Stories Television Doctor Who Series 3 Episode: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 The Sound of Drums 1 image Overview Characters How to Watch Reviews 1 Statistics Related Stories Quotes 2 Transcript + Script Overview First aired Saturday, June 23, 2007 Production Code 3.12 Written by Russell T Davies Directed by Colin Teague Runtime 45 minutes Story Type Series Finale, Three-Parter, Two-Parter Time Travel Present Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Consequences, Dance Number, Earth Invasion, End of the Universe Story Arc (Potential Spoilers!) Vote Saxon, You Are Not Alone Location (Potential Spoilers!) Earth, England, London UK Viewers 7.51 million Appreciation Index 87 Synopsis The Tenth Doctor, Martha Jones and Jack Harkness return to present day London, horrified to discover that Prime Minister Harold Saxon is the Master. "Saxon" informs the world about receiving contact from an alien race called the Toclafane. Framed as fugitives, the Doctor, Martha and Jack try to sneak in and stop the Master before he unleashes a wave of terror. But his dark ambitions reach beyond the stars... Watch Watched Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Edit date completed Custom Date Release Date Archive (no date) Save Characters Tenth Doctor David Tennant Martha Jones Freema Agyeman Captain Jack Harkness John Barrowman The Saxon Master John Simm The Toclafane First Appearance Lucy Saxon First Appearance Trinity Wells Show All Characters (7) How to watch The Sound of Drums: Watch on iPlayer Doctor Who Confidential Blu-Ray The Complete Third Series [Steelbook] Blu-Ray Series 3 DVD The Complete Third Series DVD Series 3 Volume 4: Utopia – The Sound of Drums – Last of the Time Lords Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Date (Newest First) Date (Oldest First) Likes (High-Low) Likes (Low-High) Rating (High-Low) Rating (Low-High) Word count (High-Low) Word count (Low-High) Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 1 review 4 June 2024 · 135 words Review by dema1020 Spoilers 1 This review contains spoilers! The Sound of Drums is a pretty excellent follow-up to the events of Series Three and Utopia specifically. It is great pay-off to the Saxon plot threads. John Simm is pretty strong as the Master, too. The stuff with the "aliens" and such was pretty good set-up even if Last of the Time Lords didn't totally manage a great follow through. There's some really great elements of production, too. The use of the song The Sound of Drums was great, the Paradox Machine looked awesome, and some of the other CGI stuff is pretty well done given the age of this episode. Some of the acting leaves a bit to be desired in the form of Barrowman and a couple of the guest stars, but overall this is a very strong episode on the whole. dema1020 View profile Like Liked 1 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating788 members 4.00 / 5 Trakt.tv AVG. Rating1,209 votes 4.18 / 5 Member Statistics Watched 1641 Favourited 155 Reviewed 1 Saved 2 Skipped 0 Related Stories Doctor Who S3 • Episode 11 Utopia Rating: 4.37 Story Skipped Television Reviews(2) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Doctor Who Series 3 Set of Stories: Doctor Who (2005-2022) Set of Stories: Tenth Doctor Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Doctor Who S3 • Episode 13 Last of the Time Lords Rating: 3.42 Story Skipped Television Reviews(4) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Doctor Who Series 3 Set of Stories: Doctor Who (2005-2022) Set of Stories: Tenth Doctor Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Quotes Add Quote Link to Quote Favourite Tags: Thoschei DOCTOR: I've been alone ever since. But not anymore. Don't you see? All we've got is each other. MASTER: Are you asking me out on a date? — The Sound of Drums Show All Quotes (2) Open in new window Transcript + Script Needs checking [Alleyway] (A vortex appears, blowing the rubbish around, followed by the Doctor, Jack and Martha.) MARTHA: Oh, my head.DOCTOR: Time travel without a capsule. That's a killer. [Street] JACK: Still, at least we made it. Earth, twenty first century by the looks of it. Talk about lucky.DOCTOR: That wasn't luck, that was me. Show Full Transcript Open in new window View Script (PDF)
