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Season 3  "The Sound of Drums (2)"  3x12

Aired 17 years ago - Jun 23, 2007

Location: London Date: 2008 Enemies: The Master, the Toclafane Harry Saxon becomes Prime Minister and his reign of terror begins – but that's only the start of his ambitions, as he announces mankind's first contact with an alien race, the Toclafane. An audacious plan spanning the whole of time and space begins to close around the Earth, in the penultimate episode of Russell T Davies's Doctor Who.

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Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 1
A glorious day. Downing Street, rebuilt.
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 2
You see, I'm not making myself very clear. Funny is like this...
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 3
Because of the gas. What gas?
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 4
You gonna tell us who he is? He's a Time Lord.
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 5
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 6
Your husband is not who he says he is. I'm sorry.
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 7
Look, Harold Saxon never went to Cambridge,
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 8
and that's why I'm asking you, Lucy, I am begging you,
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 9
Harold Saxon doesn't exist.
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 10
SCREAMING CONTINUES
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 11
He can only travel between the year 100,000,000,000, and the last place the TARDIS landed.
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 12
I don't know, it's nothing, it's just... I don't know!
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 13
People of the Earth. We come in peace.
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 14
BEEPING
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 15
Martha. It's me. Dad? What are you doing there?
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 16
We're taking them in.
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 17
The only place he can go is Planet Earth! Great idea! Careful!
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 18
Let them go, Saxon!
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 19
Back home?
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 20
I was so scared.
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 21
Why d'you say that? The drumming.
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 22
which, by the way, is ticking every demographic box.
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 23
Run for your life!
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 24
Is the Machine ready?
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 25
Still says the Jones family taken in for questioning.
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 26
They used to call it the Shining World of the Seven Systems...
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 27
He stood in front of the Untempered Schism -
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 28
Encrypted channel, with files attached.
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 29
That's when it all started, when Harry Saxon
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 30
Any way you can stop it? Not from down here.
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 31
It's like... I know you're there, but I don't want to know.
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 32
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 33
I found a pen, a sweet, a bus ticket and, er... Have you met the wife?
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 34
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How do we get on board? Does that thing work as a teleport?
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 37
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 38
Doctor, my family's on board. Brilliant!
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 39
According to the treaty, all armed personnel are requested to leave the Flight Deck immediately, thank you.
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 40
It's 3am in the morning on the Eastern Seaboard,
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 41
If they stop me, you've got a key. Yes, sir. I'll get him.
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 42
Where's my Master, pretty please?
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 43
We meet at last, Doctor. O- ho... I love saying that!
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 44
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 45
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 46
Two minutes past!
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 47
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 48
'This is Geneva! We're getting slaughtered down here!
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Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 2
You see, I'm not making myself very clear. Funny is like this...
#2
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 3
Because of the gas. What gas?
#3
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 4
You gonna tell us who he is? He's a Time Lord.
#4
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 5 #5 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 6
Your husband is not who he says he is. I'm sorry.
#6
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 7
Look, Harold Saxon never went to Cambridge,
#7
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 8
and that's why I'm asking you, Lucy, I am begging you,
#8
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 9
Harold Saxon doesn't exist.
#9
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 10
SCREAMING CONTINUES
#10
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 11
He can only travel between the year 100,000,000,000, and the last place the TARDIS landed.
#11
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 12
I don't know, it's nothing, it's just... I don't know!
#12
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 13
People of the Earth. We come in peace.
#13
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 14
BEEPING
#14
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 15
Martha. It's me. Dad? What are you doing there?
#15
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 16
We're taking them in.
#16
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 17
The only place he can go is Planet Earth! Great idea! Careful!
#17
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 18
Let them go, Saxon!
#18
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 19
Back home?
#19
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I was so scared.
#20
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 21
Why d'you say that? The drumming.
#21
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 22
which, by the way, is ticking every demographic box.
#22
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 23
Run for your life!
#23
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 24
Is the Machine ready?
#24
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 25
Still says the Jones family taken in for questioning.
#25
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 26
They used to call it the Shining World of the Seven Systems...
#26
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 27
He stood in front of the Untempered Schism -
#27
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 28
Encrypted channel, with files attached.
#28
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 29
That's when it all started, when Harry Saxon
#29
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 30
Any way you can stop it? Not from down here.
#30
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 31
It's like... I know you're there, but I don't want to know.
#31
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I found a pen, a sweet, a bus ticket and, er... Have you met the wife?
#33
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How do we get on board? Does that thing work as a teleport?
#36
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Doctor, my family's on board. Brilliant!
#38
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 39
According to the treaty, all armed personnel are requested to leave the Flight Deck immediately, thank you.
#39
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 40
It's 3am in the morning on the Eastern Seaboard,
#40
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 41
If they stop me, you've got a key. Yes, sir. I'll get him.
#41
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 42
Where's my Master, pretty please?
#42
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 3 Episode 12 (S03E12) - 43
We meet at last, Doctor. O- ho... I love saying that!
#43
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Two minutes past!
#46
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'This is Geneva! We're getting slaughtered down here!
#48
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