Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars vs Pontypool

Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 6.5/10 for Pontypool). Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars is the shorter watch at 1h 2m compared with 1h 37m. Both are horror, mystery, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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Doctor Who: The Waters of MarsPontypool
Audience score★ 7.9/10★ 6.5/10
Year20092009
Length1h 2m1h 37m
GenresAdventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, TV MovieHorror, Mystery, Science Fiction
CountryUnited Kingdom–
DirectorGraeme HarperBruce McDonald
Main castLindsay Duncan, David Tennant, Gemma Chan, Michael Goldsmith, Sharon Duncan-BrewsterBoyd Banks, Stephen McHattie, Rick Roberts, Daniel Fathers, Hrant Alianak

Synopsis

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.

Pontypool

When disc jockey Grant Mazzy reports to his basement radio station in the Canadian town of Pontypool, he thinks it's just another day at work. But when he hears reports of a virus that turns people into zombies, Mazzy barricades himself in the radio booth and tries to figure out a way to warn his listeners about the virus and its unlikely mode of transmission.

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