The Woman Who Lived

257 – "The Woman Who Lived"
257 – "The Woman Who Lived"
Doctor Who episode
Cast
	Doctor Peter Capaldi – Twelfth Doctor;
	Companion Jenna Coleman – Clara Oswald;
	Others Maisie Williams – Me; Rufus Hound – Sam Swift; Gareth Berliner – Coachman; Elisabeth Hopper – Lucie Fanshawe; John Voce – Mr Fanshawe; Struan Rodger – Clayton; Gruffudd Glyn – Pikeman Lloyd Llywelyn; Reuben Johnson – Pikeman William Stout; Ariyon Bakare – Leandro; Daniel Fearn – Crowd 1; Karen Seacombe – Crowd 2; John Hales – Hangman; Will Brown – Voice of The Knightmare;
Production
Directed by	Ed Bazalgette
Written by	Catherine Tregenna
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	24 October 2015
Chronology
← Preceded by; "The Girl Who Died"	Followed by →; "The Zygon Invasion"
	List of episodes (2005–present)

"The Woman Who Lived" is the sixth episode of the ninth series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 24 October 2015. It was written by Catherine Tregenna and directed by Ed Bazalgette.

Set in 1651, about 800 years after the previous week's episode, "The Girl Who Died", the episode follows the alien time traveller the Twelfth Doctor (Peter Capaldi), while on the trail of an alien artefact that came to Earth, reuniting with Ashildr (Maisie Williams), the woman the Doctor made immortal in the previous episode. Ashildr, having renamed herself "Me", has isolated herself from mortal humans and seeks to use the artefact herself to travel to other planets.

The episode was watched by 6.11 million viewers and received widespread praise. Aspects that were met with the most praise were Capaldi and Williams’ performances and the script.