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|image = Twelve and Davros.jpg | |image = Twelve and Davros.jpg | ||
|series = [[Doctor Who television stories|''Doctor Who'' television stories]] | |series = [[Doctor Who television stories|''Doctor Who'' television stories]] | ||
|season number = Series 9 (Doctor Who) | |season number = Series 9 (Doctor Who 2005) | ||
|series episode number = 1 | |series episode number = 1 | ||
|story number = 254a | |story number = 254a | ||
|doctor = Twelfth Doctor | |doctor = Twelfth Doctor | ||
|companions = [[Clara Oswald|Clara]] | |companions = [[Clara Oswald|Clara]] | ||
|featuring = | |featuring = Missy | ||
|enemy = [[Davros]] | |featuring2 = Kate Stewart | ||
|featuring3 = Jac (The Magician's Apprentice) | |||
|featuring4 = Bors (The Doctor's Meditation) | |||
|featuring5 = Ohila | |||
|featuring6 = Shadow Architect | |||
|enemy = [[Davros]] | |||
|setting = {{il|[[London]], [[2010s]]|[[Essex]], [[1138]]|[[Skaro]]}} | |setting = {{il|[[London]], [[2010s]]|[[Essex]], [[1138]]|[[Skaro]]}} | ||
|writer = | |writer = Steven Moffat | ||
|director = [[Hettie MacDonald]] | |director = [[Hettie MacDonald]] | ||
|producer = [[Peter Bennett]] | |producer = [[Peter Bennett]] | ||
|broadcast date = | |confidential = | ||
|network = | |confidential2 = | ||
|format = 1x45 minute episode | |confidential3 = | ||
|confidential4 = | |||
|broadcast date = 19 September 2015 | |||
|network = BBC One | |||
|format = 1x45 minute episode;<br/>Part 1 of 2 | |||
|scripturl = http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/scripts/DW9-EP1-The-Magicians-Apprentice.pdf | |scripturl = http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/scripts/DW9-EP1-The-Magicians-Apprentice.pdf | ||
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|bts2 = Colony Sarff - Doctor Who Extra Series 2 Episode 1 (2015) - BBC | |bts2 = Colony Sarff - Doctor Who Extra Series 2 Episode 1 (2015) - BBC | ||
|bts3 = The Doctor's Guitar - Doctor Who Extra Series 2 Episode 1 (2015) - BBC | |bts3 = The Doctor's Guitar - Doctor Who Extra Series 2 Episode 1 (2015) - BBC | ||
}} | }}{{you may|The Magician's Apprentice (in-universe)|n1=the episode as it exists within the DWU|The Sorcerer's Apprentice (novel)|n2=The Sorcerer's Apprentice}} | ||
{{you may|The Sorcerer's Apprentice (novel)| | '''''The Magician's Apprentice''''' was the first episode of [[Series 9 (Doctor Who 2005)|series 9]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. | ||
'''''The Magician's Apprentice''''' was the first episode of [[Series 9 (Doctor Who)|series 9]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. | |||
It saw the return of [[Davros]] after [[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'' in [[2008 (releases)|2008]], who was shown prior to his disfigurement for the first time on television. However, it was not the first story to depict Davros as a [[child]]. [[Big Finish Productions]]' ''[[I, Davros]]'' chronicled his rise to becoming the leader of the [[Scientific Elite]], starting in his early [[Adolescence|teenage years]]. The episode gives no explanation as to how Davros managed to survive after the events of ''Journey's End'', nor when the Doctor discovered he had done so. | It saw the return of [[Davros]] after [[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'' in [[2008 (releases)|2008]], who was shown prior to his disfigurement for the first time on television. However, it was not the first story to depict Davros as a [[child]]. [[Big Finish Productions]]' ''[[I, Davros]]'' chronicled his rise to becoming the leader of the [[Scientific Elite]], starting in his early [[Adolescence|teenage years]]. The episode gives no explanation as to how Davros managed to survive after the events of ''Journey's End'', nor when the Doctor discovered he had done so. | ||
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The serpentine [[Colony Sarff]] has searched the entire universe for the Doctor, to give him the final message of [[Davros]]; however, the [[Time Lord]] is nowhere to be found. | The serpentine [[Colony Sarff]] has searched the entire universe for the Doctor, to give him the final message of [[Davros]]; however, the [[Time Lord]] is nowhere to be found. | ||
This is quite serious, as not even the Doctor's closest frenemy, [[ | This is quite serious, as not even the Doctor's closest [[frenemy]], [[Missy]], is able to find him. Adding onto this is the fact she was given his [[Confession dial]], which in human terms is the last will and testament of the Doctor... | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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On present-day Earth, Clara is teaching in [[Coal Hill School]]. She looks out the window, noticing something amiss; using a marker, she draws a circle around a plane in the sky, realising that it's frozen in the air. After assigning her class to use their mobiles to search for any information, Clara is told by another teacher about a call for her. Knowing it's [[UNIT]], Clara leaves for the Tower of London. She attempts to contact the Doctor but receives no answer. | On present-day Earth, Clara is teaching in [[Coal Hill School]]. She looks out the window, noticing something amiss; using a marker, she draws a circle around a plane in the sky, realising that it's frozen in the air. After assigning her class to use their mobiles to search for any information, Clara is told by another teacher about a call for her. Knowing it's [[UNIT]], Clara leaves for the Tower of London. She attempts to contact the Doctor but receives no answer. | ||
