The Impossible Astronaut (1)

Name: The Impossible Astronaut (1)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Action & Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Released: April 23, 2011
Cast: Matt Smith (XI), Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill

Doctor Who: Season 6: Episode 1

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BBC America | BBC One | Air Date: April 23, 2011

Starring: Matt Smith (XI), Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill

Summary: The Doctor and his companions find themselves on a secret summons that takes them the desert in Utah, right to the Oval Office in 1969. With the help of Canton Everett Delaware III, they must help President Nixon who's taking calls from a little girl afraid of a monster.

Creator: Robert Holmes and Malcolm Hulke and Terry Nation and Gerry Davis and Kit Pedler and Russell T. Davies and Sydney Newman

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama, Action & Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction

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Air Date: September 24, 2011

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RoyReno

Jun 12, 2023

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The first ten minutes of the Impossible Astronaut definitely start the season quite well. A shocking character-death that leads to emotional scenes of his friends reacting naturally and believably is top notch, and while I don't mind the switch to an alien invasion plot in America, the story is a bit too busy setting up the various convoluted arcs of this season.… Expand

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