Partners in Crime ★★★★
Fat people spawn Adipose critters in a comical escapade reuniting David Tennant and Catherine Tate
Published:
Story 189
Series 4 – Episode 1
First UK transmission
Saturday 5 April 2008
Cast
The Doctor – David Tennant
Donna Noble – Catherine Tate
Wilfred Mott – Bernard Cribbins
Rose Tyler – Billie Piper
Writer Russell T Davies
Director James Strong
Catherine Tate makes a welcome return as Donna, who’s regretted her decision not to travel with the Doctor and is determined to track him down. Their paths converge – comically – at Adipose Industries, where Miss Foster (Sarah Lancashire) is marketing a deadly slimming product. “The fat just walks away” is a slogan to be taken literally. At the end, Rose crosses over briefly like an apparition from her parallel world…
