Empress of Mars
- Episode aired Jun 10, 2017
- TV-PG
- 43m
The Doctor, Bill and Nardole discover a tomb of the Queen of the Ice Warriors on Mars in 1881.The Doctor, Bill and Nardole discover a tomb of the Queen of the Ice Warriors on Mars in 1881.The Doctor, Bill and Nardole discover a tomb of the Queen of the Ice Warriors on Mars in 1881.
- Soilder
- (uncredited)
- Soldier
- (uncredited)
- Ice Warrior
- (uncredited)
- NASA Scientist
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaMark Gatiss was inspired by Victorian science fiction stories like Journey to the Centre of the Earth.
- GoofsWhen The Doctor tells the Ice Warrior to halt, his arm is extended straight in front of him, but in the reverse shot it is bent at the elbow.
- Quotes
The Doctor: Do you need a hand with the dishes? We're really very good, aren't we, Bill?
Bill: Yeah.
Friday: Friday does not require help.
Bill: [stepping up] Happy to. Honestly. Though, uh, he's better at dryin'.
[the Doctor joins her, together displacing Friday from his task]
The Doctor: Yes. Don't like the soapy water; makes the fingers go all crinkly. Nice to be home, I bet. Of course, it would be better if they'd, uh, 'killed the fatted calf,' so to speak.
[Friday turns and starts walking away]
The Doctor: Rolled out the red-planet carpet. Then you're the last of your kind, aren't you, according the the Colonel.
[Friday stops, looks back]
The Doctor: So no one left to do the rolling.
Friday: I *am* the last.
[Friday looks away, but the Doctor presses on]
The Doctor: How can you be sure?
Friday: [turns to face them] There was a war. A great and terrible war. Friday saw much blood. Now all is gone. My world is dead.
The Doctor: [as Friday turns away] But-but while you were asleep, on your ship, in stasis. Maybe there *are* others.
Friday: [turns back again] Friday would... feel... the presence of others. Friday is alone.
The Doctor: [walks up to his face] Why'd you call yourself that? What's your real name? An Ice Warrior would never let these humans patronise him without a reason. You're helping the pig. For what?
Friday: Mars still has many riches.
The Doctor: [walking away, clearly sceptical] Which you are happy to share.
Friday: Why should not others benefit instead?
[Friday walks away]
Bill: Maybe he's telling the truth.
The Doctor: Maybe.
Bill: Wha', can't we give him the benefit of the doubt? I mean, just because he's a big green monster...
The Doctor: You think I'm taking sides? I'm not taking sides. The universe is too complicated, far too nuanced. Things are never quite black and white. There are individual aliens just as there are individual humans. Different languages, accents, politics. Different times, different... loyalties.
- ConnectionsReferences The Vikings (1958)
I decided to give it the benefit of the doubt, and ended up wasting around 45 minutes of my life. Just goes to show Mark Gatiss should get a day job - maybe become a bus driver, or car salesman, because writing is something he definitely can't do.
Awful, awful, awful. Unlike Sherlock, which despite also poorly written, managed to be at least somewhat entertaining to watch, 'Empress of Mars' was painful. Its story was incoherent, cliché, predictable, bizarre, and had 0 conclusion. I could go on at length at how awful it was, but i'd really be wasting my time.
How Doctor Who at all managed to become a staple of whats considered 'British' TV is beyond me. It almost makes me want to renounce my allegiance to the queen and move some place where this garbage isn't aired on prime-time TV.
- iwanselway-76891
- Jul 29, 2017
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- Redcliffe Caves, Redcliffe Parade, Bristol, England, UK(Tunnels where TARDIS lands)
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- Runtime43 minutes
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