At UNIT HQ, [[Kate Stewart]] is tracking the frozen planes. Clara [[deduce]]s the planes aren't being | At UNIT HQ, [[Kate Stewart]] is tracking the frozen planes. Clara [[deduce]]s the planes aren't being weaponised because an invasion involves stealth, not spectacle. At that moment, [[Doctor Channel|the Doctor channel]] is opened, and lyrics appear on the screen, with one repeating word — Missy. [[Missy]] appears on-screen, explaining that the frozen planes were just a way to get their attention. She proposes a meeting with UNIT. | ||
At 16:00, Clara and Missy meet in a cafe, where Missy demonstrates her ability to freeze the planes with a [[Time stop|simple Time Lord trick]]. She also notes that Clara must have tried contacting the Doctor by now; Missy explains that she can't find him either. Clara dismisses it, stating it happens sometimes. Missy then reveals that it's worse than she thinks, showing Clara the Doctor's [[confession dial]] — containing the Doctor's last will and testament. She explains that a confession dial is given to a dying Time Lord's closest friend on their final day. Clara attempts to touch the dial, but is zapped by it; Missy explains that it was given to her, not Clara. | At 16:00, Clara and Missy meet in a cafe, where Missy demonstrates her ability to freeze the planes with a [[Time stop|simple Time Lord trick]]. She also notes that Clara must have tried contacting the Doctor by now; Missy explains that she can't find him either. Clara dismisses it, stating it happens sometimes. Missy then reveals that it's worse than she thinks, showing Clara the Doctor's [[confession dial]] — containing the Doctor's last will and testament. She explains that a confession dial is given to a dying Time Lord's closest friend on their final day. Clara attempts to touch the dial, but is zapped by it; Missy explains that it was given to her, not Clara. | ||
Clara | Clara wonders if Missy has turned over a new leaf, but Missy then vaporises a member of UNIT, stating that she has not "turned good". Threatening to have the snipers kill her, Clara demands Missy show she cares about the Doctor. Missy releases the planes from the time stop, revealing nothing else could have been done with them; they were just stuck in time. | ||
Missy explains the Doctor is facing his final day, and therefore has come to Earth; however, when and where is unknown. Clara asks Missy how a Time Lord would spend his final day, and Missy says that it is supposed to be in meditation. Clara tells Kate to track mentions of the Doctor across history that doesn't involve an alien disturbance, and they discover his location: [[Essex]], the [[Middle Ages]]. Using a vortex manipulator, Missy and Clara vanish into the past. | Missy explains the Doctor is facing his final day, and therefore has come to Earth; however, when and where is unknown. Clara asks Missy how a Time Lord would spend his final day, and Missy says that it is supposed to be in meditation. Clara tells Kate to track mentions of the Doctor across history that doesn't involve an alien disturbance, and they discover his location: [[Essex]], the [[Middle Ages]]. Using a [[vortex manipulator]], Missy and Clara vanish into the past. | ||
Clara and Missy arrive in a castle, where Missy explains that the vortex manipulator she put on Clara, is slaved to her own; where Missy goes, so does Clara. Wondering how they will find the Doctor, Clara is told to look for anything that stands out. At that moment, they hear an electric guitar playing; the Doctor arrives in a stadium, playing the guitar on a tank. His opponent, [[Bors (The Doctor's Meditation)|Bors]] is annoyed; the Doctor laughs that he wanted an "axe fight". The Doctor begins making bad jokes, to which Clara notes is not like him; Missy retorts "you really are new, aren't you." | Clara and Missy arrive in a castle, where Missy explains that the vortex manipulator she put on Clara, is slaved to her own; where Missy goes, so does Clara. Wondering how they will find the Doctor, Clara is told to look for anything that stands out. At that moment, they hear an electric guitar playing; the Doctor arrives in a stadium, playing the guitar on a tank. His opponent, [[Bors (The Doctor's Meditation)|Bors]] is annoyed; the Doctor laughs that he wanted an "axe fight". The Doctor begins making bad jokes, to which Clara notes is not like him; Missy retorts "you really are new, aren't you." | ||
