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Doctor Who – Season 9, Episode 6 The Woman Who Lived

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Doctor Who – Season 9, Episode 6

The Woman Who Lived

Aired Oct 24, 2015

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While stalking London streets, a deadly highwayman called "The Knightmare" and his sidekick find unearthly loot, and must face The Doctor.

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Critics Consensus

"The Woman Who Lived" concludes a Doctor Who story for the ages, with a performance by Maisie Williams that is both fun and thought-provoking.

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Noam Cohen

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10/26/2015

All things considered, "The Woman Who Lived" isn't terrible. But after "The Girl Who Died," this companion piece is something of a disappointment: a story that gestures at complexity but turns out to be rather simplistic.

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Steven Cooper

Slant Magazine

10/26/2015

"The Woman Who Lived" is actually a sequel to "The Girl Who Died" rather than a simple continuation.

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Joey Keeton

IndieWire

10/26/2015

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This should be an episode that goes down in Doctor Who history.

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Emmet Asher-Perrin

Reactor

01/09/2019

Maisie Williams does it again, being such a superb foil to the Doctor that we don't miss Clara overmuch in this episode.

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Tom Fitzgerald and Lorenzo Marquez

Tom & Lorenzo

06/19/2018

What a truly fantastic episode of Doctor Who; possibly even one of the best.

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Charlie Jane Anders

io9.com

05/19/2018

This episode is pretty much great from beginning to end...

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Synopsis

While stalking London streets, a deadly highwayman called "The Knightmare" and his sidekick find unearthly loot, and must face The Doctor.

Executive Producer: Steven Moffat
Screenwriter: Richard Curtis, Chris Chibnall, Toby Whithouse, Mark Gatiss, Simon Nye, Steven Moffat
Network: BBC
Rating: TV-PG
Genre: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Drama
Original Language: British English
Release Date: Oct 24, 2015