207 In a large, otherwise empty chamber, a woman sits on a throne under a canopy, with her son standing at her side. Original theme music by Ron Grainer Rosanna heads to the courtyard, where she calls her staff together. She does not know she is being watched from below the water. Toby Whithouse Rosanna's true appearance becomes unmasked. They present the psychic paper, and are admitted to the city, where they see Guido interrupt a procession of Calvierri school girls, demanding to know where Isabella is. The pre-titles sequence involves a scene of a young girl being attacked by an alien and is followed by a scene in which the Doctor appears during a common activity and says something rather ordinary. Posts about The Vampires of Venice written by dalekprime. Firstly, let me just say something to those reviewers who have complained about this episode being generic, with things we have seen before; like a climb up a tower at the finale (The Idiot’s Lantern); aliens that explode (Slitheen, anyone? Constantly transfixing and beguiling, the Vampires quickened heartbeats up and down the country when they first appeared. This FAQ is empty. Everyone chants for the stripper to come out of the cake. In the actual episode, he changes to his alien form. The Eleventh Doctor takes Amy and Rory, soon to be married, on a romantic trip to Venice, 1580 to make Amy focus on her relationship with her fiancé. They have simply introduced vampires and mixed up things from that earlier audio story. "Doctor Who" The Vampires of Venice (TV Episode 2010) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. He then climbs to the bell tower, realising that the tolling bell is powering the generator at the top of the spire. As they are about to leave in the TARDIS, a strange silence falls across the city. He's soon aboard the Tardis where they travel to 16th century Venice where the Doctor is intrigued by Lady Rosanna Calvieri who runs a prestigious school for girls. ← Previous Main setting: You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. The Doctor mentions how a life of time travel can make it difficult to readjust to a normal existence. Amy kisses Rory and then tells him that they're going to go help the Doctor. Scenes featuring the Doctor, Amy and Rory were filmed at Llancaiach Fawr. After being admitted, Amy meets Isabella inside. The Doctor mentions Casanova and having a bet with him. If this was done much better than that weak audio story with clever, exciting additions then I would have enjoyed it I am sure but in fact it is not an improvement at all. This story is flat, muddled, a bit silly and uninteresting. Now, don’t get me wrong, it could just be a bit of the writing, some color correction, and personal tastes feeding into that train of thought. BBC One Rory attends to the girl, seeing that she is okay aside from a lack of blood. The Doctor and Rory hear only silence in the streets of Venice. Rosanna claims sympathy for Guido's concern for family and agrees to enrol Isabella. He informs Rosanna of the death of her girls and begs for her help in ending the catastrophe. Guido presents his teenage daughter Isabella to Rosanna Calvierri and her son, Francesco; they consider her admittance to Rosanna's school. He realises they must be vampires. Rosanna goes to the river, distraught. They threaten to call the steward unless he leaves, if he's lucky. Both groups of aliens exhibited traits of vampire mythology. Get a sneak peek of the new version of this page. The 8th Doctor Audio Adventure 'The Stones of Venice' from the Monthly Big Finish Series has a lot of its ideas lifted for this, seemingly with no acknowledgement that this has been done. • Title sequence by Framestore The Vampires of Venice is the 3rd Episode Of Season 1 of Transformers EverVerse. However, the moment the time travellers get outside, Guido demands the UV wand. Amy instead invites Rory to join them, to which the Doctor agrees. See the fabulous presenters and gracious winners at this year's Oscars. Production order Amy, Rory The Vampires of Venice Amy vaguely explains the basics of her travelling with the Doctor, only to be asked by Rory if she thought of him. Warnings of the plague are spreading about despite it having died out years before, and pale, creepy girls who don't like sunlight are lurking around. That night, she sneaks down to the courtyard and unlocks the trap door, but is caught by the steward. The reason he wants to do this is slightly troubling because it has overtones of somebody deciding the path Amy’s life is going to take, and that somebody is not Amy. Amy promises