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Clara and Missy walk out, apparently into outer space. However, they are breathing, and apparently walking on solid ground. Missy realises that once within the planet's atmosphere, one begins to synchronise with it. The illusion vanishes, showing a city in the middle of a wasteland; Missy reacts with horror and disbelief, while Clara is left confused. At the same time, the Doctor is shown the truth by Davros; they are on [[Skaro]], the Daleks' homeworld. | Clara and Missy walk out, apparently into outer space. However, they are breathing, and apparently walking on solid ground. Missy realises that once within the planet's atmosphere, one begins to synchronise with it. The illusion vanishes, showing a city in the middle of a wasteland; Missy reacts with horror and disbelief, while Clara is left confused. At the same time, the Doctor is shown the truth by Davros; they are on [[Skaro]], the Daleks' homeworld. | ||
Sighted by a Dalek, Clara and Missy are taken to see the [[Supreme Dalek]], who has a large weapon aimed at the TARDIS. Missy attempts to reason with the Daleks - if they don't destroy the TARDIS, she can help them fly it, allowing them to conquer the universe. However, the Supreme Dalek demands Missy's total extermination, and she vanishes in the blast. | Sighted by a Dalek, Clara and Missy are taken to see the [[Supreme Dalek (The Magician's Apprentice)|Supreme Dalek]], who has a large weapon aimed at the TARDIS. Missy attempts to reason with the Daleks - if they don't destroy the TARDIS, she can help them fly it, allowing them to conquer the universe. However, the Supreme Dalek demands Missy's total extermination, and she vanishes in the blast. | ||
The Doctor pleads with Davros to not let Clara come to harm — but Davros tells him that he does not control the Daleks. Davros observes the Daleks' choice to wait for Clara to run. As she runs, they exterminate her, causing her to vanish. The Supreme Dalek then orders the TARDIS to be destroyed and it is seemingly vaporised by the weapon aimed at it. | The Doctor pleads with Davros to not let Clara come to harm — but Davros tells him that he does not control the Daleks. Davros observes the Daleks' choice to wait for Clara to run. As she runs, they exterminate her, causing her to vanish. The Supreme Dalek then orders the TARDIS to be destroyed and it is seemingly vaporised by the weapon aimed at it. | ||
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* [[Twelfth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Peter Capaldi]] | * [[Twelfth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Peter Capaldi]] | ||
* [[Clara Oswald|Clara]] - [[Jenna Coleman]] | * [[Clara Oswald|Clara]] - [[Jenna Coleman]] | ||
* | * [[Missy]] - [[Michelle Gomez]] | ||
* [[Colony Sarff]] - [[Jami Reid-Quarrell]] | * [[Colony Sarff]] - [[Jami Reid-Quarrell]] | ||
* [[Davros]] - [[Julian Bleach]] | * [[Davros]] - [[Julian Bleach]] | ||
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* Newsreaders - [[Stefan Adegbola]], [[Shin-Fei Chen]], [[Lucy-Newman Williams]] | * Newsreaders - [[Stefan Adegbola]], [[Shin-Fei Chen]], [[Lucy-Newman Williams]] | ||
* [[School girl (The Magician's Apprentice)|School Girl]] - [[Demi Papaminas]] | * [[School girl (The Magician's Apprentice)|School Girl]] - [[Demi Papaminas]] | ||
* [[Dalek operator|Daleks]] - [[ | * [[Dalek operator|Daleks]] - [[Barnaby Edwards]], [[Nicholas Pegg]] | ||
* [[Soldier (The Magician's Apprentice)|Soldier]] - [[Jonathon Ojinnaka]] | * [[Soldier (The Magician's Apprentice)|Soldier]] - [[Jonathon Ojinnaka]] | ||
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|2ndAD=James DeHaviland | |2ndAD=James DeHaviland | ||
|3rdAD=Danielle Richards | |3rdAD=Danielle Richards | ||
|AD=Gareth Jones | |AD=Gareth Jones (assistant director) | ||
|AD2=Chris Thomas (assistant director) | |AD2=Chris Thomas (assistant director) | ||
|Runner= | |Runner= | ||
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|Gaffer=Mark Hutchings | |Gaffer=Mark Hutchings | ||
|BestBoy=Andrew Gardiner | |BestBoy=Andrew Gardiner | ||
|Electrician=Andrew Williams | |Electrician=Andrew Williams (electrician) | ||
|Electrician2=Bob Milton | |Electrician2=Bob Milton | ||
|Electrician3=Gareth Sheldon | |Electrician3=Gareth Sheldon | ||
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|Carpenter6=George Rees | |Carpenter6=George Rees | ||
|Carpenter7=Dan Berrow | |Carpenter7=Dan Berrow | ||
|Carpenter8=Keith Richards | |Carpenter8=Keith Richards (carpenter) | ||
|Carpenter9=Campbell Fraser | |Carpenter9=Campbell Fraser | ||
|ConstructionDriver=Jonathan Tylke | |ConstructionDriver=Jonathan Tylke | ||
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}} | }} | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* A [[Judoon (The Magician's Apprentice)|Judoon]] is present at the [[Shadow Architect]]'s side when [[Colony Sarff]] | * Missy refers to the [[Cloister Wars]] and the Doctor stealing [[Gallifrey's moon|the moon]] and the [[President's wife (The Magician's Apprentice)|President's wife]]. | ||
=== Technology === | |||
* Missy uses a [[time stop]] to stop all of the [[plane]]s of Earth in mid-air. | |||
