Skip to content
TARDIS Guide

Overview

First aired

Monday, October 17, 2011

Production Code

5.5, 5.6

Written by

Gareth Roberts

Directed by

Joss Agnew

Runtime

60 minutes

Time Travel

Present

Location (Potential Spoilers!)

Earth, England, London

UK Viewers

0.71 million

Synopsis

Joseph Serf has launched his new SerfBoard, the must-have computer that no one can resist owning. Everyone wants the brand new device — and why not? What could be so dangerous about a computer?

Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat

Characters

How to watch The Man Who Never Was:

Reviews

Add Review Edit Review

1 review

This review contains spoilers!

Elisabeth Sladen’s decade spanning contribution to Doctor Who ends here. No other companion has had the kind of impact that she managed during her time across three(!) spin offs. Pleasingly this story is a good one, and the extended outro is a touching tribute to The Sarah Jane Adventures.

This story has a sparky plot. A hologram, controlled by alien slaves under the control of a melevolent force, poses as a tech billionaire to trick the public until buying the “surf” board, which  is a good pun in the context of a story introducing children to the horrors of slavery. The design and prosthetics of the alien’s face is quite impressive, and very sweet. I could have watched them for much longer.

The Smith Family are vety sweet together. It’s nice having three of them now, they make a good unit. The posh actor attempting a Romanian accent is less good - I am not sure why they felt she was the ideal woman for the role.

Had Elisabeth Sladen lived longer, I truly believe this show would have been allowed to run on and on and on. We were so lucky to have it


Open in new window

Statistics

AVG. Rating136 members
3.44 / 5

Trakt.tv

AVG. Rating49 votes
3.80 / 5

The Time Scales

AVG. Rating30 votes
3.85 / 5

Member Statistics

Watched

398

Favourited

11

Reviewed

1

Saved

1

Skipped

0

Owned

3

Quotes

Add Quote

LUKE: Remember, he's American.

SERF: Yee-haw! As I woke up, put my grits on the griddle, I thought, gee, what a cotton picking day to launch a new computer.

LUKE: What? What? You've been watching Toy Story again.

Transcript Needs checking

Part One

[Serf Industries foyer]

(A man is on a loop doing some in-house advertising.)

SERF [on screen]: Hi. I'm Joseph Serf. I'm here to introduce the Serf Board from Serf Systems, the world's newest and best portable computer. The fifteenth at 5pm. Put it in your diary. The day the Serf Board arrives, and the revolution begins. Billions of dollars of research and development have gone into this compact affordable device.

(A cleaning operative isn't impressed.)


Open in new window