Episode
Doctor Who: The Unicorn and the Wasp
Overview
The Doctor and Donna's meet Agatha Christie at a manor owned buy Lady Eddison. When Agatha Christie goes missing and a body turns up in the library the adventure turns into a pulp sci-fiction murder mystery, with a murder, a jewel thief, and a wasp alien. Can they solve the mystery?
Details
- Series
- Doctor Who
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 7
- Air date
- 2008-05-17
- Runtime
- 47 min
Episode context
The Unicorn and the Wasp is Episode 7 in Series 4 of Doctor Who. It aired on 2008-05-17. The runtime is 47 min.
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Episode 6: The Doctor's Daughter
The Doctor lands on the remote planet Messaline as an age-old war rages and the threat of genocide looms. When Martha is kidnapped by the Hath, the Doctor is distracted by "the most important woman in his life."
Episode 8: Silence in the Library (1)
The Doctor and Donna land in a frightening position in the far future. While investigating a derelict library, the duo come face to face with the disembodied mind of a little girl, an archaeological team led by a woman from the Doctor's future, and swarms of flesh-eating creatures that are seen only as shadows.
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