May 8th, 2015
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Zygons and Osgood Return to Doctor Who in Series 9
Double trouble in Doctor Who as Osgood takes on the terrifying Zygons
Cruel, heartless and shocking? Having being killed by Missy (Michelle Gomez) in the show’s series eight finale ‘Death in Heaven’, the Doctor’s biggest fan and UNIT scientist Osgood, played by Ingrid Oliver, has been brought back by Steven Moffat for Doctor Who series nine.
Steven Moffat, lead writer and Executive Producer, said:
“Osgood is back, fresh from her recent murder at the end of last series. We recently confirmed that Osgood was definitely dead and not returning – but in a show about time travel, anything can happen. The brilliant Ingrid Oliver is back in action. This time though, can the Doctor trust his number one fan?”
The last time we saw Osgood as Kate Lethbridge-Stewart’s assistant was with the Twelfth Doctor during an invasion of Earth by an army of Cybermen led by a new, female incarnation of the Master. This time she’s back in action and comes face-to-face with the shape-shifting extra-terrestrial Zygons, as they also return for the new series. They last appeared in ‘The Day of the Doctor’ for the show’s 50th anniversary episode.
Speaking on set, Ingrid Oliver commented on her reappearance:
“As every actor who’s worked on Doctor Who will tell you, there’s always the secret hope you’ll get the call asking you to come back. To actually receive that call is both unexpected and brilliant. The word ‘honour’ gets banded about a lot, but it really is, it’s an honour. Especially because I was so sure Osgood was a goner after the last series!”
The two-part episode is currently being filmed in Cardiff and is written by Peter Harness (Doctor Who – Kill the Moon, Wallander, Jonathan Strange And Mr Norrell), produced by Peter Bennett and directed by Daniel Nettheim (Line of Duty, Glue).
Also joining Peter Capaldi (The Doctor) and Jenna Coleman (Clara Oswald) and confirmed for guest roles in the double episode is Jemma Redgrave, Jaye Griffiths, Cleopatra Dickens, Sasha Dickens, Abhishek Singh, Todd Kramer, Jill Winternitz, Nicholas Asbury, Jack Parker and Aidan Cook.
Doctor Who series nine will be back on BBC One in Autumn 2015 and further guest cast will be released over the coming months. Doctor Who is a BBC Cymru Wales production for BBC One.
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MrHaloWho
May 9th, 2015 - 11:16amRemember the one Doctor Who rule: nobody is ever gone for good.
Dem squiggles
May 9th, 2015 - 11:10amIt’s like heaven
drwhofan4ever
May 9th, 2015 - 10:22amYAYYY! Osgood’s back. YAYYY! The zygons are back. Can not wait for the new series to air.
doctor who fan 11
May 9th, 2015 - 9:03amThat’s what I was thinking
Doyouhearthem?
May 9th, 2015 - 8:49amI think that one of the best things about DOTD is that subplot. It reminds us that the real victory is not the decision, but the fact that two completely different peoples are able to accept one another’s viewpoint in the first place, even if only to the point of preliminary discussion.
Let’s say they did make a decision- then there are probably Zygons living among us right now. You could be related to one.
Obsie
May 9th, 2015 - 7:52amYay ! for the Zygons being back, let’s hope they have more to do this time and are serious in threat mode, unlike Sontarans who are becoming comic fodder. As for Osgood, all very well saying with ” time travel anything can happen” but stop messing around with people being dead one minute and then alive the next, it’s becoming trite.
CJ
May 9th, 2015 - 7:40amI agree!
CJ
May 9th, 2015 - 7:39amThose are episodes 5 and 6, plus its the Woman Who Lived not Girl. Osgood and the Zygons will be in Episode7 and 8 just like UNIT are
Dalek The Supreme
May 9th, 2015 - 3:45amI liked Osgood as a character, but they should have her stay dead. It would ruin one of the best scenes of Death in Heaven.
justyn
May 9th, 2015 - 12:17amjust a thought are two of season 9 episode called The girl who Lived,and The girl who died?If so then the girl must be Osgood.
CJ
May 8th, 2015 - 9:49pmI bet its the Zygon Osgood
Dem squiggles
May 8th, 2015 - 9:00pmOoh wrong name
Finally eyeballs
May 8th, 2015 - 8:58pmTwo parts and zygons
The Werewolf
May 8th, 2015 - 8:58pmI really wanted Osgood to be dead, this news is so annoying. But at least the Zygons are back, I love them.
RORY DOCTOR RIVER POND
May 8th, 2015 - 8:53pmIts a shame they revealed the surprise, but I’m pleased none the less.
2doctors2000
May 8th, 2015 - 7:40pmher*
2doctors2000
May 8th, 2015 - 7:39pmIt says the Doctor can’t trust here, I believe this time its the shape shifting Zygon Osgood, and indeed the real Osgood died, it would all make sense considering it;s a Zygon episode.
Maybe it explaina the god damn ending the TDOTD sub plot! 😀
100,000BC
May 8th, 2015 - 7:28pmI don’t tend to count Reinette either as she is a historical character and already had an established death.
Handles was a Cyberman head without real feelings.
The dinosaur was… a dinosaur.
So are we left with JUST Lorna Bucket?
Anonymous
May 8th, 2015 - 7:09pmAnd Danny
a) turned up again in a dream
b) may well come back again haha
The five doctors
May 8th, 2015 - 6:24pmYES!!! Love the zygons and Osgood’s character!!!
100,000BC
May 8th, 2015 - 6:22pmYou’re right, but that makes the death meaningless. In my opinion, she either has to be a zygon who is a different character in her own right or a past-tense pre-Death in Heaven Osgood.
The Surgeon
May 8th, 2015 - 5:30pmThe Osgood in Dark Water could well have been the Zygon.
Doctor Stu
May 8th, 2015 - 4:12pmSigh Osgoods death was cruel and showed how fierce the master (missy) was, bringing her back to life just ruins that…if a character has died they should stay dead
100,000BC
May 8th, 2015 - 3:59pmIn fiction, dead people should mostly stay dead. Moffat’s Who makes people live forever.
Nothing against him really, but people say he kills off loads of characters, when in reality…
The Complete List Of Permanent Deaths Of Characters In Moffat Episodes:
Reinette (who was a historical figure and died naturally)
Lorna Bucket
Handles
The Dinosaur in Deep Breath
Danny Pink
100,000BC
May 8th, 2015 - 3:48pmI hope that this is either a past Osgood or Zygon Osgood.
I don’t like how Moffat brings back to life everyone that he kills.
Don’t get me wrong, I’d love to see Osgood on DW again but only as a past version or a Zygon version.
Anonymous
May 8th, 2015 - 3:43pmOsgood should stay dead. Get over it.
Dalekparadigm2
May 8th, 2015 - 3:39pmYyeeeeeeeees!!!!
CJ
May 8th, 2015 - 3:22pmYou might be right
CJ
May 8th, 2015 - 3:21pmYES! This is exciting news…
DOCTOR WHO ONE
May 8th, 2015 - 3:04pmNo fan of Zygon’s, but glad Osgood is back . . . . . thou is it going to be the real Osgood or her Zygon counterpart from ‘Day of the Doctor’ 2 years ago ?.
Cos the real Osgood seemed to have been killed by Missy, or could it have been the Zygon Osgood instead ? . . . . . that’s just it, we don’t know cos we don’t know what happened to the Zygon’s after the events of ‘Day of the Doctor’.
I’m guessing it’s Zygon Osgood we will see, either that, or the Doctor has gone back to a time before the real Osgood died, or it’s a mere flashback to unseen moment in the real Osgood’s life.