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|series          = [[Doctor Who television stories|''Doctor Who'' television stories]]
|series          = [[Doctor Who television stories|''Doctor Who'' television stories]]
|season number  = Series 12 (Doctor Who)
|season number  = Series 12 (Doctor Who 2005)
|series episode number = 1
|series episode number = 1
|series episode number2 = 2
|series episode number2 = 2
|story number    = 287
|story number    = 288
|epcount        = 2
|epcount        = 2
|adapted into    = Spyfall (short story) <!-- It's a short story, not a novelisation-->
|doctor          = Thirteenth Doctor
|doctor          = Thirteenth Doctor
|companions      = [[Graham O'Brien|Graham]], [[Ryan Sinclair|Ryan]], [[Yasmin Khan|Yaz]]
|companions      = [[Graham O'Brien|Graham]], [[Yasmin Khan|Yaz]], [[Ryan Sinclair|Ryan]], [[Ada Lovelace|Ada]], [[Noor Inayat Khan|Noor]]
|featuring      = MI6
|featuring      = Charles Babbage{{!}}Babbage
|featuring2      = Ada Lovelace
|enemy          = The [[Spy Master]], [[Daniel Barton]], [[Kasaavin]]
|featuring3      = <!--Noor Inayat Khan-->
|enemy          = {{Dhawan|c}}, [[Daniel Barton]], [[Kasaavin]]
|setting        = [[Sheffield]], [[London]], [[Great Victoria Desert]], [[San Francisco]], [[Vallis Estate]], [[Essex]], [[2020]]; [[London]], [[1834]]; [[Paris]], [[1943]]; [[Kasaavin realm]]
|setting        = [[Sheffield]], [[London]], [[Great Victoria Desert]], [[San Francisco]], [[Vallis Estate]], [[Essex]], [[2020]]; [[London]], [[1834]]; [[Paris]], [[1943]]; [[Kasaavin realm]]
|writer          = [[Chris Chibnall]]
|writer          = Chris Chibnall
|director        = {{il|[[Jamie Magnus Stone]] {{sm|(part one)}}|[[Lee Haven Jones]] {{sm|(part two)}}}}
|director        = {{il|[[Jamie Magnus Stone]] {{sm|(part one)}}|[[Lee Haven Jones]] {{sm|(part two)}}}}
|producer        = [[Alex Mercer]]
|producer        = [[Alex Mercer]]
|broadcast date  = [[1 January (releases)|1]]–[[5 January (releases)|5 January]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]]
|broadcast date  = 1 - 5 January 2020
|network        = [[BBC One]]
|network        = BBC One
|format          = 2 x 60 minute episodes
|format          = 2 x 60 minute episodes
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|trailer        = COMING SOON Spyfall Part Two Doctor Who
|trailer        = COMING SOON Spyfall Part Two Doctor Who
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|trailer2        = Episode 2 Next Time Trailer Spyfall Part Two Doctor Who Series 12
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'''''Spyfall''''' was the two-part opening story to [[series 12 (Doctor Who)|series 12]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. It saw the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] and [[Team TARDIS|company]] team up with [[MI6]], and re-introduced {{Dhawan}}, now in a new incarnation played by [[Sacha Dhawan]].
'''''Spyfall''''' was the two-part opening story to [[series 12 (Doctor Who 2005)|series 12]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. It saw the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] and [[Team TARDIS|company]] team up with [[MI6]], and re-introduced [[the Master]], now in [[Spy Master|a new incarnation]] played by [[Sacha Dhawan]].


The Doctor's home planet [[Gallifrey]] also made a return, having not been seen since the [[Twelfth Doctor]] ran away once more in ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'', with [[the Citadel]] now in ruins and the Times Lords implied dead at the Master's hand. In an ongoing [[story arc]], the Master reveals that he has uncovered a secret about the [[Time Lord]]s' history, connected to the [[Timeless Child]].
The Doctor's home planet [[Gallifrey]] also made a return, having not been seen since the [[Twelfth Doctor]] ran away once more in ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'', with the [[Capitol]] now in ruins and the Time Lords implied dead at the Master's hand. In an ongoing [[story arc]], the Master reveals that he has uncovered a secret about the [[Time Lord]]s' history, connected to the [[Timeless Child]]. Additionally, the Doctor is shown a flashback of the [[Remnant]]s on [[Desolation]] and a vision of a young girl by a tall structure on a planet with a purple sky.


The two-parter also saw two classic series features making a return: the Master's [[Tissue Compression Eliminator]], and Time Lord [[telepathic contact]], which the Doctor and the Master once again use to communicate via [[psychic link]].
The two-parter also saw three classic series features making a return: the Master's [[Tissue Compression Eliminator]], [[The Master's TARDIS]], and Time Lord [[telepathic contact]], which the Doctor and the Master once again use to communicate via [[psychic link]].


The story further introduced a new wall-breaking aspect to the [[Time Vortex]]. Now, when the TARDIS breaks into Gallifrey's "time bubble", the vortex changes from its normal appearance in purple to resemble an orange ball of flaming fire.
The story further introduced a new wall-breaking aspect to the [[Time Vortex]]. Now, when the TARDIS breaks into Gallifrey's "time bubble", the vortex changes from its normal appearance in purple to resemble an orange ball of flaming fire.


== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
The security of the entire world is at stake, so head of [[MI6]], [[C (Spyfall)|C]], enlists the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] and her team to investigate former agent spy [[Daniel Barton]] to see if he's been turned against them. Meanwhile an alien threat that can pass through walls, even those of [[the TARDIS]], known as the [[Kasaavin]] is wiping out spy organisations all over the planet. Can former MI6 agent "[[O (Spyfall)|O]]" help them, or [[The Master|is he not who he claims to be]]?
The security of the entire world is at stake, so the head of [[MI6]], [[C (Spyfall)|C]], enlists the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] and her team to investigate former agent spy [[Daniel Barton]] to see if he's been turned against them. Meanwhile, an alien threat that can pass through walls, even those of [[the TARDIS]], known as the [[Kasaavin]] is wiping out spy organisations all over the planet. Can former MI6 agent "[[O (Spyfall)|O]]" help them, or is he not who he claims to be?
 
Having been separated from her friends, the Doctor must figure out a way of stopping the Kasaavin and [[The Master|a familiar foe]] before their plan is put into action. Can she reach her friends and save the world with only a [[sonic screwdriver]] to help her?  


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
=== Part One ===
=== Part One ===
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In various locations around the world, a [[Sniper (Spyfall)|sniper]], a [[Passenger 2 (Spyfall)|spy]] on a plane, and an [[US operative (Spyfall)|American operative]] are attacked by unknown creatures appearing out of the walls. In [[Sheffield]], [[Yorkshire]], [[Ryan Sinclair]] plays [[basketball]] with his friends. After a missed shot, Ryan and his friend [[Tibo]] have a chat, talking about his absence due to his [[The TARDIS|TARDIS]] travels - all of which have been blamed on different illnesses. They stop talking as they see a car parked in front of them and men in black suits standing by.
On the [[Ivory Coast]], a [[Sniper (Spyfall)|sniper]] observes a vehicle, presumably containing her target. However, before she can take a shot, she is attacked from behind by an unknown creature.
 
At their flat, [[Sonya Khan|Sonya]] pesters [[Yasmin Khan]] for Ryan's [[phone number]] while Yaz is packing. [[Najia Khan|Najia]] is annoyed at that this is the third secondment Yaz been selected for during her probation period, although Yaz feigns being proud. Outside the [[Hallamshire Police]] station, [[Ramesh Sunder]], Yaz's superior officer, does not approve either. He asks if she is on undercover work but is interrupted by two men in suits requesting Yaz.


On a [[aeroplane|passenger aeroplane]] above the [[Pacific Ocean]], en route to [[Tokyo]], a [[Passenger 2 (Spyfall)|passenger]] is handed a [[washbag]] by an [[Passenger 1 (Spyfall)|older passenger]]. Hiding within the cabin toilet, she finds [[microfilm]] hidden within the bag, which she observes and swallows. After this, she is attacked from behind by another creature.
At his doctor's office, [[Graham O'Brien]] rolls up his sleeve. His doctor notes how the time has flown since his procedure four years ago. He asks some routine questions then offers condolences on his wife. Graham mentions that he is travelling, then leaves the office and sees a parked car with two men in black suits.


In [[Moscow]], an [[US operative (Spyfall)|American operative]] returns to his safehouse in an attempt to escape a pursuer. As he calls for extraction, he looks above to see one of the creatures phasing through the ceiling. Unable to move, he only watches in horror as it attacks him.
At a garage, the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] has [[the Doctor's TARDIS|her TARDIS]] upon a car lift, performing engineering works on its underside. She leaves a [[Voicemail|group voice message]] to her [[Team TARDIS|"fam"]] on her [[mobile phone]], saying they are late. She hangs up and turns to see three parked cars and six men in dark grey suits, one of them approaching her. She greets them, noting they are "rocking the ominous look". The man says her friends are in the car, so the Doctor goes with them.


In [[Sheffield]], [[Yorkshire]], [[Ryan Sinclair]] is playing [[basketball]] with his friends. After a [[Dyspraxia|missed shot]], Ryan and his friend [[Tibo]] have a chat, talking about his absence due to his [[The TARDIS|TARDIS]] travels - all of which have been blamed on [[appendicitis]], a [[hernia]] and a [[detached]] [[retina]]. They stop talking as they see a car parked in front of them and men in black suits standing by.
With the companions in the back seat and the Doctor in the passenger seat, the man drives them somewhere, guided by [[SatNav]]. Suddenly, the SatNav starts to corrupt, then a red beam shoots from it, vapourising the driver. The car stops in the middle of the road and the doors lock by themselves. The Doctor tries to use her [[sonic screwdriver]] but the SatNav starts up again, noting that in five seconds, they will die. The car then starts up again, driving in reverse while the Doctor tries to stop it. The Doctor eventually grabs the rearview mirror and uses it to reflect a beam to the SatNav, destroying it. The car stops just before falling off the end of the road. A man that is known only as "[[C (Spyfall)|C]]" starts talking over the car's speaker and convinces the Doctor to come to [[MI6]] in [[London]].


At their flat, [[Sonya Khan|Sonya]] is pestering [[Yasmin Khan]] for Ryan's [[phone number]] while Yaz is packing. [[Hakim Khan|Hakim]] attempts to get the [[Alexa (device)|Alexa]] to work, and [[Najia Khan|Najia]] looks at a piece of paper, scorning, and says to Yaz that this is the third [[secondment]] she's been selected for, all during her [[probation]] period. Yaz is proud, but Najia pushes on.
The team arrives at MI6 with the TARDIS in tow. C greets them at the top of the stairs but mistakenly addresses Graham as the Doctor. When his assistant [[Franklin (Spyfall)|Franklin]] corrects him, he notes "I read the files, the Doctor is a man." The Doctor replies that she has "had an upgrade". C announces that he is authorised by "every security agency around the globe" to ask for the Doctor's help.


