The Waters of Mars
The Waters of Mars
This Story: Series 4b, Story 13. Production Code 4.16
Overall: Story 202, Episode 760
Airdate: 15 Nov 2009
Written by Russell T Davies & Phil Ford
Directed by Graeme Harper
Notes
- The third of five specials which spanned the gap between David Tenant’s last full series and Matt Smith’s 11th Doctor.
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[ Wikipedia | Tardis Data Core | SPS Historium | US DVD | UK DVD | US Blu-Ray | UK Blu-Ray ]#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 760 - The Waters of Mars (Story 202, Serial 4.16) - 15 Nov 2009 #DoctorWho 1/3
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) July 29, 2023
This is a deep a dive as we've ever got into why the Doctor needs a companion. He actively courts "no" here and ends up as a vengeful god of sorts, where he has said since he's pic.twitter.com/7JBSSfK6py
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 760 - The Waters of Mars (Story 202, Serial 4.16) - 15 Nov 2009 #DoctorWho 2/3
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) July 29, 2023
the only Time Lord left, he can do what he wants. This of course backfires when he saves the solo companion for this story (Adelaide). She realizes she should have died in the pic.twitter.com/IZP44qFWt3
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 760 - The Waters of Mars (Story 202, Serial 4.16) - 15 Nov 2009 #DoctorWho 3/3
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) July 29, 2023
events of the story and kills herself. The end is pretty darned dark. It's also a straight up horror story, with the "water" being a very well realized thing. Enjoyed this!! pic.twitter.com/wAHDsRWPcG
This tweet is not mine, but I really loved the look of the picture in this..
“State your name, rank, and intention.”
— Emily 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ (@AStarInHerEye) July 17, 2023
“The Doctor. Doctor. Fun.”
The Target Novelisation of ‘The Waters Of Mars’ has arrived today! 👀💧#DoctorWho pic.twitter.com/x3L0o9w0Xj