The Stolen Earth

198a – "The Stolen Earth"
Doctor Who episode
Towards the end of the episode, Rose Tyler cradles a dying Doctor after a Dalek shoots him with its gunstick. The climax was written by executive producer Russell T Davies as a pastiche of science fiction romance, and described by David Tennant as "a moment of high emotion for all involved".
Cast
Doctor David Tennant (Tenth Doctor)
Companions Catherine Tate (Donna Noble) Billie Piper (Rose Tyler) Freema Agyeman (Martha Jones) John Barrowman (Jack Harkness) Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith)
Others Penelope Wilton – Harriet Jones Gareth David-Lloyd – Ianto Jones Eve Myles – Gwen Cooper Thomas Knight – Luke Smith Bernard Cribbins – Wilfred Mott Jacqueline King – Sylvia Noble Adjoa Andoh – Francine Jones Julian Bleach – Davros Michael Brandon – General Sanchez Andrea Harris – Suzanne Lachele Carl – Trinity Wells Richard Dawkins – Himself Paul O'Grady – Himself Marcus Cunningham – Drunk Man Jason Mohammad – BBC newsreader Paul Kasey – Judoon Kelly Hunter – Shadow Architect Amy Beth Hayes – Albino Servant Gary Milner – Scared Man Nicholas Briggs – Dalek voices Alexander Armstrong – Mr Smith
Production
Directed by	Graeme Harper
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	4.12
Series	Series 4
Length	1st of 2-part story, 45 minutes
Originally broadcast	28 June 2008
Chronology
← Preceded by Followed by → "Turn Left" "Journey's End"
List of Doctor Who serials

"The Stolen Earth" is the twelfth episode of the fourth series and the 750th overall episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The episode was written by show runner and head writer Russell T Davies and is the first of a two-part crossover story with spin-offs The Sarah Jane Adventures and Torchwood; the concluding episode is "Journey's End", the finale of the fourth series. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 28 June 2008.

The finale's narrative brings closure to several prominent story arcs created during Davies' tenure as show runner. In the episode, contemporary Earth and twenty-six other planets are stolen by the Daleks, aided by their megalomaniacal creator Davros and a shattered but precognitive Dalek Caan. As the Doctor (David Tennant) and his companion Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) try to find Earth, his previous companions Jack Harkness (John Barrowman), Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman), Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen), and Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) convene to contact him and mount a defence against the Daleks. In the episode's climax, the Doctor is shot by a Dalek and begins to regenerate.