Contact vs Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars
Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 7.4/10 for Contact). Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars is the shorter watch at 1h 2m compared with 2h 30m. Contact is the older of the two (1997 against 2009). Both are drama, mystery, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Contact
Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars| Contact | Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.4/10 | ★ 7.9/10 |
| Year | 1997 | 2009 |
| Length | 2h 30m | 1h 2m |
| Genres | Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction | Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, TV Movie |
| Country | – | United Kingdom |
| Director | Robert Zemeckis | Graeme Harper |
| Main cast | John Hurt, Rob Lowe, Jena Malone, Jodie Foster, Angela Bassett | Lindsay Duncan, David Tennant, Gemma Chan, Michael Goldsmith, Sharon Duncan-Brewster |
Synopsis
Contact
A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and decide upon a course of action, she must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and reality.
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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