Stories Television Doctor Who (2005-2022) Doctor Who S9 Episode: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Under the Lake 1 image Overview Characters How to Watch Reviews Statistics Related Stories Quotes 3 Transcript Overview First aired Saturday, October 3, 2015 Written by Toby Whithouse Directed by Daniel O'Hara Runtime 45 minutes Story Type Two-Parter Time Travel Future Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Cloister Bell, Ghosts, Deadlock Seal, Base Under Siege, Mind Control, Sign Language Story Arc (Potential Spoilers!) Am I a Good Man? Location (Potential Spoilers!) Earth, Scotland UK Viewers 5.63 million Appreciation Index 84 Synopsis Arriving on an underwater base under attack, it's up to the Twelfth Doctor and Clara to save the frightened crew. But also onboard is an alien spaceship, and the base is being haunted by the most impossible of things. The Doctor's deepest beliefs are challenged when he encounters something he cannot explain. Can it really be possible? Can ghosts be real? Watch Watched Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Characters Twelfth Doctor Peter Capaldi Clara Oswald Jenna Coleman The Fisher King's Ghosts First Appearance Show All Characters (3) How to watch Under the Lake: Watch on iPlayer Blu-Ray The Complete Ninth Series DVD The Complete Ninth Series Blu-Ray Series 9: Part 1 DVD Series 9: Part 1 Reviews Add Review Edit Review Submit a Review Statistics AVG. Rating566 members 3.84 / 5 Trakt.tv AVG. Rating1,850 votes 3.93 / 5 The Time Scales AVG. Rating164 votes 4.20 / 5 Member Statistics Watched 1204 Favourited 96 Reviewed 0 Saved 3 Skipped 0 Owned 9 Related Stories Doctor Who S9 • Episode 4 Before the Flood Rating: 3.81 Story Skipped Television Reviews(1) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Doctor Who (2005-2022) Set of Stories: Twelfth Doctor Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Quotes Add Quote Link to Quote Favourite DOCTOR: Clara, why don't I have a radio in the TARDIS? CLARA: You took it apart and used the pieces to make a clockwork squirrel. — Under the Lake Show All Quotes (3) Open in new window Transcript Needs checking The Drum: Underwater Mining Facility, Caithness, Scotland, 2119 (We are flown over a large underwater base with lots of lights on.) MORAN [OC]: Private journal of Captain Jonathan Moran, 21st November 2119. We have located a craft of unknown origin on the lake floor. Visual scans in situ revealed nothing, so we have brought the craft on board and myself and the crew will now investigate. [Main hangar] (The mystery craft is a cross between Thunderbird Four and a Star Trek space shuttle - there are steps on the back hatch which has lowered as a ramp up into a singe empty compartment with one large rectangular object inside. Moran is a large man standing just inside it.) Show Full Transcript Open in new window
