Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars vs The Reckoning

Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 6.5/10 for The Reckoning). Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars is the shorter watch at 1h 2m compared with 1h 51m. Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars is the older of the two (2009 against 2021). Both are drama, horror movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars posterDoctor Who: The Waters of Mars2009 VS The Reckoning posterThe Reckoning2021
Doctor Who: The Waters of MarsThe Reckoning
Audience score★ 7.9/10★ 6.5/10
Year20092021
Length1h 2m1h 51m
GenresAdventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, TV MovieDrama, Horror
CountryUnited Kingdom–
DirectorGraeme HarperNeil Marshall
Main castLindsay Duncan, David Tennant, Gemma Chan, Michael Goldsmith, Sharon Duncan-BrewsterSean Pertwee, Ian Whyte, Oliver Trevena, Steven Waddington, Mark Ryan

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.

The Reckoning

In the aftermath of the Great Plague and amidst the subsequent witch-hunts against women, a young widow grapples with the tragic death of her husband in a society completely consumed by fear and death. Because she rejects the advances of her landlord, she is falsely accused of being a witch and thrown in jail for a crime she didn’t commit. She must endure physical persecution at the hands of England’s most ruthless witch-hunter and face her own…

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