Aliens of London (Doctor Who Episode)

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Doctor Who episode
The Slitheen spaceship crashlands in the Thames.
Cast
Doctor
Christopher Eccleston (Ninth Doctor)
Companion
Billie Piper (Rose Tyler)
Others
Camille Coduri – Jackie Tyler Noel Clarke – Mickey Smith Penelope Wilton – Harriet Jones Annette Badland – Margaret Blaine Corey Doabe – Spray Painter Ceris Jones – Policeman Jack Tarlton – Tom Hitchingson Lachele Carl – Trinity Wells Fiesta Mei Ling – Ru Basil Chung – Bau Matt Baker – Himself Andrew Marr – Himself Rupert Vansittart - General Asquith David Verrey – Joseph Green Navin Chowdhry – Indra Ganesh Naoko Mori – Doctor Sato Eric Potts – Oliver Charles Jimmy Vee – Space Pig Steve Speirs – Strickland Elizabeth Fost, Paul Kasey, and Alan Ruscoe – Slitheen
Production
Writer	Russell T. Davies
Director	Keith Boak
Script editor	Elwen Rowlands
Producer	Phil Collinson
Executive producer(s)	Russell T. Davies Julie Gardner Mal Young
Incidental music composer	Murray Gold
Production code	1.4
Series	Series 1
Length	1st of 2-part story, 45 minutes
Originally brodcast	16 April 2005
Chronology
← Previous "The Unquiet Dead"	Next → "World War Three"

"Aliens of London" is the fourth episode of the Series 1 of the British science fiction television show Doctor Who that was first broadcast on 16 April 2005. Written by Russell T Davies and directed by Keith Boak, it is the first in a two-part story, concluding with "World War Three".

In the episode, alien time traveller the Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) takes his companion Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) back to the time she left with him, but accidentally arrive a year later. While Rose is dealing with the consequences with her mother Jackie (Camille Coduri) and her boyfriend Mickey Smith (Noel Clarke), a spaceship crashes into the River Thames, triggering a worldwide state of alert.

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