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Doctor Who: Empress Of Mars

Empress Of Mars

Story Number: 273
No of Episodes: 1




Writer: Mark Gatiss
Director: Wayne Yip
Executive Producer: Steven Moffat

Starring: Peter Capaldi, Pearl Mackie, Matt Lucas, Michelle Gomez


BBC One (United Kingdom):
First Broadcast: Saturday 10th June 2017
Running Time: 43 minutes, 42 seconds

Average Audience: 5.02 Million   Average AI: 83




The Doctor, Bill and Nardole arrive on Mars, and find themselves in an impossible conflict between Ice Warriors… and Victorian soldiers. As the Martian hive awakens around them, the Doctor faces a unique dilemma - this time the humans, not the Ice Warriors are the invaders. When Earth is invading Mars, whose side is he on?