* Missy shows Clara the [[Confession dial]] of the Doctor and explains what it is. | |||
=== Species === | |||
* An [[Ood 2 (The Magician's Apprentice)|Ood]], a [[Hath (The Magician's Apprentice)|Hath]], a [[Sycorax (The Magician's Apprentice)|Sycorax]], another [[Ood 1 (The Magician's Apprentice)|Ood]], a [[Kahler (The Magician's Apprentice)|Kahler]], and a [[Blowfish (The Magician's Apprentice)|Blowfish]] are at the Maldovarium. | |||
* A [[Judoon (The Magician's Apprentice)|Judoon]] is present at the [[Shadow Architect]]'s side when [[Colony Sarff]] visits the [[Shadow Proclamation]]. | |||
* Missy claims that three bullets to each of a [[Time Lord]]'s hearts and two bullets to their brain stem simultaneously could prevent [[regeneration]]. | |||
=== Culture from the real world === | |||
* A picture of [[Edgar Allan Poe]] is visible in Clara's classroom. | |||
* Clara tells her [[Coal Hill School|Coal Hill]] students to turn on their [[phone]]s and go to news, websites and [[Twitter]], and search for hashtags such as #[[ThePlanesHaveStopped]]. | |||
* Missy refers to [[selfie]]s when threatening to kill a UNIT guard. | |||
* Clara quotes the [[Dylan Thomas]] poem "[[Do not go gentle into that good night]]". | |||
* The Doctor can play the [[electric guitar]]. He plays the introductory bars of "[[Pretty Woman]]". | |||
* The Doctor gets the crowd to complete the title of "[[All the Young Dudes]]". | * The Doctor gets the crowd to complete the title of "[[All the Young Dudes]]". | ||
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=== Individuals === | |||
* [[Dunlop|Mr Dunlop]] mentions the [[prime minister]] and Kate Stewart mentions a [[President]]. | |||
* The Doctor claims to have given [[Marble (toy)|marbles]] of his to Bors and told him not to swallow them. | * The Doctor claims to have given [[Marble (toy)|marbles]] of his to Bors and told him not to swallow them. | ||
* Missy refers to Clara as a "[[nano-brain]]". | * Missy refers to Clara as a "[[nano-brain]]". | ||
* | === Numbers === | ||
* Jac mentions the numbers [[4165 (number)|4165]] and [[439 (number)|439]]. | |||
=== Unified Intelligence Taskforce === | |||
* UNIT has a "[[Doctor Channel]]". | * UNIT has a "[[Doctor Channel]]". | ||
=== Locations === | |||
* Jac mentions [[San Martino]], [[Troy]], [[New York City|New York]], and [[Atlantis]]. | |||
=== The TARDIS === | |||
* [[Roundel]]s have been added to the lower section of the [[TARDIS control room#Neon console|TARDIS control room]]. | * [[Roundel]]s have been added to the lower section of the [[TARDIS control room#Neon console|TARDIS control room]]. | ||
== Story notes == | == Story notes == | ||
* To keep Davros' return a surprise, [[Julian Bleach]] was not credited prior to airing. The young Davros, played by Joey Price, is credited as "Boy". | * To keep Davros' return a surprise, [[Julian Bleach]] was not credited prior to airing. The young Davros, played by Joey Price, is credited as "Boy". | ||
* This was the first series opener in the [[BBC Wales]] series to be directed by a woman. | * This was the first series opener in the [[BBC Wales]] series, and the first Dalek story, to be directed by a woman. | ||
* This is the first televised story to be set on Skaro since ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]''. | |||
* The ''Radio Times'' programme listing was accompanied by a head-and-shoulders shot of Missy operating her control device, with the accompanying caption "Doctor Who / 7.40 p.m. Missy is one of many searching for the missing Time Lord as the series returns". | * The ''Radio Times'' programme listing was accompanied by a head-and-shoulders shot of Missy operating her control device, with the accompanying caption "Doctor Who / 7.40 p.m. Missy is one of many searching for the missing Time Lord as the series returns". | ||
* On | * On 27 September, the day after the broadcast of ''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]'', the two-part opener was broadcast on [[BBC One]] and [[BBC One|BBC One HD]] as one single feature-length episode.<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06h9y66</ref> | ||
* The title sequence was slightly modified starting with this episode; the clock gears, gas and the first Roman numeral clock face tunnel now have a | * The title sequence was slightly modified starting with this episode; the clock gears, gas and the first Roman numeral clock face tunnel now have a blue hue. | ||
* The episode's credits list the creators of the [[Kahler (species)|Kahler]], [[Skullion]]s, [[Hath]], [[Blowfish]], [[Ood]], and [[Sycorax]], all of whom were present when [[Colony Sarff]] was searching for the Doctor. This is the Skullions' first appearance on ''Doctor Who'', having previously appeared in ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''. This is the first time in which creator credits are included for creatures introduced during Steven Moffat's tenure as showrunner, and for creatures introduced in a spin-off series. | * The episode's credits list the creators of the [[Kahler (species)|Kahler]], [[Skullion]]s, [[Hath]], [[Blowfish]], [[Ood]], and [[Sycorax]], all of whom were present when [[Colony Sarff]] was searching for the Doctor. This is the Skullions' first appearance on ''Doctor Who'', having previously appeared in ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''. This is the first time in which creator credits are included for creatures introduced during Steven Moffat's tenure as showrunner, and for creatures introduced in a spin-off series. | ||
