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Doctor Who: The Girl Who Waited

The Girl Who Waited

Story Number: 221
No of Episodes: 1




Writer: Tom MacRae
Director: Nick Hurran
Executive Producer: Steven Moffat, Piers Wenger, Beth Willis

Starring: Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill, Imelda Staunton


BBC One (United Kingdom):
First Broadcast: Saturday 10th September 2011
Running Time: 46 minutes, 2 seconds

Average Audience: 7.60 Million   Average AI: 85




Amy is trapped in a quarantine facility for victims of an alien plague; a plague that will kill the Doctor in a day.

The Doctor can use the TARDIS to smash through time and break in, but then Rory is on his own. He must find Amy and bring her back to the TARDIS before the alien doctors can administer their medicine.

Rory is about to encounter a very different side to his wife. Can he rescue Amy before she is killed by kindness?