to help her escape. Apparently you need papers to travel around Venice at the moment, because of the fears of plague and such. Played: Amy Pond in The Eleventh Hour, The Beast Below, Victory of the Daleks, The Time of Angels/ Flesh and Stone, The Vampires of Venice, Amy's Choice, The Hungry Earth/ Cold Blood, Vincent and the Doctor, The Lodger, The Pandorica Opens/ The Big Bang, A Christmas Carol, Space/ Time, The Impossible Astronaut/ Day of the Moon, The Curse of the Black Spot, The Doctor's Wife, The Rebel Flesh/ The … Guido suggests blowing their way in with gunpowder, which he has stacked in barrels, but the Doctor discards the idea. He locks them out and heads back upstairs to the gunpowder. Her Steward leads in a man and his young daughter.) Meanwhile, Rory and Amy walk through Venice as he asks what she has been up to. She announces that "the storm" is coming. Guido explains that something evil happens to the girls in the school; Isabella didn't recognise him, and the girl who pushed him away had a face like an animal. He ignites it, blowing up his home, taking himself and the girls with it. Some media sources, as well as Matt Smith in a TV interview. 8 May 2010 The Doctor offers Rory and Amy a wedding gift of a trip in the TARDIS to a romantic getaway, and they end up in Venice... in 1580. This week's episode sees the Doctor, Amy and Rory arrive in 1580 Venice to battle what, at first, seems to be plain old Vampires. He locates her in the procession, but she does not seem to recognise him and he is immediately warded off by another girl, who bares fangs at him. Rory agrees, thinking about the absurdity of time travel. Rosanna disagrees, prompting Francesco to ask permission to take the ones they have already converted into the night to take more girls for conversion. The Doctor meets up with Amy and Rory where they watched Guido previously; he and Amy are excited at having discovered vampires in Venice, which appals Rory. Her happiness is short-lived though, as the man bares a mouthful of fangs. The Vampires of Venice is the bastard child of this season, in that it tries to do too much and sags under its own weight. Nearby, as Rory tries to take a picture of Amy with his camera phone, they hear the girl scream. The Doctor takes Amy and Rory to meet Guido, and they begin to strategise infiltrating the school. "Okay," he weakly mutters, still dazed from the kiss. He comes across a group of Rosanna's girls, noting that they have no reflection in a mirror. He comes to the conclusion that Rosanna is going to sink Venice and repopulate it with her transformed girls, as there is no way Saturnynians can stay on land indefinitely. The Vampires of Venice. Francesco focuses on Amy, bitter that a potential mate for his brothers escaped. Two other arches in the very same shot picture proper dark CG sky. Rory thanks him before following her. Vincent and the Doctor. She smacks the perception filter until her human disguise comes back into place and tells Francesco to gather the girls as there's a job for them. Good show, fantastic. After getting Isabella into Rosanna Calvierri's school, Guido discovered it was not what it seemed. Devastated that her plan has failed, Rosanna leaves, telling the Doctor to save the city himself. "The Vampire of Venice Beach" is part of a series following two redheaded PI's who investigate crime on the back of a bright pink Harley in the Los Angeles area. He's soon aboard the Tardis where they travel to 16th century Venice where the Doctor is intrigued by Lady Rosanna Calvieri who runs a prestigious school for girls. Amy's fiancé Rory is having his stag night just before their wedding and none other than the Doctor who pops through the cake. Amy uncomfortably answers that she knew she would be coming back. Isabella screams... 430 years later in a Leadworth pub, Rory Williams phones Amy Pond from his stag party. Rosanna's true alien form is revealed. The Doctor comes face to face with real vampires, can he get them to tell him the whole plan before it's too late? The Doctor returns to the school and finds the generator but cannot stop it; a deadlock seal, again. This episode aired on the same day as the, At 36:23 when Calvierri is watching the sky, the statue next to her resembles, The Doctor's library card, which he shows to the vampires, has a picture of his. The Doctor thinks they're made it too easy for them to learn about their vampirism and thinks they are hiding something far more sinister. She orders the Doctor to remember her species, knowing he will have to live with the death of her race on his conscience. Amy