Rating: 9.3

Doctor Who (2005)

 

Season 1, Episode 9
The Empty Child (1)

Overview

Location: London, England Date: 1941 Enemy: The Empty Child After chasing an unexplained capsule through time, the TARDIS lands in London, during an air raid. Rose investigates when a small child wearing a gasmask, standing on a rooftop, continuously calls out for his mummy. After floating above the city on a barrage balloon, Rose is swept off her feet by another time traveller – Captain Jack Harkness. Meanwhile, The Doctor follows a teenaged girl to a meeting of the homeless children of the Blitz. Here, the child in the gasmask is terrorising them with a parade of strange events, constantly asking for his mother.

Episode Info

First Aired: 2005-05-21
Director:
  • James Hawes

Guest Stars:
  • Kate Harvey
  • Albert Valentine
  • Florence Hoath
  • Cheryl Fergison
  • Damian Samuels
  • Robert Hands
  • Joseph Tremain
  • Jordan Murphy
  • Brandon Miller
  • Richard Wilson
  • Noah Johnson
  • Dian Perry

Writer:
  • Steven Moffat

Show Info

First Aired: 2005-03-26
Airs time: 7:00 PM
Airs Day of week:
  • Saturday
Network: BBC One
Runtime: 45
Genre:
  • Action and Adventure
  • Science-Fiction

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  • David Tennant
  • Billie Piper
  • Catherine Tate
  • John Simm
  • Christopher Eccleston
  • John Barrowman
  • Freema Agyeman
  • Karen Gillan
  • Matt Smith
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