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Doctor Who S1 • Episode 9

The Empty Child

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First aired Saturday, May 21, 2005
Production Code 1.9
Written by Steven Moffat
Directed by James Hawes
Runtime 45 minutes
Story Type Two-Parter
Time Travel Past
Tropes: (Potential Spoilers!) Doctor Who?
Locations Earth London England
UK Viewers 7.11 million
Appreciation Index 84
Synopsis

Chasing a metallic object through the Time Vortex, the Ninth Doctor and his companion, Rose Tyler, arrive in London during the Blitz. While Rose meets "Captain Jack Harkness", the dashing Time Agent responsible for bringing the object, the Doctor finds a group of homeless children terrorised by Jamie, an "empty" child wearing a gas mask.

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