Outside the [[Hallamshire Police]] station, [[Ramesh Sunder]], Yaz's superior officer, does not approve, thinking he is losing his best probationer. He asks if this is undercover work but they stop talking as two men in suits appear requesting Yaz.
C tells the team that intelligence officers of all nationalities around the globe have been attacked, potentially by aliens. Leading the team into a room, the [[Passenger 2 (Spyfall)|passenger]] attacked from the Tokyo flight is present, alone on a hospital bed. C reveals that the passenger's [[DNA]] has been rewritten to no longer be human. The Doctor states that this is beyond any human technology. Hearing so, C formally recruits the Doctor to help save the planet.


At his doctor's office, [[Graham O'Brien]] is rolling up his sleeve. His doctor notes how the time has flown since his procedure 4 years ago. He asks some routine questions, then offers condolences on his wife. He proffers a tablet for Graham to sign, which he does, and mentions that he's travelling. Graham leaves the office and sees a parked car with two men in black suits.
In his office, C provides Team TARDIS with briefcases of spy equipment. He reveals that all of the assassinated agents were working leads related to [[Daniel Barton]], the founder of [[VOR]], a modern tech company that is more powerful than most nations. The Doctor says she will need C's best man, but he replies that he fired him, as alien issues are not MI6's area. Irritated, the Doctor sends the former agent who she is acquainted with a [[voicemail]] to reveal his location, receiving an image of a fish in reply. C warns that Barton used to work for him but is likely now a [[spy|double or triple agent]]. Before he can explain further, an unseen sniper kills C and starts shooting at the team. They flee to the TARDIS as the alien figures start phasing through the office walls.


At [[M.O.T.]], the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] has [[the Doctor's TARDIS|her TARDIS]] up on a [[car lift]]. She's wearing dark-tinted [[goggles]] and a worker's apron. Cables and tubes are hanging down from the TARDIS's bottom. The Doctor is leaving a [[Voicemail|group voice message]] to her [[Team TARDIS|"fam"]] on her [[mobile phone]], saying they are late. She hangs up and turns to see three parked cars and six men in dark grey suits, one of them approaching her. She greets them, noting they are "rocking the ominous look". The man says her friends are in the car. The Doctor goes with them.
In the TARDIS, the Doctor analyses the [[steganography]] of the fish picture and determines the agent's location is the Australian [[Outback]]. A figure starts to phase through the TARDIS doors but fails when the Doctor engages the engines. Unable to get a reading, the Doctor decides the team should split up. She and Graham go to Australia to meet the former agent, while Yaz and Ryan go to VOR. Along with the spy equipment they got from C, the Doctor also gives Yaz and Ryan a bioscanner disguised as a digital audio recorder and sends them off, telling them to trust no-one.


With the companions in the backseat and the Doctor in the passenger seat, the man is driving them somewhere, guided by [[SatNav]]. Suddenly, the SatNav starts to fritz out, then a red beam shoots from it, killing the driver. The car stops in the middle of the road and the doors lock by themselves.  The Doctor tries to use her [[sonic screwdriver]], but the SatNav starts up again, noting that in 5 seconds, they will all die. The car then starts up again, driving in reverse while the Doctor tries to stop it. Red beams shoot from the SatNav. The Doctor grabs the [[rearview mirror]] and uses it to reflect a beam back to the SatNav, destroying it. The car stops just before falling off the end of the road. "[[C (Spyfall)|C]]" talks over the car's speaker, and convinces the Doctor to come to [[MI6]], in [[London]].
In [[San Francisco]], Ryan hacks Barton's diary to arrange a meeting with him. Yaz and Ryan enter VOR headquarters, pretending to be a [[journalist]] called Sofia and her photographer Logan Jackson, and are greeted inside by Barton and his assistant. The group heads to Barton's office.


The team arrives at MI6. As they climb the stairs inside, the Doctor sees the TARDIS and notes that it's arrived undamaged. Graham remarks in wonder that he's always wanted to be a spy, and Ryan banters with him that he would be a terrible spy. "C" greets them at the top of the stairs, but mistakenly addresses Graham as the Doctor. When his assistant [[Franklin (Spyfall)|Franklin]] corrects him, he notes "I read the files, the Doctor is a man." The Doctor replies that she's "had an upgrade". "C" verbally defends himself from the Doctor's and Yaz's accusations and slights, then announces that he is authorised by "every [[security agency]] around the globe" and asks for help.  
Meanwhile, the TARDIS materialises in the [[Great Victoria Desert]]. Former MI6 agent "[[O (Spyfall)|O]]" and two [[Australian Secret Service]] agents, [[Seesay]] and [[Browning (Spyfall)|Browning]], greet the Doctor and Graham. Inside O's house, he and the Doctor discuss the situation, and Graham reveals O's security setup. O states he is cautious, believing the threat will follow the Doctor to him.


While walking down the corridor, "C" tells the team that intelligence officers of all nationalities around the globe have been attacked, potentially by aliens. Arriving at a door, "C" uses a wall-mounted [[hand scanner]] to access the room and leads the team in. The [[Passenger 2 (Spyfall)|passenger]] attacked from the Tokyo flight is present, on a hospital bed. "C" hands the Doctor a tablet, revealing the passenger's [[DNA]] has been rewritten. The Doctor mentions that this is beyond any human technology.  
In Barton's office, he confesses he only granted Yaz the interview because they are [[British|Brits]] and his mum reads their paper. Yaz uses the bioscanner discreetly while Barton electronically verifies Yaz and Ryan's false identities. With Barton's approval, Yaz proceeds with the interview, while Ryan photographs Barton and duplicates his security badge. However, Barton's phone buzzes and he cuts the interview short; before leaving, he invites Yaz and Ryan to his house for his birthday party the next day as an apology. Despite Ryan's insistence on snooping around, Yaz is worried because her scan indicates Barton has only 93% human DNA.


In his office, "C" provides Team TARDIS with three briefcases of [[spy equipment]]. "C" reveals that all of the assassinated agents were working leads related to [[Daniel Barton]], the founder and CEO of [[VOR]], a modern tech company that is more powerful than most governments. The Doctor says she'll need his best man, but C replies that he fired him, as alien issues are not MI6's area. Irritated, the Doctor sends the former agent a [[voicemail]], receiving an fish image in reply. "C" warns that Barton is likely now a [[spy|double- or triple-agent]] but an unseen [[sniper]] kills "C" before he can say more, and starts shooting at the team. The team flees to the TARDIS as [[Kasaavin]] start phasing through the office walls.  
At O's house that night, something starts tripping the movement sensors. Seesay and Browning insist on staying outside to protect them as a luminescent figure appears. Suddenly, a large group materialises and they attack the two secret service agents, leaving nothing left. They begin surrounding the house, only for O's security field to take out all but one. As the last one enters the house, a glass cage lands upon it and the creature is electrocuted, keeping it inside. It finally speaks to the Doctor, revealing itself to be from "far beyond your understanding" and is ready to take over the universe.


In the TARDIS, the Doctor analyses the [[steganography]] of the fish picture and determines the agent's location is the [[Outback]]. A Kasaavin starts to phase through the TARDIS door, but fails when the Doctor engages the engines. The Doctor scans the doors with her sonic screwdriver but does not get a reading. The Doctor decides the team should split up. She and Graham go to Australia to meet the former agent, while Yaz and Ryan go to VOR. Along with the spy equipment they got from "C", the Doctor also gives Yaz and Ryan a [[bioscanner]] disguised as a digital recorder.
That night at VOR HQ, Yaz and Ryan wait until Barton has left and they use his copied security pass to access his office. As Yaz copies all his computer's files, Barton re-enters the building and the two are forced to hide behind a sofa. Although Barton only enters for his bag, he tells them to "show yourselves", only for two more of the glowing figures to arrive. They discuss continuing their project before Barton leaves. Just as Yaz and Ryan prepare to depart as well, another glowing figure attacks Yaz, making her disappear. Ryan has no choice but to flee.


Ryan hacks Barton's diary arrange a meeting with him. Ryan is getting panicky but Yaz calms him down. Yaz and Ryan enter VOR headquarters in [[San Francisco]] as a [[journalist]] and her [[photographer]] and are greeted inside by Barton and his assistant.
Yaz wakes up in an alien landscape, surrounded by giant stalks, finding herself entirely alone. As the Doctor notices the aliens are fighting back, more appear inside VOR HQ as Ryan leaves. Yaz is attacked by a bright light and suddenly appears inside the creature's cage at O's house, just as Ryan phones the Doctor. She goes to pick him up and they regroup.


The TARDIS materializes in the [[Great Victoria Desert]]. Former MI6 agent "[[O (Spyfall)|O]]" and two [[Australian Secret Service]] agents, [[Seesay]] and [[Browning (Spyfall)|Browning]] greet the Doctor and Graham. The Doctor asks if she can look around, and proceeds into O's house without waiting for an answer. Inside, "O" and the Doctor discuss the situation, and Graham reveals "O"'s security setup. "O" states he is cautious, believing the threat will follow the Doctor to him.
The next morning, Ryan comforts a shaken Yaz. Meanwhile, O quizzes Graham over what little he knows of the Doctor. O offers to share his findings before the Doctor orders them to discuss the situation. The Doctor discovers some alien code hidden the deepest recess of Barton's system and finds it is in an almost unknown language. Inside, the Doctor attempts to decrypt the image, eventually revealing itself as the creatures' locations across the Earth. However, the image of Earth replicates and O suggests tracking down the spymaster - in this case, Barton. The Doctor decides to hack his party's guest list and head there with O in the TARDIS.


In Barton's office, he confesses he only granted Yaz the interview because they are "[[British|Brits]]" and his mum reads their paper. Yaz uses the bioscanner discreetly while Barton electronically verifies Yaz and Ryan's false identities. With Barton's approval, Yaz proceeds with the interview, while Ryan photographs Barton and uses a spy feature of the camera to duplicate Barton's security badge. Barton's mobile phone buzzes and he cuts the interview short; before leaving, he invites Yaz and Ryan to his house for his birthday party the next day as an apology. Ryan notes that he has duplicated the ID badge, but Yaz is worried because her scan indicates Barton has only 93% human DNA.  
Joined by O, the group lands in a vineyard in dinner jackets to investigate Barton. However, as they enter, Barton receives footage of Yaz and Ryan's spy work. The group attempt to mingle. After being confronted by the Doctor, Barton denies all accusations put to him and angrily leaves in his car.


Graham and the Doctor find O in the Australian outback. In their separate investigations, both groups encounter the same luminescent alien entities, who appear to be cooperating with Barton. In Australia, the Doctor is able to capture one of the lifeforms who reveals their intent to occupy the universe. While sneaking into VOR's headquarters with Ryan, Yaz is attacked by one such entity and transported to a strange environment. The captured alien frees itself by swapping with Yaz, leaving her in O's base. Ryan is brought to Australia and regroups with Yaz, Graham and the Doctor.
The Doctor, Graham, and Yaz pursue Barton on motorbikes, with Ryan and O as passengers. Driving through the vineyard, Barton shoots at them, but they miss as Barton escapes to his private jet. The group hides in the hangar and plan to jump on with him.