* This is the first time a [[Special Weapons Dalek]] has been shown to apparently talk on-screen and also features the gold oblong windows encircling its dome lighting up. These traits were subject to debate and speculation ever since the Special Weapons Dalek model first appeared in ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'', as the model featured was never shown speaking either in that serial, or in ''[[Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)|Asylum of the Daleks]]''. A new model was used in the story, completely separate from the prop used in the first two stories. As a result, if one | * This is the first time a [[Special Weapons Dalek]] has been shown to apparently talk on-screen and also features the gold oblong windows encircling its dome lighting up. These traits were subject to debate and speculation ever since the Special Weapons Dalek model first appeared in ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'', as the model featured was never shown speaking either in that serial, or in ''[[Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)|Asylum of the Daleks]]''. A new model was used in the story, completely separate from the prop used in the first two stories. As a result, if one pays close attention to details, it can actually be seen that it looks slightly different in some places. | ||
* The congregation of Daleks that Clara and Missy meet on Skaro includes the original silver and blue model used from [[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'' to [[TV]]: ''[[The Space Museum (TV story)|The Space Museum]]'', the second silver and blue model used from [[TV]]: ''[[The Space Museum (TV story)|The Space Museum]]'' to [[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'', the [[Emperor Dalek]]'s [[Emperor's Personal Guard|personal guard]] from [[TV]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'', the grey and black model used from [[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks (TV story)|Day of the Daleks]]'' to [[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'', the [[Special Weapons Dalek]] from [[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'', a black Dalek resembling [[Dalek Sec]], the [[Supreme Dalek]] model from [[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'' and ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'', and the incumbent bronze model that has been in use since [[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]''. | * The congregation of Daleks that Clara and Missy meet on Skaro includes the original silver and blue model used from [[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'' to [[TV]]: ''[[The Space Museum (TV story)|The Space Museum]]'', the second silver and blue model used from [[TV]]: ''[[The Space Museum (TV story)|The Space Museum]]'' to [[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'', the [[Emperor Dalek]]'s [[Emperor's Personal Guard|personal guard]] from [[TV]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'', the grey and black model used from [[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks (TV story)|Day of the Daleks]]'' to [[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'', the [[Special Weapons Dalek]] from [[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'', a black Dalek resembling [[Dalek Sec]], the [[Supreme Dalek]] model from [[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'' and ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'', and the incumbent bronze model that has been in use since [[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]''. | ||
* Peter Capaldi actually played the guitar in this story, and for the rest of the season, having been a musician in real life. | * Peter Capaldi actually played the guitar in this story, and for the rest of the season, having been a musician in real life. | ||
* Michelle Gomez confirmed on Twitter that her tickling a nearby Dalek's [[sensor globe|bumps]] when referring to the TARDIS as "the dog's unmentionables" was improvised. <ref>https://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho/status/648186904089919489</ref> | * Michelle Gomez confirmed on Twitter that her tickling a nearby Dalek's [[sensor globe|bumps]] when referring to the TARDIS as "the dog's unmentionables" was improvised.<ref>https://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho/status/648186904089919489</ref> | ||
* This story is the first time [[Ohila]] has been featured in a full-length episode of ''Doctor Who'' as opposed to mini-episodes. | * This story is the first time [[Ohila]] has been featured in a full-length episode of ''Doctor Who'' as opposed to mini-episodes. | ||
