The Empty Child (Doctor Who Episode)
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| Production | ||
| Writer | Steven Moffat | |
| Director | James Hawes | |
| Script editor | Elwen Rowlands | |
| Producer | Phil Collinson | |
| Executive producer(s) | Russell T Davies Julie Gardner Mal Young | |
| Incidental music composer | Murray Gold | |
| Production code | 1.9 | |
| Series | Series 1 | |
| Length | 1st of 2-part story, 45 minutes | |
| Originally brodcast | 21 May 2005 | |
| Chronology | ||
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"The Empty Child" is the ninth episode of the first series of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who, which was first broadcast on 21 May 2005. It was the first episode written by Steven Moffat, who later became the showrunner and main writer of the series in 2010 following Russell T Davies' departure, and was directed by James Hawes. "The Empty Child" is the first of a two-part story, which concluded with "The Doctor Dances", on 28 May.
In the episode, alien time traveller the Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) and his companion Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) arrive in 1941 during the London Blitz, where they find that the city has been terrorised by a strange child in a gas mask repeatedly asking for his mother.
The episode marks the first appearance of John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness, who would become a recurring character and star in the Doctor Who spin-off series Torchwood. "The Empty Child" was watched by 7.11 million viewers in the UK. The two-part story has been cited by critics amongst the best of the show, and it won the 2006 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form.
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