S06E04Doctor Who season 6 episode 4: The Doctor's Wife
Aired 14 May 201147 minRated TV-PG
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What happens in “The Doctor's Wife”
The Doctor receives a distress signal from an old friend. Could there really be another living Time Lord out there? Hopes raised, he follows the signal to a junkyard planet sitting upon a mysterious asteroid in a Bubble universe, populated by a very strange family, as the time-travelling drama continues. The Doctor, Amy and Rory are given the warmest of welcomes by Auntie, Uncle and Nephew. But the beautiful and insane Idris greets them in a more unusual fashion – what is she trying to tell the Doctor? As the Doctor investigates, he unwittingly puts his friends in the gravest danger.
Episode summary: TMDB.
Before you watch
- It is episode 4 of 13 of season 6, so watch episodes 1 to 3 first.
- It runs about 47 minutes.
- Directed by Richard Clark, written by Neil Gaiman.
- TMDB users rate it 8.1 out of 10 (84 votes).
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Cast and crew of this episode
- Director
- Richard Clark
- Writer
- Neil Gaiman
- Guest stars
- Elizabeth Berrington as AuntieSuranne Jones as IdrisMichael Sheen as House (voice)Adrian Schiller as UnclePaul Kasey as Nephew
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