Season 32 - Series 6 (2011)
The Curse of the Black Spot
Last Updated 01 Mar 2013 by Harry Ward
The Curse of the Black Spot
Story Number: 215
Writer: Steve Thompson
Director: Jeremy Webb
Starring: Matt Smith, Arthur Darvill, Karen Gillan, Hugh Bonneville, Lily Cole
No of Episodes: 1
First Broadcast: Sat 07 May 2011
Running Time: 44 minutes 51 seconds
Average Audience: 7.84 Million Average AI: 86
The TARDIS is marooned onboard a 17th-century pirate ship whose crew is being attacked by a mysterious and beautiful sea creature, as the time-travelling drama continues.
Becalmed and beset by cabin fever, the pirates have numerous superstitious explanations for the Siren's appearance. The Doctor has other ideas but, as his theories are disproved and every plan of escape is thwarted, he must work to win the trust of the implacable Captain Avery and uncover the truth behind the pirates' supernatural fears – and he must work quickly, for some of his friends have already fallen under the Siren's spell..."
