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Episode #209: Motherless Earth
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Episode #209: Motherless Earth

"Orphan 55" looks forward with fear and with trembling.

Welcome to Episode #209 of The Vestibule Podcast!

This segment reviews Doctor Who Series 12’s third installment, “Orphan 55.”

Please find this outing’s script and Ed Hime’s “Orphan 55” teleplay in the “Files” section that concludes this post.

This episode returns us to The Vestibule’s 13th article, first published on 8 February 2022. Please listen, enjoy, and leave a comment.

All the best—Jason


FILES

Vestibule Podcast: Episode 209 Script (Motherless Earth)
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Read the script for The Vestibule Podcast's Episode #209, titled "Motherless Earth," which reviews "Orphan 55," Doctor Who Series 12's third episode.
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Doctor Who 1.2_"End of the World, The" Script (by Russell T. Davies) (from Doctor Who: The Shooting Scripts, 2005)
68.3MB ∙ PDF file
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Read Russell T. Davies's teleplay for "The End of the World," Series 1's second episode. Please note that this script comes from BBC Books' 2005 volume Doctor Who: The Shooting Scripts and includes marginal notations.
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Doctor Who 4.4_"Sontaran Stratagem, The" Script (by Helen Raynor) (Blue Revisions Dated 29 October 2007)
205KB ∙ PDF file
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Read Helen Raynor's 29 October 2007 blue-revisions teleplay for "The Sontaran Stratagem."
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Doctor Who 4.5_"Poison Sky, The" Script (by Helen Raynor) (Yellow Revisions Dated 5 November 2007)
206KB ∙ PDF file
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Read Helen Raynor's 5 November 2007 yellow-revisions teleplay for "The Poison Sky."
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Doctor Who 4.10_"Midnight" Shooting Script (by Russell T. Davies) (Dated 16 November 2007)
151KB ∙ PDF file
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Read Russell T. Davies's 16 November 2007 shooting script / teleplay for the now-classic New Who episode "Midnight."
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Doctor Who 4.10_"Midnight" Script (by Russell T. Davies) (Pink Revisions Dated 27 November 2007)
222KB ∙ PDF file
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Read Russell T. Davies's 27 November 2007 pink-revisions teleplay for the now-classic New Who episode "Midnight."
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Doctor Who 11.4_"Arachnids in the UK" Yellow Shooting Script (by Chris Chibnall)
277KB ∙ PDF file
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Read Chris Chibnall's yellow shooting script / teleplay for "Arachnids in the UK."
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Doctor Who 12.3_"Orphan 55" Continuity Script (by Ed Hime)
518KB ∙ PDF file
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Read Ed Hime's teleplay for Series 12's third episode, "Orphan 55." This continuity script integrates the broadcast episode's timing markers (music, sound effects, & visual cues) into Hime's teleplay.
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Doctor Who_The Writer's Tale: The Untold Story of the BBC Series (by Russell T. Davies & Benjamin Cook) (BBC Books, 2008)
21.4MB ∙ PDF file
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Read BBC Books's 2008 original edition of Russell T. Davies's & Benjamin Cook's volume Doctor Who_The Writer's Tale: The Untold Story of the BBC Series.
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Doctor Who_The Writer's Tale: The Final Chapter (by Russell T. Davies & Benjamin Cook) (BBC Books, 2010)
12.3MB ∙ PDF file
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Read BBC Books's 2010 revised edition of Russell T. Davies's & Benjamin Cook's volume Doctor Who_The Writer's Tale: The Final Chapter.
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