Smith and Jones (Doctor Who)

179 – "Smith and Jones"
Doctor Who episode
Cast
Others
Production
Directed byCharles Palmer
Written byRussell T Davies
Script editorSimon Winstone
Produced byPhil Collinson
Executive producer(s)Russell T Davies
Julie Gardner
Music byMurray Gold
Production code3.1
SeriesSeries 3
Running time45 minutes
First broadcast31 March 2007 (2007-03-31)
Chronology
← Preceded by
"The Runaway Bride"
Followed by →
"The Shakespeare Code"
List of episodes (2005–present)

"Smith and Jones" is the first episode of the third series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 31 March 2007. It sees the debut of Freema Agyeman as medical student Martha Jones. Agyeman had previously appeared as Martha's cousin Adeola in the 2006 episode "Army of Ghosts". The episode also introduced Martha's family, her mother Francine (played by Adjoa Andoh), father Clive (Trevor Laird), sister Tish (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), and brother Leo (Reggie Yates).

The episode sees alien police-for-hire called the Judoon transporting a London hospital to the Moon to hunt down a shapeshifting alien fugitive called "Florence Finnegan" (Anne Reid), who is posing as a human patient inside.

The episode was shot mainly in August 2006, with Singleton Hospital and the University of Glamorgan doubling as the fictional Royal Hope Hospital. According to the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board figures, it was seen by 8.7 million viewers and was the ninth most popular broadcast on British television in that week. It garnered an Appreciation Index of 88.[1]

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