Summary
Adventures across time and space with the time-travelling hero.
Doctor Who
- Season 10
- 12 episodes
Episode 1: The Pilot
Summary
Two worlds collide when the Doctor meets Bill, and a chance encounter with a girl with a star in her eye leads to a terrifying chase across time and space. Bill's mind is opened to a universe that is bigger and more exciting than she could possibly have imagined. But who is the Doctor, and what is his secret mission on Earth?
Review
Bill Potts, the Doctor will see you now. It feels like an aeon since we’ve been able to enjoy the whole “new companion” shtick: What’s a Tardis? Are you an alien? This time not “Doctor who?” but “Doctor what?” and, crucially for all novice adventurers with loosened bowels, is there a toilet in the Tardis?
Cunningly titled The Pilot, Steven Moffat’s series-ten opener is geared up as a fresh start, a jumping-on point for Bill and new viewers, requiring little or no foreknowledge of Doctor Who lore. Pearl Mackie is quirky and instantly winning as campus canteen worker Bill, whose thirst for knowledge means she steals into the Doctor’s lectures. For his final series, Peter Capaldi’s majestic Time Lord has taken rooms at St Luke’s University, Bristol, with his police box resting invitingly in the corner of his study.
Snappily directed by Lawrence Gough, The Pilot has eerie moments, a menacing puddle, love in the midst of a war zone, comic asides from Matt Lucas as the Doctor’s dippy batman, Nardole – and blasts of Beethoven and Joy Division on the soundtrack.
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Cast
| role | name |
|---|---|
| The Doctor | Peter Capaldi |
| Bill | Pearl Mackie |
| Nardole | Matt Lucas |
| Moira | Jennifer Hennessy |
| Heather | Stephanie Hyam |
| Voice of the Daleks | Nicholas Briggs |
Crew
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | Lawrence Gough |
| Producer | Peter Bennett |
| Executive producer | Steven Moffat |
| Executive producer | Brian Minchin |
| Writer | Steven Moffat |
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Episode 1
The Pilot
Summary
Two worlds collide when the Doctor meets Bill, and a chance encounter with a girl with a star in her eye leads to a terrifying chase across time and space. Bill's mind is opened to a universe that is bigger and more exciting than she could possibly have imagined. But who is the Doctor, and what is his secret mission on Earth?Review
Bill Potts, the Doctor will see you now. It feels like an aeon since we’ve been able to enjoy the whole “new companion” shtick: What’s a Tardis? Are you an alien? This time not “Doctor who?” but “Doctor what?” and, crucially for all novice adventurers with loosened bowels, is there a toilet in the Tardis?
Cunningly titled The Pilot, Steven Moffat’s series-ten opener is geared up as a fresh start, a jumping-on point for Bill and new viewers, requiring little or no foreknowledge of Doctor Who lore. Pearl Mackie is quirky and instantly winning as campus canteen worker Bill, whose thirst for knowledge means she steals into the Doctor’s lectures. For his final series, Peter Capaldi’s majestic Time Lord has taken rooms at St Luke’s University, Bristol, with his police box resting invitingly in the corner of his study.
Snappily directed by Lawrence Gough, The Pilot has eerie moments, a menacing puddle, love in the midst of a war zone, comic asides from Matt Lucas as the Doctor’s dippy batman, Nardole – and blasts of Beethoven and Joy Division on the soundtrack.
How to watch
Next showing
There are no live broadcasts scheduled for this show. But it is available via the streaming provider below.
Streaming
Details
- Languages
- Formats
- Colour
Credits
Cast
role name The Doctor Peter Capaldi Bill Pearl Mackie Nardole Matt Lucas Moira Jennifer Hennessy Heather Stephanie Hyam Voice of the Daleks Nicholas Briggs Crew
role name Director Lawrence Gough Producer Peter Bennett Executive producer Steven Moffat Executive producer Brian Minchin Writer Steven Moffat
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