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SPOILER WARNING: This article includes spoilers for Doctor Who: Series 10, Ep 11 Brian Minchin, executive producer on Doctor Who, has been speaking to Doctor Who: The Fan Show – The Aftershow all about the latest episode from Series 10, World Enough And Time. Fan Show host Christel Dee discussed the return of John Simm as The Master and the also the return of the renegade Time Lord’s classic use of disguise in the episode. Minchin commented on the character…

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And so, here we go again – it’s all change for the Time Lord. Doctor Who invented the sci-fi reboot back in 1966 when the first Doctor William Hartnell’s health began to suffer. But rarely has the show faced such a combination of changes – with Peter Capaldi, showrunner Steven Moffat and Michelle Gomez, who plays Missy (the female version of the Master), all signing off this year. The first symptom of the changes is John Simm’s return as the…

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Steven predicts disastrous consequences, and the return of some very old foes.

Friendship drives the Doctor into the rashest decision of his life. Trapped on a giant spaceship, caught in the event horizon of a black hole, he witnesses the death of someone he is pledged to protect. Is there any way he can redeem his mistake? Are events already out of control? For once, time is the Time Lord’s enemy…

“One of the best episodes since the show returned – and certainly one of the darkest” This preview of Doctor Who: World Enough and Time contains references to elements of the episode that have already been officially revealed by the BBC but no major spoilers beyond that. After the endearing freshness of series opener The Pilot and the lovely Frost Fair setting of episode three Thin Ice, I’ve found this series of Doctor Who slightly underwhelming. But as we enter…

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The Doctor Who finale is spinning closer towards us, accompanied by John Simm’s malevolent Master, a legion of Mondasian Cybermen and a 400-mile-long spaceship battling a black hole. But that’s not all. In the introduction to series 10 episode 11, showrunner Steven Moffat promises plenty of death as the Doctor and Missy try to come to terms. “The Doctor and Missy have been friends for an incredibly long time and he wants more than anything else for her to be…

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Doctor Who – Empress Of Mars had an official rating of 5.02 million viewers, a share of 25.9% of the total TV audience. The episode was the 23rd most watched programme of the week, and the 11th highest rated programme on the BBC. Top for the week was Monday’s edition of Coronation Street which had 8.39 million watching. Emmerdale and EastEnders also scored highly as did the ITV drama The Loch.