The Monsters Are Coming! (stage play)

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Doctor Who Live: The Monsters Are Coming! was a stage show featuring Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor. The show was produced by BBC Worldwide with consultation from series head writer Steven Moffat. It featured video clips, special effects, creatures from the series and orchestral music by Murray Gold. It toured nine venues in Britain in October 2010.

Matt Smith filmed scenes as the Eleventh Doctor that were played during the show, but did not appear on stage. Murray Gold composed the soundtrack, which was performed by a live orchestra conducted by Ben Foster.

A short trailer was released with clips from the show, clips from Doctor Who at the Proms, and exclusive filmed clips set in the TARDIS starring Matt Smith.

Synopsis[]

A travelling showman named Vorgenson travels around the galaxy, spreading stories of the Doctor's exploits, while using his minimiser gadget to conjure up the Doctor's enemies.

Order of presentation[]

Act one[]

Auditorium preparation and initiation by the Ood
Introducing the Magnificent Vorgenson, the galaxy's greatest showman
The Minimiser - "the culmination, nay, the very purpose of science itself!"
The Carnival of Monsters commences, including: Saturnyne vampires, Silurians, Clockwork Droids, Judoon, the Doctor
The Doctor - a heart-felt tribute from the Magnificent Vorgenson to his hero

Act two[]

The Carnival continues, including: Saturnyne Vampires - the savage beauties return for your musical delectation and delight. Smilers - Starship UK's fearsome guardians, never far from their sinister, secretive compatriots, the Winders
Amy Pond - no celebration of the Doctor's adventures would be complete without an homage to his best friend
The Carnival marches into high gear as we proudly present: The Cybermen - humanity's ultimate upgrade
Grand Finale - the climax of the show and a final opportunity to witness the great showmanship, dramatic vision and sheer chutzpah of The Magnificent Vorgenson

Plot[]

Vorgenson has collected a Carnival of Monsters using his invention, the Minimiser. The Ood check and welcome the audience, before introducing Vorgenson. The audience learns that the show is about one man, the Eleventh Doctor, and using the Minimiser, Vorgenson unleashes various creatures into the audience, including a scarecrow, Judoon, Vampire, Silurian and a Cyberman. Vorgenson explains what the Minimiser is and how it works, before letting out three more Silurians. Vorgenson then shows the audience the Doctor's involvement with Winston Churchill and the Daleks, before releasing Winston from the Minimiser and leaving him alone with the audience. Winston contacts the Doctor using a phone from the audience. The Doctor, alone in the TARDIS, appears on the stage's big screen, using the phone's signal to home in. Winston tells the Doctor that he was taken from 6 June 1944, whilst organising the Normandy landings. The Doctor states that that date is a fixed point in time, and Winston being absent could cause time and space to collapse. The Doctor says he coming to help and tells Winston and the audience not to panic.

Vorgenson returns to the stage, stating he wanted Winston to contact the Doctor, so when he arrives he can trap him in the Minimiser. The show continues with Vampires and Clockwork Robots being released into the audience. The Doctor reappears on the screen. Vorgenson mentions he's the Doctors biggest fan because of the stories his Dad, Vorg, used to tell him. The Doctor tries to explain that the Minimiser is dangerous, and he tells Vorgenson that he is coming to put a stop to it, before disappearing from screen. Vorgenson thinks the Doctor might already be in the arena, so he lets out a team of Judoon to catalogue the audience, but to no avail. Vorgenson once again leaves the stage.

The Doctor reappears on screen and tells the audience that he's programmed the TARDIS materialisation circuit to respond to a soundwave from the sonic screwdriver, so that the TARDIS will come to him if he's in trouble, though the soundwave will only work if it comes from a thousand people, so when the Doctor says "Geronimo!" the audience has to shout back. At that point the screen image starts to break up and an image of a Weeping Angel appears. The Doctor tells the audience he hasn't got the situation under control and not to blink.

Two Weeping Angels appear on stage, just as a squad of armed police arrive to stop the show. As the lights go out, the police officers disappear one by one. Vorgenson returns to the stage, wondering if he can draw the Doctor out of hiding. He shows the audience one of the Doctor's adventures when he nearly did the wrong thing, hoping it will draw the Doctor out. Smilers and Winders are released, as well as Liz Ten. The TARDIS lands, but the Doctor is captured and put in the Minimiser.

Vorgenson is annoyed that now that the Doctor is trapped in the Minimiser, he refuses to talk to him. To make him talk, Vorgenson shows footage of Amy Pond. This plan failing, Cybermen are released into the crowd, who then upgrade a member of the audience. The Doctor appears on screen and tells Vorgenson that he couldn't have invented the Minimiser. The stage is then invaded by the Daleks, who planted the designs of the Minimiser into Vorgenson, so that he would trap the Doctor so they could exterminate him.

The Doctor uses the sonic screwdriver to release Cybermen and a battle between Dalek and Cyberman occurs. The Daleks are defeated and the Doctor uses the sonic screwdriver to trap them in the Minimiser forever. He then uses the screwdriver to return all the other exhibits to their correct places in time and space, including Vorgenson. The Doctor is alone on stage when the Supreme Dalek flies onto stage. The Doctor uses the "Geronimo!" soundwave to bring the TARDIS to him and destroy the Supreme Dalek. The Doctor opens the TARDIS doors and bids farewell to the audience.

