Partners in Crime (Doctor Who)

189 – "Partners in Crime"
Doctor Who episode
The Adipose, CGI aliens depicted using MASSIVE, march through Central London towards Adipose Industries.
Cast
Doctor David Tennant (Tenth Doctor)
Companion Catherine Tate (Donna Noble)
Others Billie Piper – Rose Tyler Sarah Lancashire – Ms. Foster Bernard Cribbins – Wilfred Mott Jacqueline King – Sylvia Noble Verona Joseph – Penny Carter Jessica Gunning – Stacey Campbell Martin Ball – Roger Davey Rachid Sabitri – Craig Staniland Chandra Ruegg – Claire Pope Sue Kelvin – Suzette Chambers Jonathan Stratt – Taxi driver
Production
Directed by	James Strong
Written by	Russell T Davies
Script editor	Lindsey Alford
Produced by	Phil Collinson
Executive producer(s)	Russell T Davies Julie Gardner
Incidental music composer	Murray Gold
Production code	4.1
Series	Series 4
Length	50 minutes
Originally broadcast	5 April 2008
Chronology
← Preceded by Followed by → "Voyage of the Damned" "The Fires of Pompeii"

"Partners in Crime" is the first episode of the fourth series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was broadcast on BBC One on 5 April 2008. The episode reintroduced comedian Catherine Tate as Donna Noble, who had previously appeared in "The Runaway Bride". Donna and the Doctor (David Tennant) meet while separately investigating Adipose Industries, a company that has created a revolutionary diet pill. Together, they attempt to stop the death of thousands of people in London after the head of the company, the alien Miss Foster (Sarah Lancashire), creates the Adipose, short white aliens made from human body fat.

The episode's alien creatures, the Adipose, were created using the software MASSIVE, commonly used for crowd sequences in fantasy and science fiction films.

"Partners in Crime" features the return of three supporting characters: Jacqueline King reprises her role as Sylvia Noble from "The Runaway Bride"; Bernard Cribbins reprises his role as Wilfred Mott from "Voyage of the Damned", to replace the character of Geoff Noble after actor Howard Attfield died; and Billie Piper briefly reprises her role as Rose Tyler for the first time since the second series' finale "Doomsday", in a scene that was not included in preview showings.