42 ★★★★
Michelle Collins plays a space captain in Chris Chibnall's edgy thriller set in real time

Story 184
Series 3 – Episode 7
First UK transmission
Saturday 19 May 2007
Cast
The Doctor – David Tennant
Martha Jones – Freema Agyeman
Writer Chris Chibnall
Director Graeme Harper
Swallow the dubious astrophysics and Michelle Collins as a spaceship captain, and this makes for tense sci-fi, told almost in real time, as the Doctor has 42 minutes to stop SS Pentallian plunging into a star. There’s gorgeous CGI and David Tennant endures agonies, possessed by the living sun. “Burn with me!”
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