Doctor Who: The Snowmen vs The Railway Children
Doctor Who: The Snowmen has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 6.7/10 for The Railway Children). Doctor Who: The Snowmen is the shorter watch at 1h compared with 1h 43m. The Railway Children is the older of the two (2000 against 2012). Both are drama, family, tv movie movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Doctor Who: The Snowmen | The Railway Children | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.7/10 | ★ 6.7/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2000 |
| Length | 1h | 1h 43m |
| Genres | Adventure, Drama, Family, Science Fiction, TV Movie | Drama, Family, TV Movie |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Saul Metzstein | Catherine Morshead |
| Main cast | Matt Smith, Richard E. Grant, Jenna Coleman, Ian McKellen, Juliet Cadzow | David Bamber, Jenny Agutter, Michael Kitchen, Clare Thomas, Jack Blumenau |
Synopsis
Doctor Who: The Snowmen
The Doctor has retired to 1892 London. Despite the protests of his allies, he is determined to keep out of mankind's affairs. However, a governess named Clara has stumbled upon a plot which only the Doctor can unravel, involving the death of her predecessor in ice and the sinister Dr. Simeon, who controls monsters made of sentient snow. And there is another mystery afoot: Clara is the spitting image of Oswin Oswald, whom the Doctor saw die in…
The Railway Children
Set at the turn of the 20th century, The Railway Children tells the story of three Edwardian children and their mother who move to a country house in Yorkshire after their father is mysteriously taken away by the police.
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