May 20th, 2017
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Series 10 Episode 7 The Pyramid At The End Of The World Sat 27th May 7.45pm
The Pyramid At The End Of The World. Written by Peter Harness and Steven Moffat, and directed by Daniel Nettheim.
A 5,000 year-old Pyramid stands at the centre of a war zone, where the Chinese, Russian and American armies are about to clash. There are many problems with that, but the one that intrigues the Doctor is this: there wasn’t a pyramid there yesterday.
The Doctor, Bill and Nardole face an alien invasion unlike any other, and before conquest can begin, these aliens need the consent of the human race…
The Doctor is played by Peter Capaldi, Bill by Pearl Mackie and Nardole by Matt Lucas.
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r1ch1e
May 22nd, 2017 - 7:44pmDoes anybody know what would happen to Saturdays episode should the FA cup final go to extra time? Would be cancelled or shown later?
Jordan Scott
May 22nd, 2017 - 3:18pmThat would be cool
The Temporal Jelly Baby
May 22nd, 2017 - 7:14am*was just
The Temporal Jelly Baby
May 22nd, 2017 - 7:13amOh, I thought it was fantastic. I just offering a third option other than loving it or hating it. 🙂
The Outcast
May 22nd, 2017 - 3:37amNext year is the soft reboot and I honestly can’t wait. Series 10 is good and all for the most part, but I’m really excited for the next era.
The Outcast
May 22nd, 2017 - 3:35amWell, I’d prefer the Daleks to be reduced to a cameo this year if it means we don’t get another Magicians Apprentice/Witches Familiar.
The Outcast
May 22nd, 2017 - 3:29amI agree with Temporal. I thought it was alright. It was sort of a updated ‘Android Invasion’.
Oliver Smith
May 22nd, 2017 - 12:44amTim M, brilliant input of humor there, gave me a good laugh.
The Temporal Jelly Baby
May 21st, 2017 - 11:02pmMaybe you just thought it was alright and nothing special? But yes, I hope the full story will clear things up for you.
Jordan Scott
May 21st, 2017 - 10:50pmI really cannot decide whether I loved the last episode or hated it, I’ve never felt like that about an episode before. I’m hoping once the three parter is done it will all fit together and my mind will be clear!
The Temporal Jelly Baby
May 21st, 2017 - 9:34pmHmm. Well, I guess it’s possible.
The Temporal Jelly Baby
May 21st, 2017 - 9:30pmI didn’t actually mind the two plots going alongside each other much (they were kinda linked anyway), but your explanation is fantastic! 🙂
The Temporal Jelly Baby
May 21st, 2017 - 9:28pmThat’d be awesome. Enough said.
Plunk
May 21st, 2017 - 9:09pmYeah temporal jelly fish I’m scrubbing my mackerel with you and saying missy is before sir Derek and it was the 12 th doctor that gave him the fob watch and left him.
Pats86
May 21st, 2017 - 8:53pmI like it when someone else wants better, it is refreshing, well said Jordan.
The Dalek Whovian
May 21st, 2017 - 8:47pmPlease please please can the “Demon” behind all this be Sutek the Destroyer?
Tim M
May 21st, 2017 - 8:16pmWhat makes it slow, and it’s something that Moffat seems unable to see, is that when a story jumps back and forth, and seemingly two stories are being told in between each other, it knocks the stuffing out of the pace of the main piece. It’s like having adverts inserted, and the pace of the story is abruptly halted, just as you’re getting gripped by what you’re watching. Moffat seems mostly unable to tell a story with a beginning, middle and end. Or at the very least, not in that particular order. Imagine Moffat laying on a 3 course meal for friends…He’d probably start with dessert, followed by soup, to be eaten with knife and fork! The main course would be last, and even then he won’t have all the ingredients. Because the eggs he wants, have to be laid by the hen that hasn’t even been born yet! 🙂
doctor who fan 11
May 21st, 2017 - 4:38pmor missy could revisit some of the old favourites. As there was talk of the doctor regenerating back into matt smith (wont happen) so maybe moffat does it for missys exit
Run you clever boy
May 21st, 2017 - 2:29pmLoads of people are saying extremis was dull and slow, but what do you expect its a three parter, extremis is setting up the three parter it cant all be action, its the same with two parters the first is slow but it picks up, in the second, so just give it time I personally loved Extremis its was really clever.
The Temporal Jelly Baby
May 21st, 2017 - 1:18pmBut we have seen Derek Jacobi’s Master regenerate into John Simm’s Master (in Utopia), so that wouldn’t quite work. You’re right though – we don’t know for certain that Missy comes after John Simm and playing around with that is something I can imagine Moffat doing.
Doctor you
May 21st, 2017 - 12:12pmWhat if missy regenerates into the john simm master, we never, at least from my knowledge, are told that the master regenerates into missy.
Muzwaz
May 21st, 2017 - 11:04amSeries 10 not too bad yet but I fear something missing the daleks have a small mention we need a little more and what about sea creatures that terrified us years ago we had a very short clip of them a few series ago
Tim M
May 20th, 2017 - 10:48pmOf course, if the next two episodes don’t gel into one whole. In other words, makes some sort of sense, then I won’t be impressed. It wouldn’t be the first time a Moffat script has left me feeling miffed and confused, as well as bemused. I have no doubt that Moffat is a great writer, one of the very best for Doctor Who in fact. But his best scripts in my opinion, were written when someone else was the show runner. RTD was able to separate his fan part of his brain, from his telling a decent story for Saturday night TV brain. Moffat’s brain is mostly in the dark excess of the fan brain and gene, and not for Saturday night TV. However, fine for Sunday nights…with something like ‘Sherlock’.
Stop that TARDIS
May 20th, 2017 - 10:33pmI don’t really like Moffat, but wasn’t bad, enjoyed series 10 so far (except the pilot) and the Keats enjoyable ones have been his. I didn’t mind last week and look forward to Calpadi’s last ones. Glad they had the Missy parts as it made sense in the end and a good way not o complicated it. This is of course my opinion and everybody else is free to share theres 🙂
Tim M
May 20th, 2017 - 10:30pm‘Extremis’ does appear to be the first of a three part story. So I wouldn’t write off tonight’s episode just yet. I enjoyed it though, and look forward to seeing how the sinister creepy villains play out.
r1ch1e
May 20th, 2017 - 10:07pmThat’s a real shame! 🙁
Jordan Scott
May 20th, 2017 - 8:57pmI’m just sick at this point, I hope that it’ll be good but Moffat has let me down on every other one of my hopes so I’m not expecting much. I haven’t genuinely loved and been surprised by Doctor Who since The Day of the Doctor, this episode has brought that to my attention.
r1ch1e
May 20th, 2017 - 8:54pmThis looks like another INCREDIBLE episode
Clive tyldsley
May 20th, 2017 - 8:44pmYeah extremis took the fun out of the bill,doctor partnership that had been building and I don’t really care what happens next with this story, shame it’s a three parter
D0CT0R WH0
May 20th, 2017 - 8:38pmI’m not really looking forward to this one because it might be as boring as extremis.