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Doctor Who S2 • Episode 8

The Impossible Planet

4.04/ 5 590 votes

First aired Saturday, June 3, 2006
Production Code 2.8
Written by Matt Jones
Directed by James Strong
Runtime 45 minutes
Story Type Two-Parter
Time Travel Future
Tropes: (Potential Spoilers!) Black Hole Base Under Siege Mind Control
Inventory: (Potential Spoilers!) Gravity Globe
Locations Space
UK Viewers 6.32 million
Appreciation Index 85
Synopsis

The Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler lose the TARDIS down a deep chasm, leaving themselves stranded on a space base positioned on a planet in the orbit of a black hole. Meanwhile, an entity who identifies as Satan himself is awakening and beginning to cause chaos amongst the crew.

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