Doctor Who: Planet Of The Dead trailer

Trailer 2 Apr 2009 - 12:50
It's the flying jellyfish of doom!

The first of the Doctor Who specials gets a trailer over at Auntie Beeb...

It may only have a stated runtime of 45 minutes, but the Dubai locations and wrecked London bus certainly indicate where the money has been spent on Planet Of The Dead, as indicated by the new trailer over at the BBC website.

Click here to view the trailer at the BBC

The deserted location, abandoned transport and terrified stranded passengers reminds me a little of the setup in The Langoliers, particularly when our heroes are menaced by vast hordes of rapidly approaching bitey flying creatures. Luckily the SFX are notably better than the fying Pac Men of the 1995 Stephen King TV adaptation (though that's not hard - check out number 2 at Top 24 Worst Special Effects Of All Time if you're interested in seeing how bad it was).

You can get a better look at the airborne legions of flying jellyfish by clicking the thumbnails down the page a bit.

Don't forget to check out our interview with Planet Of The Dead director James Strong next Monday, and also a competition to win some Dalek-ey Doctor Who goodies!

Check out the new and ever growing Doctor Who page at DoG, where we are marshalling all the Who content at the site, including interviews, DVD and episode reviews, lists, opinions and articles on our favourite time traveller...

Thanks to Rob McLaughlin.

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It's the flying jellyfish of doom!
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Submitted by ghop2 on Fri, 2009-04-03 00:12.

It it just me or does the picture in the top right looks like The Enterprise mated with an Alien (HR Giger)?

Submitted by Headache2112 on Fri, 2009-04-03 04:52.

ghop2 - It's not just you!

Submitted by cordas on Thu, 2009-04-02 23:02.

Both me and my mate both thought PITCH BLACK after seeing this trailer....

Submitted by dergolem on Thu, 2009-04-02 20:43.

Hell & Damn! The trailer won't play! {"This content doesn't seem to be working. Please try again later"). You wait and see, I'll try later and it'll tell me I can't view it 'cause I'm in the U.S. I want to see the jellyfish of doom!
Gaaaaaaah!

Submitted by picknmix on Thu, 2009-04-02 19:15.

Do these aliens look remarkably like the ones in Pitch Black?