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The Sound of Drums

  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on July 11, 2023July 6, 2024
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The Sound of Drums

This Story: Series 3, Story 9b. Production Code 3.12
Overall: Story 188b, Episode 742
Airdate: 23 Jun 2007
Written by Russell T Davies
Directed by Colin Teague

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#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 742 - The Sound of Drums (Story 188b, Serial 3.12) - 23 Jun 2007 #DoctorWho 1/3

Pt 2 of this takes the Doctor to a bad place, as he's tortured by the Master who uses the Lazarus technology from earlier in the series to age him. I LOVED the scene where the pic.twitter.com/9alETpYKd1

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) July 11, 2023

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 742 - The Sound of Drums (Story 188b, Serial 3.12) - 23 Jun 2007 #DoctorWho 2/3

Master talks about how he was revived. I couldn't figure out how they'd do that given the Master's last appearance in the McGann movie, where he was killed. Story has some pic.twitter.com/SmvFTl7mF0

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) July 11, 2023

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 742 - The Sound of Drums (Story 188b, Serial 3.12) - 23 Jun 2007 #DoctorWho 3/3

great action, betrayal by Martha's family, a wonderful scene where The Doctor describes Gallifrey, & the Master as PM of Britain which is fun stuff. Very fun OTT cliffhanger. pic.twitter.com/uhNpCm3102

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) July 11, 2023

Sharon freakin’ Osbourne got a (small) speaking role in this episode – good lord.

The Master watching the Teletubbies is a fun reference back to the original Master, Roger Delgado.

The Master’s “wife” Lucy is a bit of a nutter, seemingly getting off on the violence and chaos of the situation.

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