Doctor Who: The Idiot's Lantern

"The Idiot's Lantern" is the seventh episode of series two of the 2005 relaunch of the British sci-fi series Doctor Who and the twenty-first episode of the series overall. Totaling the episode count of both programs together, including the 1996 Doctor Who television movie and "The Christmas Invasion" holiday special, it is the 717th episode in the entire Doctor Who franchise. It was directed by Euros Lyn and written by Mark Gatiss. It first aired on BBC One in the United Kingdom on May 27th, 2006. It first aired in the United States on BBC America on November 10th, 2006. The episode was produced by Phil Collinson with Russell T. Davies and Julie Gardner as executive producers and Helen Vallis as associate producer.