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Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

The Husbands of River Song

Story Number: 263
No of Episodes: 1




Writer: Steven Moffat
Director: Douglas Mackinnon
Executive Producer: Steven Moffat

Starring: Peter Capaldi, Alex Kingston, Matt Lucas, Greg Davies


BBC One (United Kingdom):
First Broadcast: Friday 25th December 2015
Running Time: 56 minutes, 9 seconds

Average Audience: 7.69 Million   Average AI: 82




It’s Christmas Day on a remote human colony and the Doctor is hiding from Christmas Carols and Comedy Antlers. But when a crashed spaceship calls upon the Doctor for help, he finds himself recruited into River Song’s squad and hurled into a fast and frantic chase across the galaxy. King Hydroflax (Greg Davies) is furious, and his giant Robot bodyguard is out of control and coming for them all! Will Nardole (Matt Lucas) survive? And when will River Song work out who the Doctor is?

All will be revealed on a starliner full of galactic super-villains and a destination the Doctor has been avoiding for a very long time.

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