2x12 Army of Ghosts (1) - Doctor Who (UK) Episode Guide

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- Episode 02x12

Episode: 02x12
Title: Army of Ghosts (1)
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 25
First Aired: Jul. 01, 2006

Season 2 » Episode #12 - Army of Ghosts (1)

Doctor Who (UK) - 02x12 Army of Ghosts (1)

Summary: The Doctor and Rose, with Jackie in tow, finally cross paths with Torchwood, an elite government organization designed to defend against alien invasion. Meanwhile, the ghosts of the dead are returning to their loved ones across every corner of the planet, and the mysterious, and terrifying purpose of a silver sphere held within Torchwood is about to be realized.

Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

Yvonne Hartman	played by Tracy-Ann Oberman
Dr. Rajesh Singh	played by Raji James
Adeola Oshodi	played by Freema Agyeman
Gareth	played by Hadley Fraser
Matt	played by Oliver Mellor
Peggy Mitchell	played by Barbara Windsor
Indian Newsreader	played by Hajaz Akram
French Newsreader	played by Anthony Debaeck
Japanese Newsreader	played by Takako Akashi

Season 2 / Episode 12: - Army of Ghosts (1)

Dalek: Location Earth.
Supreme Dalek: Life forms detected! Exterminate!
Daleks: Exterminate! Exterminate! EXTERMINATE!

Season 2 / Episode 12: - Army of Ghosts (1)

Yvonne Hartman: [pointing to Rose's image on the laptop] So this is?
The Doctor: That's Rose Tyler.
Yvonne Hartman: [looking confusedly at Jackie] Then she is?
Jackie Tyler: I'm her mother.
Yvonne Hartman: [laughing] You travel with her mother?
Jackie Tyler: I was kidnapped!
The Doctor: Please, when you come to write my official biography, please don't say I travelled with her mother.

The Doctor: Well I have a reputation to uphold.

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MISTAKES/GOOFS

CONT: At the start when we see Rose on the bus, a bald man sits down on the seat behind her. However, when the camera is inside the bus, he is sitting two seats behind her, without enough time for him to move.
CONT: When Yvonne is taking the Doctor and Jackie to the Sphere Room, there is a sign opposite the door that has the words "Torchwood Institute". In the next shot where you can see the corridor from inside the Sphere Chamber, the sign has disappeared. It reappears again when Rose is going into the Sphere Chamber, but this time it has directions to the Reception, Canteen and Lever Room as well as "Torchwood Institute". It also disappears again when you see the corridor from inside the Chamber.
PLOT: Throughout the series, Rose (and the audience) have had all languages translated for them by the TARDIS. Yet when clicking the television around, all the the foreign correspondents are untranslated.
CONT: When the head Torchwood woman is showing the Doctor through Torchwood after leaving the TARDIS, she goes to push a door open into the main building with one hand, but when the camera cuts to them entering the building she pushes them open with two hands.

TRIVIA

The footage of Canary Warf used when Jackie looks out of the window is taken from the series two opening episode of "The Apprentice" (2005).
SPOILER: In each series, there is an underlying story arc that spans over all episodes until it is fully explained in the season finale. In season 2, the story arc involved The Torchwood Institute. In this episode and the following "Doomsday", the events take place almost exclusively within Torchwood Tower, and their projects are explained.
This episode was watched by 8.19 million viewers on its original transmission.
When Rose emerges from the Tardis after Torchwood moves it, the Egyptian Sarcophagus it's parked next to is from the original series adventure Pyramids of Mars (season 13), used as the Osirian Time-Space Tunnel conduit.
Freema Agyeman has a small role in this episode as Adeola Oshodi, a employee of the Torchwood Institute. Freema went on to play Martha Jones, the Doctor's companion after Rose Tyler. It was later revealed that Martha was the cousin of Adeola.