The Idiot's Lantern

The Idiot's Lantern
Information

Writer: Mark Gatiss
Director: Euros Lyn
Script Editor: Simon Winstone
Producer: Phil Collinson
Executive Producer(s): Russell T. Davies, Julie Gardner

Originally Broadcast: 20th May 2006
Duration: 45 mins
Viewing Figures (in millions): 6.7m
Production Code: 2.7
Monsters/Villains: The Wire
Year Set: 1953
Location: London, Earth


Synopsis

It's 1953, the Coronation year of HM Queen Elizabeth II, and the people of Great Britain huddle round their television sets to witness the great event.

But behind the celebrations there are rumours of monsters on the streets, and the tormented Mr Magpie is hiding a strange and alien secret…


Cast

David Tennant – David Tennant
Rose Tyler – Billie Piper
The Wire - Maureen Lipman
Magpie - Ron Cook
Eddie Connolly - Jamie Foreman
Rita Connolly - Debra Gillett
Tommy Connolly - Rory Jennings
Grandma Connolly - Margaret John
Detective Inspector Bishop - Sam Cox
Crabtree - Ieuan Rhys
Aunt Betty - Jean Challis
Security Guard - Christopher Driscoll
Mrs Gallagher - Marie Lewis


Preceded by: The Age of Steel - Followed by: The Impossible Planet

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