asks the Doctor what he thinks of the situation, only to find that he's already gone. No sparkles!" A minor character disposes of most of the aliens by causing an explosion. The Doctor is immediately suspicious; the plague died out years ago. 0 of 1 people found this review helpful. The Doctor showing off Venice to Amy and Rory. They break into the courtyard, but Amy is nowhere to be found. Nutty Professor: As much as I don’t like the idea of the Doctor crashing (and ruining) Rory’s stag, his face when he … Add the first question. However, just as they're about to set out and explore, they get stopped. They run back to find Francesco leaning near her with blood-covered fangs. The Doctor and Amy cross swords in more ways than one with a horde of blood-sucking vampires in 16th century Venice. Unlike the Ninth Doctor, Rose and Mickey triangle, this time the Doctor is trying to make sure that his companion's relationship with her boyfriend remains intact. Amy catches onto the Doctor's train of thought: if they're not really vampires, what could be so bad that they don't mind being mistaken for them? Jonny Campbell • With thanks to the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. He tells her that he has deduced she is from Saturnyne and is using a perception filter to appear human. Both episodes feature scenes where two of the main characters discuss the Doctor's effect on relationships. The Doctor goes on to explain how Venice was founded by refugees running from Attila the Hun, and lists some of the many people who liked the city. One of his guests directs his attention to a cake being wheeled in, making Rory quickly end his call in embarrassment. The Vampires of Venice is similar to these doctor who episodes: The Hungry Earth, The Time of Angels, Cold Blood (Doctor Who) and more. This episode is notable for being filmed in. Cold Blood The alien's plan is thwarted by a simple flick of a switch. When the Doctor begins climbing a pillar on top of the bell tower, we can see the white sky in the central arch. In the school's courtyard, Rosanna is "hydrating" by drinking several chalices of water. Our preview DVD reads Vampires of Venice, but Toby Whithouse held out for The Vampires of Venice – how it appears on screen. The Doctor prepares to give Rory the "bigger on the inside" speech, but is shocked that Rory calmly explains ahead of time that the inside is another dimension. In June, Mark Gatiss -- who had written Victory Of The Daleks -- suggested “Vampires Of Venice”, echoing the 1978 Warren Zevon song Werewolves Of London. Being pushed into the water, Isabella says she can swim like virtually all Venetians but soon realises she is not alone in the water — Rosanna's other sons are also there, beneath the surface. When the Doctor rushes back to rescue her, he is knocked unconscious by a massive electrical shock that courses through the door. As neither Amy or Rory can think of a place in time they want to visit, the Doctor decides to take them somewhere romantic, pulling a lever. Francesco and Rosanna circle her. He leaves a message on her answering machine, telling her how much he loves her and that, if they weren't getting married the next day, he'd propose. Back at Guido's house, the Doctor heals Amy's bite wound and begins going over the facts. It's about the fear of knowing what your life will entail and the sacrifices you might make to be forever young. Amy counters that they've already seen the Doctor, but they haven't seen Rory, and offers to go with him as his brother. Saturnyns They question each other, Rosanna revealing her planet was consumed by the cracks in time; she and her children had to flee from the Silence. This story is available for streaming via Netflix, Hulu Plus and Amazon Prime. To all intents and purposes, The Vampires Of Venice is an episode of Being Human. If someone were to pass by a particular street in Leadworth that night, they would come across a pub, filled with music and laughter, and may assume it was just an ordinary night. When they try to enter the city, they are stopped at the gate and asked to present their papers; Venice has been quarantined at the suggestion of the city's patron, Rosanna Calvierri, to protect the citizens from the plague. The Doctor catches up to Guido, asking why he wants to get Isabella out of Rosanna's school. Amy and Rory return to help the Doctor, sneaking into the school while the steward empties the house of its treasures. Producer: Story number: Corpses and terror fill the canals as the Doctor, Amy and Rory visit 16th century Venice. This should be fun. Check out