# Doctor Who - Planet of the Dead **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 11, 2009, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-planet-of-the-dead/492776 "2009-04-11T21:51:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2009, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-planet-of-the-dead/492776/41 "2009-04-14T23:53:03Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > If no one had brought up Pitch Black, I wouldn’t have made any connection at all. It was a thought when I saw the trailer for the episode, with the survivors banding around a crashed bus aping the crashed spacecraft in the film in addition to what you had noted. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2009, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-planet-of-the-dead/492776/42 "2009-04-15T16:44:37Z")
> [@Pushkin](#): > > It was a thought when I saw the trailer for the episode, with the survivors banding around a crashed bus aping the crashed spacecraft in the film in addition to what you had noted. Ah. Well, I’ve never seen the trailer. I’ll assume you have it spot on. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2009, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-planet-of-the-dead/492776/43 "2009-04-15T18:38:05Z")
It reminded me more of Stephen King’s **The Langoliers**. An unstoppable swarm of ravenous monsters scrubbing the land. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-planet-of-the-dead/492776.md?page=2)