| 174b – "The Satan Pit" | |||
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| Production | |||
| Directed by | James Strong | ||
| Written by | Matt Jones | ||
| Script editor | Simon Winstone | ||
| Produced by | Phil Collinson | ||
| Executive producer(s) | Russell T Davies Julie Gardner | ||
| Music by | Murray Gold | ||
| Production code | 2.9 | ||
| Series | Series 2 | ||
| Running time | 2nd of 2-part story, 45 minutes | ||
| First broadcast | 10 June 2006 | ||
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"The Satan Pit" is the ninth episode of the second series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast on 10 June 2006. It is the second part of a two-part story. The first part, "The Impossible Planet", was broadcast on 3 June.
The episode is set on Krop Tor, a planet orbiting a black hole. In the episode, the alien time traveller the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant) climbs down a deep pit in which the Beast (Gabriel Woolf) is kept prisoner. At the same time, the Doctor's travelling companion Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) and a human expedition team try to escape the planet after the Beast possesses the Ood on the base.