Not to be confused with "Impossible Planet", an episode of Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams.
For the Philip K. Dick short story, see The Impossible Planet (short story).
2006 Doctor Who episode
174a – "The Impossible Planet"
Doctor Who episode
Cast
Doctor
David Tennant – Tenth Doctor
Companion
Billie Piper – Rose Tyler
Guest
Danny Webb – Mr. Jefferson
Shaun Parkes – Zachary Cross Flane
Claire Rushbrook – Ida Scott
Will Thorp – Toby Zed
Ronny Jhutti – Danny Bartock
MyAnna Buring – Scooti Manista
Paul Kasey – The Ood
Gabriel Woolf – Voice of the Beast
Silas Carson – Voice of the Ood
Production
Directed by
James Strong
Written by
Matt Jones
Script editor
Simon Winstone
Produced by
Phil Collinson
Executive producer(s)
Russell T Davies Julie Gardner
Music by
Murray Gold
Production code
2.8
Series
Series 2
Running time
1st of 2-part story, 45 minutes
First broadcast
3 June 2006 (2006-06-03)
Chronology
← Preceded by "The Idiot's Lantern"
Followed by → "The Satan Pit"
List of episodes (2005–present)
"The Impossible Planet" is the eighth episode of the second series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast on BBC One on 3 June 2006. It is the first part of a two-part story. The second part, "The Satan Pit", was broadcast on 10 June.
The episode is set on Krop Tor, a planet orbiting a black hole. In the episode, a human expedition group drilling on the planet is terrorised by a creature calling itself the Beast (voiced by Gabriel Woolf), which possesses the Ood slaves in the humans' base.
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