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After initially being announced as appearing in only three episodes of Doctor Who this year (specifically this Saturday’s episode six and the two-part finale), it’s been revealed that Michelle Gomez’s villain Missy will crop up in even more of the sci-fi series. In an official synopsis of series 10’s eighth episode (called Lie of the Land and written by Being Human creator Toby Whithouse), the BBC have named Gomez as a special guest star, with the Scottish actress joining Peter…

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Michelle Gomez returns to BBC sci-fi series Doctor Who this week as longtime villain Missy (formerly known as The Master), and it’s safe to say that this particular (and more-or-less final) reappearance for the Doctor’s nemesis has people even more excited than usual. You see, this year it’s been revealed that Gomez’ incarnation of the face-changing Time Lord will team up with her predecessor, played by John Simm, who was last seen in 2009 episode The End of Time part…

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One of the biggest surprises for Doctor Who series 10 was the reveal that John Simm would be returning to the role of the Master, with the villainous Time Lord (who last appeared in that form in 2009 episode The End of Time) apparently set to join forces with his female regeneration Missy (played by Michelle Gomez since 2014) in future episodes. And now current Master/Missy Gomez has spoken for the first time about the meeting of the two characters…

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Michelle Gomez has revealed that she’s leaving Doctor Who. The Scottish star (who has played villain Missy since 2014) has chosen to say goodbye to the BBC sci-fi series due to the departure of lead actor Peter Capaldi and head writer Steven Moffat this Christmas. “My pals are going so I’m going,” Gomez told RadioTimes.com. “Everybody’s leaving, so I’m going too. I mean, what would I do without Peter and Steven? Who would I be? “Nah, it’s done now. It’s…

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Official figures released by the Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board or BARB, give Doctor Who – Knock Knock an official rating of 5.73 million viewers. The rating includes all those who recorded the programme and watched it within 7 days. Doctor Who is the 21st most watched programme for the week, and 7th most watched on BBC One Top for the week was Britain’s Got Talent on ITV with 11.51 million watching. The main soaps again did well, with Coronation Street…

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