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Doctor Who S1 • Episode 10

The Doctor Dances

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First aired Saturday, May 28, 2005
Production Code 1.10
Written by Steven Moffat
Directed by James Hawes
Runtime 45 minutes
Story Type Two-Parter
Time Travel Past
Tropes: (Potential Spoilers!) AI gone wrong
Inventory: (Potential Spoilers!) Squareness gun
Locations Earth London England
UK Viewers 6.86 million
Appreciation Index 85
Synopsis

The Child's plague is spreading throughout wartime London, and its zombie army is on the march. The Ninth Doctor and Rose form an alliance with intergalactic con man Captain Jack, but find themselves trapped in the abandoned hospital. They head to the crash site of Jack's supposed space junk and discover the ground zero for the mysterious plague.

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