Joined by O, the four investigate Barton at his birthday party. After being confronted by the Doctor, Barton denies all accusations put to him and angrily leaves in his car. The Doctor and her companions pursue Barton on motorbikes to his private jet. Leaping aboard the jet, O reveals he is actually the Master having been in control of Barton and the aliens, a race known as the Kasaavins, the whole time. Barton then disappears from the pilot seat, leaving a bomb in his place. The Master says to the Doctor, "One thing I should tell you in the seconds before you die: Everything that you think you know, is a lie". The device detonates, shattering the nose of the plane and sending it into a nose dive. The Master then manages to escape and two of the aliens cause the Doctor to disappear from the plane, reappearing in the same environment Yaz was in earlier, leaving the others in the falling plane.
Leaping aboard the jet, O admits he was never a good runner. The Doctor knows he's lying, as he was a champion sprinter at school. Dropping the act, O admits he isn't who he is claiming to be while the Doctor and her companions find his house flying parallel to the plane. O admits he has been the spymaster all along - specifically, "the spy... Master" revealing himself to have been the Doctor's old friend and enemy all along having been in control of Barton and the aliens the whole time. Gleefully the Master tells the Doctor that he ambushed and killed the real O on his first day at MI6 using tissue compression and stole his identity to hide on Earth and infiltrate the organisation. Barton disappears from the pilot seat, leaving a bomb in his place that is immune to the sonic.
 
Before leaving, the Master summons two of the aliens just as the device detonates, shattering the nose of the plane and sending it into a nosedive. The Master says to the Doctor that "everything that you think you know is a lie", grins at her saying “gotcha”, then the aliens teleport him away. Suddenly, two of them do the same to the Doctor, with her reappearing in the same environment Yaz was in earlier. The others are left helpless in the falling plane, hurtling towards the ground.


=== Part Two ===
=== Part Two ===
In the aliens' dimension, the Doctor meets computer pioneer Ada Lovelace and grabs her hand when a Kasaavin appears, transporting them to an invention exhibition in 1834, where they encounter the Master. The Doctor realises the Master does not fully understand the Kasaavins when he asks her how she escaped their dimension. Ada takes her to the residence of polymath Charles Babbage, where the Doctor summons a Kasaavin via a figurine identical to the one in Barton's office, hoping to return to the 21st century. Ada grabs the Doctor's hand as she fades and they travel to Paris during World War II in 1943. They are rescued by British spy Noor Inayat Khan, with the Master posing as a Nazi officer through the use of a perception filter.
The Doctor wakes up to find herself in the alien's dimension, where she reminds herself to not panic. On the crashing plane, Graham, Yaz, and Ryan are panicking, but Ryan spots a series of plaques underneath the seats with his name on and arrows to grab his attention. They lead him to a seat containing a sheet titled "How to Land a Plane Without a Cockpit" and he decides to try it out. Meanwhile, the Doctor discovers a young woman wearing early 19th-century clothes in the alien realm with her, but she appears calm about the situation.
 
In the plane, the instructions lead to Ryan plugging his phone into an under-floor cable, at which point the Doctor appears on the overhead screens. She tells them that they are not going to die and an app titled "Piloting Made Easy" has been installed on Ryan's phone. With the simple controls, they use it to successfully level out the plane.
 
The woman in the alien dimension names herself as [[Ada Lovelace|Ada]] and reveals that she believes to be inside her imagination while she is paralysed in real life, and has visited the location many times before. Eventually, light gathers around her and one of the glowing aliens appears and Ada uses it to offer a way out to the Doctor. The two hold hands and they vanish. Meanwhile, the plane automatically returns to its programmed flight pattern and the group wait to see where it will land.
 
In [[the Master's TARDIS]] (still in the form of his Australian hut) the Master video calls Barton about the success of their plan. However, Barton is notified of the plane returning to normal. Frustrated, the Master promises to find the Doctor while Barton works on her friends.
 
The Doctor and Ava land back in Ava's time - a science convention [[1834]] [[London]]. The Doctor brushes off her appearance as "the Marvellous Apparating Man", before correcting herself. She promises to find her fam any way she can. The rest of the group have landed in [[Essex]] and decide, via Barton's hacked diary, to visit his keynote speech in London the next night, but without him realising they are still alive. Barton starts trying to track them down.
 
The Doctor attempts to explain herself and her situation to Ava, before the Master arrives in Victorian clothes, using his [[Tissue Compression Eliminator]] to kill innocent bystanders. The Doctor makes herself known to stop the chaos and he forces her to kneel before him. The Master inadvertently reveals that he knows almost nothing of the creatures except their general interests and their name - the [[Kasaavin]]. The Master attempts to bring the Doctor "news from home" but Ada shoots him in the arm with a steam machine gun and the two escape, although with no TARDIS to help them.
 
In 2020, the Doctor's friends attempt to formulate a plan as Barton phones all of them at once. He reveals he has tracked down all their personal information and has revoked their freedom of movement, just as their faces appear on an advertising screen, marking them as wanted for hijacking. Barton dares them to go off-grid, so Ryan stomps on all their phones and they run.
 
Ada leads the Doctor to a colleague's house who the Doctor realises is famous polymath [[Charles Babbage]], and therefore, Ada is Ada Lovelace, one of the first-ever computer scientists, although she is calling herself Ada Gordon at this time. Babbage points them to a statue called the Silver Lady that Barton and the Master later owned and the Doctor realises it has projected the Kasaavin to Ada since she was young as part of [[Kasaavin invasion|their plan]] to place spies, not on multiple Earths, but multiple periods of Earth. She sonics the statue and a Kasaavin appears, hoping to use it to return to the 21st century, but Ada grabs her hand and they disappear together.
 
That night, Graham, Yaz, and Ryan rest in a disused building site as they try to do what the Doctor would do in this situation. Although they admit they do not know as much about the Doctor as they wish, they also realise they still own some spy gadgets to defend themselves with, just as a group of Kasaavin appear. The Doctor and Ada appear in the middle of a bombing raid, and a nearby woman reveals they have landed in [[1943]] [[Paris]] at night during the German occupation in [[World War II]]. The group hide together as the Master arrives in German army uniform. Back on the building site, the three become surrounded by Kasaavin, though Graham attempts to fend them off with his laser shoe.
 
Somewhere else, in an empty hangar, Barton appears with the Silver Lady in front of an older woman tied to a chair. She is revealed to be his mother and that he wanted to see her on "the last day." As the statue activates, the Kasaavin surround her, filling her with energy as she screams. In Paris, German soldiers enter the woman's apartment as the Doctor and Ada hide under the floorboards. Finding nothing, the Master leaves and the Doctor realises the other woman is [[Noor Inayat Khan]], the first female radio operator to be placed behind enemy lines. The Doctor realises she has been placed here due to Ada coming through the teleport with her and sighs at the enormity of the task at hand.
 
In 2020, Yaz uses a phone box to call home and convince them she is OK. However, the call is being tracked by VOR and they are quickly surrounded by armed men. Despite this, Graham threatens them with his shoe, revealing it all to be a plan, and they steal the men's phones and escape in their car. Elsewhere, the Doctor taps out a four-beat Morse code signal to the Master and the two make telepathic contact. They promise to meet up alone.
 
At the top of the [[Eiffel Tower]], the Doctor and the Master talk. The Master explains he is using a perception filter to fit the Nazis' Aryan stereotype, and that it was he who hijacked the MI6 car and killed C. The Master reveals that he did not bring the Kasaavin to Earth, but were already there as spies. He just "suggested a better plan." Yaz discovers Barton's mother, dead in the hangar, and Barton relays a video message to the trio, calling them "two steps behind" as he has been tested on by the Kasaavin and is about to roll out his plan worldwide.
 
Noor sends a Morse message back to London before her and Ada take a mobile phone the Doctor has given them to find something out of place. They eventually stumble upon the Master's TARDIS, still in its hut form, and phone the Doctor. She does not answer but instead activates her sonic screwdriver. The Master reveals he is simply using Barton and the Kasaavin as part of his plan to destroy the human race before dispensing of his allies. He also states he recently visited [[Gallifrey]] and it has been [[Razing of Gallifrey|burned to the ground]], but he is interrupted by the arrival of Nazi troops, with Noor having outed him as a double agent and the Doctor jamming his perception filter. She leaves as he is turned upon by the soldiers and enters his TARDIS with Ada and Noor, realising the Kasaavin have been tracking people who worked in the development of computers, starting with Ada.
 
In an auditorium, Barton gives his speech, thanking the public for giving all their details to him. He sends them all a text - "Humanity is over. You have three minutes to prepare." He explains that humans are no longer the most efficient things on Earth, but they do make perfect hard drives. As the Silver Lady starts moving and summoning dozens of Kasaavin, everyone's phones activate and Barton prepares to wipe most of humanity's DNA for use as data storage. Graham and Ryan's spy gadgets do not affect the Silver Lady and the Master arrives, having had to live through 77 years of Earth history as his TARDIS was stolen. However, the Silver Lady suddenly stops and Barton storms off into hiding.


The Doctor meets the Master atop the Eiffel Tower, where the Master reveals that he had the Kasaavins kill spies to get the Doctor's attention. He also informs the Doctor that Gallifrey has been destroyed. With help from Ada and Noor, the Doctor destroys his filter and turns the Nazis on the Master, while her group uses his TARDIS to return to the present. Meanwhile, Ryan finds instructions to safely land the plane with help from a recording by the Doctor. Barton has made Graham, Yaz and Ryan persons of interest. They steal one of Barton's cars, taking them to a warehouse where they find his stern mother. Speaking at a conference, Barton reveals that the Kasaavin will rewrite humanity's DNA to utilise its storage capacity as hard drives. The Master, forced to live through the 20th century without his TARDIS, arrives in time to see the figurine device activate, only for it to fail after the Doctor meddles with the device and exposes the Master's treachery, sending the Kasaavins back to their dimension, taking the Master with them, while Barton calls for extraction.
Suddenly, the Doctor enters the hangar with Ada and Noor, revealing she knew Barton would go on to own the statue and re-engineered it so it would shut down upon a mass Kasaavin gathering. The Doctor tells the Kasaavin to leave and plays them her sonic's audio recording of the Master's plan to double-cross them. Furious, the aliens hound upon the Master and he is teleported to their dimension, screaming the Doctor's name. Meanwhile, the Doctor promises to explain everything to her friends and drop Ada and Noor back home but first has to create the materials on the plane that saved the gang's lives. She uses the Master's TARDIS to place everything in the plane as it is being built then gets her ship back from the vineyard.


After having set up the means for her companions to survive the plane crash, the Doctor returns Ada and Noor to their timelines and wipes herself from their memories. She visits Gallifrey's ruins, discovering a confession by the Master on how he ravaged the planet after realising their understanding of Time Lord history was a lie, mentioning the "Timeless Child". Afterwards, her companions bluntly request the Doctor explains who she is. She tells them of what she believes to be her backstory.
First, the Doctor drops off Noor. After promising her the fascists will never win as long as people like her are there, the Doctor wipes her memory and bids her "bonne chance" as she passes out. Next, it is Ada's turn, although she is desperate to keep travelling. Despite begging to not have her memory wiped, the Doctor goes through with it and she wishes her sweet dreams as she leaves.
 
