The Girl Who Died

256 – "The Girl Who Died"
256 – "The Girl Who Died"
Doctor Who episode
Cast
	Doctor Peter Capaldi (Twelfth Doctor); David Tennant (Tenth Doctor)) (flashback);
	Companion Jenna Coleman (Clara Oswald); Catherine Tate (Donna Noble) (flashback);
	Others Maisie Williams – Ashildr; David Schofield – Odin; Simon Lipkin – Nollarr; Ian Conningham – Chuckles; Tom Stourton – Lofty; Alastair Parker – Limpy; Murray McArthur – Hasten; Barnaby Kay – Heidi; Peter Capaldi – Caecilius (flashback); David Tennant – Tenth Doctor (flashback);
Production
Directed by	Ed Bazalgette
Written by	Jamie Mathieson; Steven Moffat
Produced by	Derek Ritchie
Executive producer(s)	Steven Moffat; Brian Minchin
Music by	Murray Gold
Series	Series 9
Running time	1st of 2-part story, 50 minutes
First broadcast	17 October 2015
Chronology
← Preceded by; "Before the Flood"	Followed by →; "The Woman Who Lived"
	List of episodes (2005–present)

"The Girl Who Died" is the fifth episode of the ninth series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 17 October 2015. It is written by Jamie Mathieson and Steven Moffat and directed by Ed Bazalgette.

The episode is set in a "little Viking village where all the warriors have just been slaughtered". The Doctor and Clara have 12 hours to train some farmers into warriors, as Ashildr (Maisie Williams) declares war upon the Mire.^[1]

References

^ Moffat, Steven (14 September 2015). "Steven Moffat's exclusive Doctor Who series nine episode guide". Radio Times.

[rt-1] Moffat, Steven (14 September 2015). "Steven Moffat's exclusive Doctor Who series nine episode guide". Radio Times.

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