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Doctor Who S2 • Episode 7

The Idiot’s Lantern

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Doctor Who (2005-2022)
Tenth Doctor

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Doctor Who Series 2

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First aired Saturday, May 27, 2006
Production Code 2.17
Written by Mark Gatiss
Directed by Euros Lyn
Runtime 45 minutes
Time Travel Past
Tropes: (Potential Spoilers!) Mind Control
Locations Earth England London
UK Viewers 6.76 million
Appreciation Index 84
Synopsis

It is 1953, the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II — but there is something hiding in the televisions of the British people. Something hungry...

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