The Poison Sky

192b – "The Poison Sky"
Doctor Who episode
Cast
Others
Production
Directed byDouglas Mackinnon
Written byHelen Raynor
Script editorNikki Smith
Produced bySusie Liggat
Executive producer(s)
Music byMurray Gold
Production code4.5
SeriesSeries 4
Running time2nd of 2-part story, 45 minutes
First broadcast3 May 2008 (2008-05-03)[1]
Chronology
← Preceded by
"The Sontaran Stratagem"
Followed by →
"The Doctor's Daughter"
List of episodes (2005–present)

"The Poison Sky" is the fifth episode of the fourth series of British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was broadcast on BBC One on 3 May 2008. The episode features both former companion Martha Jones and the alien Sontarans. It is the second of a two-part story; the first part, "The Sontaran Stratagem", was broadcast on 26 April.

Continuing from the previous episode, "The Poison Sky" reveals the poisonous gas that is choking the Earth's atmosphere is intended as a way of feeding new batches of Sontaran clones that would be bred on Earth for war.

  1. ^ "War on Earth!". Doctor Who Magazine. No. 394. 3 April 2008. pp. 12–13.