The Waters of Mars is the third episode of the 2008â€"2010 specials of
the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was
first broadcast on BBC One on 15 November 2009. It aired on BBC
America on 19 December 2009 and was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the
UK on 11 January 2010 and in the US on 2 February 2010. The story is
set on Mars in the year 2059 where the Doctor encounters the first
human colony, Bowie Base One. This is commanded by Captain Adelaide
Brooke, who turns out to be a pivotal character in the history of
humanity. The Doctor must decide whether to use his knowledge of her
fate to change history. According to Doctor Who writer and producer
Russell T Davies, the special is closely linked to the next two
episodes but is not the first part of a three-part story. The special
was dedicated to Barry Letts, the former writer and producer of Doctor
Who who died in October 2009. The episode won the 2010 Hugo Award for
Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form.The Tenth Doctor arrives on
Mars in 2059, near humanity's first Martian colony, Bowie Base One. He
dons a space suit to walk to the base, where inside he is detained by
its crew led by Captain Adelaide Brooke. As they interrogate him, he
discovers that today is a "fixed point" in time; the base will
explode, killing the entire crew, but Adelaide's death will inspire
her granddaughter to explore the stars. He tries to stay uninvolved,
but Adelaide forces him to assist her responding to an alert from the
remote biodome.Two crewmen, Andrew Stone and Tarak Ital, appear to be
in a zombie-like state, generating copious amounts of water. One of
Adelaide's team gets infected and they quarantine her while sealing
off the biodome. From observation, they discover that the infection is
by the intelligent virus, the Flood, and now seeks to get to Earth.
The Doctor suspects the Flood were sealed in the glacier the base was
using for water by the Ice Warriors aeons ago, and a bad filter
allowed the virus to infect the crew. Adelaide realises the remaining
crew have not yet touched that source of water and are uninfected, and
orders the crew to evacuate to their rocket back to Earth while
setting the base to self-destruct. Before departing, the Doctor is
forced to explain to Adelaide what he knows happens and why he cannot
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