* The design of the Dalek city and the sliding doors in it pays homage to the set of the first Dalek story, [[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]''. | * The design of the Dalek city and the sliding doors in it pays homage to the set of the first Dalek story, [[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]''. | ||
* The title (which formed an interesting dichotomy with ''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]'') was not the first time the Doctor's companion was compared to a "magician's apprentice", as this had already been the object of a sequence in the novel ''[[Vampire Science (novel)|Vampire Science]]'', between the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Sam Jones]]. Referring to the [[Twelfth Doctor]] as a magician, as the title does, may also be an allusion to the common wisdom that this Doctor's outfit resembles a classic stage magician's. | * The title (which formed an interesting dichotomy with ''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]'') was not the first time the Doctor's companion was compared to a "magician's apprentice", as this had already been the object of a sequence in the novel ''[[Vampire Science (novel)|Vampire Science]]'', between the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Sam Jones]]. Referring to the [[Twelfth Doctor]] as a magician, as the title does, may also be an allusion to the common wisdom that this Doctor's outfit resembles a classic stage magician's. | ||
* In the "[[Showrunner Showdown]]" interview for [[DWM 551]], Steven Moffat revealed he had wanted his predecessor as showrunner [[Russell T Davies]] to write this episode and sent him an early draft of the pitch. The story behind this original pitch was "almost unrecognisable" from the final episode, focusing on Davros on trial. Moffat suggested the plot would have given the Doctor and Davros' conversations an audience, with the Doctor winning over the Dalek crowd but in the process sympathising with his longtime enemy. Ultimately, Davies was not interested, and Moffat wrote the episode himself. | |||
=== Ratings === | === Ratings === | ||
* [[BBC One]] Overnight: 4.58 million<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34307519</ref> | * [[BBC One]] Overnight: 4.58 million<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34307519</ref> | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* Clara mentions that it has been "ages" since she last saw | * Clara mentions that it has been "ages" since she last saw [[Missy]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'') | ||
* Clara says the Doctor will "go Scottish" if UNIT doesn't have a reason for calling him. ([[TV]]: ''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]]'') | * Clara says the Doctor will "go Scottish" if UNIT doesn't have a reason for calling him. ([[TV]]: ''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]]'') | ||
* Missy reintroduces herself to [[ | * Missy reintroduces herself to [[UNIT]] on their computer screens with her song "Hey Missy". ([[TV]]: ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'') | ||
* Missy treats her apparent resurrection as no big deal, having been shot by a [[Cyberman]] in full view of Clara and the Doctor on [[Earth]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'') | * Missy treats her apparent resurrection as no big deal, having been shot by a [[Cyberman]] in full view of Clara and the Doctor on [[Earth]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'') There have been several instances where {{Ainley}} has escaped from certain death with no explanation as to how they survived. ([[TV]]: ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'', ''[[Planet of Fire (TV story)|Planet of Fire]]'', ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'') | ||
* Clara considers herself the Doctor's best friend. ([[TV]]: ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'') | * Clara considers herself the Doctor's best friend. ([[TV]]: ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'') | ||
* [[Jac (The Magician's Apprentice)|Jac]] tells [[Kate Stewart|Kate]] that they are scanning for key words such as "Doctor" and "Blue box"; both were key words used in attempts at finding the [[Ninth Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'') | * [[Jac (The Magician's Apprentice)|Jac]] tells [[Kate Stewart|Kate]] that they are scanning for key words such as "Doctor" and "Blue box"; both were key words used in attempts at finding the [[Ninth Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'') | ||
* Missy says a [[Time Lord]] is supposed to die after meditation, in which they show their acceptance of it. ([[WC]]: ''[[Prologue (webcast)|Prologue]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Meditation (TV story)|The Doctor's Meditation]]'') | * Missy says a [[Time Lord]] is supposed to die after meditation, in which they show their acceptance of it. ([[WC]]: ''[[Prologue (webcast)|Prologue]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Meditation (TV story)|The Doctor's Meditation]]'') | ||
