"The Long Game" is the seventh episode of the first series of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who that was first broadcast on 7 May 2005 on BBC One. It was written by executive producer Russell T Davies and directed by Brian Grant.
The Jagrafess looms over the Doctor, Rose, and the Editor. The Jagrafess was intended to look like "a lump of meat on the ceiling" and behave like a shark.
"The Long Game" features a guest appearance by Simon Pegg, who enjoyed playing the villain.
The Ninth Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. He is portrayed by Christopher Eccleston during the first series of the show's revival in 2005.
Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor
The companions of the Ninth Doctor. From left to right, Rose Tyler, Adam Mitchell and Captain Jack Harkness.
Eccleston's successor, David Tennant, felt that he had "an awful lot to live up to".