The Empty Child

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Doctor Who television episode television episode

"The Empty Child" is a critically acclaimed 2005 Doctor Who episode, written by Steven Moffat, known for its eerie gas-mask child, the introduction of Captain Jack Harkness, and its blend of wartime horror and emotional storytelling.

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Label Occurrences
The Empty Child canonical 5
The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Doctor Who television episode ⓘ
television episode ⓘ
actorPlayingCharacter Florence Hoath ⓘ
John Barrowman ⓘ
Richard Wilson ⓘ
actorPlayingCompanion Billie Piper ⓘ
actorPlayingDoctor Christopher Eccleston ⓘ
award Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form ⓘ
awardYear 2006 ⓘ
commissionedBy BBC Cymru Wales ⓘ
surface form: BBC Wales
continuity first appearance of Captain Jack Harkness in Doctor Who ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criticalReception critically acclaimed ⓘ
director James Hawes ⓘ
episodeNumberInSeason 9 ⓘ
executiveProducer Julie Gardner NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russell T Davies ⓘ
featuresCharacter John Constantine ⓘ
surface form: Dr Constantine

Nancy ⓘ
featuresCompanion Rose Tyler ⓘ
featuresDoctor Ninth Doctor ⓘ
followedByEpisode The Doctor Dances ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
horror ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
introducesCharacter Captain Jack Harkness ⓘ
leadMakeupDesigner Neal Gorton ⓘ
musicBy Murray Gold ⓘ
narrativeTheme family and parenthood ⓘ
identity and transformation ⓘ
wartime horror ⓘ
notableElement gas-mask child ⓘ
notableQuote Are you my mummy? ⓘ
originalAirDate 2005-05-21 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalNetwork BBC One ⓘ
partOf Doctor Who series 1 (2005) ⓘ
precededByEpisode Father's Day ⓘ
producer Phil Collinson ⓘ
productionCode 1.9 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 45 ⓘ
season Series 1 ⓘ
series Doctor Who ⓘ
settingEvent The Blitz ⓘ
settingPlace London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
settingTimePeriod World War II ⓘ
settingYear 1941 ⓘ
storyArcTitle The Empty Child self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances
twoPartStoryWith The Doctor Dances ⓘ
writer Steven Moffat ⓘ

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Captain Jack Harkness → firstAppearance → The Empty Child ⓘ
Steven Moffat → writerOf → The Empty Child ⓘ
The Empty Child → storyArcTitle → The Empty Child self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances
The Doctor Dances → follows → The Empty Child ⓘ
The Doctor Dances → precededByEpisode → The Empty Child ⓘ
The Doctor Dances → isSequelTo → The Empty Child ⓘ