When the Doctor travels to the past he obviously has a great deal of foreknowledge about what’s taken place and, moreover, what must take place in order for history as we know it to be preserved. It’s refreshing, then, to see that same idea applied to future history in The Waters of Mars, a thrilling story that uses that device to amplify its impact by an order of magnitude above your typical base-under-siege adventure. When you add a healthy helping of zombie horror and a dark twist at the end, the result is one of the most adult Doctor Who episodes ever made — one that might even be considered a modern classic. Best put in a silly robot then.
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Story Essentials
Autumn Special 2009
Story number: 204, per the The Pull To Open Codex
Writer: Russell T Davies and Phil Ford
Director: Graeme Harper
Showrunner: Davies
Aired 15 November 2011
Pull To Open: The Waters of Mars
Season 4
Episode 6
Hosts: Pete Pachal and Chris Taylor
Guests: Rob and Liam from The Cloister Bell Podcast
Feedback loop and interlude music: Martin West/Thinking Fish
Outro music: Chronos by Alexander Nakarada
Last Time Lord Standing (Flooding “The Waters of Mars,” with guests from The Cloister Bell podcast)