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Series 10 Episode 11 World Enough And Time Sat 24th June 6:45pm.

Written by Steven Moffat and directed by Rachel Talalay.

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…

The Doctor is played by Peter Capaldi, Bill by Pearl Mackie and Nardole by Matt Lucas. Michelle Gomez guest stars as Missy and John Simm guest stars as The Master.


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100 comments

  • Tim M

    June 23rd, 2017 - 4:05pm

    Okay, time to predict the overnight ratings for ‘World Enough and
    Time’. I’m going for 3.6 million.

    Reply
    • The Temporal Jelly Baby

      June 23rd, 2017 - 10:43pm

      Due to the hype surrounding it, I’m going for 4 million.

  • fiona ting

    June 23rd, 2017 - 3:18pm

    I think last two episode of series 10 Doctor Who is very good and all Doctor fans include myself cannot for Christmas Special this years also very sad to see Peter leave

    Reply
  • r1ch1e

    June 22nd, 2017 - 4:36pm

    I’ve just read some of the spoiler free previews for this episode and if I wasn’t already excited about this episode then I would be now! It’s only Thursday!!!!

    Reply
    • Tim M

      June 22nd, 2017 - 7:20pm

      I’ve read some of the spoiler free reviews and yes it does sound good. Lets hope it isn’t all ruined in ‘The Doctor Falls’, and a convenient reset button undoes most of ‘World Enough and Time’. That would be typical Moffat. Build it into something epic, only to finish it unsatisfactory.

    • Doctor Stu

      June 22nd, 2017 - 9:31pm

      I’m already sensing a Craig ending where love overrides the cybermens emotional inhibitors and unconverts everybody or something along those lines

    • Doctor Stu

      June 22nd, 2017 - 9:32pm

      It would be good for bill to die or missy so the Doctor goes into the Christmas special angry and ready to regenerate into a new person and leave his past behind

    • The Temporal Jelly Baby

      June 22nd, 2017 - 9:35pm

      …or Craig returns with Stormageddon (Dark Lord of All) who then proceeds to take down every single Cyberman all by himself but accidentally causes the Doctor to regenerate in the process.

      Really though, it’d be interesting to see how Capaldi’s Doctor interacts with Craig. 🙂

    • Doctor Stu

      June 23rd, 2017 - 11:09am

      There’s a loud knocking at the doors, four knocks, is it another master, is it the cybermen, the time Lords? No its little baby alfie with a machine gun…

    • The Temporal Jelly Baby

      June 23rd, 2017 - 10:46pm

      Perfect. 🙂

  • River Song’s assistant

    June 22nd, 2017 - 2:35pm

    Apparently we discover the Doctor’s real name in the episode.

    Reply
    • Doctor Stu

      June 22nd, 2017 - 9:32pm

      Probably a red herring

    • Tim M

      June 22nd, 2017 - 10:33pm

      We all know what his name is… Doctor Who of course. Wotan confirmed it from the post office tower in London 1966.

    • Doctor Stu

      June 23rd, 2017 - 11:10am

      We all know his name’s really Ferdinand it’s all good

  • DWCR

    June 21st, 2017 - 1:29pm

    I wonder if John Simm’s master is going to take over from Michelle after she leaves or if this is just a one off return. Interesting

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  • Anonymous

    June 21st, 2017 - 12:44am

    2017 is definitely the year of the 3 Masters

    Michelle Gomez dominating series 10 with her brilliant acting and character development of Missy

    John Simm reprising the role after first appearing 10 years ago to really shake things up in time for the series finale

    Derek Jacobi returning with big finish as the War Master that we never got proper time to meet 10 years ago.

    I’m shook.

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    • Tim M

      June 21st, 2017 - 6:09pm

      It’s a pity Jacobi and Hurt didn’t meet up in a war master and war doctor audio. That would have been two of the finest actors together in an epic adventure.

    • Anonymous

      June 21st, 2017 - 6:27pm

      It would, But it would also mean the Doctor would know who Yana was.

    • therealwhovian63

      June 21st, 2017 - 6:45pm

      I dont know about that because if he forgot or tryed to forget his war incarnation mabye he forgot the old master

  • therealwhovian63

    June 20th, 2017 - 6:34pm

    Im calling it missy is before jacobi because simm still has somthing that he didn in the end of time. Theres no room for him between utopia to the sound of drums. And no room from last of the time lords to the end of time so un less he regenerated later on after been sent back he must be still the proper master. But why wouldnt he regemerate as soon as he got back and if he did theres no room for him to get that item. Surely the president would shoot him in a heart beat, or two.

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    • Anonymous

      June 20th, 2017 - 10:56pm

      Missy is very definitely post-Simm, she has mentioned escaping Gallifrey (i.e. what happened to Simm’s Master in The End of Time). The question is how far along is she.

