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First Aired: Sep. 08, 2012 on BBC One

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Season 7 » Episode #02 - Dinosaurs on a Spaceship

Doctor Who (UK) - 07x02 Dinosaurs on a Spaceship

Summary: An unmanned spaceship hurtles towards certain destruction - unless the Doctor can save it, and its impossible cargo... of dinosaurs! By his side a ragtag gang of adventurers; a big game hunter, an Egyptian Queen and a surprised member of the Pond family. But little does the Doctor know there is someone else onboard who will stop at nothing to keep hold of his precious, prehistoric cargo.

Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

John Riddell	played by Rupert Graves
Brian Williams	played by Mark Williams
Solomon	played by David Bradley (IV)
Queen Nefertiti	played by Riann Steele
Indira	played by Sunetra Sarker
Robot 1	played by Noel Byrne (II)
Robot 2	played by Richard Garaghty
Bleytal	played by Richard Hope

Episode Quotes

The Doctor: How do you start a Triceratops?

The Doctor: Have you got any vegetative material in your pants?
Brian Williams: Just my balls. [Rory covers his face, embarrassed. Brian, confused by his reaction, produces a handful of golf balls]

Riddell: Know what I want more than anything else?
Amy Pond: Lessons in gender politics?

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Mistakes/Goofs

Goof (revealing mistake): (at around 47 mins) When Brian first looks at the Earth (from outer space), it is a mirror image (Spain on the right, Middle East on the left). In the next shot it is a normal image.

Trivia

The role of Solomon was written for a man in his 50s but played by David Bradley who was around 69 at time of filming.
The idea of Nefertiti running away with John Riddell, is actually quite plausible due to the complete historical gap in the later years of her life.
David Bradley (Solomon) would later play William Hartnell the first Doctor Who in An adventure in Space and Time (2013).
The part of John Riddell was written for a man in his 30s but played by Rupert Graves who was 48 at the time of filming.