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Doctor Who
The Runaway Train and The Ring of Steel
2010
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3.44
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66
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The BBC's Doctor Who is the longest-running sci-fi TV show in broadcast history. Packed with action, this program illuminates every aspect of sci-fi's favorite time traveler. This program follows the adventures of the 11th Doctor in the episodes The Runaway Train, written by Oli Smith and read by Matt Smith (the 11th Doctor), and The Ring of Steel, written by Stephen Cole and read by Arthur Darvill ("Rory Williams"). The Runaway Train: Arriving on Earth in the midst of the American Civil War, the Doctor and Amy must get a posse together to help them retrieve an alien artifact that has fallen into the clutches of the Confederate army. The terraforming device belongs to the Cei, a race of invaders who plan to use it to turn the planet into a new home world. But neither the army nor the aliens are keen to let the Doctor and his gang interfere with their plans, and give chase across the Wild West. The only hope of escape for the Doctor and friends is to catch the 3:25 to Arizona and race along the newly-built transcontinental railroad. The Ring of Steel: When the TARDIS lands on Orkney in the near future, the Doctor and Amy arrive to find a large demonstration in progress over the construction of new electricity pylons. The Doctor tries to break things up peacefully, but suddenly the road splits open and swallows police, security guards and protestors alike. Separated from the Doctor, Amy takes charge of transporting the wounded to hospital, but the rescue mission becomes a terrifying ride as the pylons come to life and begin to walk and the road rears up, erupting with boiling tarmac The Doctor, meanwhile, has even more than metal monsters and rebellious roads to deal with. Who is sucking the life out of the power company’s employees, and just what is lurking inside the Astra-Gen headquarters?

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