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"The Woman Who Lived" is the sixth episode of the ninth series of the British sci-fi series ''Doctor Who''. It was written by Catherine Tregenna and directed by Ed Bazalgette. The episode is set in England, 1651, featuring a highwayman revealed to be Ashildr (now going by the name of "Me" and under the alias of The Knightmare)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=More Details on Episodes 5–8 of Series 9 )〕 and "her fire breathing accomplice", when "The Doctor, on the trail of an alien artifact, is brought face to the face with the consequences of his own actions".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Doctor Who season 9: Steven Moffat's episode guide )〕 ==Plot== Alone and on the trail of an alien artefact, the Doctor interrupts a highwayman known as "the Knightmare" carrying out a highway robbery in 1651 England. The Doctor finds the artefact in the coach's luggage but the vehicles drives off before he can take it. Talking to the robber, he finds that 'he' is in fact Ashildr, the Viking girl made immortal in the previous episode. Over her 800 years of everlasting life, she has lost many of her memories, and has isolated herself in order to avoid the pain of losing loved ones. The Doctor learns that she has renamed herself "Me" due to her loneliness. She begs the Doctor to take her away from this world, but he refuses. Flicking through her journal, the Doctor finds memories ripped out and pages stained by Ashildr's tears. He also discovers that Me previously had three children, all of whom she lost to the Black Death. Me and the Doctor steal the artefact from a house, flee by climbing out of the chimney and escape an ambush by a rival highwayman, Sam Swift. The Doctor calls the artefact 'the Eyes of Hades' and he theorises that it is linked to ancient Greek mythology as a way of opening a portal to the afterlife or into space. The next morning, the Doctor finds out that by day, Me is "Lady Me" and lives as a wealthy woman with a servant. He then meets Me's ally Leandro, a leonine alien stranded on Earth who was the artefact's original owner. In return for Me tricking the Doctor into helping him, Leandro has agreed to let her come with him to travel the galaxy. However, in order for the portal to be activated, the artefact requires another person's death. Me ties up the Doctor and states her intent to kill her old blind servant Clayton for this end, but the Doctor opposes it. Two pikemen arrive to announce that "the Knightmare" is reported to be in the area and Sam Swift is about to be hung at Tyburn. Me hands the Doctor over to them and sets off to use Swift's death instead of Clayton's to activate the artefact. The Doctor escapes the pikemen and pursues Me to the hanging. He and Swift joke with each other to hold up the execution and the Doctor fakes a pardon for him from Oliver Cromwell using his psychic paper. However, Me finally attaches the artefact to Swift's chest, killing him and opening a portal. Leandro reveals that his actual intent is to assist his people invade Earth. Spaceships begin destroying the crowd gathered to watch the hanging. Me, rediscovering her conscience and humanity after seeing the crowds slaughtered, uses the second Mire medical chip given to her by the Doctor to save Swift's life and close the portal. Leandro's people kill him for his failure. Afterwards the Doctor explains that Swift may or may not have been rendered immortal by the chip as its power could have been drained when closing the portal. Me states that she will remain the Doctor's friend and will look after those that the Doctor leaves behind. Back in present-day Britain, Clara shows the Doctor a selfie taken by one of her pupils, in which Me can be seen in the background, looking straight into the camera. 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 Woman Who Lived」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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