Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars vs Zero Sum

Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 6.5/10 for Zero Sum). Zero Sum is the shorter watch at 19m compared with 1h 2m. Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars is the older of the two (2009 against 2016). Both are drama, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars posterDoctor Who: The Waters of Mars2009 VS Zero Sum posterZero Sum2016
Doctor Who: The Waters of MarsZero Sum
Audience score★ 7.9/10★ 6.5/10
Year20092016
Length1h 2m19m
GenresAdventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, TV MovieDrama, Science Fiction
CountryUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom
DirectorGraeme HarperJimmy Hay
Main castLindsay Duncan, David Tennant, Gemma Chan, Michael Goldsmith, Sharon Duncan-BrewsterAimee-Ffion Edwards, Phil Davis, Poppy Pedder

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.

Zero Sum

Ruth (Aimee-Ffion Edwards) wakes inside a featureless spaceship; she's no memory and is kept alive by a plastic tube connected to her lower back. Ruth removes the tube and as the searing pain subsides, her memory begins to return. She looks out of the window and sees hundreds of identical ships orbiting a green planet. Ruth remembers the pledge she made to begin a new life, light years away from the earth. Suddenly there's a noise from the…

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