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"The Girl Who Died" is the fifth episode of the ninth series of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 17 October 2015. It is written by Jamie Mathieson and Steven Moffat and directed by Ed Bazalgette. The episode is set in a "little Viking village where all the warriors have just been slaughtered". The Doctor and Clara have 12 hours to train some farmers into warriors when Ashildr (Maisie Williams) declares war upon the Mire. ==Plot== Under attack from a battle fleet, the Doctor rescues Clara from asphyxiation in space by materialising the TARDIS around her. He lands the TARDIS on Earth, and they are captured by Vikings. The Doctor tries to frighten them by brandishing his sonic sunglasses, but an unimpressed Viking simply breaks them. The Doctor attempts to use his "magic" to impress the Vikings into letting them go. He claims to be Odin, but they dismiss him as an impostor. Suddenly, an image of Odin appears in the sky, commending the Viking warriors' bravery and inviting them to Valhalla. A squad of armoured suits arrive, using weapons that appear to disintegrate the warriors. The Doctor deduces they are using advanced imaging to target the warriors and teleport them away; Clara tells Ashildr, a young woman from the village, to use part of the sonic sunglasses to remove her chains, the two women are struck by the weapons after the sonic technology was scanned. The armoured suits disappear, leaving the Doctor alone with the non-warriors of the village. Clara, Ashildr, and the Vikings Warriors find themselves aboard a spacecraft. The male Vikings are killed and drained of their adrenaline and testosterone, but Clara and Ashildr are spared. They meet "Odin" who is actually the leader of the Mire, a species that prides itself on its merciless reputation. Clara attempts to negotiate peace, but Ashildr, enraged by what she has seen, declares war for her people. "Odin" states he will launch an attack in 24 hours and returns Clara and Ashildr to the surface, to the relief of the Doctor. Clara brings the Doctor up to date, and the Doctor encourages the remaining villagers to abandon the village until the Mire have left. They refuse, willing to make a stand despite their lack of battle skills. The Doctor attempts to train them to fight, but they are far too weak and incompetent to stand up to the Mire. The Doctor tries to devise another plan. He discovers that Ashildr is a storyteller who uses homemade articulated puppets. Able to understand "Baby", he translates for the blacksmith's baby, who is crying about the "fire in the water". The Doctor realises that this refers to the electric eels that the fishermen have caught, and this becomes the basis of his plan to save the villagers. When the Mire arrive the next day, they find the villagers having a party. Confused by this reaction, they hesitate to attack. The villagers use the electricity generated by the eels to overload the Mire's battle suits, and to power a makeshift electromagnet that removes a Mire helmet. The Doctor quickly modifies the helmet and gives it to Ashildr to wear. Mental images from her stories are relayed through the helmets to the other Mire, and the invaders "see" a dragon attacking them. The soldiers flee, leaving "Odin" behind. The Doctor reveals that the dragon was just one of Ashildr's puppets augmented by her imagination, and that Clara has recorded the Mire's terrified rout. He threatens to broadcast the recording throughout the galaxy unless the Mire leave the planet in peace. "Odin" fears loss of reputation more than an actual loss in combat, and the Mire ship departs. The villagers are in a celebratory mood, but the Doctor discovers that Ashildr is dead; the strain of using the helmet caused heart failure. The Doctor is upset, and Clara tries to console him, to no avail. While angrily ranting about all the people he's let die under his watch, The Doctor sees his reflection and realises why he chose his face, that of Caecilius (whom he had previously saved in "The Fires of Pompeii"): to remind himself to always save someone. This inspires him to break the "rules" again to save Ashildr. He modifies a computer chip from the Mire helmet and implants it in Ashildr's body; he gives her father a second modified chip to be given to her later. The chip regenerates her and she revives. The villagers are celebratory again. The Doctor confides to Clara that what he has done may be worse than death; the implanted chip will never stop working, making Ashildr effectively immortal. As the Doctor and Clara depart, the Doctor explains that immortality is not simply the inability of a person to die, but the agony of watching everyone they care about die; the second chip is for Ashildr to give away when she finds someone she cannot stand to live without. The final scene is a time lapse shot of Ashildr watching the world age around her, her expression changing from elation and wonder, to sorrow and misery, and finally hostility. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Girl Who Died」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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