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The Idiot's Lantern

episode of Doctor Who (S2 E7)
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The Idiot's Lantern

Summary

The Idiot's Lantern is a television series episode[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of television_series_episode entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (153 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Idiot's Lantern's instance of is recorded as television series episode[3].
  • The Idiot's Lantern's director is recorded as Euros Lyn[4].
  • The Idiot's Lantern's screenwriter is recorded as Mark Gatiss[5].
  • The Idiot's Lantern's follows is recorded as The Age of Steel[6].
  • The Idiot's Lantern's followed by is recorded as The Impossible Planet[7].
  • The Idiot's Lantern's cast member is recorded as Billie Piper[8].
  • The Idiot's Lantern's cast member is recorded as David Tennant[9].
  • The Idiot's Lantern's cast member is recorded as Sam Cox[10].
  • The Idiot's Lantern's cast member is recorded as Ron Cook[11].
  • The Idiot's Lantern's cast member is recorded as Margaret John[12].
  • The Idiot's Lantern's cast member is recorded as Debra Gillett[13].
  • The Idiot's Lantern's cast member is recorded as Ieuan Rhys[14].
  • The Idiot's Lantern's cast member is recorded as Jamie Foreman[15].
  • The Idiot's Lantern's cast member is recorded as Maureen Lipman[16].
  • The Idiot's Lantern's cast member is recorded as Rory Jennings[17].
  • The Idiot's Lantern's part of the series is recorded as Doctor Who[18].
  • The Idiot's Lantern's part of the series is recorded as Doctor Who[19].
  • The Idiot's Lantern's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0756451[20].
  • The Idiot's Lantern's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[21].
  • The Idiot's Lantern's publication date is recorded as +2006-05-27T00:00:00Z[22].
  • The Idiot's Lantern's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0lbs5gr[23].
  • The Idiot's Lantern's characters is recorded as Tenth Doctor[24].
  • The Idiot's Lantern's characters is recorded as Rose Tyler[25].
  • The Idiot's Lantern's BBC programme ID is recorded as b0074fnv[26].
  • The Idiot's Lantern's narrative location is recorded as London[27].

Why It Matters

The Idiot's Lantern ranks in the top 4% of television_series_episode entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (153 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

Related Entities

Billie Piper David Tennant Doctor Who London Mark Gatiss

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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