* The Doctor reminds Clara he and Missy have known each other a long time. ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]''; [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dark Path]]'') | * The Doctor reminds Clara he and Missy have known each other a long time. ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]''; [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dark Path (novel)|The Dark Path]]'') | ||
* Missy describes vortex manipulator time travel as "cheap and nasty". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'') | * Missy describes vortex manipulator time travel as "cheap and nasty". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'') | ||
* Missy asks Clara if [[Danny Pink]] is still dead. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dark Water (TV story)|Dark Water]]'', ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'') | * Missy asks Clara if [[Danny Pink]] is still dead. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dark Water (TV story)|Dark Water]]'', ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'') | ||
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* The Doctor says he no longer has a screwdriver. He had earlier stopped using his screwdriver when it was destroyed by the Terrileptils during his [[Fifth Doctor|fifth incarnation]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Visitation (TV story)|The Visitation]]'') and would not reuse it until his [[seventh incarnation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') | * The Doctor says he no longer has a screwdriver. He had earlier stopped using his screwdriver when it was destroyed by the Terrileptils during his [[Fifth Doctor|fifth incarnation]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Visitation (TV story)|The Visitation]]'') and would not reuse it until his [[seventh incarnation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') | ||
* Bors becomes a [[Dalek puppet]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)|Asylum of the Daleks]]'', ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'') | * Bors becomes a [[Dalek puppet]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)|Asylum of the Daleks]]'', ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'') | ||
* The Doctor says Davros is a child of the [[Thousand Year War]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Innocence (audio story)|Innocence]]'') | * The Doctor says Davros is a child of the [[Thousand Year War]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Innocence (audio story)|Innocence]]'') | ||
* Davros replays footage to the Doctor of some of their earlier confrontations featuring his previous incarnations. ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)|Resurrection of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)|Revelation of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'', ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'') | * Davros replays footage to the Doctor of some of their earlier confrontations featuring his previous incarnations. ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)|Resurrection of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)|Revelation of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'', ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'') | ||
* Clara is still teaching classes about [[Jane Austen]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Caretaker (TV story)|The Caretaker]]'') | * Clara is still teaching classes about [[Jane Austen]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Caretaker (TV story)|The Caretaker]]'') | ||
* The Doctor had previously contemplated his death on a battlefield, at [[Trenzalore]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'') | * The Doctor had previously contemplated his death on a battlefield, at [[Trenzalore]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'') | ||
* As UNIT tracks locations that the Doctor has visited in the past across the globe in an attempt to [[deduce]] where he could have gone for his last destination, Jac notes [[San Martino]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Masque of Mandragora (TV story)|The Masque of Mandragora]]'') [[Troy]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Myth Makers (TV story)|The Myth Makers]]'') multiple visits to [[New York (state)|New York]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'', ''[[Daleks in Manhattan]]'') and three possible versions of [[Atlantis]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Underwater Menace (TV story)|The Underwater Menace]]'', ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'', ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]'') | * As UNIT tracks locations that the Doctor has visited in the past across the globe in an attempt to [[deduce]] where he could have gone for his last destination, Jac notes [[San Martino]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Masque of Mandragora (TV story)|The Masque of Mandragora]]'') [[Troy]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Myth Makers (TV story)|The Myth Makers]]'') multiple visits to [[New York (state)|New York]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'', ''[[Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)|Daleks in Manhattan]]'') and three possible versions of [[Atlantis]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Underwater Menace (TV story)|The Underwater Menace]]'', ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'', ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]'') | ||
