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EPISODE
SEASON
Doctor Who - Season 9 Episode 6 The Woman Who Lived
The Doctor and Clara have established a dynamic as a partnership of equals, they’re relishing the fun and thrills that all of space and time has to offer. Tangling with ghosts, Vikings and the ultimate evil of the Daleks, they embark on their biggest adventures yet. Missy is back to plague the Doctor once more, the Zygons inspire fear as they shape-shift into human clones, and a new arrival moves in cosmic ways.
2 November 1964, Brooklyn, New York, USA
19 September 1954, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
8 October 1980, Grappenhall, Cheshire, England, UK
21 February 1980, Grahamstown, South Africa
7 November 1950, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
16 November 1965, Guisborough, Cleveland, England, UK
11 May 1944, London, England, UK
14 December 1982, Manchester, England, UK
October 25, 2015
So my Let's Wait and See Plan after last week's episode did not pan out. It's not that there isn't some good stuff here. But where it ends up is too easy.
October 26, 2015
The experiences of the woman who cannot die touch on something we've seen time and again in Doctor Who: knowing the Doctor often comes with a cost.
October 26, 2015
This should be an episode that goes down in Doctor Who history.
October 26, 2015
It's a crowning achievement to an already strong half-a-season.
October 26, 2015
All things considered, "The Woman Who Lived" isn't terrible. But after "The Girl Who Died," this companion piece is something of a disappointment: a story that gestures at complexity but turns out to be rather simplistic.
October 26, 2015
The episode makes good use of its weightier elements, using them to underline the indescribable loneliness of being the Doctor or Ashildr, and the pain that comes from knowing the finitude of everyone around you.
October 26, 2015
The Maisie Williams/Ashildr story, which started off well last week, reached an even more satisfying conclusion (for now) here.
October 26, 2015
The meat of the episode - the complex back and forth between the Doctor and Ashildr/Lady Me - is remarkable.
October 26, 2015
If last week's episode felt rushed, The Woman Who Died unfurled at a steady, considered pace. The story of Ashildr's life was given time to develop, to allow the enormity of living forever time to sink into the audience's consciousness.
November 18, 2015
It strains to work in all its ingredients. There are a lot of brilliant disparate elements here. But only occasionally do they meld into a cohesive, satisfying whole.
