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Doctor Who S6 • Episode 1

The Impossible Astronaut

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Doctor Who (2005-2022)
Eleventh Doctor

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Doctor Who Series 6

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First aired Saturday, April 23, 2011
Production Code 2.1
Written by Steven Moffat
Directed by Toby Haynes
Runtime 45 minutes
Story Type Two-Parter
Time Travel Past
Tropes: (Potential Spoilers!) Mind Control Spoilers Fake Regeneration Meeting in the wrong order Time Travel Pivotal Doctor Who? Celebrity Historical It's bigger on the inside Amnesia Fixed point in time LGBTQA+ Pregnancy Working Chameleon Circuit
Inventory: (Potential Spoilers!) Fez
Locations Earth USA Utah
Historical Characters Richard Nixon Charles II
UK Viewers 8.86 million
Appreciation Index 88
Synopsis

Amy Pond, Rory Williams, River Song and the Eleventh Doctor receive a mysterious summons that takes them on an adventure to 21st century Utah and Florida in 1969.

Along the way they meet Richard Nixon, president of the United States of America, and former FBI agent Canton Everett Delaware III.

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