Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars vs Thursday's Child

Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 1/10 for Thursday's Child). Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars is the shorter watch at 1h 2m compared with 1h 40m. Thursday's Child is the older of the two (1983 against 2009). Both are drama, tv movie movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars posterDoctor Who: The Waters of Mars2009 VS Thursday's Child posterThursday's Child1983
Doctor Who: The Waters of MarsThursday's Child
Audience score★ 7.9/10★ 1.0/10
Year20091983
Length1h 2m1h 40m
GenresAdventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, TV MovieDrama, TV Movie
CountryUnited Kingdom–
DirectorGraeme HarperDavid Lowell Rich
Main castLindsay Duncan, David Tennant, Gemma Chan, Michael Goldsmith, Sharon Duncan-BrewsterRob Lowe, Alan Fudge, Larry Poindexter, Gena Rowlands, Janet MacLachlan

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.

Thursday's Child

Sam Alden is the 17-year-old high school star player in baseball who seems to have it all. However, his family notices that he is often bothered with fits of coughing. Worried, his parents decide to take him to the hospital, where they are shocked to find out that he has a life-threatening heart disease. Sam has trouble dealing with his illness, but he pretends to still be a joyful teenager to not have his parents worrying even more than they…

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