Alone, the Doctor travels to Gallifrey. The entire Capital is destroyed and still burning. Mortified, the Doctor can barely move. Back inside the TARDIS, a geo-activated holographic message from the Master plays, revealing that he did the damage, furious that "the whole existence of our species [was] built on the lie of the [[Timeless Child]]." The Doctor remembers the [[Remnant]]s telling her that name and sees a brief vision of a young girl stood by a tower. The Master says the vision is hidden in all Gallifreyans but refuses to say more.
 
Five adventures later and the Doctor is still deep in thought about the Master's words. The group round on her for not being open about her life and she quickly tells them about where she came from, why she travels, and her relationship with the Master. When Yaz asks if they can visit Gallifrey, she sombrely replies, "another time."


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
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* [[Yasmin Khan]] - [[Mandip Gill]]
* [[Yasmin Khan]] - [[Mandip Gill]]
* [[Ryan Sinclair]] - [[Tosin Cole]]
* [[Ryan Sinclair]] - [[Tosin Cole]]
* {{Dhawan|n=O / The Master}}<ref>Dhawan is credited in ''Part One'' as "O", and in ''Part Two'', as "The Master".</ref> - [[Sacha Dhawan]]
* [[Spy Master|O / The Master]]<ref>Dhawan is credited in ''Part One'' as "O", and in ''Part Two'', as "The Master".</ref> - [[Sacha Dhawan]]
* [[Daniel Barton]] - [[Lenny Henry]]
* [[Daniel Barton]] - [[Lenny Henry]]
* [[C (Spyfall)|C]] - [[Stephen Fry]]
* [[C (Spyfall)|C]] - [[Stephen Fry]]
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* [[Seesay]] - [[Darron Meyer]]
* [[Browning (Spyfall)|Browning]] - [[Dominique Maher]]
* [[Browning (Spyfall)|Browning]] - [[Dominique Maher]]
* [[Inventor (Spyfall)|Inventor]] - [[Andrew Pipe]]
* [[Inventor (Spyfall)|Inventor]] - [[Andrew Piper]]
* [[Airport worker (Spyfall)|Airport Worker]] - [[Tom Ashley]]
* [[Airport worker (Spyfall)|Airport Worker]] - [[Tom Ashley]]
* [[Perkins (Spyfall)|Perkins]] - [[Kenneth Jay]]
* [[Jacob Perkins|Perkins]] - [[Kenneth Jay]]
* [[Daniel Barton's mother|Barton's Mother]] - [[Blanche Williams]]
* [[Daniel Barton's mother|Barton's Mother]] - [[Blanche Williams]]
* Voice of [[Kasaavin]] - [[Struan Rodger]]
* Voice of [[Kasaavin]] - [[Struan Rodger]]
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|Note=Because this site places both episodes of ''Spyfall'' into one single article, it is slightly more difficult to properly represent the crew in the above framework. '''Episodes 1 and 2 did not share the same credits.'''
|Note=Because this site places both episodes of ''Spyfall'' into one single article, it is slightly more difficult to properly represent the crew in the above framework. '''Episodes 1 and 2 did not share the same credits.'''
|Note2=Most notably, Part One was directed by [[Jamie Magnus Stone]], while Part Two was instead directed by [[Lee Haven Jones]].
|Note2=Most notably, Part One was directed by [[Jamie Magnus Stone]], while Part Two was instead directed by [[Lee Haven Jones]]. As a result, these episodes belonged to two different [[production block]]s. [[Rebecca Trotman]] edited both episodes, but was joined by [[Tom Chapman]], who shared the credit with her for Part Two. [[Catherine Goldschmidt]] was the [[director of photography]] on Part One, and [[Ed Moore]] continued this work in Part Two.<br />[[Dan Mumford]] was [[1st AD]] on Part One, while Part Two credited [[Barry Phillips]] in his stead. [[Aina Sabaté-Giralt]] was [[script supervisor]] on Part One, and [[Nicki Coles]] served this role in Part Two's production. [[Nick Murray]] was [[art director]] for Part One, followed by [[Joseph Wynne]] in Part Two, and [[Anwen Haf]] was [[standby art director|''standby'' art director]] in Part One, while [[Cerys Lewis]] did Part Two. Cerys Lewis serves as [[standby props]] person in Part One, instead. The role of [[set decorator]] was split between [[Chris House]], in Part One, and [[Joelle Rumbelow]], who worked on Part Two. [[Martin Broadbent]], as [[set dresser]], was only credited for Part One; [[Atiff Tahir]] and [[John Thomas]], in the same role, only for Part Two. [[Darren Fereday]], [[concept artist]], worked on Part One, and [[Louis Knight]] received this credit for Part Two. [[Benjamin Davis]] and [[György Simán]] were [[graphic designer]]s on Part One and Two, respectively. [[Jenny Tindle]] was a [[costume assistant]] only on Part One, and [[Ian Fowler]] held this title only for Part Two. [[Amy Riley]] was Part One's [[make-up supervisor]], but one of Part Two's [[make-up artist]]s, under returning supervisor [[Emma Cowen]]. [[Megan Bowes]] was a make-up artist credited only on Part One.
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|Note4= In addition to the above, [[Andy Gardiner]] is erroneously credited as "Andy Gardine" in ''Spyfall: Part Two'', while [[John Sinnott]] is credited as "John Sinnot", in ''Part Two'' as well.
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== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Locations ===
=== Locations ===
* [[Kasaavin]] are seen attacking a [[Sniper (Spyfall)|Sniper]] in [[Ivory Coast]] in [[West Africa]], a [[Passenger 1 (Spyfall)|Passenger]] on a plane over the [[Pacific Ocean]] towards [[Tokyo]] and a [[US operative (Spyfall)|US Operative]] in [[Moscow]] in [[Russia]].
* [[Kasaavin]] are seen attacking a [[Sniper (Spyfall)|Sniper]] in [[Ivory Coast]] in [[West Africa]], a [[Passenger 1 (Spyfall)|Passenger]] on a plane over the [[Pacific Ocean]] towards [[Tokyo]] and a [[US operative (Spyfall)|US Operative]] in [[Moscow]] in [[Russia]].
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* [[Daniel Barton's file]] at MI6 mentions [[New York]], [[Japan]], [[China]], the [[Far East]] as well as [[Austin]], [[Texas]].
* [[Daniel Barton's file]] at MI6 mentions [[New York]], [[Japan]], [[China]], the [[Far East]] as well as [[Austin]], [[Texas]].
* The Doctor and team go to the [[Great Victoria Desert]] in [[Australia]].
* The Doctor and team go to the [[Great Victoria Desert]] in [[Australia]].
* The Kasaavin have their own [[Kasaavin realm|reality]] that looks like an underwater location, without [[water]], filled with [[electricity]]-charged kelp.
* The Kasaavin have their own [[Kasaavin realm|reality]] that looks like an underwater location, without [[water]], filled with [[electricity]]-charged kelp. Yaz likens it to [[nothingness]] and [[nowhere]].
** Yaz likens it to [[nothingness]] and [[nowhere]].
* The Doctor parks the TARDIS in the [[Vallis Estate]] [[Vallis Estate vineyard|vineyard]].
* The Doctor parks the TARDIS in the [[Vallis Estate]] [[Vallis Estate vineyard|vineyard]].
* The TARDIS Team once took a trip to the [[Great Kalisperon Bike-Off]].
* The TARDIS Team once took a trip to the [[Great Kalisperon Bike-Off]].
* Barton has [[VOR airport|his own personal airport]].
* Barton has [[VOR airport|an airport]].
* The Master says that MI6 has a "surprisingly good" [[staff canteen]].
* The Master says that MI6 has a "surprisingly good" [[staff canteen]].
* The Doctor says the Kasaavin realm cannot be a [[planet]] nor a [[void]] and wonders if it is a separate [[dimension]] beyond [[Universe|her universe]].
* Ada's Kasaavin takes the Doctor and her to the [[Royal Gallery of Practical Science]] at the [[Royal Adelaide Gallery]] in the [[19th century]] in the middle of an [[auction]] of [[invention]]s.
* The Doctor's [[companion]]s land in [[Essex]], [[Britain]].
* The Doctor tells Ada she's a traveller in [[Space]] and [[Time]].
* An [[advertising screen]] shows an ad with [[mountain]]s.
* The Doctor, Ada and Charles go to [[Charles Babbage's house|his house]].
* The Doctor discovers the concept [[Multiple Earths]] are actually different [[timeline|time periods]].
* Graham, Ryan and Yaz hide at a [[building site]].
* The Doctor and Ada travel to a [[bombsite]] in [[Paris]] in [[1943]] during the [[World War II]].
* Noor takes the Doctor and Ada to [[Noor Inayat Khan's house|her house]].
* The Master has his base in an [[bunker|underground bunker]].
* The Doctor and the Master meet atop the [[Eiffel Tower|Tour Eiffel]].
* The Doctor and the Master talk about [[Jodrell Bank]].
* The Master likens the Kasaavin to [[Russia]], but bigger.
* Daniel Barton holds a [[presentation]] in an [[auditorium]].
* The Doctor travelled to mid-[[2019]] to put a [[fail-safe]] into the [[Silver Lady]].
* [[Gallifrey]] has been burned and ravaged inside its [[bubble universe]].
* The Master kept O in a [[matchbox]] manufactured and [[trademark]]ed in [[London]] in [[1963]].


=== TARDIS ===
=== TARDIS ===
* The Doctor says her repairs are "draining the [[TARDIS water slide|water slide]]s, the [[TARDIS boating lake|boating lake]]s and the [[TARDIS rainforest floor|rainforest floor]]".
* The Doctor says her repairs are "draining the [[TARDIS water slide|water slides]], the [[TARDIS boating lake|boating lakes]] and the [[TARDIS rainforest floor|rainforest floor]]".
* The TARDIS has a [[TARDIS lower substrata|lower substrata]], [[TARDIS wardrobe|wardrobe]] [[TARDIS wardrobe hall|hall]] and [[TARDIS karaoke bus|karaoke buses]].
* The TARDIS has a [[TARDIS lower substrata|lower substrata]], [[TARDIS wardrobe|wardrobe]] [[TARDIS wardrobe hall|hall]] and [[TARDIS karaoke bus|karaoke buses]].
* The Master disguised [[The Master's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] as "O"'s house.
* The Master disguised [[The Master's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] as "O"'s house.
* The Doctor says she and Yaz are fizzing with [[artron energy]].


