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Synopsis

Just Any Normal Street?

London 2012, and The Doctor and Rose set off to see the Olympics, only to find terror in the most ordinary place.

Source: BBC DVD

General Information

Season:	Twenty Eight (New Series 2)
Production Code:	2-11
Story Number:	176 (New Series: 20)
Episode Number:	721 (New Series: 25)
Number of Episodes:	1
Percentage of Episodes Held:	100%
Working Titles:	"Chloe Webber Destroys The Earth" and "You're a Bad Girl, Chloe Webber"
Production Dates:	January - February 2006
Broadcast Date:	24 June 2006
Colour Status:	Colour
Studio:	BBC Wales (Unit Q2, Newport)
Location:	Page Drive (Tremorfa, Cardiff) and Cardiff Millennium Stadium.

Writer:

Matthew Graham

Director:

Euros Lyn

Producer:

Phil Collinson

Executive Producers:

Julie Gardner and Russell T Davies

Script Editor:

Simon Winstone

Editor:

Crispin Green

Production Manager:

Marcus Prince

Production Designer:

Edward Thomas

Director of Photography:

Rory Taylor

Casting Director:

Andy Pryor CDG

Costume Designer:

Louise Page

Make-Up Designer:

Sheelagh Wells

Cameraman:

Penny Shipton (Assistant)

Visual Effects:

The Mill

Special Effects:

Any Effects

Stunt Co-ordinator:

Dave Forman

Incidental Music:

Murray Gold

Special Sounds (SFX Editor):

Paul Jefferies

Sound Recordist:

Simon Fraser

Sound Editors:

Doug Sinclair and Paul McFadden

Music Performed By:

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Title Music:

Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Arranged by Murray Gold

Number of Doctors:

The Doctor:

David Tennant (The Tenth Doctor)

Number of Companions: 1The Companion: Billie Piper (Rose Tyler) Additional Cast: Nina Sosanya (Trish), Abisola Agbaje (Chloe), Edna Dore (Maeve), Tim Faraday (Tom's Dad), Abdul Salis (Kel), Richard Nichols (Driver), Erica Eirian (Neighbour), Stephen Marzella (Police Officer), Huw Edwards (Commentator)Setting: Stratford (2012) Villain:The Isolus

The Episodes

No.	Episodes	Broadcast (UK)	Duration	Viewers (Millions)	In Archive
721	Fear Her	24 June 2006	43'51"	7.1	Yes

Total Duration

44 Minutes

Audience Appreciation

Average Viewers (Millions)

7.1

Doctor Who Magazine Poll (2006)	60.96% (Position = 11 out of 11)
Doctor Who Magazine Poll (2009)	48.90% (Position = 192 out of 200)
Doctor Who Magazine Poll (2014)	42.68% (Position = 240 out of 241)
Doctor Who Magazine Poll (2023)	Position = 36 out of 36

Archives

This story exists and is held in the BBC's Film and Videotape Library.

Notes

This story was written by Matthew Graham, co-creator of Life on Mars, Ashes to Ashes and Bonekickers.

Originally this slot was to be filled by a story by actor/writer Stephen Fry, Matthew Graham stepped in and wrote this story at short notice.

Nina Sosanya (who plays Trish) starred alongside David Tennant in the 2005 BBC production of Casanova, produced by Russell T Davies.

Edna Doré (who plays Maeve) is probably best known for playing Frank Butcher's mother Mo in EastEnders.

Huw Edwards joined a long list of BBC newsreaders to feature in the show, playing himself commentating on the Olympic Opening Ceremony.

Prior to the graphite scribble monster, The Doctor encountered other mineral-based lifeforms, such as the crystalline Krotons in the 1968 story "The Krotons", the Kastrians in the 1976 story "The Hand of Fear" and the Ogri in the 1978 story "The Stones of Blood".

The addition of the 2012 London Olympics was added when the opportunity arose due to London's successful bid.

"The Kookaburra Song", featured in this story, was written by Marion Sinclair in 1932 for a contest being held by the Victorian Guides.

The 54 second TARDISode for this story was in a Crimewatch-style report (called CrimeCrackers) on the children's disappearances -- but done in a more sensationalistic, American style, to connote the story's 2012 setting. This was filmed on the 31st January 2006 at Page Drive, Cardif. As with all the other TARDISode's - all of which were written by Gareth Roberts - it could be downloaded from the BBC Doctor Who website or via a mobile phone a week before the broadcast of the main story.

The ending of this story contains a trailer for the first episode of the next story - "Army of Ghosts/Doomsday".

Following on immediately after this story, on BBC3, was the eleventh chapter of the second series of Doctor Who Confidential, "The Fright Stuff" presented by Mark Gatiss.

First and Last

The Firsts:

The first appearance of reporter/newsreader Huw Edwards - joining a long list of BBC newsreaders and real-life actors to feature in the show as themselves.

