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Heaven Sent (Doctor Who)
"Heaven Sent" is the eleventh and penultimate episode of the Doctor Who (series 9), ninth series of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 28 November 2015. It was written by Steven Moffat and directed by Rachel Talalay. In the episode, the alien Time travel in fiction, time traveller the Twelfth Doctor is imprisoned in a waterlocked castle by his people, the Time Lords. A shrouded creature pursues the Doctor in an attempt to interrogate truths from him. The episode is a bottle episode that primarily features the Doctor without a companion or any guest speaking characters. It was watched by 6.19 million viewers in the United Kingdom. "Heaven Sent" received universal acclaim, with praise for Capaldi's performance, Moffat's script, and Talalay's direction. Many labelled the episode the strongest of the ninth series and one of the strongest of the show overall. It was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Present ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Capaldi
Peter Dougan Capaldi (; born 14 April 1958) is a Scottish actor, director, singer and guitarist. He portrayed the Twelfth Doctor, twelfth incarnation of the Doctor in the science fiction series ''Doctor Who'' (2013–2017) and Malcolm Tucker in ''The Thick of It'' (2005–2012), for which he received four British Academy Television Award nominations, winning British Academy Television Award for Best Male Comedy Performance, Best Male Comedy Performance in 2010. Capaldi won an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film and the BAFTA Award for Best Short Film for his 1993 short film ''Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life''. He went on to write and direct the drama film ''Strictly Sinatra'' (2001) and directed two series of the sitcom ''Getting On (British TV series), Getting On'' (2009–2010). Capaldi also played Mr Curry in the family film ''Paddington (film), Paddington'' (2014) and its sequel ''Paddington 2'' (2017), as well as Thinker (DC Comics), the Thinker in ''The Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time Lord
The Time Lords are a fictional ancient race of extraterrestrial life, extraterrestrial people in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Time Lords are so named for their command of time travel technology and their Nonlinear narrative, non-linear perception of time. Originally, they were described as a powerful and wise race from the planet Gallifrey, from which the Doctor was a renegade; details beyond this were very limited for the first decade of the series. They later became integral to many episodes and stories as their role in the universe developed. For the first eight years after the History of Doctor Who#2000s, series resumed in 2005, the Time Lords were said to have been destroyed during the Time War (Doctor Who), Last Great Time War at some point in the show's continuity between the television movie in 1996 and the show's revival. In 2013, the 50th anniversary special "The Day of the Doctor" concerned this supposed destruction and their eventu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girl Who Died
"The Girl Who Died" is the fifth episode of the ninth series of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 17 October 2015, and was written by Jamie Mathieson and Steven Moffat and directed by Ed Bazalgette. In the episode, the alien time traveller the Twelfth Doctor (Peter Capaldi) and his companion Clara (Jenna Coleman) have 24 hours to train a group of weak Viking villagers for a war against aliens called the Mire shortly after the Mire slaughtered all of the village's warriors and a woman called Ashildr ( Maisie Williams) subsequently declared war. The episode was watched by 6.56 million viewers and received highly positive reviews from critics, who praised the humour, the performances and the resolution to the Doctor's face. Plot The Twelfth Doctor and Clara are taken to a village by some Vikings. The Doctor claims to be Odin, but the villagers are not fooled, as a figure also claiming to be Odin appears in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashildr
Ashildr (also known as Me) is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', portrayed by actress Maisie Williams. The character was introduced in the ninth series episode "The Girl Who Died", before making a few more appearances during the series. Appearances Ashildr, daughter of Ionhar (Ian Conningham), is introduced in "The Girl Who Died" (2015), where she is portrayed as a Viking puppet maker and storyteller. When the militaristic alien race the Mire raid her village, Ashildr declares war between the village and ten of the Mire. As part of a battle plan devised by the alien time traveller the Twelfth Doctor (Peter Capaldi), Ashildr uses the technology inside one of the Mire's helmets to create an illusion to scare the Mire into a retreat. In doing so, she dies of heart failure, having been "used... up like a battery" by being connected to the Mire's machine. The Doctor's companion, Clara Oswald (Jenna Coleman), a time-travelling school ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Magician's Apprentice (Doctor Who)
"The Magician's Apprentice" is the first episode of the ninth series of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 19 September 2015. The episode was written by showrunner Steven Moffat and directed by Hettie MacDonald. It is the first of a two-part story; the second part, " The Witch's Familiar", aired on 26 September. In the episode, the alien time traveller the Doctor (Peter Capaldi) disappears and gives a confession dial—his version of a last will and testament—to his former childhood friend Missy ( Michelle Gomez). Missy and the Doctor's companion Clara (Jenna Coleman) track down the location of the Doctor before his expected death, and the three are taken prisoner on the planet Skaro where a weak and dying Davros ( Julian Bleach)—an enemy of the Doctor and the creator of the Dalek race—seeks the Doctor after recalling an encounter from Davros' childhood. Filming began in February 2015 in Tenerife, Spain. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gallifrey
The Time Lords are a fictional ancient race of extraterrestrial people in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Time Lords are so named for their command of time travel technology and their non-linear perception of time. Originally, they were described as a powerful and wise race from the planet Gallifrey, from which the Doctor was a renegade; details beyond this were very limited for the first decade of the series. They later became integral to many episodes and stories as their role in the universe developed. For the first eight years after the series resumed in 2005, the Time Lords were said to have been destroyed during the Last Great Time War at some point in the show's continuity between the television movie in 1996 and the show's revival. In 2013, the 50th anniversary special " The Day of the Doctor" concerned this supposed destruction and their eventual survival. They developed a culture of custodianship and time-related technologies base ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
