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Series 10 Episode 6 Extremis 7.25pm Saturday 20th May
Extremis. Written by Steven Moffat and directed by Daniel Nettheim.
In the Haereticum – the Vatican’s secret library of blasphemy – there is an ancient book known only as The Veritas.
Throughout history, anyone who has ever read it has immediately taken their own life.
Now a new translation is online, and the danger is spreading. The Vatican appeals to the Doctor. Will he read The Veritas? But can even the Doctor survive the ultimate truth?
The Doctor is played by Peter Capaldi, Bill by Pearl Mackie and Nardole by Matt Lucas. Michelle Gomez guest stars as Missy.
Tim M
May 20th, 2017 - 3:52pmIt will be great to see Missy again in tonight’s episode. In my opinion, Gomez has been the best Master since Delgado. It’s a shame she will be leaving at the end of this series.
The Outcast
May 17th, 2017 - 11:35amI saw a rumour on twitter (So obviously possible SPOILERS) that this episode will start with a flashback. Thoughts?
Dalek Eye Stalk
May 17th, 2017 - 11:04pmHow far back a flashback. Capaldi’s era or further back?
Time Lady known as Missy
May 18th, 2017 - 12:16amYou know what, I have just had a VERY clever idea! (Whoosh)
Dalek Eye Stalk
May 18th, 2017 - 10:37amSo we will see how Missy escaped the Daleks. Clearly though she won’t be heavily featured in the next episode. More likely setting up the story arc for the second half of this series. As the ‘vault’ should be opened in the next episode.
12th Doctor Fan
May 19th, 2017 - 7:16pmMeddling Monk from The Time Meddler.
The Outcast
May 20th, 2017 - 10:25amNo, judging from the clip they released recently its probably going to be (MASSIVE SPOILERS YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED) a scene where Missy is put in the Vault.
100,000BC
May 20th, 2017 - 3:26pmThe clip the BBC released looks like a flashback to me because:
1) He doesn’t appear to be blind. He could just be very good at pretending though. He is the Doctor after all.
2) The mention of Darillium from Missy suggests that this takes place not long after Husbands/Doctor Mysterio. Unless the Doctor has been very quiet during his 50+ years at the University. Or he’s travelled back on his time stream.
3) *POTENTIAL SPOILERS* Most clues from previous episodes and previews suggest that Missy is in the vault, rather than on some random planet where the Doctor isn’t expecting to find her. It might not be her in the vault though.
catnip
May 16th, 2017 - 9:04pmAm i being immature asking this, but is the Veritas a real book?
Read in a tv guide that “if you thought Missy was crazy before, then u havent seen anything yet”.
And apparently the 12th Doctor and Missy’s fates are combined.
Kane
May 16th, 2017 - 7:02pmWhy is it that when Capaldi is regenerating I love him in the current series! Series 8 and 9 i hated him as the Doctor, but ah yes Bill! Love her!!
Dalek Eye Stalk
May 17th, 2017 - 11:14amIt’s the companions that make the Doctor who he is, and how the character is written and acted. Tom Baker is MY favourite Doctor, but I think that goes some way to him being accompanied by a string of great companions during his era. Sarah, Harry, the Brigadier, Leela, K9, Romana. It’s only during Tom’s last series that he’s accompanied by weaker companions. Capaldi’s Doctor seems invigorated since Bill has come along. I believe this is because Clara was clearly in the series for too long, and really ‘her’ story arc finished at the end of Matt Smith’s era. Clara was devised to accompany the 11th Doctor, so she worked perfectly with him. However, alongside the 12th Doctor the balance was all wrong. I accept that would be the issue in Capaldi’s first series, and you want to maintain continuity. But Clara’s story was more than over by the end of series 8, and should have left in ‘Last Christmas’. Then series 9 could have been the reboot for the 12th Doctor with a new companion, written specifically around ‘his’ Doctor. Instead it’s happened in Capaldi’s last series. When we look back over the era of the 12th Doctor, it will feature more episodes with Clara than Bill. A companion created more for the Matt Smith era.
The Outcast
May 17th, 2017 - 11:33amIt is probably due to the writing and the fact that, as Dalek Eye Stalk said, Clara was around far too long (I personally hate Clara. She was a Mary Sue in series 7 and 9).
r1ch1e
May 15th, 2017 - 3:40pmI think that the Valyard is in the vault and he has Peter Capaldi face. I would love to see Peter do a good v evil aspect to his character and he is such an incredible actor that he would pull off playing two characters so so well.
Plus I would be really surprised if Moffat didn’t do something with the Valyard
Alex Who?
May 16th, 2017 - 4:02pmHaven’t heard this theory before! Its a good one.
Anonymous
May 16th, 2017 - 5:30pmNice one. I agree, Moffat would love to deal with the Valyard before he leaves (as he was so eager to deal with the regeneration cycle too). That may also explain why in the series trailer we see what looks like the 12th Doctor regenerate even though he doesnt regenerate until the Xmas special.
