Summary
Season 10 sees Peter Capaldi's eccentric era-hopping Time Lord return for his final series. The Doctor meets a girl with a star in her eye and visits a seemingly perfect human colony.
Doctor Who
- Season 10
- 12 episodes
- Drama
- Sci-fi
Episode 7: The Pyramid at the End of the World
Summary
The Doctor, Bill and Nardole find themselves in the middle of a war-zone, as Chinese, Russian and American forces stand poised to clash. At the centre of the field of battle is a 5,000-year-old pyramid, and while there are many problems with the situation presented, the Doctor is concerned with only one - there was no pyramid there yesterday. With the three opposing forces promising mutually assured destruction, and every clock in the world counting down to Earth's ruin, an offer of help arrives in the form of a message from an alien race. To avoid annihilation, humanity must willingly become slaves for their would-be saviours. Sci-fi drama, starring Peter Capaldi, Pearl Mackie and Matt Lucas
Review
While poor Bill’s love life is scuppered by another unlikely VIP visit — this time the UN Secretary General! – a blind and brooding Doctor is having a While My Guitar Gently Weeps moment in the Tardis. But there’s no time for musings on mortality: a pyramid has suddenly appeared in the centre of a potential warzone involving the Chinese, Russians and Americans. So what’s it doing there?
Well, this doomsday scenario with a hint of Stargate and even the odd bit of Bond reacquaints us with the monastic monstrosities who nearly excommunicated our heroes. It’s a tense, zippy tale, which, with its simmering international relations, feels very “now”. And barring the odd cartoonish implausibility, it confirms how delightfully Peter Capaldi, Pearl Mackie (Bill) and Matt Lucas (Nardole) work as a team… even if it does make you shout at the screen at the Doctor’s maddening behaviour.
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Cast
| role | name |
|---|---|
| The Doctor | Peter Capaldi |
| Bill Potts | Pearl Mackie |
| Nardole | Matt Lucas |
| Secretary General | Togo Igawa |
| The Commander | Nigel Hastings |
| Col Don Brabbit | Eben Young |
| Erica | Rachel Denning |
| Douglas | Tony Gardner |
| Ilya | Andrew Bryon |
| Xiaolian | Daphne Cheung |
| Monk | Jamie Hill |
| Voice of the Monks | Tim Bentinck |
Crew
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | Daniel Nettheim |
| Producer | Peter Bennett |
| Executive producer | Brian Minchin |
| Executive producer | Steven Moffat |
| Writer | Steven Moffat |
| Writer | Peter Harness |
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Episode 7
The Pyramid at the End of the World
Summary
The Doctor, Bill and Nardole find themselves in the middle of a war-zone, as Chinese, Russian and American forces stand poised to clash. At the centre of the field of battle is a 5,000-year-old pyramid, and while there are many problems with the situation presented, the Doctor is concerned with only one - there was no pyramid there yesterday. With the three opposing forces promising mutually assured destruction, and every clock in the world counting down to Earth's ruin, an offer of help arrives in the form of a message from an alien race. To avoid annihilation, humanity must willingly become slaves for their would-be saviours. Sci-fi drama, starring Peter Capaldi, Pearl Mackie and Matt LucasReview
While poor Bill’s love life is scuppered by another unlikely VIP visit — this time the UN Secretary General! – a blind and brooding Doctor is having a While My Guitar Gently Weeps moment in the Tardis. But there’s no time for musings on mortality: a pyramid has suddenly appeared in the centre of a potential warzone involving the Chinese, Russians and Americans. So what’s it doing there?
Well, this doomsday scenario with a hint of Stargate and even the odd bit of Bond reacquaints us with the monastic monstrosities who nearly excommunicated our heroes. It’s a tense, zippy tale, which, with its simmering international relations, feels very “now”. And barring the odd cartoonish implausibility, it confirms how delightfully Peter Capaldi, Pearl Mackie (Bill) and Matt Lucas (Nardole) work as a team… even if it does make you shout at the screen at the Doctor’s maddening behaviour.
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 Potts Pearl Mackie Nardole Matt Lucas Secretary General Togo Igawa The Commander Nigel Hastings Col Don Brabbit Eben Young Erica Rachel Denning Douglas Tony Gardner Ilya Andrew Bryon Xiaolian Daphne Cheung Monk Jamie Hill Voice of the Monks Tim Bentinck Crew
role name Director Daniel Nettheim Producer Peter Bennett Executive producer Brian Minchin Executive producer Steven Moffat Writer Steven Moffat Writer Peter Harness