=== Individuals ===
=== Individuals ===
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* Yaz has been chosen for [[secondment]] at her job.
* Yaz has been chosen for [[secondment]] at her job.
* Yaz is a [[probation]]er at her job.
* Yaz is a [[probation]]er at her job.
* [[Collins (Spyfall)|Mr. Collins]] is Grahams doctor.
* [[Collins (Spyfall)|Mr. Collins]] is Graham's doctor.
* Mr. Collins offers his [[condolence]]s on [[Grace O'Brien]]'s [[death]].
* Mr. Collins offers his [[condolence]]s on [[Grace O'Brien]]'s [[death]].
* [[Franklin (Spyfall)|Franklin]] informs [[C (Spyfall)|C]] about the Doctor's [[regeneration|new change]].
* [[Franklin (Spyfall)|Franklin]] informs [[C (Spyfall)|C]] about the Doctor's [[regeneration|new change]].
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* [[Nick Murry]] once wrote an article on Daniel Barton.
* [[Nick Murry]] once wrote an article on Daniel Barton.
* C's office has the [[Flag of General Davis]] hanging in it.
* C's office has the [[Flag of General Davis]] hanging in it.
* The Doctor once took a [[correspondence]] [[correspondence class|class]].
* The Doctor once took a [[correspondence]] [[correspondence class|class]].
* [[Daniel Barton's aide]] greets "Logan" and "Sofia".
* [[Ethan (Spyfall)|Ethan]] greets "Logan" and "Sofia".
* Barton fired "half" (actually just two) of the [[VOR PR-team]] due to a mix-up.
* Barton fired "half" (actually just two) of the [[VOR PR-team]] due to a mix-up.
* "{{Dhawan|n=O}}" has his own security agents, [[Seesay]] and [[Browning (Spyfall)|Browning]].
* [[Spy Master|"O"]] has his own security agents, [[Seesay]] and [[Browning (Spyfall)|Browning]].
* Barton finds [[Ben Davis]], [[Billie (Spyfall)|Billie]], [[M Porter]] and [[Ellie Simmons (Spyfall)|Ellie Simmons]] among [[Sofia Afzal]] and [[Logan Jackson]].
* Barton finds [[Ben Davis]], [[Billie (Spyfall)|Billie]], [[M Porter]] and [[Ellie Simmons (Spyfall)|Ellie Simmons]] among [[Sofia Afzal]] and [[Logan Jackson]].
* Yaz mentions her title of [[police officer|PC Khan]].
* Yaz mentions her title of [[police officer|PC Khan]].
* The [[Kasaavin]] place agents on everyone important to the development of [[computer]]s through [[history]] starting with [[Ada Lovelace]], including [[Alan Turing]], [[Steve Jobs]] and [[Grace Hopper]].
* Graham threatens to perform a [[soft-shoe shuffle]].
* "O" likens the Kasaavin's light intensity to it taking a [[suicide pill]].
* "O" likens the Kasaavin's light intensity to it taking a [[suicide pill]].
* "O" has [[exile]]d himself away from everything.
* "O" has [[exile]]d himself away from everything.
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* "O" has a whole [[shelf]] of information about the Doctor, however with [[Dating controversy|a lot of inconsistencies]].
* "O" has a whole [[shelf]] of information about the Doctor, however with [[Dating controversy|a lot of inconsistencies]].
* "O" says they should be asking who the [[spymaster]] is.
* "O" says they should be asking who the [[spymaster]] is.
* Barton's [[birthday party]] has a [[Vallis Estate receptionist (Spyfall)|receptionist]] and [[Vallis Estate security guards|security guards]].
* Barton's [[birthday party]] has a [[Vallis Estate receptionist (Spyfall)|receptionist]] and [[Vallis Estate security guards|security guards]]. One of them is named [[Anya (Spyfall)|Anya]].
** One of them is named [[Anya (Spyfall)|Anya]].
* "O" worked as an [[analyst]] in MI6.
* "O" worked as an [[analyst]] in MI6.
* The [[Vallis Estate roulette croupier]] informs Ryan that he won a round.
* The [[Vallis Estate roulette croupier]] informs Ryan that he won a round.
* Daniel Barton has his own [[Daniel Barton's driver|personal driver]].
* Daniel Barton has his own [[Daniel Barton's driver|personal driver]].
* The real "[[O (Spyfall)|O]]" was shrunk by [[The Master#Ravaging Gallifrey|the Master]] via [[tissue compression]] and placed in a [[matchbox]].
* The real "[[O (Spyfall)|O]]" was shrunk by [[The Master#Ravaging Gallifrey|the Master]] via [[tissue compression]] and placed in a [[matchbox]] that was [[trademark]]ed by [[Newman (Spyfall)|Newman]], [[Lambert (Spyfall)|Lambert]] & [[Hussein (Spyfall)|Hussein]].
* The Doctor wonders what the [[Kasaavin energy|energy bolts]] in the [[Kasaavin realm]] are and suggests [[pathway]]s, [[signal]]s and [[synapse]]s.
* The Doctor meets [[Ada Lovelace]] from [[1834]].
* Ryan mentions he can't ride a [[bicycle|bike]] but can fly a [[aeroplane|plane]].
* The Doctor, when questioned about her [[apparition]] out of nowhere, claims herself to be "[[Aliases of the Doctor|The Marvelous Apparating Man/Lady]]".
* The Doctor meets [[Charles Babbage]].
* The [[Airport worker (Spyfall)|airport worker]] at the [[Essex airport]] tells Barton that he would have to do a lot of explaining to the [[Civil Aviation Authority]].
* The Master mentions [[Binary vascular system|his two hearts]].
* The Doctor mentions [[George Gordon Byron|Lord Byron]] and [[Annabella Byron|Annabella Milbanke]] and tells Ada she might meet a nice [[William King|Earl]].
* The Doctor and Ada meet [[Noor Inayat Khan]].
* The Doctor, Ada and Noor hide from [[German]] [[soldier]]s.
* Barton kills [[Daniel Barton's mother|his mother]].
* Noor says she doesn't have any [[gun]]s or [[cyanide pill]]s and that she's a [[pacifism|pacifist]].
* Graham threatens to perform the [[soft-shoe shuffle]].
* [[Daniel Barton's goons]] are rendered useless.
* The Doctor and the Master use a [[psychic link]].
* The Doctor mentions that the Master is not [[Aryan]] and he, in turn, says he uses a tiny [[Teutonic psychic perception filter|Teutonic psychic]] [[perception filter]].
* The Master says the Kasaavin were [[sleeper agent]]s that had always been present on [[Earth]].
* The Master says his plan is [[Carnage|maximum carnage]].
* The Doctor says Noor is [[Great Britain|Blighty]]'s best [[radio operator]].
* The Doctor [[lock-picking|lock-picks]] [[the Master's TARDIS]].
* The [[Kasaavin]] place agents on everyone important to the development of [[computer]]s through [[history]] starting with Ada Lovelace. Several others are seen pictured on the Master's temporal map, including [[Alan Turing]], [[Steve Jobs]], [[Bill Gates]], [[Grace Hopper]] and [[Steve Wozniak]]. However, they are not identified in the episode.<!--please add the others that are seen -->
* The Doctor assures Noor that [[fascism|fascists]] never win.
* The Master mentions the [[Timeless Child]] in a [[hologram]] message.
* The Doctor mentions she was born on the planet [[Gallifrey]] in the [[constellation]] of [[Kasterborous]], that she's a [[Time Lord]], that she can regenerate her body, that she stole her TARDIS and ran away and been travelling ever since, and that the Master was one of her oldest friends and [[Evil|they went very different ways]].


=== Illness and injuries ===
=== Illness and injuries ===
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* Yaz asks if the plane spy is in a [[coma]].
* Yaz asks if the plane spy is in a [[coma]].
* When the Doctor exposes Daniel Barton, he tells her to take her [[medication]] and seek [[psychiatrist|psychiatric help]].
* When the Doctor exposes Daniel Barton, he tells her to take her [[medication]] and seek [[psychiatrist|psychiatric help]].
* Ada's body is [[paralysis|paralysed]] while she is in the Kasaavin's realm.


=== Foods and beverages ===
=== Foods and beverages ===
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* "O" makes a cup of [[tea]].
* "O" makes a cup of [[tea]].
* The Doctor thinks she made [[iced tea]].
* The Doctor thinks she made [[iced tea]].
* Barton knows how many [[coffee stamp|stamps]] the companions need for a free [[coffee]].
* Charles Babbage drinks a glass of [[brandy]].
* Graham calls Ryan and Yasmin [[doughnut]]s.


=== Technology ===
=== Technology ===
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* The spy equipment C offers team TARDIS includes [[anaesthetic dart]]s, [[laser shoe|laser shoe guns]], an [[infrared ID duplicator]], a [[calendar hacker]], [[lock-breaker]]s, [[rocket-launcher cufflink]]s, a [[retinal ID decoder]], [[tongue-immobiliser chewing gum]] and a [[bio-scanner]] disguised as a [[digital recorder]].
* The spy equipment C offers team TARDIS includes [[anaesthetic dart]]s, [[laser shoe|laser shoe guns]], an [[infrared ID duplicator]], a [[calendar hacker]], [[lock-breaker]]s, [[rocket-launcher cufflink]]s, a [[retinal ID decoder]], [[tongue-immobiliser chewing gum]] and a [[bio-scanner]] disguised as a [[digital recorder]].
* [[VOR]] is a [[search engine]] with [[web app]]s, [[social (networking)|social]], [[global mapping]], [[advertising (networking)|advertising]], [[scientific research|scientific]] and [[medical research]], [[robotics]], [[data polling]] and [[human analytics]].
* [[VOR]] is a [[search engine]] with [[web app]]s, [[social (networking)|social]], [[global mapping]], [[advertising (networking)|advertising]], [[scientific research|scientific]] and [[medical research]], [[robotics]], [[data polling]] and [[human analytics]].
* The Doctor contacts {{Dhawan|n="O"}} using an [[iPhone]], through [[WhatsApp]].
* The Doctor contacts [[Spy Master|"O"]] using an [[iPhone]], through [[WhatsApp]].
* "O" encrypted his location using [[steganography]].
* "O" encrypted his location using [[steganography]].
* MI6's spy camera has a [[Pentax]] [[flash (device)|flash]].
* MI6's spy camera has a [[Pentax]] [[flash (device)|flash]].
* In "O"'s house there's an excerpt saying that a [[droning alarm]] sparks [[UFO]] fears.
* In "O"'s house there's an excerpt saying that a [[droning alarm]] sparks [[UFO]] fears.
* "O"'s house has [[movement sensor]]s.
* "O"'s house has [[movement sensor]]s.
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* Daniel Barton leaves his party in a [[blue]] [[Bentley (car)|Bentley]].
* Daniel Barton leaves his party in a [[blue]] [[Bentley (car)|Bentley]].
* Barton has a [[Desert Eagle (gun)|Desert Eagle]] [[gun]].
* Barton has a [[Desert Eagle (gun)|Desert Eagle]] [[gun]].
* Barton talks with [[Air Traffic Control]] in [[Lonsdale tower]] to request clearance for plane take off. Air traffic control then "cleared to [[Hawkston]] [[radar vectors]] to [[Skaggs Island]], then as filed. [[Squawk 4634]]."
* Barton talks with [[Air Traffic Control (Spyfall)|Air Traffic Control]] in [[Lonsdale tower]] to request clearance for plane take off. Air traffic control then "cleared to [[Hawkston]] [[radar vectors]] to [[Skaggs Island]], then as filed. [[Squawk 4634]]."
* The Master has installed a [[cock-pit bomb]] in the VOR plane.
* The Master has installed a [[cock-pit bomb]] in the VOR plane.
* The Master [[teleport]]s off the plane.
* The Master [[teleport]]s off the plane.
* The Doctor has installed a plane pamphlet in Barton's plane entitled [[How To Land A Plane Without A Cockpit]].
* Ryan's phone gains an app called [[Piloting Made Easy]].
* Barton's plane experience a [[power surge]].
* At the 19th-century auction a variety of items are being shown:
** [[Jacob Perkins]] is showing off his [[steam gun]].
** [[Diving bell dealer (Spyfall)|A man]] is showing off [[Mouse|a mouse]] inside his [[diving bell]].
** [[Joseph Saxton]] is showing off his [[magneto]].
** [[Grenade dealer (Spyfall)|A man]] is showing off his [[The "Home" Grenade|grenade]].
* Barton has Graham, Ryan and Yaz's [[telephone number]]s, [[Email]]s and [[GPS]].
* The Doctor takes a look at Charles Babbage's [[Difference engine]] and the [[Silver Lady]].
* Noor has a [[wireless radio transmitter]] issued by the [[British Special Operations Executive]].
* Yaz talks to [[Sonya Khan]] about her and [[Najia Khan|their mom]] and [[Hakim Khan|dad]] from a [[telephone box]] via the number [[01632 960470 (phone number)|01632 960470]].
* The Master used a [[Mandraffian laser rifle]] to assassinate C.
* The Doctor uses a [[laminator]] to create the plane pamphlet.
* The Master has put a [[geo-activation|geo-activated]] [[hologram]] message in the Doctor's TARDIS.


