Stories Television Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Specials Episode: 1 2 3 The Star Beast 25 images Overview Characters How to Watch Reviews 21 Statistics Related Stories Quotes 26 Transcript + Script Overview First aired Saturday, November 25, 2023 Written by Pat Mills, Dave Gibbons, Russell T Davies Directed by Rachel Talalay Runtime 57 minutes Story Type Anniversary Special, New TARDIS interior, Special Time Travel Present Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Amnesia, Cloister Bell, Consequences, Deadlock Seal, Flashbacks, LGBTQA+, Mind Control, Spaceship, TARDIS is damaged, The Doctor Falls Story Arc (Potential Spoilers!) Doctor-Donna Inventory (Potential Spoilers!) Psychic Paper, Sonic Screwdriver Location (Potential Spoilers!) Earth, England, London UK Viewers 7.61 million Appreciation Index 84.3 Synopsis The Doctor is caught in a fight to the death as a spaceship crash-lands in London. But as the battle wreaks havoc, destiny is converging on the Doctor’s old friend, Donna. 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 Fourteenth Doctor David Tennant Donna Noble Catherine Tate Beep the Meep Rose Noble Sylvia Noble Jacqueline King Shaun Temple Shirley Anne Bingham Ruth Madeley First Appearance UNIT Wrarth Warriors Show All Characters (9) How to watch The Star Beast: Watch on iPlayer Watch on Disney+ Doctor Who Unleashed BTS on YouTube Video Commentary DVD 60th Anniversary Specials Blu-Ray 60th Anniversary Specials [Steelbook] Blu-Ray 60th Anniversary Specials 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 21 reviews 14 June 2025 · 119 words Review by InterstellarCas Spoilers 2 This review contains spoilers! The first half of the special is super solid. It’s a solid adaptation of the original comic with some good character dynamics, especially with Donna’s memory and the Doctor’s reappearance. However, as soon as the Meep gets revealed as evil is when things go downhill for me. The pacing gets a little off and the writing gets a bit handwave-y. I thought the stuff concerning Rose and transness was a bit clumsy, however well-meaning it was. It could’ve benefited from an actual trans writer. And the “letting it go” felt like a major cop out for me but I get why they did it. But I do appreciate the return to the old dynamic between the Doctor and Donna. InterstellarCas View profile Like Liked 2 11 May 2025 · 17 words Review by GodofRealEstate Really quite decent, until it isn't. RTD forgot how to write like 30 minutes in, must've got distracted GodofRealEstate View profile Like Liked 0 7 May 2025 · 29 words Review by kawaii2234 1 very fun episode, strong return to form. Catherine Tate and David Tennant still have such an insane amount of chemistry it’s absolutely brilliant to see the duo back together kawaii2234 View profile Like Liked 1 11 April 2025 · 79 words Review by zachbot3000 Spoilers 1 This review contains spoilers! I have nothing critical to add because this brought me back to when I first started watching Doctor Who except now I am older but yes I will still ugly sob for The Doctor and Donna!!! I feel like The Doctor openly saying how much he loves Donna and Wilf is because of his time as Jodie, which I quite enjoy. Everything about Rose made my heart soar. More of this please. We need so much more of this. zachbot3000 View profile Like Liked 1 6 April 2025 · 77 words Review by joeymapes21 1 Some clunky dialogue and lines throughout, which take me out of the moment. But generally, lots to love. Tennant and Tate always have a fantastic chemistry, and they feel like they've never been away, in a fun and exciting story. The Meep is interesting villain, and the work on the Meep, Wrarth Warriors and special effects are brilliant. Some script revisions to amend the dialogue would have been beneficial, just to try and fix some distracting moments. joeymapes21 View profile Like Liked 1 Show All Reviews (21) Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating1,201 members 3.37 / 5 Member Statistics Watched 1811 Favourited 137 Reviewed 21 Saved 6 Skipped 2 Related Stories Doctor Who S4 • Episode 13 Journey’s End Rating: 4.05 Story Skipped Television Reviews(6) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Doctor Who Series 4 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 Other adaptations of this story: We define an adaptation as a recreation of a similar story but on a different medium or with different characters. Target Collection Doctor Who: The Star Beast Rating: 3.58 Story Skipped Book Reviews(4) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Target Collection Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved The Comic Strip Adaptations Volume 1 • Episode 2 Doctor Who and the Star Beast Rating: 3.92 Story Skipped Audio Drama Reviews(2) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: The Comic Strip Adaptations Set of Stories: Classic Series Special Releases Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Doctor Who Magazine Comics Doctor Who and the Star Beast Rating: 3.92 Story Skipped Comic Reviews(7) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Doctor Who Magazine Comics Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Quotes Add Quote Link to Quote Favourite DOCTOR: Once upon a time… Once upon a Time Lord, I had a best friend, and her name was Donna Noble. A Time Lord and a human, and we travelled the stars together. — The Star Beast Show All Quotes (26) Open in new window Transcript + Script [Prologue] (Split between the Doctor somewhere, Donna in her kitchen, and the closing scenes of Journey's End.) DOCTOR: Once upon a time… Once upon a Time Lord, I had a best friend, and her name was Donna Noble. A Time Lord and a human, and we travelled the stars together.DONNA: Sometimes I have dreams about impossible things. I dream of creatures and adventures and faraway skies. But none of it's true.DOCTOR: Donna saved the entire universe by taking the power of the Time Lords into her mind, at a terrible cost.DONNA: Binary, binary, binary, binary…DOCTOR: She had to forget everything she ever knew.DOCTOR: Goodbye.DONNA: No. No, no…DOCTOR: She had to forget me.DONNA: Please, no. No! No!DOCTOR: Because if Donna ever remembers me, she will die.DONNA: And now I've got a nice life, with a nice fella and a nice house, and the most beautiful daughter in the world. But I just think something's missing.DOCTOR: I can never see Donna again.DONNA: Now the days are drawing in, I keep having more and more dreams. Like something's getting closer.DOCTOR: But now this face has come back. Why?DONNA: It's like a storm in the air, about to break.DOCTOR: I think the story hasn't ended yet. [Camden Lock] (The TARDIS materialises just along from Cyberdog clothing store, the Doctor steps out and saunters away to the market, where someone is carrying a huge pile of boxes.) Show Full Transcript Open in new window View Script (PDF)