    • therealwhovian63

      June 21st, 2017 - 5:23pm

      All she said was you saved me and he said i saved gallifrey. Simms master was never ment to be part of the war as he came after jacobi when the war ended so technically there can be more than 1 master in the war. Jacobi would of been in the war when simm returned in the end of time

  • Mr. J

    June 20th, 2017 - 2:55pm

    I don’t know why, but as much as I’m looking forward to this finale, I’m kind of worried that it’s gonna be weird, disjointed, confusing and disappointing. I think there’s gonna be a lot of weird dream sequences with Bill and disjointed jump cuts between old and new cybermen! I sooo hope I’m wrong because I can’t remember the last time I was this excited for a finale!!

    Reply
    • Fernandozer

      June 20th, 2017 - 3:41pm

      i got a feeling its gonna be an epic mess, 2 masters, old and new cybermen, too many cooks!

  • Doctor Stu

    June 20th, 2017 - 11:07am

    Has anyone seen the promo pics for Saturday’s episode yet. I spot a certain screwdriver and a whole host of goodies

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    • r1ch1e

      June 20th, 2017 - 4:57pm

      Yes yes yes! The Master looks well evil. I can wait!

    • D0CT0R WH0

      June 20th, 2017 - 5:48pm

      I had no idea that the David tennant cybermen were returning. This episode has to be the best. A come on Moffat. This is your last finale. Don’t mess it up.

    • Doctor Stu

      June 20th, 2017 - 7:24pm

      They’re my favourite cyberman design

  • Obsie

    June 19th, 2017 - 5:16pm

    Out of curiosity, is this the longest that Missy has gone without killing someone in a season ?

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    • prototype dalek

      June 19th, 2017 - 5:19pm

      I think so yeah, her first appearance I would say ish but yeah I think it is

  • prototype dalek

    June 19th, 2017 - 4:30pm

    Really hoping the voices are kept the same, that would make me very happy! loved the USA trailer, looks like we might see some close up’s of Mondas that we have never had so really excited for that, really hope the whole thing is done very well, their is a lot of potential for this episode!

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    • Tim M

      June 19th, 2017 - 5:08pm

      There is a lot of potential of it being an over convoluted mess. What with Missy, the Master, Mondas and original Cybermen to bring together.

    • prototype dalek

      June 19th, 2017 - 5:18pm

      Just have to wait and see what happens

    • Doctor Stu

      June 19th, 2017 - 5:39pm

      I hope they still keep their mouths held open when they speak, i find that slightly creepy. I think the voice needs to be a bit more electrical though as the originals were a little cringe but that’s just me

  • Lupine Wavelength Haemovarioform

    June 19th, 2017 - 12:45pm

    The BBC America trailer looks really good. Wont say anything in case people havent watched it yet. But everything about the Mondasian Cybermen is freaky. Imo, the versions of the Cybermen that followed the Mondas ones dont have anything compared to the original. Just shows that back when the show was on a budget, they truly knew how to make a simple concept terrifying!

    Im intrigued as to how The Doctor Falls.

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    • The Outcast

      June 19th, 2017 - 1:19pm

      I’m loving all the Hospital imagery from both trailers. The creepy half converted things (called ‘Topknots’ apparently), the Surgical Equipment, the blood bags. I’m really excited, hopefully this won’t be a Hell Bent scenario.

    • Doctor Stu

      June 19th, 2017 - 2:02pm

      I loved that trailer so much more than the English one, the way the half converted people turn their heads slowly. The English next time made it look like a story with cybermen whereas the American one made it look like an cyber man story. In the next time The way the Doctor says we’re going to drop Missy into a scenario and see how she does made me think he was going to run a simulation or something. The black hole setting reminded me of the Satan pit, the trailer showed blue people who have been in this series as well as the master and the cybermen. All these familiar elements made me think the Doctor has orchestrated a scenario where he had a dilemma, and a couple of villains to test missy against so I thought the whole Simm return would be a giant let down and it would all be a simulation or something. The American trailer gave me a bit of comfort though as it seems like John Simm is back for real

    • River Song’s assistant

      June 19th, 2017 - 8:32pm

      The Outcast, those Topknot things you mentioned made my skin crawl. If they are half converted Cybermen, i think i can see how Bill may the series.

  • Mick181

    June 19th, 2017 - 11:54am

    What was wrong with my post???
    Why has it been removed???

    Reply
    • booboo

      June 19th, 2017 - 1:15pm

      it wasn’t removed there was a (part) wprd in it that blocked it

  • Harold Saxon

    June 19th, 2017 - 12:08am

    Hope they play Murray Gold’s brilliant master vainglorious theme it worked so well last time ! Delighted Derek Jacobi’s Master back on audio too

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  • The Living Shadow

    June 18th, 2017 - 5:15pm

    What if the Doctor is trying to make Missy good, because he knows his next incarnation is the Valeyard, and he wants Missy to take the role of the Doctor for when he, as the Valeyard, tries doing something evil?!?

