Back Los vampiros de Venecia Spanish Les Vampires de Venise French ヴェネチアの吸血鬼 Japanese The Vampires of Venice Korean The Vampires of Venice Portuguese Вампиры Венеции Russian The Vampires of Venice Turkish Vampirs tö el Venezia Volapuk 威尼斯的吸血鬼 Chinese
| 207 – "The Vampires of Venice" | |||
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| Directed by | Jonny Campbell[2] | ||
| Written by | Toby Whithouse[1] | ||
| Script editor | Brian Minchin | ||
| Produced by | Tracie Simpson[2] Patrick Schweitzer[3] | ||
| Executive producer(s) | Steven Moffat Piers Wenger Beth Willis | ||
| Music by | Murray Gold | ||
| Production code | 1.6[4] | ||
| Series | Series 5 | ||
| Running time | 50 minutes | ||
| First broadcast | 8 May 2010 | ||
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"The Vampires of Venice" is the sixth episode of the fifth series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was broadcast on 8 May 2010 on BBC One. It was written by Toby Whithouse, who previously wrote "School Reunion", and was directed by first-time Doctor Who director Jonny Campbell.
Following from the end of "Flesh and Stone" where his companion Amy Pond (Karen Gillan) had kissed him, the alien time traveller the Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith) picks up Amy's fiancé Rory (Arthur Darvill) and takes the two on a romantic trip to Venice in 1580. There they are intrigued by a girls' school whose students appear to be vampires and discover that they are really alien refugees in disguise, who plot to make Venice their new home.
The episode replaced a different script Whithouse had planned to write, and was designed to be a romantic episode that could also be a good introduction to the show. Whithouse chose the setting to be Venice, and vampires soon entered the plot as he felt they belonged in the setting. The episode was filmed in Trogir, Croatia in late 2009, with the old-fashioned village portraying Venice. The episode was seen by 7.68 million viewers in the UK and received an Appreciation Index of 86. The episode received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the comedy, production design, and acting of guests Helen McCrory and Alex Price, but thought that the plot elements were somewhat similar to a couple of other recent episodes.
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