1.2 The End of the World

Wrtten by Russell T Davies
Directed by Euros Lyn
Produced by Phil Collinson
Executive Producers:

• Russell T Davies
• Julie Gardner
• Mal Young

Length: 45 minutes

The Doctor and Rose arrive on Platform One in the year Five Billion, where some of the richest beings in the universe have gathered to watch the destruction of the Earth as its Sun erupts into a red giant. But one of the attendees is planning on profiting from the event, and has unleashed an army of robotic spiders to take control of the space station. Is it the mastermind Jabe, the serene Tree? Cassandra, the last pure human in existence? The diminutive Moxx of Balhoon? Or the imposing Face of Boe? And whoever it is, can the Doctor stop them before Platform One perishes along with the Earth?

Air Date: 02/04/05
Viewers (millions): 7.9

Cast:

• Christopher Eccleston (the Doctor)
• Billie Piper (Rose Tyler)
  

Guest Stars:

• Simon Day (Steward)
• Yasmin Bannerman (Jabe)
• Jimmy Vee (Moxx of Balhoon)
• Zoë Wanamaker (Cassandra)
• Camille Coduri (Jackie Tyler)
• Beccy Armory (Raffalo)
• Sara Stewart (Computer Voice)
• Silas Carson (Alien Voices)
• Nicholas Briggs (Alien Voices)

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