Part 2, released on 17th July, features episodes 7-12 in which the Doctor’s travels bring him face-to-face with Ice Warriors and Cybermen. This time around, the Doctor and Nardole (Matt Lucas) have stationed themselves in a university so they can guard a mysterious vault. The Pilot is a very exciting, accessible episode and I also really enjoyed the nostalgia in it with the pictures of the doctor's wife River Song and his granddaughter on his office desk. Although they really should do a standard release for the 2013 specials, there’s enough extras around those episodes to produce an official boxset.

The main theme of the story is that of closure, and looking back on the past as a means to confront a future of uncertainty. It is a really exciting setting with the frozen Thames and the Thames Ice Snake beneath it that is breaking the ice above it to consume the humans.Looking for Lennie: Toby Hadoke delves into the life of director Lennie Mayne, featuring contributors including Laurie Webb (Mr. In July 2015, the annual review for BBC Worldwide indicated that it had invested in a tenth series of the programme. Fantastic sci-fi adventures and terrifying monsters await the team of heroes as they journey through space and time in this latest instalment of the globally-renowned drama. The pay off in which they draw the Locust back to the portal in the cairn again exemplifies how series 10 is generally a bit less cerebral but still possesses enough sophistication about it with all the exposition about light poisoning Pict tools (as the locust lives off light) and the Doctor having a greater life span than human beings to guard the portal due to his regenerative abilities.

It's something of a potential pitfall with multi-doctor stories that requires them being brought together by a means that could come over as forced. Bill's character works so well with the Doctor and there are some classic moments and stories, especially the finale. The Doctor and Bill don diving suits and purposely let the lights take them; they find a giant sea creature ensnared by chains. In Australia, the tenth series was accompanied by the Whovians panel show on ABC, hosted by Rove McManus. The resolution in which the Picts and remaining Roman ninth legion enter the portal instead to protect the Earth from the locusts is both simple and clever at the same time as the high number going through causes the cairn to collapse and portal to close.Like, why single this series’s level of critical acclaim out when all the previous series were just as well received? On 16 August 2016, it was announced that David Suchet, famous for his role in Agatha Christie's Poirot, would appear as a character known as "The Landlord" in the fourth episode, " Knock Knock". Captain Catchlove says they rescued Friday from his crashed spaceship, and Friday allowed the soldiers to use his technology to mine Mars. On 14 October 2016, Michelle Gomez announced that she would reprise her role of Missy in the series, [26] and in May 2017, she further stated that it would be her last series in the role. Fady Elsayed, who starred in the Doctor Who spin-off Class, was originally set to guest star in an episode of Doctor Who.

Overall, while I would not say Oxygen is a very top episode, it is certainly another very good effort from Jamie Mathieson and an interesting social commentary on capitalism though perhaps it may again be a bit preachy to some.After the first two Twelfth Doctor series which were very cerebral, this final Peter Capaldi - and last with Steven Moffat as show runner - series is a bit more down to earth, though it still possesses enough cleverness about it at the same time. I enjoyed the season as it was shown on TV, like most seasons (of most shows, not just Who) it has its ups and downs, but like most seasons of Doctor Who, the 'ups' far outweigh the downs, when it's at its best, the show is still amazing and worth repeated viewings.