S3.E12

The Sound of Drums

Episode aired Feb 5, 2008
TV-PG
45m

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John Simm and Alexandra Moen in Doctor Who (2005)

The Doctor, Martha and Jack return to the 21st Century eighteen months after the Doctor and Martha left. They find they've missed the election, and the new Prime Minister, Harold Saxon, is s... Read allThe Doctor, Martha and Jack return to the 21st Century eighteen months after the Doctor and Martha left. They find they've missed the election, and the new Prime Minister, Harold Saxon, is someone they've met before by another name.The Doctor, Martha and Jack return to the 21st Century eighteen months after the Doctor and Martha left. They find they've missed the election, and the new Prime Minister, Harold Saxon, is someone they've met before by another name.

Director
- Colin Teague
Writers
- Russell T. Davies
- Sydney Newman
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8.7/10

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Director
- Colin Teague
Writers
- Russell T. Davies
- Sydney Newman
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
When The Doctor and The Master are speaking to each other the phone, they really are talking to the other person. Instead of having the lines read to them on the set, David Tennant and John Simm called each other in order to make the scene more authentic.

Goofs
Winters is described as "President", but identifies himself to the Toclafane as "President Elect of the United States of America". The President Elect is the candidate who has won an election (in early November) but not yet taken office (on January 20); he has no authority yet. (Russell T. Davies has stated that he used the term President-Elect without realizing what it actually meant, and that Winters is meant to be the full President of the United States.)

Quotes
The Doctor: [to Martha and Jack] Oh! I know what it's like. It's like when you fancy someone, and they don't even know you exist. That's what it's like.
[Martha looks crestfallen, and turns to Jack for support]
Captain Jack Harkness: [to Martha] You too, huh?

Connections
Featured in Doctor Who Confidential: The Saxon Mystery (2007)

Soundtracks
Voodoo Child
Performed by Rogue Traders

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9/10

Camp & Political.

"Oh, look! It's the freak & the girly, though I'm not sure which one's which." - Russell T Davies made John Simm's Master SO iconic & quotable.

To be quite honest, "The Sound of Drums" somehow feels like a trial run for Torchwood: Children of Earth; a political thriller with a dark sci-fi twist.

Not exactly subtle either but momentous fun all the same.