10 Times Doctor Who Reused Footage And Hoped You Wouldn't Notice

Prior to her grand return in Turn Left, Rose Tyler made three cameo appearances across Series 4.

Well, technically two, since one ended up being used twice. And in true timey-wimey fashion, the episode it came from was yet to air when it first appeared.

Following her most substantial cameo in Partners in Crime, Rose briefly flashed up on the TARDIS scanner in The Poison Sky, mouthing “Doctor!”. A similar shot of Rose showed up on a Crusader 50 shuttle monitor in Midnight – similar because it was exactly the same.

The footage was filmed in December 2007, during the production of Turn Left, and was always intended to appear in Midnight. But its inclusion in The Poison Sky came much later in the day.

That decision was only made after the broadcast of Partners in Crime, when the response to her first cameo had been extremely positive. That was April 2008, mere weeks before the Sontaran two-parter was due to go out.

So, although the broadcast order would have you believe otherwise, this is a Midnight shot reused in The Poison Sky – not the other way round.