boom town doctor boom town eleventh episode series british science fiction television programme doctor episode broadcast bbc june written executive producer directed episode alien time traveller doctor companions travel modern day cardiff meet rose boyfriend discover recent enemy named survived events aliens london world war willing destroy planet ensure freedom boom town replacement episode story written abandon script commitments davies decided write different story centred bringing character fourth fifth episodes series enjoyed performances primarily davies wanted explore consequences doctor actions question right sentence enemy death episode intended showcase cardiff revived doctor series episode filmed february boom town watched million viewers united_kingdom received mixed reviews critics plot doctor lands tardis cardiff energy cardiff rift engines rose bring passport tardis doctor lunch lunch doctor spots newspaper article showing cardiff new mayor track capture margaret find previous encounter doctor observes scale model plans new nuclear power plant identifies purposely flawed cause open cardiff rift destroy earth discovers model contains functioning margaret flee earth doctor decides margaret home planet reveals received death sentence executed returning doctor agrees final request accompany dinner meal margaret makes half hearted attempts kill doctor easily avoids tries play doctor sympathies asking planet instead tardis jack begins integrating tardis speed engine rose hang admits dating begs promise eventually come end answer loud sounds like thunder start area cardiff soon struck large earthquake coming rift doctor margaret rose jack find trap meant energy tardis rift jack doctor unable stop energy transfer margaret takes rose hostage demands heart tardis opens console bathing margaret light light jack doctor close rift disable console closes find margaret human suit egg doctor tardis margaret wanted second chance life gave tardis crew decides return egg margaret raised different family rose realises left saying goodbye runs look nearby area gone rose returns tardis clearly distraught doctor offers wait little longer search declines saying deserves better continuity continuing bad wolf story arc series nuclear power station named means bad wolf welsh language reference explicitly addressed doctor rose rift established earlier series dead doctor place tardis lands develops unusual properties seen spin series rose mentions doctor star system visit new series adventures novel says child threatened fed venom creatures appeared doctor serial web planet production according interview executive producer episode writer doctor magazine episode originally offered friend colleague critically acclaimed award winning accepted submitted storyline revealing rose bred doctor experiment creating perfect companion episode titled void abbot abandon project commitments davies wrote boom town instead bringing performance aliens london world war brilliant lines actor playing previously appeared martin undertaker classic series story remembrance performer appear original current run doctor later played father gwen cooper doctor series davies stated originally intended episode dining monsters joked better episode margaret davies intended episode character piece exploring doctor authority death sentence showing consequences doctor actions time met margaret storyline fitting war torn doctor consequences doctor lifestyle explored rose boyfriend forced resolution deliberate margaret start davies remarked resolution come completely tardis psychic link established boom town filmed scene particular millennium centre february doctor seen reading welsh newspaper davies stated wanted incorporate welsh culture series wales contains lot welsh crew members wanted beautiful area night shoot rose water tower extended nights temperature fountain automatically dinner scene doctor margaret filmed january cardiff restaurant rest episode filmed filmed scene filming scenes child scheduling conflicts schedule rearranged death uncle resulting replaced doubles scenes near end episode egg margaret turns reused prop second episode end world broadcast reception boom town broadcast united_kingdom june bbc episode received overnight ratings million viewers audience share increase past weeks final ratings calculated figure rose million received appreciation index sfx described boom town format breaking episode reviewer acknowledged certainly levels leaves elements praised moral dilemma including dinner scene conclusion margaret reverted egg seen little provides doctor moral clause rose subplot called weak lack evidence rose close playing gave episode grade writing sacrifices bit plot logic good exploration characters plot threads praised dialogue score digital spy negative feeling didn work calling bringing margaret poor idea criticised pace dragging radio_times particularly praised dinner scene described episode peculiar short story low filler dramatic doctor debut dazzling finale reviewer gave episode grade noting required suspension belief usual felt plot included necessity episode focused character moments work father day margaret fate clearly motivated hand called rose subplot effectively handled boom town doctor guide revived series author called episode highly entertaining thoughtful despite plotted ending praised character material comedy enthusiastic describing fun felt good scenes real story pointed moral dilemma matter decision end doctor hands
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