The Doctor takes Amy to the distant future where she finds Britain in space. Starship UK houses the future of the British people, as they search the stars for a new home. But as Amy explores, she encounters the terrifying Smilers and learns a deadly truth inside the Voting Booth.
Featured in the episode The Beast Below.’ the Smilers are androids, mounted in booths all across the space faring version of Britain that left Earth in the 29th Century.
The Doctor believed that the Shakri were a myth, a fiction to keep ‘the young of Gallifrey in their place’. But the Shakri exist: enigmatic, powerful and ruthless slaves to the Tally.
Richard Milhous Nixon is remembered by most as the President of the United States who came undone over the Watergate scandal. But a few recall him as the President who was involved in the incident of ‘the big blue box in the Oval Office.’
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The Beast Below
The Doctor takes Amy to the distant future where she finds Britain in space. Starship UK houses the future of the British people, as they search the stars for a new home. But as Amy explores, she encounters the terrifying Smilers and learns a deadly truth inside the Voting Booth.
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Matt & Karen On The Whale's Tongue
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Doctor Who Confidential - The Beast Below
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Protest or Forget?
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Amy Boards the TARDIS
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Smilers
Featured in the episode The Beast Below.’ the Smilers are androids, mounted in booths all across the space faring version of Britain that left Earth in the 29th Century.
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Toyah Willcox is an actress and singer who fronted the new wave band Toyah.
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Richard Milhous Nixon is remembered by most as the President of the United States who came undone over the Watergate scandal. But a few recall him as the President who was involved in the incident of ‘the big blue box in the Oval Office.’
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In Vincent and the Doctor, we meet one of history’s most famous artists, Vincent Van Gogh.
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