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|name        = ''A Time For Heroes''
|image        = A Time For Heroes.jpg
|image        = A Time For Heroes.jpg
|doctor      = Twelfth Doctor
|companions  = [[Bill Potts|Bill]], [[Nardole]]
|enemy        = [[Iraxxa]]
|release date = [[25 February (releases)|25 February]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]]
|release date = [[25 February (releases)|25 February]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]]
|type        = Narrative trailers
|type        = Narrative trailer
|trailer     = A Time for Heroes - Doctor Who Series 10 Teaser Trailer - BBC One
|fullvid     = "A Time For Heroes" - Series 10 Teaser - Doctor Who
|fullvid      = TimeForHeroes Doctor Who Series 10 (John Smith VFX)
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A '''series of narrative trailers''' advertising [[Series 10 (Doctor Who)|Series 10]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' featuring the [[Twelfth Doctor]] and, the last one, [[Bill Potts]] was broadcasted on [[BBC One]], narrated by [[Pearl Mackie]].<ref>https://www.facebook.com/DoctorWho/videos/1803691109644908/</ref>
'''''A Time For Heroes''''' was a "teaser" for [[Series 10 (Doctor Who)|Series 10]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' featuring the [[Twelfth Doctor]], [[Bill Potts]] and [[Nardole]]. It featured entirely original footage and new narration by [[Pearl Mackie]], and was broadcasted on [[BBC One]].<ref>https://www.facebook.com/DoctorWho/videos/1803691109644908/</ref>


This series of trailers was a unique case, given that they featured a description given to [[the Doctor]] by [[Steven Moffat]] in 2013.
== Plot ==
As the [[Twelfth Doctor]], [[Bill Potts]] and [[Nardole]] run through a library corridor with explosions on all sides, a strangely-elated Bill has an internal monologue about the Doctor and her relationship to him. Eventually the three come to a head with a mysterious blue vortex at the end of the corridor in which they have visions of many strange faces, resolving into that of the wrathful [[Ice Queen|Ice Warrior Queen]] [[Iraxxa]], who roars at them.


== Quote ==
== References ==
:: ''"Heroes are important. Heroes tell us who we want to be, but, when they made this particular hero, they didn't give him a gun, they gave him a screwdriver to fix things. They didn't give him a tank or a warship or an X-Wing, they gave him a call box from which you can call for help. And they didn't give him a superpower or a heat-ray, they gave him an extra heart. And that's extraordinary. There will never come a time when we don't need a hero like the Doctor."'' - [[Steven Moffat]]<ref>http://www.thehollywoodnews.com/2013/11/24/matt-smith-steven-moffat-more-talk-doctor-who-at-official-50th-celebration/</ref>
* According to Bill, [[the Doctor]] claims to be "a man of [[peace]]" and yet "walks in [[war]]".


== Notes ==
== Story notes ==
* This trailer features new, specially filmed material.
* The trailers features a [[Dalek]] and a [[bird]].
* On a bookshelf behind the three of them, there are books labelled 'The Pilot', 'Smile', 'Thin Ice', 'Knock Knock' and 'Oxygen', in reference to some of the episodes that would be appearing in that season.<ref>https://twitter.com/arbrax/status/1350911457114935297/photo/1</ref>
* On a bookshelf behind the three of them, there are books labelled 'The Pilot', 'Smile', 'Thin Ice', 'Knock Knock' and 'Oxygen', in reference to some of the episodes that would be appearing in that season.<ref>https://twitter.com/arbrax/status/1350911457114935297/photo/1</ref>



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A Time For Heroes was a "teaser" for Series 10 of Doctor Who featuring the Twelfth Doctor, Bill Potts and Nardole. It featured entirely original footage and new narration by Pearl Mackie, and was broadcasted on BBC One.[1]

Plot

As the Twelfth Doctor, Bill Potts and Nardole run through a library corridor with explosions on all sides, a strangely-elated Bill has an internal monologue about the Doctor and her relationship to him. Eventually the three come to a head with a mysterious blue vortex at the end of the corridor in which they have visions of many strange faces, resolving into that of the wrathful Ice Warrior Queen Iraxxa, who roars at them.

References

Story notes

  • On a bookshelf behind the three of them, there are books labelled 'The Pilot', 'Smile', 'Thin Ice', 'Knock Knock' and 'Oxygen', in reference to some of the episodes that would be appearing in that season.[2]

Footnotes