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Doctor Who•Season 6•Episode 4

The Doctor's Wife

8.9/10 · 10,149 votesMay 14, 201147 min

Ranked #2 of 13 in Season 6•+0.9 vs season avg

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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,

Directed byRichard Clark

Written byNeil Gaiman

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Seasons13

All 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Season 6 Episodes13

E1 8.8

The Impossible Astronaut (1)

E2 8.8

Day of the Moon (2)

E3 6.6

The Curse of the Black Spot

E4 8.9Now viewing

The Doctor's Wife

E5 7.1

The Rebel Flesh (1)

E6 7.3

The Almost People (2)

E7 9.0

A Good Man Goes to War (1)

E8 7.9

Let's Kill Hitler (2)

Night Terrors

The Girl Who Waited

The God Complex

Closing Time

The Wedding of River Song

Cast3

Matt Smith

The Doctor

Karen Gillan

Amy Pond

Arthur Darvill

Rory Williams

Crew4

Neil Gaiman

Writer

Richard Clark

Director

Sanne Wohlenberg

Producer

Owen McPolin

Director of Photography

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Episode Summary

"The Doctor's Wife" is episode 4 of Doctor Who season 6. It scored 8.9/10 from 10,149 votes, ranking #2 of 13 episodes this season (season average 8.0). Directed by Richard Clark and written by Neil Gaiman, it aired on May 14, 2011.

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