=== Games and sports ===
=== Games and sports ===
* Ryan, [[Tibo]] and [[Ryan Sinclair's friends|their friends]] play [[basketball]].
* Ryan, [[Tibo]] and their friends play [[basketball]].
* Daniel Barton's birthday party has [[roulette]], [[SA Poker|Poker]], [[Blackjack]], [[dice]] etc.
* Daniel Barton's birthday party has roulette, Poker, Blackjack, [[dice]] etc.
* Barton says his birthday party is [[Casino]]-theme and not [[Whodunnit]].
* Barton says his birthday party is [[Casino]]-theme and not Whodunnit.
* "O" was a [[champion]] [[sprinter]]. The Master is not good at sprinting.
* "O" was a [[champion]] sprinter. The Master is not good at sprinting.


=== Companies and organisations ===
=== Companies and organisations ===
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* The Doctor mentions [[GCHQ]].
* The Doctor mentions [[GCHQ]].
* C mentions [[UNIT]] and [[Torchwood]].
* C mentions [[UNIT]] and [[Torchwood]].
* "O" is protected by the [[Australian Secret Service|Australian Secret Service]].
* "O" is protected by the [[Australian Secret Service]].
* Ryan's ID duplicator is disguised as an [[Olympus (company)|Olympus]] camera.
* Ryan's ID duplicator is disguised as an [[Olympus (company)|Olympus]] camera.
* Graham, Ryan and Yaz pass through a [[NatWest]] bank.
* Ryan, Graham and Yaz pass a [[W H Smith]] store.
* Ryan, Graham and Yaz pass a [[NatWest]] bank.
* Ryan has a [[Samsung]] phone.
* Ryan, Graham and Yaz are classified as "Wanted", with anyone knowing about their whereabouts encouraged to contact [[Police|local police]] or call [[Crime Prevention]] on [[0800 999 999 (phone number)|0800 999 999]].
* Barton doesn't like using [[Facebook]].
* The Master kept O in a "safety matches" [[matchbox]] from [[Berylets Matches]].


=== Popular culture ===
=== Popular culture ===
* Hakim asks Alexa to play ''[[Rubber Soul]]''.
* Hakim asks Alexa to play ''[[Rubber Soul]]''.
* Ryan decides that his spy name will be "[[Logan Jackson|Logan]]", but starts panicking upon realising he looks "nothing like [[Hugh Jackman]]".
* Ryan decides that his spy name will be "[[Logan Jackson|Logan]]", but starts panicking upon realising he looks "nothing like [[Hugh Jackman]]".
* When describing his collection, "{{Dhawan|n = O}}" says that it includes a "complete set of '[[Fortean Times]]' in [[mint condition]]".
* When describing his collection, [[Spy Master|"O"]] says that it includes a "complete set of ''[[Fortean Times]]'' in [[mint condition]]".
* "O" asks if Graham is there just for the "[[running commentary]]".
* "O" asks if Graham is there just for the "[[running commentary]]".
* During the lead-up to his real identity, "O" states that his house flying outside the plane is "[a] bit [[Wicked Witch of the West]]".
* During the lead-up to his real identity, "O" states that his house flying outside the plane is "[a] bit [[Wicked Witch of the West]]".


== Story notes ==
== Notes ==
* This was the first multi-part television story to be given one overarching title since 2009-10's ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', and only the second such story in the [[BBC Wales]] era.
* This was the first multi-part television story to be given one overarching title since 2009-10's ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', and only the second such story in the [[BBC Wales]] era. Interestingly, both stories aired in part on [[1 January (releases)|New Year's Day]], and both featured [[the Master]]; in fact, ''Part One'' of ''Spyfall'' was broadcast on the 10th anniversary of 1 January 2010's ''The End of Time: Part Two''. Each aired on the first day of their respective [[decade]], according to one outlook on the bounds of such a measurement, which this wiki [[:category:21st century decades|<!--implicitly -->follows]].
** Incidentally, both stories aired in part on [[1 January (releases)|New Year's Day]], and both featured [[the Master]].
* This is the first story in the show's history to have its parts air four days apart rather than a whole week. [[1 January (releases)|1 January]] and [[5 January (releases)|5 January]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]], respectively. It is also the first time two ''Doctor Who'' episodes have been shown the same week since ''[[The Twin Dilemma (TV story)|The Twin Dilemma]]'' ''Parts Three'' and ''Four'' in [[March (releases)|March]] [[1985 (releases)|1985]].
*** Part One of ''Spyfall'' was, in fact, broadcast on the 10th anniversary of 1 January 2010's ''The End of Time: Part Two''. Each aired on the first day of their respective [[decade]], according to one outlook on the bounds of such a measurement, which this wiki [[:category:21st century decades|<!--implicitly -->follows]].
[[File:SpyfallDedication.jpg|right|thumb|Dedication to the late "Masterful" [[Terrance Dicks]].]]
* This is the first story in the show's history to have its parts air four days apart rather than a whole week. [[1 January (releases)|1 January]] and [[5 January (releases)|5 January]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]], respectively.
** It is also the first time two ''Doctor Who'' episodes have been shown the same week since ''[[The Twin Dilemma (TV story)|The Twin Dilemma]]'' ''Parts Three'' and ''Four'' in [[March (releases)|March]] [[1985 (releases)|1985]].
[[File:SpyfallDedication.jpg|right|thumb|[[Terrance Dicks]] "Masterful" dedication.]]
* The first part of this story was dedicated to the memory of the "Masterful" [[Terrance Dicks]]. Dicks was [[script editor]] for {{Delgado}}'s debut story, ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]''.
* The first part of this story was dedicated to the memory of the "Masterful" [[Terrance Dicks]]. Dicks was [[script editor]] for {{Delgado}}'s debut story, ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]''.
* Some scenes in this story were filmed in [[South Africa]].
* This story's title is a play on the 2012 [[James Bond]] film {{Wi|Skyfall}}. According to one news source, the story also pays homage to {{wi|Casino Royale (novel)|Casino Royale}}, the first novel in the ''James Bond'' series, which was centred on [[gambling]] and [[aristocracy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cultbox.co.uk/news/doctor-who-spyfall-new-images-and-information|title=Doctor Who Spyfall: new images and information|author=Laford, Andrea|date of source=27 December 2018|website name=CultBox|accessdate=1 January 2020}}</ref> The concept of [[MI6]] members being known by a single letter, namely "[[C (Spyfall)|C]]" and "[[O (Spyfall)|O]]", is similar to "[[Wikipedia:M (James Bond)|M]]" and "[[Wikipedia:Q (James Bond)|Q]]" from  the ''James Bond'' franchise, introduced in the original novels by [[Ian Fleming]]. Additionally, the car-bound attack on the Doctor en route to MI6, with a dead driver and a hostile vehicle, echoes a similar set piece from the film, ''Live and Let Die''.
* This story's title is a play on the 2012 [[James Bond]] film ''Skyfall''.
* ''Part One'' marks the first episode since ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'' to include a "[[cold opening]]". ''Part Two'', however, used a re-cap of ''Part One'' rather than a new scene. "Cold openings" would be a fluctuating on/off feature in [[Series 12 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 12]].
** According to one news source, the story also pays homage to ''Casino Royale'', the first novel in the Bond series, which was centred on [[gambling]] and [[aristocracy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cultbox.co.uk/news/doctor-who-spyfall-new-images-and-information|title=Doctor Who Spyfall: new images and information|author=Laford, Andrea|date of source=27 December 2018|website name=CultBox|accessdate=1 January 2020}}</ref>
* ''Part Two'' is the first "follow-up" episode of ''Doctor Who'' to feature a re-cap with an opening voiceover: "Previously on Doctor Who...", read by [[Thirteenth Doctor]] actor [[Jodie Whittaker]], similarly to how ''[https://broadchurch.fandom.com/wiki/Broadchurch_Wiki Broadchurch]'', which was also written by Chibnall, would use a voiceover to re-cap the previous episode. The prior norm for televised ''Doctor Who'', and indeed its televised spin-offs, was the use of an on-screen caption which typically read "Previously", which would be the norm from the series finale, ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]],'' onwards. This formula was, however, previously used by [[Big Finish Productions]] in the recap to ''[[Neverland (audio story)|Neverland]]'' which opened ''[[Zagreus (audio story)|Zagreus]]''. In that case, the voiceover was provided by [[Don Warrington]], who voiced [[Rassilon]] in both stories.
** The concept of [[MI6]] members being known by a single letter, namely "[[C (Spyfall)|C]]" and "[[O (Spyfall)|O]]", may also be in reference to a similar feature ("M" and "Q") seen throughout the James Bond franchise, introduced in the original novels by [[Ian Fleming]].
* Similar to ''[[The Return of Doctor Mysterio (TV story)|The Return of Doctor Mysterio]]'' and [[The Husbands of River Song (TV story)|its predecessor]], ''Part One'' of this story aired exactly one year after [[Resolution (TV story)|the preceding episode]].
* ''Part One'' marks the first episode since ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'' to include a "[[cold opening]]". ''Part Two'', however used a re-cap of ''Part One'' rather than a new scene. "Cold openings" would be a fluctuating on/off feature in [[Series 12 (Doctor Who)|Series 12]].
** ''Part Two'' is the first "follow-up" episode of ''Doctor Who'' to feature a re-cap with an opening voiceover: "Previously on Doctor Who...", read by [[Thirteenth Doctor]] actor [[Jodie Whittaker]]. The prior norm for ''Doctor Who'', and indeed its televised spin-offs, was the use of an on-screen caption which typically read "Previously".
*** This formula was previously used by [[Big Finish Productions]] in the recap to ''[[Neverland (audio story)|Neverland]]'' which opened ''[[Zagreus (audio story)|Zagreus]]''. In that case, the voiceover was provided by [[Don Warrington]], who voiced [[Rassilon]] in both stories.
* Similar to ''[[The Return of Doctor Mysterio (TV story)|The Return of Doctor Mysterio]]'' and [[The Husbands of River Song (TV story)|its predecessor]], Part One of this story aired exactly one year after [[Resolution (TV story)|the preceding episode]].
* This story marked the first time a villain has been capable of physically breaking through the sealed [[TARDIS door]]s.
* This story marked the first time a villain has been capable of physically breaking through the sealed [[TARDIS door]]s.
* This is the first multi-part television story to have more than one credited director since ''[[Planet of Giants (TV story)|Planet of Giants]] ''in [[1964 (releases)|1964]].
* This is the first multi-part television story to have more than one credited director since ''[[Planet of Giants (TV story)|Planet of Giants]] ''in [[1964 (releases)|1964]].
* This story was originally going to be a single episode. In this version, the opening would have featured Yaz getting her appraisal, Ryan passing his NVQ, and Graham performing a duet with a young [[Elvis Presley]]. Additionally, O would not have been the Master and the unnamed aliens would have been mining human DNA, eventually turning against Barton by the Doctor's convincing, who in turn tells her about the [[Timeless Child]]. ([[DWM 570]] supplement)
* ''Part Two'' was originally planned to include Barton having half of his DNA rewritten and escaping to [[Switzerland]]. Barton would have held Yaz's family hostage, the Doctor and Ada would have visited war-torn Paris through a séance, and the Doctor's friends would have tried to evade Barton by getting a lift from an old woman who vigorously stuck to the speed limit. ([[DWM 570]] supplement)
* ''Part Two'' was originally going to feature a scene in which [[Noor Inayat Khan]] is captured as an enemy spy and [[execution|executed]] by the [[Nazi]]s. It ended up being cut.<ref>https://cultbox.co.uk/news/spyfall-part-2-behind-the-scenes</ref>
* ''Part Two'' was originally going to feature a scene in which [[Noor Inayat Khan]] is captured as an enemy spy and [[execution|executed]] by the [[Nazi]]s. It ended up being cut.<ref>https://cultbox.co.uk/news/spyfall-part-2-behind-the-scenes</ref>
* This story features [[Stephen Fry]] as the benign-tempered head of MI6, referred to as simply "C". Fry had portrayed previously a head of the British secret services always referred to as "Control" in a [[wikipedia:A Bit of Fry & Laurie#Control and Tony|notorious series of sketches]] from the anthology comedy series ''A Bit of Fry and Laurie'', making ''Spyfall'' a near-crossover between these sketches and the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]].
*''Spyfall'' is the third consecutive time in which the second season opener for its respective Doctor is a two-part story, following ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]''/''[[Day of the Moon (TV story)|Day of the Moon]]'' and ''[[The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)|The Magician's Apprentice]]''/''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]''.
* Part Two aired on Mandip Gill's birthday.
=== Myths and rumours ===
* Daniel Barton was speculated to be a new incarnation of [[the Master]]. ''This was proven false, though O was revealed be the Master.''


