Doctor Who: New Earth

"New Earth" is the first episode of series two of the 2005 relaunch of the British sci-fi series Doctor Who and the seventeenth 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 713th episode in the entire Doctor Who franchise. It was directed by James Hawes and written by Toby Whithouse. It first aired on BBC One in the United Kingdom on April 15th, 2006. It first aired in the United States on BBC America on October 6th, 2006. The episode was produced by Phil Collinson with Russell T. Davies and Julie Gardner as executive producers and Helen Vallis as associate producer.