved the world with a yellow truck.
 * The Daleks have previously invaded Earth in The Dalek Invasion of Earth and Day of the Daleks.

Quotes

 * Rose Tyler: That means they're half human.
 * Dalek Emperor: Those words are blasphemy!
 * Daleks: (in unison) Do not blaspheme! Do not blaspheme! Do not blaspheme!

DVD and Other Releases

 * The Parting of the Ways has been released on a single DVD together with Boom Town and Bad Wolf.
 * The Parting of the Ways has been released on a single UMD (for Sony's Playstation Portable) together with Boom Town and Bad Wolf.
 * The Parting of the Ways was also released as part of the Series 1 boxed set.