September 19th, 2015
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What Did You Think of The Magician’s Apprentice?
Now that the highly anticipated first episode of series 9 has been aired what did you think? Was it everything you had hoped for or not what you expected.
Where is the Doctor? When the skies of Earth are frozen by a mysterious alien force, Clara needs her friend. But where is the Doctor, and what is he hiding from?
As past deeds come back to haunt him, old enemies will come face-to-face, and for the Doctor and Clara survival seems impossible…
Doctor Who Series 9 Part 1 DVD and Blu-ray
Peter Capaldi returns as the Doctor alongside Jenna Coleman with guest stars including Maisie Williams and Rufus Hound as well as the brilliant Missy (played by Michelle Gomez).
Part 1 contains the first three two-part stories plus 3 exclusive mini-documentaries on how each two-parter was created.
EXTRAS
3 x Doctor Who Extras (behind the scenes)
Available to order on DVD or Blu-ray in the UK from www.bbcshop.com or www.amazon.co.uk
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The Legend Doctor
September 19th, 2015 - 8:56pmBRILLIANT!!!!! LOVED EVERY MOMENT!!!! 😀 CAN’T WAIT FOR NEXT SATURDAY NOW TO FIND OUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO CLARA AND MISSY!!! I KNOW THEY ARE NOT DEAD AS MISSY AND CLARA REAPPEAR IN THE NEXT EPISODE!!!!
CJ
September 19th, 2015 - 8:57pmThat is true!
Anoymonus
September 21st, 2015 - 9:11pmMissy might of teleported (like you know in death of heaven). But with Clara. I wonder how she’ll come back. (Because Missy said “this might be the day I kill you” to clara)
ps also you guys. Do you think the 12th doctor will actually kill the young boy davros out of the loss of his friends (Because he was holding and dalek egg whisk and about to exterminate) but then remember in the doctor’s daughter. You could believe the 10th could of killed genral cobb out of the loss of jenny but he didn’t because of his stance against violence
Rufus
September 19th, 2015 - 8:56pmForget missy and Clara …what about the tardis!!
Anoymonus
September 21st, 2015 - 9:14pmAlso how will the doctor get back to the past or future or earth without a tardis. Unless he builds another one somehow.
EndlessTimelord
September 19th, 2015 - 8:54pmThat is just fantastic!!!! Even Moffat made Missy better just killing people like they’re flies!!!!! This has got to be the BEST series yet! 10 out of 10! 😀
Colin B
September 19th, 2015 - 8:53pmSo the Special Weapons Dalek now lights up when talking. Wicked
The Temporal Jelly Baby
September 19th, 2015 - 9:02pmWicked? A reference to Ace? 🙂
Colin B
September 19th, 2015 - 10:18pmUnintentional. But I get it. Lol. Also love when davros lowers his head the focus is on his single blue eye. Creepy.
MoogWhoCraft
September 19th, 2015 - 8:52pmFRIKKING DAVROS PEOPLE! This was kept so quiet! So many “spoilers” for Series 9 were leaked on the internet, BUT THIS!
Beautiful writing from Moffat, and overall the best Doctor Who episode ever!!
MrHaloWho
September 20th, 2015 - 8:14amNice picture.
🙂
The Moffat Paradox
September 19th, 2015 - 8:50pmAll praise Davros! All praise Davros!
dan23uk
September 19th, 2015 - 8:45pmHope thay explain how davros survive last time & how all these Dalek are there.
smudgelad99
September 19th, 2015 - 8:45pmfeel like I’m the only one who thought it was the mara when first revealed, what with the smaller black and yellow snakes from snakedance and the larger more red one from kinda
Orange Dalek 26
September 19th, 2015 - 8:49pmI did too for a moment
the astronaut of death
September 19th, 2015 - 8:45pmthat was so good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I loved that they brought back Davos and the story was so good! I loved to see the classic daleks in action and it was amazing …… and that cliff-hanger was amazing!!!!!
I loved it so much ….. cant wait for next week
100,000BC
September 19th, 2015 - 8:44pmAmazing!!!
(and no overly negative comments so far on this page which can only be a good thing!!)
I love the way it brilliantly makes us question who is an enemy and who is a friend, and the cameos from characters, species and settings from across the new series were great!
The extermination effect looks like it has had a slight revamp, and all the better for it. The classic daleks worked well and the use of archive footage was very effective, particularly the “if someone who knew the future pointed out a child to you…” speech, which was paralleled by the actual narrative of the episode in which the Doctor does not save the child Davros – but that link did not feel forced as though the story was set up for it.
Peter Capaldi, Jenna Coleman, Michelle Gomez and Julian Bleach were fantastic, and I look forward to seeing more of them next week!
2doctors2000
September 19th, 2015 - 8:44pmI don’t know what to say. Loving the return of Davros in Julian Bleach form, wasn’t expecting that!
But will he kill him? As a child?
OMG!
It’s lovely to see him in that same form we knew he must have survived in Journey’s End but it was so good that we’ve had a 7 year break!
Still no explanation of the Master’s survival,
And well, no explanation about how all the Dalek types were together.
But Clara’s death was just perfect, some say unemotional but that’ the whole point, the whole point of the Daleks – just sudden and willing, just perfect!
