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* The Doctor demonstrates he's good at swordplay. The [[First Doctor]] and [[Tenth Doctor]] also demonstrated this.  ([[TV]]: ''[[The Crusade (TV story)|The Crusade]]'', ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'')
* The Doctor demonstrates he's good at swordplay. The [[First Doctor]] and [[Tenth Doctor]] also demonstrated this.  ([[TV]]: ''[[The Crusade (TV story)|The Crusade]]'', ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'')
* The Doctor recently had to forcefully stop [[Mason Bennett]] from trying to save [[Alice O'Donnell]] from being slain by the [[Fisher King]] because it was a fixed moment in time. ([[TV]]: ''[[Before the Flood (TV story)|Before the Flood]]'')
* The Doctor recently had to forcefully stop [[Mason Bennett]] from trying to save [[Alice O'Donnell]] from being slain by the [[Fisher King]] because it was a fixed moment in time. ([[TV]]: ''[[Before the Flood (TV story)|Before the Flood]]'')
* The Doctor worries that saving Ashildr's life will have a negative effect on time. In his tenth incarnation, he vainly interfered with the fates of the crew on [[Bowie Base One]] by saving a few lives after history dictated they would meet their ends, yet in doing so and in spite of the lives he did save, it caused [[Adelaide Brooke]] to [[Suicide|end her life]] once she learned what he had done in an attempt to rectify the changes the Doctor made to history. This robbed her and her family of a heroic legacy, which made the Doctor realise that he had "gone too far." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'')
* The Doctor worries that saving Ashildr's life will have a negative effect on time, and that he did it because he had gotten emotional. In his tenth incarnation, he interfered with the fates of the crew on [[Bowie Base One]] in a vain manner, which backfired once [[Adelaide Brooke]] [[Suicide|took her life]] after learning what he did, and made the Doctor realise he had "gone too far". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'')


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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?

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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.


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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 Benny Hill 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.

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