=== Ratings ===
=== Ratings ===
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=== Filming locations ===
=== Filming locations ===
* [[South Africa]] - [[Australian outback]]
* Afrikaans Language Monument, Paarl, [[South Africa]] - [[Ivory Coast]] and [[Timeless Child]] vision
* [[Wales]]
* Lourensford Wine Estate, Somerset West, [[Cape Town]], South Africa - vineyard
** [[Cardiff's Central Police Headquarters|Cardiff Central Police Station]] - [[Hallamshire Police]] HQ
* Signature Flight Support CPT, Cape Town International Airport, South Africa - airport
** [[Swansea Guildhall]], [[Swansea]] - [[C (Spyfall)|C]]'s office, [[MI6]]
* The Apex, Cape Town, South Africa - [[VOR]] headquarters
* Delavia Estate, Stellenbosch, South Africa - [[Daniel Barton]]'s house
* Kersefontein Guest Farm, Hopefield, South Africa - O's hut, the [[Outback]]
* A4232 [[Cardiff]] Link Road - M1 motorway
* [[Swansea]] Guildhall - [[C (Spyfall)|C]]'s office, [[MI6]]
* Bay Studios, Swansea - basketball court
* J&P Autos, Cardiff - garage
* Cardiff and Vale College - Sheffield Hospital
* [[Cardiff's Central Police Headquarters|Cardiff Central police station]] - [[Hallamshire Police]]
* Custom House, Cardiff - [[Moscow]], code chamber, and [[Paris]]
* [[BBC]] Hoddinott Hall, [[Wales Millennium Centre]], Cardiff - lecture theatre
* Waterside @ The Quays, [[Barry]] - housing development
* Kings Square, Barry - [[Essex]]
* Glamorgan Building, [[Cardiff University]] - Paris
* Porthkerry Country Park, Barry - phone box area
* Horizon Aircraft Services, [[Ministry of Defence|MOD]] St Athan - landing strip
* Hangar 858, MOD St Athan - warehouse
* Teide National Park, [[Tenerife]], [[Spain]] - [[Gallifrey]]
* Howell's School, [[Llandaff]], Cardiff - Adelaide Gallery
* Old Western Mill Printworks, Pacific Business Park, Cardiff - [[Noor Inayat Khan's house]]
* Tredegar House, [[Newport]] - [[Charles Babbage's house]]
 
(All [[DWM 570]] supplement)


=== Production errors ===
=== Production errors ===
{{Discontinuity}}
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''to be added''
* Andrew Piper, who plays an inventor in Part Two, is credited as "Andrew Pipe" in the episode's end credits.
* While hiding under the floorboards, Ada recognises the Master from his voice, but in that scene he did not speak.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
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* The Doctor's life is once again threatened by a [[SatNav]] device controlled by a power intent on killing target passengers. In her [[tenth incarnation]], the Doctor narrowly escaped from an [[ATMOS]]-controlled [[UNIT]] vehicle which was about to plunge him and [[Ross Jenkins|Jenkins]] to their "final destination". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)|The Sontaran Stratagem]]'')
* The Doctor's life is once again threatened by a [[SatNav]] device controlled by a power intent on killing target passengers. In her [[tenth incarnation]], the Doctor narrowly escaped from an [[ATMOS]]-controlled [[UNIT]] vehicle which was about to plunge him and [[Ross Jenkins|Jenkins]] to their "final destination". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)|The Sontaran Stratagem]]'')
* When C dismisses the possibility of alien life, the Doctor tells him to ask [[GCHQ]], referring to the [[Dalek (Resolution)|Dalek]] attack of [[New Year's Day]] [[2019]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Resolution (TV story)|Resolution]]'')
* When C dismisses the possibility of alien life, the Doctor tells him to ask [[GCHQ]], referring to the [[Dalek (Resolution)|Dalek]] attack of [[New Year's Day]] [[2019]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Resolution (TV story)|Resolution]]'')
* The Doctor remarks in surprise at an entity's abilty to enter the TARDIS given its high security. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'', ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'')
* The Doctor remarks in surprise at an entity's ability to enter the TARDIS given its high security. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'', ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]], [[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]'')
* The Doctor notes that both [[UNIT]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Resolution (TV story)|Resolution]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Lucy Wilson and the Bledoe Cadets (novel)|Lucy Wilson and the Bledoe Cadets]]'') and [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'', ''[[Children of Earth: Day One (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day One]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Thoughts and Prayers (audio story)|Thoughts and Prayers]]'') are "gone".
* The Doctor notes that both [[UNIT]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Resolution (TV story)|Resolution]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Lucy Wilson and the Bledoe Cadets (novel)|Lucy Wilson and the Bledoe Cadets]]'') and [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'', ''[[Children of Earth: Day One (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day One]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Thoughts and Prayers (audio story)|Thoughts and Prayers]]'') are "gone", unaware that there are still active [[Torchwood Three|Torchwood]] agents, [[Andy Davidson]] and [[Tania Bell]] observing her concurrently stranded [[Eighth Doctor|eighth incarnation]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Must-See TV (audio story)|Must-See TV]]'')
* The Master, while still under the guise of O, refers to the Doctor as having once been a man. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'', ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'', et al.) Graham recalls the Doctor having made this claim, which he believed to be a joke. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)|The Woman Who Fell to Earth]]'')
* The Master, while still under the guise of O, refers to the Doctor as having once been a man. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'', ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'', et al.) Graham recalls the Doctor has made this claim, which he believed to be a joke. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)|The Woman Who Fell to Earth]]'')
* Ada's involvement with the [[Star Chamber]] and [[Faction Paradox]] in the [[Clockwork Ouroboros affair]] were detailed in ''[[The Book of the War]]''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'')
* Ada's involvement with the [[Star Chamber]] and [[Faction Paradox]] in the [[Clockwork Ouroboros affair]] were detailed in ''[[The Book of the War]]''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'')
* Graham is mistaken as the Doctor, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Good Doctor (novel)|The Good Doctor]]'') and the Doctor herself is immediately dismissed, in favour of Graham, on account of her [[gender]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Witchfinders (TV story)|The Witchfinders]]'')
* Graham is mistaken as the Doctor, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Good Doctor (novel)|The Good Doctor]]'') and the Doctor herself is immediately dismissed, in favour of Graham, on account of her [[gender]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Witchfinders (TV story)|The Witchfinders]]'')
* The Doctor refers to her regeneration to female form as an "upgrade", much as {{Gomez}} once did. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]'')
* The Doctor refers to her regeneration to female form as an "upgrade", much as [[Missy]] once did. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]'')
* The Master once again spends an extensive amount of time masquerading as someone else in order to carry out a long-term plan. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'', ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]'')
* The Master once again spends an extensive amount of time masquerading as someone else to carry out a long-term plan. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'', ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]'')
* The Master uses his [[Tissue Compression Eliminator]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'', ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)| The Deadly Assassin]]'', ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'', ''[[Time-Flight (TV story)|Time Flight]]'', et al.)
* The Master uses his [[Tissue Compression Eliminator]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'', '' [[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'', ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'', ''[[Time-Flight (TV story)|Time Flight]]'', et al.)
* The Master claims to be the Doctor's "[[best friend|best]] [[enemy]]". Within the [[Death Zone]], the [[Third Doctor]] previously identified {{Ainley}} as such to [[Sarah Jane Smith]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'')
* The Master claims to be the Doctor's "[[best friend|best]] [[enemy]]". Within the [[Death Zone]], the [[Third Doctor]] previously identified {{Ainley}} as such to [[Sarah Jane Smith]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'')
* The Master mentions how the Time Lords view him and the Doctor as [[renegade Time Lord|renegades]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'', ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'', ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'', ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'', ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]], [[Heaven Sent (TV story)|Heaven Sent]], [[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'')
* The Master mentions how the Time Lords view him and the Doctor as [[renegade Time Lord|renegades]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'', ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'', ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'', ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'', ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]], [[Heaven Sent (TV story)|Heaven Sent]], [[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'')
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* The [[Fourth Doctor]] previously met [[Ada Lovelace]] at a later point in her life. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Enchantress of Numbers (audio story)|The Enchantress of Numbers]]'')
* The [[Fourth Doctor]] previously met [[Ada Lovelace]] at a later point in her life. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Enchantress of Numbers (audio story)|The Enchantress of Numbers]]'')
* Graham recalls the Doctor mentioning [[regeneration]] on the day they first met. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)|The Woman Who Fell to Earth]]'')
* Graham recalls the Doctor mentioning [[regeneration]] on the day they first met. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)|The Woman Who Fell to Earth]]'')
* The Doctor taps a [[morse code]] of four beats, the heartbeat of a Time Lord, which she notes she and the Master have a personal connection to. ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]''/''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]''/''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'', ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
* The Doctor taps a [[morse code]] of [[The Drumming|four beats]], the heartbeat of a Time Lord, which she notes she and the Master have a personal connection to. ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]''/''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]''/''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'', ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
* The Doctor steals the Master's TARDIS, mirroring how the Master once did likewise with the Doctor's TARDIS. ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'')
* The Doctor steals the Master's TARDIS, mirroring how the Master once did likewise with the Doctor's TARDIS. ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'')
* The Doctor and the Master use Time Lord [[telepathic contact]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'', ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'' et al.) once again to communicate with one another. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Missing Link (audio story)|The Missing Link]]'')
* The Doctor and the Master use Time Lord [[telepathic contact]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'', ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'' et al.) once again to communicate with one another. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Missing Link (audio story)|The Missing Link]]'')
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* The Doctor states that she stole her TARDIS and ran away from Gallifrey. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'', ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'', ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'', ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'', ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'', ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'', ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]'', ''[[Heaven Sent (TV story)|Heaven Sent]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Beginning (audio story)|The Beginning]]'')
* The Doctor states that she stole her TARDIS and ran away from Gallifrey. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'', ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'', ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'', ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'', ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'', ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'', ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]'', ''[[Heaven Sent (TV story)|Heaven Sent]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Beginning (audio story)|The Beginning]]'')
* The Doctor has a conversation with Graham through a video recording. The [[Tenth Doctor]] did much the same with [[Sally Sparrow (Blink)|Sally Sparrow]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'')
* The Doctor has a conversation with Graham through a video recording. The [[Tenth Doctor]] did much the same with [[Sally Sparrow (Blink)|Sally Sparrow]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'')
* Previously, the Doctor spoke of [[Missy]], who she described as a [[friend]] and [[enemy]], to [[Team TARDIS]] while tracking a [[Time Lady]] who turned out to be [[the Corsair]]. However, she does not disclose that Missy and the Master are the same. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Old Friends (comic story)|Old Friends]]'')


