city death city death second serial seventeenth season british science fiction television series doctor depicts adventures time travelling alien known doctor produced bbc broadcast weekly parts september october serial written pseudonym directed city death features fourth doctor companion set mainly paris plot concerns scheme alien steal lisa finance experiments time travel hope accident earth million years previously began existence life planet serial original storyline devised fisher heavily written script editor adams aided producer williams doctor serial film location outside united_kingdom production team worked paris april studio work completed june broadcast strike took itv bbc rival air city death scored high ratings fourth episode watched sixteen million viewers highest television audience attained episode doctor retrospect regarded best doctor classic run initial reception positive criticism humorous tone plot enjoying city paris doctor feels effects time distortion encounters wearing alien scan security systems doctor meet count time placed large number lost art treasures market fears looking steal lisa briefly captured doctor helps escape explore count mansion discover equipment experiment time source doctor time discover wall exact copies lisa painted continue investigate present doctor uses tardis visit workshop captured captain appearance count reveals race stranded earth fragmented time explosion spacecraft earth million years ago seeking restore race aided human technological advancement remaining contact fragments era convinced paint copies lisa steals known painting sell seven times substantially funding completion work leaves doctor watch human guard doctor knocks guard uses felt tip marker write fake blank leaves instructions paint text allow track copies future doctor escapes suffers temporary collapse caused doctor returns present learns succeeded stealing lisa furthermore killed threatens entire city paris complete work doctor convinces husband human sees true face count kills react time equipment fixed uses travel million years hopes stop explosion ship reveals equipment bring minutes doctor asserts time stop explosion ship source spark energy created beginnings life earth prevent explosion native living planet existed doctor race tardis travel intercept punches unconscious stop ship body returns present ship attempts explodes assuring development life earth present killed recognise human mask failure time equipment sets mansion time doctor arrive original copies lisa destroyed copies remains untouched doctor proposes copy painting original artist fake painting considered real work art reminding art worthless monetary value matters doctor goodbye tower production conception writing writer contributed scripts doctor sixteenth season stones blood asked producer story ideas fisher submitted proposals creature pit time concerned plot rig las_vegas finance time travel experiments williams asked fisher time spoof fictional detective 1920s fisher draft script centered member race fractured time accident script mainly set year doctor aided detective trail stolen pursuing paris partner time travel technology cheat casino fund time travel experiments settings included paris studio year prehistoric earth point production unit manager worked production team afford film location paris stripped crew necessitated rewrite fisher scripts action paris cost reasons drop 1920s setting doctor robotic dog companion removed script cost bringing robot dog operators paris fisher going divorce personal situation meant unable perform meant script editor aided perform complete rewrite story course weekend according adams took place locked study black coffee days script revised script titled curse credited standard pseudonym bbc previously doctor season serial invasion time serial subsequently retitled city death adams later reuse elements unfinished doctor serial novel gently makes reference great art gallery called novel series later expand introducing character time lord appears series novels audio dramas series audio dramas casting established character actor previously appeared doctor crusade reluctant don mask created scenes shed human disguise felt mask performance result doubled scenes cast account resemblance franco belgian comics hero previously appeared doctor including invasion doctor knew connections cambridge learning working day art gallery scenes recorded persuaded cameo appearance short scene written agreed condition pre publicity appearance wanted credited bbc declined liked later projects recording baker recorded short comedy bbc christmas tape filming city death director previously directed doctor armageddon factor experience filming paris having worked adaptations stories bbc location filming took place paris april proved difficult shoot dates coincided day holiday period meant locations chosen filming closed necessitating considerable improvisation cast crew model filming conducted concentrated shots spacecraft taking prehistoric earth overseen veteran following rehearsals production moved remaining scenes recorded blocks second june june found filming paris different experience crowds gather watch filming meet stars doctor shown france time cast crew largely ignored found city death challenging doctor serial worked pleased final outcome saying film loads scenes rain cold glamour different ordinary stories like finished result seeing costumes important creating role ward clashed costume designer rejecting silver james designed story ward came idea costume wore conjunction baker recalling thought fun wear little girls probably hated wearing cheer didn bank fact loads letters fathers saying cool school uniform broadcast reception city death broadcast consecutive saturdays beginning september time industrial action rival broadcaster itv result serial scored high ratings averaging million viewers episodes million watched fourth episode largest audience recorded episode doctor story repeated consecutive evenings tuesday friday august achieving viewing figures million viewers respectively audience appreciation ratings taken episodes city death episodes attained respectable score listings magazine radio_times published letters viewers city death hastings praised serial cast location filming impressed exeter felt played laughs responding similar criticisms viewers wrote programme didn risks died years ago viewers wrote point start life earth million years ago date given city death million years ago replied good doctor makes odd mistake think error million years pushing edition encyclopedia provide viewer wrote point atmosphere earth poisonous doctor companions responded criticism citing dramatic licence city death voted seventh place poll readers find best doctor story magazine commented represented height doctor popular light entertainment family doctor magazine readers voted eighth place recent poll magazine readers voted fifth best doctor story time article daily_telegraph named greatest episodes doctor writing hailed story best blend fantasy comedy drama seen favourite time lord annals reviewing serial dvd release described written performed beautifully city death story pretty works reacting serial ongoing time team feature said suddenly violently aware happening world people getting business time lords walking don think experienced doctor till tiny touches amid lift story higher included list episodes changed television citing sharp dialogue clever use time travel series recent years reviewer described city death gem seventeenth season finding adams subtle comedy script easily funniest series achieved praised costume mask felt paris filming location doctor initial response serial positive writing tardis total simply couldn believe doctor continual getting nerves similar view held reviewing vhs release said city death like material misses mark falling good bad parody making fairly unsatisfactory viewing line countered called doctor story laugh accept city death funny didn style scientists leave knocking near doctor story ranking polls responding criticisms levels comedy precisely things special reviewing serial radio_times stated disliked tone humour ward portrayal despite noted serial good production values direction jokes enjoyed commercial releases print city death doctor series original run resurrection target approached number occasions view commissioning offering standard advance adams replied saying don want embarrassing tendency best selling author target concerned regular authors seek better terms refused change offer years later target editor offered advance double standard advance time adams declined adams unwilling allow author write adams death estate allowed write adaptation unfinished serial published roberts announced working published roberts later announced working book instead home media city death released vhs april cover issued vhs dvd serial released incorporated numerous special features including commentary actors director scenes documentary paris serial released doctor dvd files issue june january released hour soundtrack serial narrated city death special effects sequences published book doctor glorious years figure released
City of Death