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    • Anonymous

      June 18th, 2017 - 5:41pm

      Um, no. The Valeyard already exists as per the Great Intelligence in The Name of the Doctor (he was created by Smith’s Doctor).

    • Exterminator

      June 18th, 2017 - 9:32pm

      I think he’s trying to make Missy good because he’s dying and he needs her to take his place. When he saved her from execution, he actually absorbed the death energy intended for her and it’s been slowly killing him all series. Notice how concerned she was for him at the end of empress of mars, she kept asking if he was ok. She knows something’s wrong.

    • The Living Shadow

      June 19th, 2017 - 12:18am

      Anonymous, yes, but we’ve still not seen the Doctor become the valeyard (at least in Canon) the Great Intelligence only claimed that the Valeyard would be one of the future aliases of the Doctor “before the end.”, nothing about Smith directly becoming the Valeyard.

      Exterminator, ah yes, I’d forgotten about that! Also we already know that the 12th Doctor likes to hide his damage, like when he was blind, so we know that he wouldn’t say anything if he was in danger of dying, so that explanation makes a lot more sense 🙂

  • Pusher

    June 18th, 2017 - 4:40pm

    I wander what iron man and silver robocops relevance is to the mondasian cybermen for this outing?

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  • fiona ting

    June 18th, 2017 - 3:55pm

    I wish peter in the future this last two episode and his last Christmas spacial this year

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  • eluma narty

    June 18th, 2017 - 12:21pm

    Seeing as Missy is pretending to be the Doctor in World Enough and Time, i think that they are looking at how the audience reacts to a female Doctor.

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    • The Outcast

      June 18th, 2017 - 2:16pm

      Its certainly possible, but until the BBC confirm the new Doctor we won’t know.

    • Lupine Wavelength Haemovarioform

      June 18th, 2017 - 8:07pm

      If they make the Doctor into a woman, i will be astounded….. and not in a good way

    • Obsie

      June 19th, 2017 - 5:07pm

      They sort of tried that when Clara said she was The Doctor to a Cyberman in Death in Heaven, complete with her eyes in the titles. It may have aggravated one or two people.

    • Lupine Wavelength Haemovarioform

      June 22nd, 2017 - 11:20am

      Jenna Coleman is one of only two women i would ever accept as the Doctor, the second being the departing Michelle Gomez. Other than those two, then no way.

    • The Outcast

      June 22nd, 2017 - 1:29pm

      I don’t want anyone whose already had a major role in the show to be the next Doctor.

  • River Song’s assistant

    June 18th, 2017 - 12:18pm

    John Simm may even be playing a later incarnation of The Master, he may have decided to go back and “visit of few of the old favourites”as a certain familiar face once told the Doctor. It may even turn out that Missy is the Master’s wife and only told the Doctor she was the Master just to see how he’d react and if he would treat her any differently as a female.

    This could have been the Master’s plan all along. Get his wife Missy to trick the Doctor, get him to trust her and slowly turn his life upside down. Missy could even be Susan Foreman and wants revenge on her Grandfather for leaving her on earth, and the Master has manipulated her into teaming up with him.

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    • The Outcast

      June 18th, 2017 - 2:12pm

      Missy isn’t Susan. Besides, going back to see Susan has been done plenty in the 8th Doctor audios.

    • Lupine Wavelength Haemovarioform

      June 18th, 2017 - 8:02pm

      Outcast, with Moffat in charge, ANYTHING is possible

  • The Outcast

    June 18th, 2017 - 8:53am

    I reckon Peter will Regenerate at the end of the Doctor falls. Perhaps that is why there is that concert thingy for it.

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    • eluma narty

      June 18th, 2017 - 12:19pm

      Concert thing?

    • booboo

      June 18th, 2017 - 1:54pm

      http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/entries/dd7d93c8-8978-4a46-b0e0-45bc672dfe7b

      Its for episode 11

    • Lupine Wavelength Haemovarioform

      June 18th, 2017 - 8:09pm

      With all those t&c’s and expenses, its better and easier to just watch it on the telly in the comfort of your own home.

    • Anonymous

      June 19th, 2017 - 7:07pm

      The rumour is that the concert is only being advertised as a fan event for the finale, when in actuallity, they are planning to surprisee everyone, by revealing the identity of the 13th doctor there.
      It would also explain why the BBC are supposedly broadcasting it around the world, instead of just england. The expenses for the fans there would be more worth it than they had thought.

    • r1ch1e

      June 20th, 2017 - 5:08pm

      Will it be on TV does anybody know?

