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Doctor Who – Season 9, Episode 5 The Girl Who Died

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Doctor Who – Season 9, Episode 5

The Girl Who Died

Aired Oct 17, 2015

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The Doctor and Clara are captured by Vikings, then must help protect their village from futuristic space warriors.

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With a stellar guest-star performance by Maisie Williams, "The Girl Who Died" sets thrillingly high stakes, while still maintaining the playful tone we've come to expect from Peter Capaldi's incarnation of Doctor Who.

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Noam Cohen

Observer

10/19/2015

Whoo-ee, that was some clever storytelling. Plus: Vikings!

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Ross Ruediger

New York Magazine/Vulture

10/19/2015

5/5

All these talents... merged into a hell of a first half of a two-parter, and I won't soon tire of giving this season one five-star rating after another if that's how it's going to be.

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Jennifer Hodson

Wall Street Journal

10/19/2015

Tonight's much-anticipated "Doctor Who," perhaps my favorite episode so far this season, gives us our first glimpse of Arya Stark, well "Game of Thrones" actress Maisie Williams anyway, in the Whoniverse.

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Emmet Asher-Perrin

Reactor

01/09/2019

Maybe the BBC wanted to reuse some costumes from Merlin, or something?

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Charlie Jane Anders

io9.com

05/19/2018

There's not a single wasted minute in this episode, which manages to go through a bunch of storytelling scenarios in rapid succession while still taking enough time with each of them to make you feel something potent.

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Morgan Jeffery

Digital Spy

11/18/2015

Doctor Who shouldn't be like this every week, the show's boundless variety has always been its biggest selling point, and it's refreshing to see 'The Girl Who Died' break the mold and dare to be entirely unpredictable and different.

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Synopsis

The Doctor and Clara are captured by Vikings, then must help protect their village from futuristic space warriors.

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 17, 2015