Series 2 - 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

Synopsis
London, 1953: on the eve of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation, Mr. Magpie is selling televisions from his little shop at an amazingly low price. It must be an alien plot ...

Cast
The Doctor – 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