Descendent vs Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars

Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 5.7/10 for Descendent). Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars is the shorter watch at 1h 2m compared with 1h 33m. Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars is the older of the two (2009 against 2025). Both are drama, horror, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Descendent posterDescendent2025 VS Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars posterDoctor Who: The Waters of Mars2009
DescendentDoctor Who: The Waters of Mars
Audience score★ 5.7/10★ 7.9/10
Year20252009
Length1h 33m1h 2m
GenresDrama, Horror, Mystery, Science FictionAdventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, TV Movie
Country–United Kingdom
DirectorPeter CilellaGraeme Harper
Main castSarah Bolger, Ross Marquand, Brandon Scott, Emily Pendergast, Parvesh CheenaLindsay Duncan, David Tennant, Gemma Chan, Michael Goldsmith, Sharon Duncan-Brewster

Synopsis

Descendent

After a traumatic brain injury triggers terrifying visions of extraterrestrials and a newfound talent for drawing, a father-to-be begins to question his reality and becomes obsessed with the need to protect his family from an unseen threat.

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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