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The Cruel Sea was the fifth serial of Season 42 of Doctor Who. It was written by Robert Shearman, directed by Simon Massey and starred Liam Cunningham as the Eleventh Doctor, Kate Ashfield as Hannah Ward & Richard Armitage as Brian Whiteford

Synopsis[]

It's the 22nd century. Mars has been cleaned up, dusted off, and turned into a leisure planet. The rich sail the artificial seas and drink cocktails. But...the sea is hungry... The Doctor has once again landed himself and his companions in the middle of an intergalactic dispute... and a wedding with some very disturbed guests.

Plot[]

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Cast[]

Crew[]

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Worldbuilding[]

  • The Doctor accuses the sea of having less ambition than a wasp.

Notes[]

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Continuity[]

  • The Doctor once again refers to himself as a doctor of "practically everything". (TV: Spearhead from Space, Four to Doomsday)

Home video releases[]

DVD[]

  • This story along with the other stories in Season 42 were released as Doctor Who: The Complete Forty-Second Season in 2006.

Blu-ray[]

  • This story along with the other stories in Season 42 were later released as Doctor Who: The Complete Forty-Second Season on Blu-ray.
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