dead dead episode series british science fiction television programme doctor broadcast april bbc written directed episode alien time traveller doctor companion travel christmas sightings strange gas like creatures doctor rose team investigate man runs funeral corpses come life revealed voiced entered cardiff rift wish survive taking corpses dead episode revival set past intended series range original brief script included focus tone evolved story zombies researched portraying multiple occasions accepted guest star dead felt historical figure written accurately episode features guest appearance actress play gwen cooper doctor spin series contemporary cardiff location doctor production victorian architecture episode filmed computer generated imagery cgi main visual effect dead seen million viewers united_kingdom broadcast attracted generally positive reception reviewers criticised plot points lack moral dilemma plot doctor attempts pilot tardis naples rose past ends cardiff instead christmas eve nearby funeral run servant corpse late peace taken blue rises coffin kills mourning grandson away senses corpse going nearby theater middle performance blue leaves peace audience away attracts attention doctor rose rush investigate arrive capture corpse confronted rose end kidnapping accuses doctor performance doctor literary genius offers help funeral rose wakes newly corpses peace doctor arrive break time rescue rose hearing trouble corpses doctor convinces help hold attempt communicate dead blue fill room reveal remains alien race devastated time war doctor open rift exists basement allow cross doctor offers temporary use corpses transport place build new bodies bridge cross rift stands middle arch opens rift allowing cross number greater anticipated true motive revealed intend kill living hosts planet animated bodies death allowing possess body flees rose doctor trapped basement outside realises beings affected gas returns house turns gas pulling bodies doctor tells send close rift close leave instead takes box matches intending gas kill doctor determines dead opening rift doomed doctor rose flee explodes burns doctor rose head tardis thanks help decides leave immediately london patch things family finish mystery doctor rose disappear tardis walks away streets cardiff passes quoting christmas carol god continuity looking rose mind frightened breaks contact sees things seen darkness phrase bad wolf stories season culminating episode bad wolf finally explained parting ways doctor visibly mention time war event alluded rose end world doctor told rose people destroyed war cardiff rift reappears episodes boom town direct indirect element alien encounters spin series set cardiff events episode referenced wasp compares episode events meeting surrounded ghosts christmas end world doctor told rose people destroyed war production writing executive producer head writer came concept dead episode revived series designed continue range programme exploring past contemporary rose far future end world episode tardis habit taking doctor wrong places happened revived series davies felt important episode set cardiff new series produced wanted story set victorian times feature davies original brief included fake originally set hotel fake character named lower floors unaware true medium popular character production team took medium role interested possession zombies character cut episode believed unnecessary heart story working titles story included horror angels original draft including details previous death younger brother subsequent drafts story stated simply head encouraged originally questioned felt monsters doctor cliché producer remarked cliché worked rift added plot origins originally resisted having star episode traditionally doctor mentioned meeting historical figures eventually warmed idea christmas carol fan wanted set episode christmas later realised journey episode mirrored scene wanted door briefly face reference christmas carol visual effect episode originally began tardis wanted glimpse rose eyes changed wanted great travelling time scripted snow blow tardis doors opened cut budget reasons davies requested scene doctor takes rose future world filled walking corpses result left defeating expensive film scene doctor talking coach driver supposed shout referencing work coach crash expensive casting portrayed considered possessed extensive knowledge author experience playing character public readings contended agree play script sufficiently high quality heard author feature doctor heart sank felt fiction tendency author kind purpose victorian literary character understand little life books director noted material interest key getting involved promoting role doctor stated writer knew exactly connects doctor desire save world pleased episode portrayed end life ill sad energetic episode wedding river song returned reprise role briefly played initially supposed film episode booked role theatre agent notified role keen audition series reputation favourite actors time inadvertently attending audition shirt image naked women kissing slogan support colonies convinced got appearance contrasted personality notified success want theatre commitments doctor agent decided appear episode performance felt confirmed actress wales best kept secrets subsequently wrote lead role doctor spin character gwen cooper related journey end doctor asks gwen family history cast pleased casting grown watching david filming effects filming took place september october story set 19th century cardiff production actually filmed victorian looking buildings left cardiff cardiff theatre telling story beginning episode victorian children home based research victorian production team selected red main color scheme small pieces paper sprayed snow caused problem scared horses snow falling sky foam substance actors played dead bodies possessed simple contact lenses production team programme audience decided missing facial features originally visual effects company mill planned computer generated effects cgi ethereal scene ran challenge mouth turning red scene minute change visual effects mill cgi episode compensated small shots focused characters head speaking fact actress filmed separately template animation scenes challenge matching voice overs actors portrayed bodies animated broadcast reception dead broadcast united_kingdom bbc april united_states episode aired march overnight figures showed episode watched million viewers audience share final ratings calculated figures rose million episode received appreciation index dead received criticism parents felt scary young children bbc dismissed complaints saying intended youngest children doctor novelist creator posted scathing review dead internet hour broadcast focusing perceived political suggesting asylum evil exploit liberal doctor criticised script promoting claiming foreigners invaders especially stories news immigration britain review produced considerable backlash internet mainly comments writer miles personally contacted ran trouble publishers miles deleted review posted revision original available websites digital_spy stated enjoyed episode beautifully dark later described chilling tale playing magazine reviewer gave dead grade describing spectacular noted weak convenient plot point forces drawn human hosts mere presence gas criticised making doctor appear noted played role resolution radio_times described episode sparkling script crisp inviting winter wonderland praising magical atmosphere treatment felt bit raiders lost doctor guide revived series felt dead terribly terribly disappointing viewing rose doctor characterisation drive plot story reduced playing safe ordinary aliens evil instead discussing morality despite wrote story enjoyable set realized period setting characterisation sic called episode complete mess felt attempting recreate classic series came half hearted felt moral dilemma underwent unsettling character change 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