Child Bride of Short Creek vs Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars

Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 6.5/10 for Child Bride of Short Creek). Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars is the shorter watch at 1h 2m compared with 1h 35m. Child Bride of Short Creek is the older of the two (1981 against 2009). Both are drama, tv movie movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Child Bride of Short Creek posterChild Bride of Short Creek1981 VS Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars posterDoctor Who: The Waters of Mars2009
Child Bride of Short CreekDoctor Who: The Waters of Mars
Audience score★ 6.5/10★ 7.9/10
Year19812009
Length1h 35m1h 2m
GenresDrama, TV MovieAdventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, TV Movie
CountryUnited States of AmericaUnited Kingdom
DirectorRobert Michael LewisGraeme Harper
Main castDiane Lane, Helen Hunt, Dee Wallace, Christopher Atkins, Heidi BohayLindsay Duncan, David Tennant, Gemma Chan, Michael Goldsmith, Sharon Duncan-Brewster

Synopsis

Child Bride of Short Creek

A dramatization of the true account of a fundamentalist sect in Arizona that practices polygamy, and a returning Korean War veteran's rebellion against his father when he learns that the latter plans to increase his stable of wives by adding the 15-year-old girl with whom his son is romantically involved.

Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars

In a Mars base, the inhabitants are being infected by a mysterious water creature which takes over its victims. The Doctor is thrust into the middle of this catastrophe, knowing a larger one is waiting around the corner.

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