The only problem I really had a the explanation of the Master’s survival!
hofenius
September 27th, 2015 - 12:39pmMaster’s survival? Well, Master survived worse things than some pity laser weapon.It was probably some kind of teleport anyway. You should notice that beam, which killed Master had different color. Do you remember Planet of fire, where he was burned to ash?
And of course, Deadly asassin…Master was thrown in eye of harmony in that episode…So I think it’s not really something that should bother you…
I know it’s annoying, when people keep saying that. But please excuse my English.
Simon W
September 19th, 2015 - 8:41pmWow brilliant. I only hope the rest of the series is as good. How do you think Clara’s exit is going to be either being killed off or now?? what do you think.
Jake
September 19th, 2015 - 8:40pmI thought it was great- but I didn’t feel anything when Missy & Clara were killed- it just seemed a little dull and unemotional- but it’s far better than last year’s episodes!
Anonymous
September 19th, 2015 - 8:51pmClara and Misst aren’t dead. Missy teleported before she was exterminated and did the same to Clara.
CJ
September 19th, 2015 - 8:55pmAh, but we don’t know for sure… 😀
Dalekparadigm2
September 19th, 2015 - 8:39pmSeries 9 is already my favourite after that opener
Dalek105
September 19th, 2015 - 8:39pmAMAZING!!!!!! cant wait for the second part!!!!
The Temporal Jelly Baby
September 19th, 2015 - 8:38pmThat was AMAZING!!!! The Daleks were at their best, Davros was great, the Doctor was great, Clara was great, Missy was great…it was great! 🙂
The Temporal Jelly Baby
September 19th, 2015 - 8:39pmOh, and Colony Sarff was great as well. I’d like to see him return.
Cyber10dalek
September 19th, 2015 - 8:38pmOk, that was just..amazing! The reveal of Davros being the child wasn’t too shocking for me since I had already predicted that, but what did shock me and what I wasn’t expecting was for us to see Davros in his current, disfigured form. Loved the chemistry between him and The Doctor, and I can’t imagine how happy Peter must have been to work with such an amazing and classic enemy.
The Snake-Composed servant (forgot his name) was very cool, especially during that scene when he revealed his snake form. The Daleks didn’t do too much, but I am sure they’ll get their time to shine next week. However, whilst Missy and Clara’s extermination wasn’t impactful since we know they’ll be in the rest of the series, it shows the Dalek’s will to kill very nicely. And that cliffhanger…:D
Overall, a fantastic beginning to what looks to be one of the best openers as of recent times in New Who!
matparks08
September 19th, 2015 - 8:36pmProof that spoiler free Doctor Who really is the best….watched the whole thing on the edge of my seat. Excellent episode and really looking forward to the two part episodes which were sorely needed last year…….
Doctordredd67
September 19th, 2015 - 8:34pmOh, what an opening episode. Can’t wait for part 2. A great twist in the tale of Davros v the doctor who may have created his arch enemy in the first place, how ironic is that. Brilliant !!!! Shame they still haven’t changed the terrible opening music!!!!!!!
Rikki Krystal
September 19th, 2015 - 8:34pmWow,Fantastic start,Awesome,
Best in years.Nice to see Davros back.
CJ
September 19th, 2015 - 8:34pmI had a feeling that kid was going to be Davros!
drwhofan4ever
September 19th, 2015 - 8:34pmSo, is Clara and Missy dead now or was that like a transmat from bad wolf/parting of the ways?
Anoymonus
September 21st, 2015 - 9:16pmWell we know clara is coming back somehow (From the trailers) as for missy she could of done the same thing as in death of heaven?
gvv
September 19th, 2015 - 8:34pmAwesome totaly didnt expect that
MrHaloWho
September 19th, 2015 - 8:33pmI think it died a bit in the middle, in 1138 or whatever, but the beginning and the last half were really good.
dan23uk
September 19th, 2015 - 8:36pmYes i agree
Michie
September 19th, 2015 - 8:45pmI agree with that also
Anonymous
September 19th, 2015 - 9:15pmI think the middle was one of the best parts imo
MrHaloWho
September 20th, 2015 - 8:20amAnonymous, it had nothing to do with the plot. Why is the Doctor dying? What’s the point of all the bad jokes? What’s the point of even going back to the 1100s?
The episode could have had Clara and UNIT go to find Missy, they do the talking, they teleport to the Doctor, somewhere else in the same time zone, the Colony Sarff turns up, arrests them, and takes them to Davros.
The whole snakes bit, and the guitar, and the tank really aren’t necessary.
Michael
September 19th, 2015 - 8:33pmBrilliant. Absolutely brilliant.
CJ
September 19th, 2015 - 8:32pmWHAT A CLIFFHANGER!!!
Dalekparadigm2
September 19th, 2015 - 8:32pmOH MY GOD!! That WAS Spectacular!!!
I litterally can’t contain myself
The Silent Silent
September 19th, 2015 - 8:31pmAMAZING !!!
JasonisnotaRobot
September 19th, 2015 - 8:31pmWow.
JasonisnotaRobot
September 19th, 2015 - 8:39pmBrilliant episode, brilliant cliffhanger!
Doctor Hugh
September 19th, 2015 - 8:31pmIt was really cool