long game long game seventh episode series british science fiction television programme doctor broadcast bbc written executive producer directed episode alien time traveller doctor companion having joined near future genius land satellite far future satellite space station broadcasts news entire human empire doctor notices station suspicious aliens promoted disappear doctor rose discover editor alien controlling rest humanity way press adam makes mistake forces doctor rose home concept long game originally submitted davies doctor script office 1980s davies interested storyline failed companion addition critics pointed story satire media production episode took place november december location filming cardiff long game watched million viewers received generally mixed reviews critics plot doctor rose adam arrive floor satellite space station earth year doctor uses sonic adam rose credits buy food looks station doctor meets woman named reporter tells station giant broadcast tower news earth led room sits chair located center round table reporters connected computer special port installed directly brain doctor believes purpose station holding human development learns select invited floor believed highest promotion earned station doctor rose computer systems station detected editor editor allows doctor rose travel floor following soon floor doctor rose find editor directing control station number dead humans ceiling resides editor chief editor answers doctor learns controlled humans aboard satellite control lives people planet manipulating news adam discovers gain access information earth future information port installed brain uses rose phone answering machine home transfer data port allows adam mind discovers true nature doctor makes plans kill doctor aware presence outside room loudly comments altering environmental systems likely kill takes hint cooling system causing floor killing editor humans board station earth come wake doctor gives hope future doctor discovers adam takes home earth doctor destroys answering machine data future tells adam longer welcome tardis adam tries doctor rose saying leave walk port brain rest life doctor tells leads quiet life probably won discovered soon doctor rose leaves adam mother returns home manages pure accident shock activate port continuity related update tie website doctor essay year old long game takes place time period fourth great human empire featured doctor stories 1970s following bad wolf theme begun earlier episodes season broadcast channels featuring face end world named bad finale series bad wolf parting ways revealed finale set satellite years long game doctor claims bad wolf playing long game referring manipulation humanity long game took place production book shooting scripts russell davies claims originally set write episode adam perspective watching adventure point view exactly rose rose seeing doctor rose enigmatic frightening characters gave outline working title adam working title story companion couldn according davies concept long game originally written early 1980s submitted doctor production office read production team time unclear davies received rejection bbc script unit advised write realistic television man mortgage instead davies reworked story new series dvd commentary episode director actor refer additional motivation adam actions apparently earlier drafts script adam father suffered disease time hoped learn cure discovered year shooting script condition trace motivation remains finished programme grant discusses present grant reveal frozen adam scene fact orange ice cube grown doctor considered great honour guest star pleased cast bad guy previously played eighth doctor audio play invaders mars editor announces doctor rose mighty holy stated interviews found extremely difficult line voice artist recorded voice work contribution sounded similar voiced rose long game produced series fourth production block filming studio took place november december location filming building cardiff days december entirely computer generated imagery cgi animated mill given shark like design intention snap like shark initial design described meat ceiling broadcast reception long game broadcast united_kingdom bbc overnight ratings showed episode watched million viewers live audience share received final rating million viewers sixth highest rated broadcast bbc week episode received appreciation index long game released dvd region alongside following episodes father day child doctor dances august released series november episode received generally mixed reviews sfx described okay episode reminiscent earlier episode end world despite praising theme media control criticised failing capture imagination real sense threat human culture looked identical modern day guardian wrote profession journalism right style playing gave long game grade describing entertaining welcome throwback classic series questioned developing tradition doctor hero episode noted threads reviewing episode radio_times positive writing acts brilliantly satire media praised guest cast characters adam departure den geek wrote retrospect long game perfectly enjoyable mid series episode praising adam departure reviewing long game gave grade found commented clear motives editor performance overall felt story presents simple ideas cumulative effect story feels slight best worst episode hardly failure doctor guide revived series described episode entertaining called best guest star far stated superb job conveying adam felt episode failed companion storyline criticised satire subtle borrowing stories nineteen eighty remarked shame adam motives cut development rose adam positive opining satire subtle effective viewers relate news media today praised way long game showed ninth doctor inspirational figure questioned decision leave adam 21st century future technology reviews long game reviews outpost long game reviews
The Long Game