The Idiot's Lantern
Story Number: 173 (2.7)No of Episodes: 1
Writer: Mark Gatiss
Director: Euros Lyn
Executive Producer: Russell T Davies, Julie Gardner
Starring: David Tennant, Billie Piper, Maureen Lipman CBE, Ron Cook, Rory Jennings
BBC One (United Kingdom):
First Broadcast: Saturday 27th May 2006
Running Time: 45 minutes, 10 seconds
Average Audience: 6.76 Million Average AI: 84
The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, 1953, and Great Britain huddles round its television sets to witness the great event. But behind the celebrations are rumours of monsters on the streets, and the tormented Mr Magpie is hiding a strange and alien secret.