"The Stolen Earth" is the twelfth episode of the 2007–08 series and the 750th overall episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which marks its 50th anniversary on 23 November 2013. The episode was written by show runner and head writer Russell T Davies. It is the first of a two-part crossover story with spin-offs The Sarah Jane Adventures and Torchwood, concluding with "Journey's End", the finale of the fourth series, which brings closure to several prominent story arcs created under Davies. In the episode, contemporary Earth and 26 other planets are stolen by the Daleks. As the Doctor (David Tennant, pictured) and his companion Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) try to find Earth, his previous companions Jack Harkness (John Barrowman), Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman), Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen), and Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) convene to contact him and mount a defence against the Daleks. The episode was received positively by the audience and professional reviewers. It received one of the highest Audience Appreciation Index ratings for a television programme, and when first shown was the second most-watched programme of the week.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1733:
African slaves from Akwamu in the Danish West Indies revolted against their owners, one of the earliest and longest slave revolts in the Americas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1733_slave_insurrection_on_St._John
1867:
The Manchester Martyrs were hanged in Manchester, England, for killing a police officer while helping two Irish nationalists escape from police custody. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_Martyrs
1924:
Edwin Hubble published evidence in a newspaper that the Andromeda Nebula, previously believed to be part of the Milky Way, is actually another galaxy, one of many in the universe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Hubble
1992:
IBM introduced the Simon (pictured), a handheld, touchscreen mobile phone and PDA that is considered the first smartphone. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Simon
2011:
Arab Spring: After 11 months of protests in Yemen, the Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh agreed to transfer power to Vice President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abd_Rabbuh_Mansur_Hadi
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donna: A lady, especially a noblewoman; the title given to a lady in Italy. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/donna
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
I've been running all my lives. Through time and space, every second of every minute of every day for over 900 years. I fought for peace in a universe at war. Now the time has come to face the choices I've made in the name of the Doctor. Our future depends upon one single moment of one impossible day — the day I've been running from all my life: The Day of the Doctor. --Doctor Who https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Doctor_Who