Picture shows: Jenna Coleman as Clara and Maisie Williams as Ashildre

Picture shows: Jenna Coleman as Clara and Maisie Williams as Ashildre

Picture shows: Jenna Coleman as Clara and Maisie Williams as Ashildre

Picture shows: Peter Capaldi as the Doctor and David Schofield as Odin

Picture shows: David Schofield as Odin

Picture shows: David Schofield as Odin and the Mire

Picture shows: David Schofield as Odin

Picture shows: Peter Capaldi as the Doctor and David Schofield as Odin

Picture shows: Peter Capaldi as the Doctor and David Schofield as Odin

Picture shows: David Schofield as Odin and the Mire

Picture shows: David Schofield as Odin and the Mire

Picture shows: the Mire with Vikings

Picture shows: the Mire with Vikings

Picture shows: Maisie Williams

Picture shows: Jenna Coleman as Clara, Peter Capaldi as the Doctor and Maisie Williams as Ashildr

Picture shows: Jenna Coleman as Clara, Peter Capaldi as the Doctor and Maisie Williams as Ashildr

Picture shows: Maisie Williams as Ashildr

Picture shows: Maisie Williams as Ashildr

Picture shows: Maisie Williams as Ashildr

Picture Shows: Mire – (C) BBC – Photographer: Simon Ridgway

Picture Shows: Mire – (C) BBC – Photographer: Simon Ridgway

Picture Shows: Mire – (C) BBC – Photographer: Simon Ridgway

Picture Shows: Mire – (C) BBC – Photographer: Simon Ridgway

Picture Shows: Odin (DAVID SCHOFIELD) – (C) BBC – Photographer: Simon Ridgway

Picture Shows: Odin (DAVID SCHOFIELD) – (C) BBC – Photographer: Simon Ridgway

Synopsis:

Captured by Vikings, the Doctor and Clara must help protect their village from Space Warriors from the future: the Mire. Outnumbered and outgunned, their fate seems inevitable. So why is the Doctor preoccupied with a single Viking girl?  

“The Girl Who Died” was written by Jamie Mathieson (Mummy on the Orient Express, Flatline), directed by Ed Bazalgette (Poldark) and produced by Derek Ritchie (Before the Flood).

Cast: Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman.

Also stars: Maisie Williams, Simon Lipkin, Ian Conningham, Tom Stourton, Alastair Parker, Murray McArthur and Barnaby Kayis.

‘Doctor Who’ Series 9, Episode 5 “The Girl Who Died” airs October 17th, 2015 on BBC America at 9pm.