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Doctor Who S3 • Episode 9

The Family of Blood

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Doctor Who (2005-2022)
Tenth Doctor

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First aired Saturday, June 2, 2007
Production Code 3.9
Written by Paul Cornell
Directed by Charles Palmer
Runtime 45 minutes
Story Type Two-Parter
Time Travel Past
Tropes: (Potential Spoilers!) War World War I Consequences The Doctor’s Name Body Possession Mind Control Shape Shifting
Story Arc: (Potential Spoilers!) Chameleon Arch You Are Not Alone
Locations Earth
UK Viewers 7.21 million
Appreciation Index 86
Synopsis

It's 1913, and war comes to England a year early as the terrifying Family hunt for the Tenth Doctor.

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