Exterminator
May 17th, 2017 - 8:56amYou could be on to something there. Interesting.
Dalek Eye Stalk
May 17th, 2017 - 5:03pmPlus the ‘Great Intelligence’ name checked the ‘Valeyard’ in ‘The Name of the Doctor’.
Mr. J
May 14th, 2017 - 10:33pmMaybe the pope will perform a miracle and heal the doctors eyes Probably too out there, even for Doctor who!
Mark Belsom
May 14th, 2017 - 11:23amIf it is Missy in the vault why has she not escape ? Seeing as who ever is inside can open the doors,so I think Missy is to obvious.
Dalek Eye Stalk
May 14th, 2017 - 8:45amI’m convinced it is Missy in the vault. It looks like the Doctor will need her help whilst he is blind. A reluctant reliance…not for the time.
Dalek Eye Stalk
May 14th, 2017 - 8:51amOr rather, not for the first time. That’s what I meant to say in conclusion. But it’s often been the Master needing an alliance with the Doctor, when he/she gets into a mess with their plot. (Terror of the Autons and Logopolis’ spring immediately to mind). So maybe the Doctor is in a mess and now needs an unhealthy alliance with the Master/Missy.
Lilo lee
May 14th, 2017 - 12:17pmMissy ain’t in the vault
Stop that TARDIS
May 14th, 2017 - 4:55pmFirstly it’s ‘isn’t’ and secondly you don’t know that 😉
Dalek Eye Stalk
May 14th, 2017 - 5:49pmWell, Missy wouldn’t be too impressed being trapped in the Vault. So naturally she makes an effort to get her revenge on the Doctor…and summon John Simm’s Master into battle.
Lilo lee
May 15th, 2017 - 7:52amBut I do know….
catnip
May 15th, 2017 - 7:52pmLilo lee, how do you know? Share your evidence
Stop that TARDIS
May 17th, 2017 - 4:01pmLilo, you know we all know you’re lying?
Mick181
May 14th, 2017 - 7:06amIf you haven’t seen the last episode yet, don’t read any further
The Doctor while suffering a serious handicap (a first) is going to visit the Vatican (a first) this 3 parter is looking very interesting.
Anthony Wilson
May 13th, 2017 - 10:33pmOh my god missy is back I hope she as her own Tardis
The Scientist Dalek
May 13th, 2017 - 10:19pmThe Veritas sends people to the library, that’s why Rivers diary is there perhaps. Looks like a library in the next time trailer.
The Scientist Dalek
May 13th, 2017 - 10:21pmThe episodes synopsis mentions a forbidden library also.
12th Doctor Fan
May 15th, 2017 - 5:39pmIf River is in this vault I wil not be happy, her story is done thank god.
The Dalek Whovian
May 13th, 2017 - 10:02pmBecause the episode after this called “The Pyramid at the end of the word” wouldn’t it be cool if this leads to Sutek the Destroyer?
Doctorfan
May 13th, 2017 - 10:23pmHell yesss
Sutekh is my all time favourite villain!!
The Living Shadow
May 14th, 2017 - 12:16amI was thinking that too!!
Stop that TARDIS
May 14th, 2017 - 4:56pmWhat if the book sends them to it? Or the book leads into the pyramid problem?
Anonymous
May 13th, 2017 - 9:21pmI think this has basically proved that missy is in the vault.
The Temporal Jelly Baby
May 13th, 2017 - 9:29pmOh, but has it? If Missy is in the vault, then why is she in the trailer?
Then again, the official synopsis for Heaven Sent says “Gallifrey is waiting” so Missy being in the trailer doesn’t necessarily prove otherwise. :/
Big roger deakins
May 14th, 2017 - 7:09amTrust In me……missy is not in the vault
Weeping Angel
May 14th, 2017 - 8:32amHow do u know?
The Temporal Jelly Baby
May 14th, 2017 - 12:25pmYou say that like you have foreknowledge of the episode…
D0CT0R WH0
May 15th, 2017 - 5:21pmMoffat wouldn’t reveal missy is in series 10 if he wanted to keep it secret. He wouldn’t spoil what’s in the vault. I don’t think it’s missy. Besides in the series 10 trailer when the doctor says ” Something’s coming Bill” we see that the doors are being heavily hit whatever’s inside. I think it’s an alien. A strong one.
prototype dalek
May 13th, 2017 - 9:02pmCant wait!
The Master
May 13th, 2017 - 8:39pmSaw the river song diary! I wonder why it is featured! I suspect the master missy thing will be in the finale
anon
May 13th, 2017 - 8:21pmDid that show River Song’s diary?
D0CT0R WH0
May 13th, 2017 - 8:26pmYes I saw that too.
Anthony Wilson
May 13th, 2017 - 10:36pmYes
Dalek Eye Stalk
May 14th, 2017 - 5:51pmRiver Song in the vault….
catnip
May 13th, 2017 - 8:18pmExtremis is Latin for “in the farthest reaches” or “the point of death”.
And this will be the first of the three parter and supposedly the reveal of the occupant of the vault.