The Girl Who Died (TV story)

The Girl Who Died
Doctor:	Twelfth Doctor
Companion(s):	Clara
Featuring:	Ashildr
Main enemy:	Odin, the Mire
Main setting:	Earth
Key crew
Writers:	Jamie Mathieson and Steven Moffat
Director:	Ed Bazalgette
Producer:	Derek Ritchie
Release details
Story number:	255
Premiere broadcast:	17 October 2015
Premiere network:	BBC One
Format:	1x50 minute episode
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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 addresses, in narrative, the reason why the actor currently starring the Doctor previously played another role in the show.

Synopsis

The Doctor and Clara are forced to help protect a Viking village from future Space Warriors the Mire. 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

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Cast

• The Doctor - Peter Capaldi
• Clara - Jenna Coleman
• Ashildr - Maisie Williams
• Odin - David Schofield
• Nollarr - Simon Lipkin
• Chuckles - Ian Conningham
• Lofty - Tom Stourton
• Limpy - Alastair Parker
• Hasten - Murray McArthur
• Heidi - Barnaby Kay

Crew

Executive Producers   Brian Minchin and Steven Moffat

Production Designer Michael Pickwoad
Casting Director Andy Pryor CDG	Music Murray Gold	Special Effects Real SFX
Original theme music by Ron Grainer  •  With thanks to the BBC National Orchestra of Wales

General production staff Script department Camera and lighting department	Art department Costume department	Make-up and prosthetics General post-production staff Special and visual effects Sound Dubbing Mixer - Tim Ricketts

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 false Odin feeds on adrenaline and testosterone.
• The hologram of Odin's head appearing in the clouds was most likely a reference to a scene from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail", in which God appears in an identical manner.
• The Doctor references Clarke's Law, which states that "Any sufficiently advanced form of technology is indistinguishable from magic."

Popular Culture

• The Doctor gives a bearded Viking the nickname of "ZZ Top", referencing the rock band of the same name.

Story notes

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Filming locations

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Continuity

• Ashildr at the end of episode is, according to the Doctor, no longer able to die. This makes her situation just like Captain Jack Harkness. (TV: Everything Changes, Utopia, et al)
• The Doctor uses his third incarnation's catchphrase, "Reverse the polarity of the neutron flow".
• The Doctor realises he has Caecilius's face, and that it is there to remind him that he can "save people" just like he saved Caecilius and his family. (TV: The Fires of Pompeii)
• The Doctor speaks Baby. (TV: Closing Time)
• The Sixth Doctor had previously wanted to save 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
• The Seventh Doctor also referred to Clarke's Law. (TV: Battlefield)

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