some of our favorite superhero stars from movies and television, before they suited up. The Vampires of Venice was the sixth episode of series 5 of Doctor Who. Rosanna returns from the "ceremony" to find the Doctor waiting for her on her throne. "Vampires of Venice" isn't the best episode of the show or even the season, and the science fiction plot is rather weak, but it has a rock-solid emotional core. Key crew Remembering Casanova, the Doctor quickly checks his watch; luckily, Casanova is not born for another 140 years. Rory reminds the Doctor that blokes are needed for that, prompting Amy to tell them that Rosanna mentioned "10,000 husbands waiting in the river". Don't let that stop you from watching this episode, as there's so much to it that it fantastically reveals a new layer and gets better each watching. 1.6 Production code: ConsultingGallifreyan. Amy's fiancé Rory is having his stag night just before their wedding and none other than the Doctor who pops through the cake. The Doctor concludes that only Rosanna's sons survived the trip and that they are waiting in the canal until their mum can make some compatible mates for them, grimacing at the idea. Doctor: Written by As the Doctor is removed by the steward, he furiously shouts that he will stop her, if only because she didn't know Isabella's name. So there is nothing inventive in this episode and it is quite insulting to not at least credit Stones of Venice as the source for this story's ideas. But I have to say the Who crew pulled off an impressive illusion. The girls either die or transform; if they transform, ten thousand husbands wait for them in the river. Rory then says that the Doctor is right: travelling with him blocks out all the important things. Francesco enters, informing his mother of Guido's actions; he then speculates that they have "converted" more than enough girls to be introduced to his brothers. The Doctor, relieved to be at the right party after having gotten it wrong twice, tells Rory that they need to talk about Amy; she tried to kiss him. Meanwhile, Amy is forced into the dungeon cell that Isabella described earlier. Carlo, Rosanna's head steward, reads a rite to Isabella, explaining her death is because of her betrayal of the Calvierris. Francesco sees them, prompting Amy and Rory to flee. Rosanna is surprised by how much the Doctor is trying to save a single city, which is a small price to pay for saving her race. As a wedding gift, he is going to take them anywhere in time that they wish to visit. The Doctor does not want to run into him because he owes Casanova a chicken due to losing a bet. "We think we just saw a vampire." Title: Pinned down by the monster, Rory waits for the end, but Amy comes to his rescue in the nick of time, using her compact mirror to amplify the sunlight and direct it at Francesco, who is instantly vapourised. Rosanna and Francesco rush off to investigate, leaving Amy to be found and freed by Isabella. Rosanna tries to force her to reveal her true identity, as well as how she managed to obtain the psychic paper she and Rory used to bluff their way into the school, being immune to its effects. Amy follows Francesco, but the trail dead-ends at the river. Rory persistently questions the Doctor's relationship with Amy, to which the Doctor either makes jokes or answers honestly. As he looks out at the empty street, the Doctor remembers Rosanna's words about "the Silence and the end of all things". The episode was written by Toby Whithouse; the series creator of popular Vampire/Werewolf/Ghost BBC3 drama/comedy "Being Human". The Doctor (Matt Smith) feels that his companion Amy Pond (Karen Gillan) kissed him in the last episode because she is under stress, so he crashes the stag party for her Fiancé Rory (Arthur Darvill) and invites the two of them to romantic Venice in 1580. Next → Director: Guido is Venetian who is now trying to get his daughter Isabella out of there when they all realize the school is a nest of vampires. Before he can reach her, she throws herself into the river, where she is devoured by her sons who don't recognise her. Use the HTML below. The years seen in this section may seem decidedly "off". Tracie Simpson According to a pre-launch press pack issued by the BBC, Patrick Schweitzer was actually the co-producer of this episode, but in the event, he was actually double credited — as both a full producer and a line producer. To their shock, though, it's the Eleventh Doctor who pops out instead. She said over him before jumping up and down and giggling gleefully. 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