* The Doctor concludes that the war must | * The Doctor concludes that the war must have been going on for a long time, judging by the mix of technology. The [[Fourth Doctor]] made the same observation on the war when he arrived at the [[creation of the Daleks]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'') | ||
* Missy offers to teach the Daleks how to operate the TARDIS in exchange for her life. The [[First Doctor]]made a similar bargain with them when first meeting them, though | * Missy offers to teach the Daleks how to operate the TARDIS in exchange for her life. The [[First Doctor]] made a similar bargain with them when first meeting them, though he bargained for [[Susan Foreman]]'s life as well. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'') | ||
* Davros believes the Doctor's greatest weakness is his compassion. The Daleks have previously made the same observation. ([[TV]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]'') | * Davros believes the Doctor's greatest weakness is his compassion. The Daleks have previously made the same observation. ([[TV]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]'') | ||
* The life forms which became the Daleks were humanoids. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'', ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'') | * The life forms which became the Daleks were humanoids. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'', ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'') | ||
* The Master and the Daleks worked together | * The Master and the Daleks have previously worked together. ([[TV]]: ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'') | ||
* Clara combines her computer skills and talent for understanding behaviour to find the Doctor. She previously did the same to find | * Clara combines her computer skills and talent for understanding behaviour to find the Doctor. She previously did the same to find [[Rosemary Kizlet]]'s uploaded victims. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Bells of Saint John (TV story)|The Bells of Saint John]]'') | ||
* The Doctor uses a [[Magpie Electricals]] amplifier with his guitar. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)|The Idiot's Lantern]]'') | * The Doctor uses a [[Magpie Electricals]] amplifier with his guitar. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)|The Idiot's Lantern]]'') | ||
* When Clara states her anger to the Doctor for having sent his Confession Dial to Missy, she pointed out that he sent it because he thought (or hoped, which she calls worse) that Missy was still alive since they both saw her "death". When the Doctor revealed the truth about them being on the [[Orient Express (spacecraft)|Orient Express]], he countered her accusing him of knowing that something was going on by stating that he hoped this was so. ([[TV]]: ''[[Mummy on the Orient Express (TV story)|Mummy on the Orient Express]]'') | |||
* The Daleks previously encountered numerous planets hidden from sight by their inhabitants. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Archives of Phryne (comic story)|The Archives of Phryne]]'') The Daleks themselves later did the same to Skaro to hide from the [[Collector]]<nowiki/>s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Heart of TARDIS (novel)|Heart of TARDIS]]'') | |||
== Home video releases == | == Home video releases == | ||
=== DVD releases === | === DVD & Blu-ray releases === | ||
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* ''The Magician's Apprentice'' was released as part of the Series 9, Part One DVD and Blu-ray boxsets in region 1/A on [[3 November (releases)|3 November]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]], in region 2/B on [[2 November (releases)|2 November]] 2015 and in region 4/B on [[4 November (releases)|4 November]] 2015. | |||
* It was later released as part of the Complete Ninth Series DVD and Blu-ray boxsets in region 1/A on [[5 April (releases)|5 April]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]], in region 2/B on [[7 March (releases)|7 March]] 2016 and in region 4/B on [[9 March (releases)|9 March]] 2016. | |||
===Digital releases=== | |||
== | * In the United Kingdom, this story is available on [[BBC iPlayer]]. | ||
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* Transcript of [http://www.chakoteya.net/DoctorWho/35-1.html ''The Magicians Apprentice''] at ''[http://www.chakoteya.net Chrissie's Transcripts Site]'' | |||
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