Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead vs The X-Files

Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 6.9/10 for The X-Files). Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead is the shorter watch at 59m compared with 2h 1m. The X-Files is the older of the two (1998 against 2009). Both are mystery, science fiction, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead posterDoctor Who: Planet of the Dead2009 VS The X-Files posterThe X-Files1998
Doctor Who: Planet of the DeadThe X-Files
Audience score★ 7.5/10★ 6.9/10
Year20091998
Length59m2h 1m
GenresFantasy, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller, TV MovieMystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
Country––
DirectorJames StrongRob Bowman
Main castDavid Tennant, Noma Dumezweni, Lee Evans, Daniel Kaluuya, Adam JamesMitch Pileggi, Gillian Anderson, Blythe Danner, Bruce Harwood, David Duchovny

Synopsis

Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead

A meeting in a London bus with jewel thief Lady Christina takes a turn for the worse for the Doctor when the bus takes a detour to a desert-like planet, where the deadly Swarm awaits.

The X-Files

Mulder and Scully, now taken off the FBI's X Files cases, must find a way to fight the shadowy elements of the government to find out the truth about a conspiracy that might mean the alien colonization of Earth.

Where to watch

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