World War Three (Doctor Who Episode)

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Doctor Who episode
The Slitheen, in 10 Downing Street, await a call on the "red telephone" for the nuclear launch codes.
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 Rupert Vansittart – General Asquith Morgan Hopkins – Sergeant Price Andrew Marr – Himself David Verrey – Joseph Green Steve Speirs – Strickland Jack Tarlton – Tom Hitchingson Lachele Carl – Trinity Wells Corey Doabe – Spray Painter Elizabeth Fost, Paul Kasey, 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	1.5
Series	Series 1
Length	2nd of 2-part story, 45 minutes
Originally brodcast	23 April 2005
Chronology
← Previous "Aliens of London"	Next → "Dalek"

"World War Three" is the fifth episode of the first series in the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who which was first broadcast on 23 April 2005. It is the second of a two-part story which began with "Aliens of London", on 16 April.

In the episode, alien time traveller the Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) and his companion Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) team up with Rose's boyfriend Mickey Smith (Noel Clarke), her mother Jackie (Camille Coduri), and Member of Parliament Harriet Jones (Penelope Wilton) to foil the plan of the alien Slitheen family from selling the Earth for commercial purposes. The Slitheen, who have invaded 10 Downing Street, plan to get the United Nations to release nuclear activation codes so they can trigger World War III on Earth and sell the remains.

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