S4.E11

Turn Left

Episode aired Jul 18, 2008
TV-PG
49m

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Billie Piper, Catherine Tate, and Noma Dumezweni in Doctor Who (2005)

What would happen if Donna never met the Doctor? How would Earth handle the Racnoss, the falling Titanic or the Sontarans? Aided by a familiar blonde time traveler, Donna corrects the altern... Read allWhat would happen if Donna never met the Doctor? How would Earth handle the Racnoss, the falling Titanic or the Sontarans? Aided by a familiar blonde time traveler, Donna corrects the alternate time line from happening.What would happen if Donna never met the Doctor? How would Earth handle the Racnoss, the falling Titanic or the Sontarans? Aided by a familiar blonde time traveler, Donna corrects the alternate time line from happening.

Director
- Graeme Harper
Writers
- Russell T. Davies
- Sydney Newman
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8.9/10

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Director
- Graeme Harper
Writers
- Russell T. Davies
- Sydney Newman
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Russell T. Davies considered exploring how stories set in the past or on other planets would be affected - such as having UNIT send "time commandos" to the year 1599 to foil the plot of the Carrionites, in The Shakespeare Code (2007). Ultimately, however, he decided that this would cause an already very self-referential episode to become unnecessarily obsessed with minutiae, and Davies was very concerned about the ability of casual viewers to immerse themselves in the storyline.

Goofs
In a world where The Doctor died in The Runaway Bride (2006), he wouldn't have gone back in time to AD 79 (see The Fires of Pompeii (2008)). The Pyroviles would have turned the entire population of Earth into molten rock monster aliens, erasing all history after AD 79, including Donna's entire world.

Quotes
Donna Noble: [as Rocco is taken to one of Britain's new 'Labour camps'] It'll be quiet with him gone. Still, we'll have more room...
Wilfred Mott: [in tears and horrified] Labour camps... that's what they called them last time.
Donna Noble: What'd you mean?
Wilfred Mott: It's happening again.
Donna Noble: What is?

Connections
Edited from Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride (2006)

Soundtracks
Bohemian Rhapsody
(uncredited)
Written by Freddie Mercury
Performed by Catherine Tate
Performed by Joseph Long
Performed by Bernard Cribbins
Performed by Jacqueline King

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9/10

A superb "what if" episode

I'm so glad this episode was written. If this episode was done in another season with another companion it just wouldnt work, The performance from Catherine Tate in this episode is fantastic and with the return of Rose makes it a quite rememberable episode.