Stories Television Doctor Who Series 1 Episode: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 The Unquiet Dead 1 image Overview Characters How to Watch Reviews 20 Statistics Quotes 8 Transcript Overview First aired Saturday, April 9, 2005 Production Code 1.3 Written by Mark Gatiss Directed by Euros Lyn Runtime 45 minutes Story Type Christmas Time Travel Past Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Alien Migrants, Celebrity Historical, Earth Invasion, Ghosts, Mind Control Story Arc (Potential Spoilers!) Bad Wolf, The Cardiff Rift, Time War Location (Potential Spoilers!) Cardiff, Earth, Wales UK Viewers 8.86 million Appreciation Index 80 Synopsis The dead are roaming the streets of Cardiff in 1869 when the Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler arrive, just in time for Christmas. Teaming up with Charles Dickens, the TARDIS team encounter the Gelth, creatures sucked through the Cardiff Rift from the other end of the universe, their home lost to war. Surely inhabiting dead bodies is wrong, though! Can both sides be helped, or are these gaseous creatures not to be trusted? 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 Ninth Doctor Christopher Eccleston Rose Tyler Billie Piper Charles Dickens The Gelth Show All Characters (4) How to watch The Unquiet Dead: Watch on iPlayer Doctor Who Confidential DVD Series 1 Volume 1: Rose – The End of the World – The Unquiet Dead DVD The Complete First Series Blu-Ray Series 1 Blu-Ray The Complete First Series [Steelbook] 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 20 reviews 6 June 2025 · 30 words Review by phillcypher 1 I watched this episode 3 days ago and i can not remember a thing about it, its middle of the road not the best but nothing noteably bad about it aswell phillcypher View profile Like Liked 1 3 June 2025 · 107 words Review by InterstellarCas Spoilers 1 This review contains spoilers! One of my favorite Who Christmas stories—some of the Christmas specials withstanding. I love a good Christmas ghost story. This is Rose’s first venture into the past and it’s such a fun adventure. Her dynamic with the Doctor continues to be excellent, especially when we get to see more of their conflicts in morality. Charles Dickens plays such a lovely role in the story, both in the celebrity historical aspect and his more philosophical musings. And Simon Callow absolutely kills it in the role. With a well-acted small ensemble behind them, Rose and the Doctor take the past by storm and I think it’s a great episode. InterstellarCas View profile Like Liked 1 11 May 2025 · 10 words Review by GodofRealEstate When the monster of the week is carbon monoxide poisoning. GodofRealEstate View profile Like Liked 0 15 April 2025 · 90 words Review by Jann 1 New Who Review #3 The Unquiet Dead Victorian London and the dead are walking. The gelth have taken over corpses and want more a few billion more to be accurate. This story was fun it had a nice horror vibe to it that was actually pretty scary at times. Because it's set at Christmas it's got more of a Christmas Carol vibe to it. The chemistry between 9 and Rose this episode was fantastic 😏. They didn't agree most of the time here and the doctor even threatened to take her back home. 6.5/10 Jann View profile Like Liked 1 12 April 2025 · 57 words Review by Jonathan_ Spoilers This review contains spoilers! Not one of the most memorable stories if I'm being honest, but having Charles Dickens tag along with The Doctor and Rose makes it an enjoyable watch. The Gelth pose an interesting problem for The Doctor and Rose to argue over, though of course it is ultimately a moot point when they decide to start murdering people. Jonathan_ View profile Like Liked 0 Show All Reviews (20) Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating1,017 members 3.28 / 5 Member Statistics Watched 2001 Favourited 73 Reviewed 20 Saved 2 Skipped 3 Quotes Add Quote Link to Quote Favourite ROSE: But, it's like, think about it, though. Christmas. 1860. Happens once, just once and it's gone, it's finished, it'll never happen again. Except for you. You can go back and see days that are dead and gone a hundred thousand sunsets ago. No wonder you never stay still. — Rose Tyler, The Unquiet Dead Show All Quotes (8) Open in new window Transcript [Chapel of Rest] (A small altar with a cross on it flanked by a pair of candles. The rest of the room is also candle-lit and there are arum lilies in vases by an open coffin. The bald Welsh undertaker lights the gas lamp then speaks to his client.) SNEED: Sneed and Company offer their sincerest condolences, sir, in this most trying hour.REDPATH: Grandmamma had a good innings, Mister Sneed. She was so full of life. I can't believe she's gone.SNEED: Not gone, Mister Redpath, sir. Merely sleeping.REDPATH: May I have a moment?SNEED: Yes, of course. I shall be in the next room, should you require anything. (Sneed leaves. The man gazes down the corpse of his mother. Her skin turns blue for a moment then her eyes open. She grabs her son by the throat and knocks over a vase. The crash brings Sneed back in.) SNEED: Oh, no. No. Show Full Transcript Open in new window
