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Doctor Who: The Impossible Planet / The Satan Pit

The Impossible Planet / The Satan Pit

Story Number: 174 (2.8/2.9)
No of Episodes: 2




Writer: Matt Jones
Director: James Strong
Executive Producer: Russell T Davies, Julie Gardner

Starring: David Tennant, Billie Piper, Danny Webb, Shaun Parkes, Claire Rushbrook, Will Thorp


BBC One (United Kingdom):
First Broadcast: Saturday 3rd June 2006 - Saturday 10th June 2006
Running Time: 1 hour, 32 minutes, 30 seconds

Average Audience: 6.20 Million   Average AI: 86




The Doctor and Rose find themselves on a desolate world, in the orbit of a black hole. Trapped with an Earth expedition and the mysterious Ood, the time-travellers face an even greater danger, as something ancient beneath the planet's surface begins to awake.

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