Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars vs The Thing

Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 6.2/10 for The Thing). Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars is the shorter watch at 1h 2m compared with 1h 43m. Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars is the older of the two (2009 against 2011). Both are horror, mystery, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars posterDoctor Who: The Waters of Mars2009 VS The Thing posterThe Thing2011
Doctor Who: The Waters of MarsThe Thing
Audience score★ 7.9/10★ 6.2/10
Year20092011
Length1h 2m1h 43m
GenresAdventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, TV MovieHorror, Mystery, Science Fiction
CountryUnited Kingdom–
DirectorGraeme HarperMatthijs van Heijningen Jr.
Main castLindsay Duncan, David Tennant, Gemma Chan, Michael Goldsmith, Sharon Duncan-BrewsterEric Christian Olsen, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Kristofer Hivju, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

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 Thing

When paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickly turns to fear as they realize that their experiment has freed a mysterious being from its frozen prison. Paranoia spreads like an epidemic as a creature that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and…

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