  • r1ch1e

    June 18th, 2017 - 8:34am

    I love the poster Missy and The Master that accompanies this episode! It’s the Master version of DOTD! I can’t wait for the finale this year! It’s unbelievable to think that Capaldi has only got 3 episodes left

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  • Rikki Krystal

    June 18th, 2017 - 3:39am

    Nardole is the master.

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    • Rikki Krystal

      June 18th, 2017 - 3:40am

      Nardole is a Time lord,and has had many faces,is he the Master?

    • Mick181

      June 18th, 2017 - 6:37am

      Missy will regenerate into John Sims Master and then we will cop a BS explanation of how thats possible, it’s got Moffatt written all over it.

    • The Outcast

      June 18th, 2017 - 9:00am

      I have a theory… what if Nardole…
      …is Nardole
      Mind Blown!

      Sorry for my Sarcastic comment, but I don’t think there is any point in saying ‘(insert character here) is the Master!’, unless you have some pretty strong evidence to support your theory. For example: I believe the War Chief is the Master because they not only have the same goals and look similar, but also because it is inferred in one of the VNA’s that the War Chief regenerates into Delgado.

  • The Doctor Will See You Now

    June 18th, 2017 - 2:27am

    I hope that the Master isn’t asking Missy to give him a kiss. That would be super …. weird.

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    • Anonymous

      June 18th, 2017 - 8:16am

      I hope it was

    • The Outcast

      June 18th, 2017 - 2:40pm

      I think he was. I don’t know whether he thinks shes the Doctor or what, but I saw a 2nd trailer (it was a bit blurry, as it was recorded of a TV screen, as it was aired by BBC America or something) and in this second trailer, the Master seems to be dancing with his latter incarnation.

    • Obsie

      June 19th, 2017 - 5:13pm

      If he is I think it’s such a bizarre, brain rattling idea that for some reason I love it. It also puts me in mind of what Captain Jack said when we had two 10th Doctors plus a part Doctor part Donna scenario : “three Doctors, you won’t believe what I’m thinking right now”, lol.

  • Jake

    June 17th, 2017 - 10:00pm

    Am I the only one who thinks Missy BECOMES the Master? Like they didn’t do it chronologically so it’s not the Master BECOMES Missy, but the other way around? Kind of like River Song- it’s all back to front?

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    • When The Doctor Was Me

      June 17th, 2017 - 10:11pm

      But we’ve already seen Jacobi regenerate into Simm, so unless Jacobi makes a suprise appearance i doubt it. I am still holding out that Missy is infact an imposter who imprisoned Simms Master. Not because i’m against the gender change. Just because i think it would fit her character perfectly.

    • prototype dalek

      June 17th, 2017 - 10:35pm

      Never thought of that, that would be very interesting if it was that

    • Anonymous

      June 18th, 2017 - 1:11am

      So missy becomes the war master becomes john simm?

    • Jake

      June 18th, 2017 - 11:02am

      Damn. Forgot about the war master…

  • Tim M

    June 17th, 2017 - 9:15pm

    Calm down everybody. Lets just see how this one plays out. It’s a Moffat script, so I’m not getting my hopes up yet.

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    • The Temporal Jelly Baby

      June 17th, 2017 - 9:22pm

      Moffat may be responsible for the poorly written mess that is most of Hell Bent, but he’s also responsible for the absolutely wonderful episode that is Heaven Sent. Let’s just hope we see his better side in this finale. 🙂

  • Pats86

    June 17th, 2017 - 8:00pm

    We see the first regeneration of William Hartnel’s Doctor in The Tenth Planet, after fighting the Mondasian Cybermen, Capaldi’s Doctor is the the first of a new cycle of regenerations…..so could it be…..Mondasian Cybermen = new Doctor?

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    • Mark Belsom

      June 17th, 2017 - 8:18pm

      Maybe we’ll see the first doctor ?

    • DalekAgent

      June 17th, 2017 - 8:28pm

      I kind of hope The Doctors last words before he regenerates are “It’s far from being all over” just like what the First Doctor said before he regenerated and after the defeating the Mondasian Cybermen

  • D0CT0R WH0

    June 17th, 2017 - 7:41pm

    MONDASION CYBERMEN!? MISSY AND BILL ABOUT TO GET SHOT!! THE MASTER!? I am so hyped for the finale!

    Reply
  • Harold Saxon

    June 17th, 2017 - 7:40pm

    Awesome bring it on !

    Reply
  • prototype dalek

    June 17th, 2017 - 7:32pm

    Cant wait for this one!!

    Reply
  • therealwhovian63

    June 17th, 2017 - 7:32pm

    Permission to sqeeeeel

    Reply
    • Doctorfan

      June 17th, 2017 - 8:39pm

      Permission granted 100 times

    • Obsie

      June 19th, 2017 - 5:15pm

      Just don’t do it too near Missy though, lol.

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