The Girl Who Died

256 – "The Girl Who Died"
256 – "The Girl Who Died"
Doctor Who episode
Cast
	Doctor Peter Capaldi – Twelfth Doctor;
	Companion Jenna Coleman – Clara Oswald;
	Others Maisie Williams – Ashildr; David Schofield – Odin; Simon Lipkin – Nollarr; Ian Conningham – Chuckles; Tom Stourton – Lofty; Alastair Parker – Limpy; Murray McArthur – Hasten; Barnaby Kay – Heidi;
Production
Directed by	Ed Bazalgette
Written by	Jamie Mathieson ; Steven Moffat
Script editor	Nick Lambon
Produced by	Derek Ritchie
Executive producer(s)	Steven Moffat ; Brian Minchin
Music by	Murray Gold
Series	Series 9
Running time	46 minutes
First broadcast	17 October 2015
Chronology
← Preceded by; "Before the Flood"	Followed by →; "The Woman Who Lived"
	List of episodes (2005–present)

"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, and was written by Jamie Mathieson and Steven Moffat and directed by Ed Bazalgette.

In the episode, the alien time traveller the Twelfth Doctor (Peter Capaldi) and his companion Clara (Jenna Coleman) have 24 hours to train a group of weak Viking villagers for a war against aliens called the Mire shortly after the Mire slaughtered all of the village's warriors and a woman called Ashildr (Maisie Williams) subsequently declared war.

The episode was watched by 6.56 million viewers and received highly positive reviews from critics, who praised the humour, the performances and the resolution to the Doctor’s face.