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== Plot ==
== Plot ==
Clara is floating in space, calling the TARDIS for a pickup. However, the Doctor is busy trying to resolve a conflict, and is having trouble locking on to her location. Clara then notices that something is in her spacesuit; the Doctor suggests its a brain-eating parasite with an odd name - Love Sprite. Within moments of it getting too close to Clara's head, the Doctor materializes the TARDIS around him and takes off her helmet. As Clara re-ajusts, the Doctor squashes the creature; he explains that he sent the hostiles far away from their battlefield.
The Doctor decides to land the TARDIS to check on any damage. However, the moment they land, they are surrounded by vikings. The Doctor pulls out his sonic sunglasses, gloating that he wears the highest technology that the primatives will ever see on his face. A viking takes the glasses and snaps them in two. Seeing that he should have had a backup plan, the Doctor flatly tells Clara that they're going with the vikings.
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor attempts to use his [[sonic sunglasses]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)|The Magician's Apprentice]]'' et al)
* The Doctor attempts to use his [[sonic sunglasses]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)|The Magician's Apprentice]]'' et al)
* The Doctor uses his catchphrase originated from his [[Third Doctor|third incarnation]]: "reverse the polarity of the neutron flow".([[TV]]: ''[[The Sea Devils (TV story)|The Sea Devils]]'')
* This isn't the first time the Doctor or a companion has tried to resolve a conflict peacefully, only to have their efforts made pointless. (TV: ''[[The Poison Sky (TV story)|The Poison Sky]]'', ''[[Cold War (TV story)|Cold War]], etc'')
* The Doctor uses his catchphrase originated from his [[Third Doctor|third incarnation]]: "reverse the polarity of the neutron flow".([[TV]]: ''[[The Sea Devils (TV story)|The Sea Devils]]'') However, he immediately then suggests that he has no idea what it actually means and just says it to sound impressive.
* The Doctor is able to speak [[Baby (language)|Baby]], much like his [[Eleventh Doctor|predecessor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'', ''[[Closing Time (TV story)|Closing Time]]'')
* The Doctor is able to speak [[Baby (language)|Baby]], much like his [[Eleventh Doctor|predecessor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'', ''[[Closing Time (TV story)|Closing Time]]'')
* The [[Sixth Doctor]] had previously wanted to save [[Krisztina|someone]] because he grew to like her, though on that occasion [[Evelyn Smythe]] stopped him from changing history to do it. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Arrangements for War (audio story)|Arrangements for War]]'')
* The [[Sixth Doctor]] had previously wanted to save [[Krisztina|someone]] because he grew to like her, though on that occasion [[Evelyn Smythe]] stopped him from changing history to do it. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Arrangements for War (audio story)|Arrangements for War]]'')
* The Doctor tries to pass himself off as the head God of a religion. His [[first incarnation]] was mistaken for Zeus by companion [[Katarina]]. (TV: [[The Myth Makers (TV story)|''The Myth Makers'']])
* The Doctor uses his [[Yo-yo|yo-yo]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'' et.al.)
* The Doctor uses his [[Yo-yo|yo-yo]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'' et.al.)
* The Doctor reads his [[Two Thousand Year Diary]]. He previously read his [[Five Hundred Year Diary]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'' et.al.) and his [[Nine Hundred Year Diary]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'')
* The Doctor reads his [[Two Thousand Year Diary]]. He previously read his [[Five Hundred Year Diary]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'' et.al.) and his [[Nine Hundred Year Diary]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'')

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The Girl Who Died was the fifth episode of the ninth series of Doctor Who produced by BBC Wales.

The story is notable because it reveals the reason as to why the Twelfth Doctor regenerated with the same appearance as Lobus Caecilius: to remind himself to, no matter how impossible it seemed, always save someone, as he had saved Caecilius in his tenth incarnation. This marks the first time in the narrative of Doctor Who that an explanation has been given for why the Doctor looked similar to an individual he had met before, as Colin Baker, who had played the Time Lord Maxil, would later play the sixth incarnation of the Doctor. But unlike the Twelfth Doctor it was never explained how or why the Sixth Doctor took on an appearance similar to Maxil's.

It also revisited the idea of something alien taking over a historic era by impersonating an important figure. The concept was last seen in Robot of Sherwood.

It further re-introduced the concept of immortality, which was last seen in Journey's End with Jack Harkness, a former companion to the Doctor.

Synopsis

The Doctor and Clara are forced to help protect a Viking village from the Mire, one of the deadliest warrior races in the galaxy. Are they fated to suffer death due to being outnumbered? So what is it about a simple Viking girl that interests the Time Lord?

Plot

Clara is floating in space, calling the TARDIS for a pickup. However, the Doctor is busy trying to resolve a conflict, and is having trouble locking on to her location. Clara then notices that something is in her spacesuit; the Doctor suggests its a brain-eating parasite with an odd name - Love Sprite. Within moments of it getting too close to Clara's head, the Doctor materializes the TARDIS around him and takes off her helmet. As Clara re-ajusts, the Doctor squashes the creature; he explains that he sent the hostiles far away from their battlefield.

The Doctor decides to land the TARDIS to check on any damage. However, the moment they land, they are surrounded by vikings. The Doctor pulls out his sonic sunglasses, gloating that he wears the highest technology that the primatives will ever see on his face. A viking takes the glasses and snaps them in two. Seeing that he should have had a backup plan, the Doctor flatly tells Clara that they're going with the vikings.

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Cast

Crew

General production staff

Script department

Camera and lighting department

Art department

Costume department

Make-up and prosthetics

Movement

Casting

General post-production staff

Special and visual effects

Sound



Not every person who worked on this adventure was credited. The absence of a credit for a position doesn't necessarily mean the job wasn't required. The information above is based solely on observations of the actual end credits of the episodes as broadcast, and does not relay information from IMDB or other sources.


References

The Doctor

  • The Doctors reads his Two Thousand Year Diary to remind himself of the Mire, a reference to his Five Hundred, (TV: The Tomb of the Cybermen, etc.) and later, Nine Hundred Year Diary. (TV: Doctor Who)
  • The Doctor implies that he is immortal when speaking of the Vikings' desire for a good death.
  • The Doctor references Clarke's Law, which states that "any sufficiently advanced form of technology is indistinguishable from magic."
  • The Doctor is saving Velosians from being attacked.
  • The Mire takes the Vikings to their spaceship, to their extracting room.
  • The Doctor attempts at a Viking saying by saying "Fly like a bird, run like a nose...".
  • The Doctor suggest the leftover Vikings are web-designers, before realizing that one didn't exist at that time.

Creature

Popular culture

  • The Doctor gives a bearded Viking the nickname of "ZZ Top". He calls another Viking "Noggin the Nog".
  • The Doctor owns a painting of Dutch painter Rembrandt.
  • Clara adds the song "Yakety Sax" (frequently used in The Benny Hill Show, where it is often misattributed as the show's theme) to the video of the Mire's defeat.

Story notes

  • This story features the use of footage from The Fires of Pompeii and Deep Breath when the Twelfth Doctor finally realizes where he got his face.
  • This is the 100th story of the BBC Wales era of Doctor Who.
  • This is the third episode in a row that we hear the Cloister Bell rings, the first time this has happened on the show.
  • The effect shot of Clara floating in space was seen in the "Next Time" trailer at the end of Before the Flood where it was shown in an incomplete state. The shot as seen in the episode itself is complete.

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Continuity

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