The first Doctor Who story to be written by Matthew Graham.

Story Images

Show Text

London 2012

Just Any Normal Street?

Not the Best Place to Land

Chloe Webber

Chloe's Mum, Trish

Chloe's Drawing

Attacked by the scribble monster

The Doctor Helps Chloe

Drawing the World

Rose Discovers What's in the Cupboard

Rose and Chloe's Illustrated Dad

Lighting the Olympic Flame

Quote of the Story

'Something in the air. Something's coming. A storm's approaching…'

The Doctor

Release Information

Format	Title	Release Date (UK)	Code Number	Cover Art	Remarks
DVD	Fear Her - Army of Ghosts - Doomsday	September 2006	BBCDVD 1964	Photo-montage
DVD	The Complete Second Series	November 2006	BBCDVD 2122	Photo-montage	Boxed set containing all 11 stories
DVD	The Complete Second Series (Amazon Version)	November 2006	BBCDVD 2122	Photo-montage	Limited Edition 'Cyberman Head' box set containing all 11 stories
CD	Original Television Soundtrack	December 2006	SILCD1224	Photo-montage	Music by Murray Gold
CD	Original Television Soundtrack - Series 1 and 2	2007		Photo-montage	Music by Murray Gold
DVD	Series 1 - 4 Box Set	October 2009	BBCDVD 3058		Boxed set containing all 43 stories on 23 Discs
Blu-Ray	The Complete Series 1-7 Box Set (Limited Edition)	December 2013	BBCBD 0242	Photo-montage	Limited Edition Blu-Ray boxed set containing all Series 1-7 stories at full 1080p high definition
DVD	The Complete Second Series (2014 Re-release)	August 2014	BBCDVD 3966	Photo-montage	Boxed set containing all 11 stories
DVD	The Complete David Tennant Years Box Set	November 2014	BBCDVD 4000	Photo-montage	Boxed set containing all 37 stories on 26 Discs
Blu-Ray	The Complete Second Series Box Set	August 2015	BBCBD 0262	Photo-montage	Blu-Ray boxed set containing 11 stories
LP	Original Television Soundtrack - Series 1 and 2	2016		Photo-montage	Music by Murray Gold
DVD	The Complete Second Series Box Set (Limited Edition Steelbook)	July 2017	BBCDVD 2317	Photo-montage	Limited Edition DVD Steelbook boxed set containing 10 stories (Amazon Exclusive)
Blu-Ray	The Complete Second Series Box Set (Limited Edition Steelbook)	July 2017	BBCBD 0393	Photo-montage	Limited Edition Blu-Ray Steelbook boxed set containing 10 stories (Amazon Exclusive)
Blu-Ray	Series 1 - 4 & Specials Blu-Ray Collection	November 2023	BBCBD 0582	Photo-montage	Boxed set containing all Ninth and Tenth Doctor stories upscaled to high definition

In Print

No Book Release

Doctor Who Magazine - Preview	Issue 371 (Released: July 2006)
Doctor Who Magazine - Article	Issue 372 (Released: August 2006)
Doctor Who Magazine - After Image	Issue 374 (Released: October 2006)
Doctor Who Magazine - Time Team	Issue 451 (Released: October 2012)
Doctor Who DVD Files	Volume 13 (Released: July 2009)

Photo Gallery

The Doctor and Companion

The Tenth Doctor

Rose Tyler

On Release

DVD Cover

VIDEO

Complete Series DVD Box Set

VIDEO

DVD Box Set
(Amazon Version)

VIDEO

Original Television Soundtrack Cover

AUDIO

Original Television Soundtrack Silva Screen CD Cover

AUDIO

Series 1-4 DVD Box Set

VIDEO

Complete Series 1-7 Ltd Edition Blu-Ray Box Set

VIDEO

Complete Series DVD Box Set<BR>(2014 Re-release)

Complete Series DVD Box Set
(2014 Re-release)

VIDEO

Complete David Tennant Years DVD Box Set

VIDEO

Complete Series Blu-Ray Box Set

VIDEO

Original Television Soundtrack Vinyl Cover

AUDIO

Complete Series DVD Limited Edition Steelbook Box Set

VIDEO

Complete Series Blu-Ray Limited Edition Steelbook Box Set

VIDEO

Series 1 - 4 & Specials Blu-Ray Collection Cover

VIDEO

Magazines

Doctor Who Magazine - Preview: Issue 371

Doctor Who Magazine - Article: Issue 372

Doctor Who Magazine - After Image: Issue 374

Doctor Who Magazine - Time Team: Issue 451

Doctor Who DVD Files: Volume 13

Who's Who

Who Me

Episodes of the
Tenth Doctor

Season 28 (New Series 2)

References

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