Contributors[]

Cast[]

Matt Smith - The Eleventh Doctor - shown through video projection^[1]
Nigel Planer - Vorgenson^[1]
Nicholas Briggs - Winston Churchill & Players' Cast [Players' Cast refers to his vocal work for the monsters portrayed within the productions by said Players' Cast - his further credit in the programme specifically names him as having voiced the Daleks, Judoon and Cybermen.]^[1]
Silas Carson - Ood (voiceover)^[1]
Jonathan Hart - Clockwork Robots (voiceover)^[1]
Graeme Henderson - Vorgenson [understudy] & Dance Captain^[1]
Adam Anderson, Charlie Adams, Claire Parrish, Graeme Henderson, Karl Greenwood, Kerry Newell, Jenny Phillips, Jon Davey, Josephine Desmond, Paul Hardy-Brown, Ron Aldred, Tarah McDonald, Vicki Davids, William Hazell - Players' Cast^[1]

Crew[]

Creative Team[]

Steven Moffat - Executive Producer & Showrunner^[1]
Will Brenton - Director & Co-Writer^[1]
Gareth Roberts - Co-Writer^[1]
Craig Stanley - Producer^[1]
Ben Foster - Musical Director & Arranger^[1]
Murray Gold - Composer^[1]
Jenny Arnold^[1]
Annabella Hurst-Brown^[1]
Bethan Briton^[1]
Richard Senior^[1]
Keith Slote^[1]
Mark Cunniffe^[1]
Richard Sillitto^[1]
Rich Rowley^[1]
Paul Hardy-Brown, Gary Hardy-Brown^[1]
Ray Holman, Louise Page^[1]
Fiona Barnes^[1]
Andy Pryor^[1]
Ailsa Berk^[1]
Dave Foster^[1]
William Rice^[1]
David Mulcahy^[1]
James Jackson^[1]
Oliver Smyth^[1]
Steve Charles, Nathan Lindley^[1]
Theme tune music composed by Ron Grainer and realised by Delia Derbyshire^[1]

Doctor Scenes Filming[]

Richard Senior^[1]
Annabella Hurst-Brown^[1]

Band[]

Steve Socci^[1]
Ben Foster^[1]
Steve Holness^[1]
Lucas Suarez^[1]
Mark Cox^[1]
Ian King^[1]
Andy McGlasson^[1]
Tom Rees Roberts^[1]
Michael Kidd^[1]
Carol Jarvis^[1]
Mark Frost^[1]
Joby Burgess^[1]
Kate Robertson^[1]
Warren Zielinski^[1]
Laura Dixon^[1]
Fiona Leggat^[1]
Llinos Richards^[1]

Production Team[]

Nigel Mousley^[1]
Lianne Bruce^[1]
Steve Hill^[1]
Jayne Wilkinson^[1]
Milan Rakle^[1]
Dave McEvoy^[1]
Erica Southon^[1]
Catarina Almeida^[1]
Phil Broad^[1]
Fiona Barnes^[1]
Niki Smith^[1]
Sherri Hazzard^[1]
Victoria Burton^[1]
Anton Pantizke^[1]
Dean Burné^[1]
Billy Rathbone^[1]
Peter Geary^[1]
Colin Green^[1]
Trish McClenaghan^[1]
Stuart Simms^[1]
Lucy Howson^[1]
Lucia Smith^[1]
Danny Hargreaves^[1]
Tom Locke^[1]
Tim Macfie^[1]
Chris Lecke^[1]
Fergus Mount^[1]
Tony Szabo^[1]
Marc Peers^[1]
George Puttock^[1]
Tommy Bradshaw^[1]
David Malcahy^[1]
Raymond 'Moose' Shaw^[1]
Wolfgang Schram^[1]
Dan Ormerod^[1]
Phil Johnston^[1]
Ade Moore^[1]
Jack Banks^[1]
Ben Songhurst^[1]
Roy Hunt^[1]
Marcus Robinson^[1]
Joe Simpson^[1]
James Such^[1]
Mandy Ledster, Anna Hill, Bobby Eftimov, Holly Morris, Mel Benning - Caterers^[1]
Derek Flanagan^[1]
Bob Clark, Steve Walters, Martyn Woolward, Noel O'Regan, Simon James, Terry McKay - Drivers^[1]
Thanks to: Marc Featherston - Auditions Stage Manager^[1]
Thanks to: Alex Merrick - Work Experience, Wish Films Ltd.^[1]

Further credits to be added.

Monsters[]

Daleks (Drone, Strategist, Eternal, Scientist & Supreme)
Cybermen
Silurians
Judoon
Weeping Angels
Ood
Clockwork Droids
Scarecrows
Smilers
Winders
Saturnynians

Notes[]

A show was planned for Glasgow on 14 October, but was cancelled.
This story is a pseudo-sequel to Carnival of Monsters.
The production employed New Paradigm Dalek props with red eye-lenses, making them visually distinct from the yellow-lensed versions that appeared throughout the Matt Smith era on televised Doctor Who. Its Supreme Dalek also appeared in a skit Doctor Who at the Proms as a Supreme who invades the Royal Albert Hall to demand that Ben Foster and his orchestra play the Symphony of the Daleks.