== Home video releases ==
== Home video releases ==
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=== DVD and Blu-ray releases ===
 
* This story was released as part of the Complete Twelfth Series boxset on DVD and Blu-ray in region 1/A on [[9 June (releases)|9 June]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]], in region 2/B on [[4 May (releases)|4 May]] 2020 and in region 4/B on [[3 June (releases)|3 June]] 2020.
 
=== Digital releases ===
 
* In the United Kingdom, this story is available on [[BBC iPlayer]] in two parts as broadcast.


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Spyfall was the two-part opening story to series 12 of Doctor Who. It saw the Thirteenth Doctor and company team up with MI6, and re-introduced the Master, now in a new incarnation played by Sacha Dhawan.

The Doctor's home planet Gallifrey also made a return, having not been seen since the Twelfth Doctor ran away once more in Hell Bent, with the Capitol now in ruins and the Time Lords implied dead at the Master's hand. In an ongoing story arc, the Master reveals that he has uncovered a secret about the Time Lords' history, connected to the Timeless Child. Additionally, the Doctor is shown a flashback of the Remnants on Desolation and a vision of a young girl by a tall structure on a planet with a purple sky.

The two-parter also saw three classic series features making a return: the Master's Tissue Compression Eliminator, The Master's TARDIS, and Time Lord telepathic contact, which the Doctor and the Master once again use to communicate via psychic link.

The story further introduced a new wall-breaking aspect to the Time Vortex. Now, when the TARDIS breaks into Gallifrey's "time bubble", the vortex changes from its normal appearance in purple to resemble an orange ball of flaming fire.

Synopsis[[edit] | [edit source]]

The security of the entire world is at stake, so the head of MI6, C, enlists the Thirteenth Doctor and her team to investigate former agent spy Daniel Barton to see if he's been turned against them. Meanwhile, an alien threat that can pass through walls, even those of the TARDIS, known as the Kasaavin is wiping out spy organisations all over the planet. Can former MI6 agent "O" help them, or is he not who he claims to be?

Having been separated from her friends, the Doctor must figure out a way of stopping the Kasaavin and a familiar foe before their plan is put into action. Can she reach her friends and save the world with only a sonic screwdriver to help her?

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

Part One[[edit] | [edit source]]

In various locations around the world, a sniper, a spy on a plane, and an American operative are attacked by unknown creatures appearing out of the walls. In Sheffield, Yorkshire, Ryan Sinclair plays basketball with his friends. After a missed shot, Ryan and his friend Tibo have a chat, talking about his absence due to his TARDIS travels - all of which have been blamed on different illnesses. They stop talking as they see a car parked in front of them and men in black suits standing by.

At their flat, Sonya pesters Yasmin Khan for Ryan's phone number while Yaz is packing. Najia is annoyed at that this is the third secondment Yaz been selected for during her probation period, although Yaz feigns being proud. Outside the Hallamshire Police station, Ramesh Sunder, Yaz's superior officer, does not approve either. He asks if she is on undercover work but is interrupted by two men in suits requesting Yaz.

At his doctor's office, Graham O'Brien rolls up his sleeve. His doctor notes how the time has flown since his procedure four years ago. He asks some routine questions then offers condolences on his wife. Graham mentions that he is travelling, then leaves the office and sees a parked car with two men in black suits.

At a garage, the Thirteenth Doctor has her TARDIS upon a car lift, performing engineering works on its underside. She leaves a group voice message to her "fam" on her mobile phone, saying they are late. She hangs up and turns to see three parked cars and six men in dark grey suits, one of them approaching her. She greets them, noting they are "rocking the ominous look". The man says her friends are in the car, so the Doctor goes with them.

With the companions in the back seat and the Doctor in the passenger seat, the man drives them somewhere, guided by SatNav. Suddenly, the SatNav starts to corrupt, then a red beam shoots from it, vapourising the driver. The car stops in the middle of the road and the doors lock by themselves. The Doctor tries to use her sonic screwdriver but the SatNav starts up again, noting that in five seconds, they will die. The car then starts up again, driving in reverse while the Doctor tries to stop it. The Doctor eventually grabs the rearview mirror and uses it to reflect a beam to the SatNav, destroying it. The car stops just before falling off the end of the road. A man that is known only as "C" starts talking over the car's speaker and convinces the Doctor to come to MI6 in London.

The team arrives at MI6 with the TARDIS in tow. C greets them at the top of the stairs but mistakenly addresses Graham as the Doctor. When his assistant Franklin corrects him, he notes "I read the files, the Doctor is a man." The Doctor replies that she has "had an upgrade". C announces that he is authorised by "every security agency around the globe" to ask for the Doctor's help.

C tells the team that intelligence officers of all nationalities around the globe have been attacked, potentially by aliens. Leading the team into a room, the passenger attacked from the Tokyo flight is present, alone on a hospital bed. C reveals that the passenger's DNA has been rewritten to no longer be human. The Doctor states that this is beyond any human technology. Hearing so, C formally recruits the Doctor to help save the planet.

In his office, C provides Team TARDIS with briefcases of spy equipment. He reveals that all of the assassinated agents were working leads related to Daniel Barton, the founder of VOR, a modern tech company that is more powerful than most nations. The Doctor says she will need C's best man, but he replies that he fired him, as alien issues are not MI6's area. Irritated, the Doctor sends the former agent who she is acquainted with a voicemail to reveal his location, receiving an image of a fish in reply. C warns that Barton used to work for him but is likely now a double or triple agent. Before he can explain further, an unseen sniper kills C and starts shooting at the team. They flee to the TARDIS as the alien figures start phasing through the office walls.

In the TARDIS, the Doctor analyses the steganography of the fish picture and determines the agent's location is the Australian Outback. A figure starts to phase through the TARDIS doors but fails when the Doctor engages the engines. Unable to get a reading, the Doctor decides the team should split up. She and Graham go to Australia to meet the former agent, while Yaz and Ryan go to VOR. Along with the spy equipment they got from C, the Doctor also gives Yaz and Ryan a bioscanner disguised as a digital audio recorder and sends them off, telling them to trust no-one.

In San Francisco, Ryan hacks Barton's diary to arrange a meeting with him. Yaz and Ryan enter VOR headquarters, pretending to be a journalist called Sofia and her photographer Logan Jackson, and are greeted inside by Barton and his assistant. The group heads to Barton's office.

Meanwhile, the TARDIS materialises in the Great Victoria Desert. Former MI6 agent "O" and two Australian Secret Service agents, Seesay and Browning, greet the Doctor and Graham. Inside O's house, he and the Doctor discuss the situation, and Graham reveals O's security setup. O states he is cautious, believing the threat will follow the Doctor to him.

In Barton's office, he confesses he only granted Yaz the interview because they are Brits and his mum reads their paper. Yaz uses the bioscanner discreetly while Barton electronically verifies Yaz and Ryan's false identities. With Barton's approval, Yaz proceeds with the interview, while Ryan photographs Barton and duplicates his security badge. However, Barton's phone buzzes and he cuts the interview short; before leaving, he invites Yaz and Ryan to his house for his birthday party the next day as an apology. Despite Ryan's insistence on snooping around, Yaz is worried because her scan indicates Barton has only 93% human DNA.

At O's house that night, something starts tripping the movement sensors. Seesay and Browning insist on staying outside to protect them as a luminescent figure appears. Suddenly, a large group materialises and they attack the two secret service agents, leaving nothing left. They begin surrounding the house, only for O's security field to take out all but one. As the last one enters the house, a glass cage lands upon it and the creature is electrocuted, keeping it inside. It finally speaks to the Doctor, revealing itself to be from "far beyond your understanding" and is ready to take over the universe.

That night at VOR HQ, Yaz and Ryan wait until Barton has left and they use his copied security pass to access his office. As Yaz copies all his computer's files, Barton re-enters the building and the two are forced to hide behind a sofa. Although Barton only enters for his bag, he tells them to "show yourselves", only for two more of the glowing figures to arrive. They discuss continuing their project before Barton leaves. Just as Yaz and Ryan prepare to depart as well, another glowing figure attacks Yaz, making her disappear. Ryan has no choice but to flee.

Yaz wakes up in an alien landscape, surrounded by giant stalks, finding herself entirely alone. As the Doctor notices the aliens are fighting back, more appear inside VOR HQ as Ryan leaves. Yaz is attacked by a bright light and suddenly appears inside the creature's cage at O's house, just as Ryan phones the Doctor. She goes to pick him up and they regroup.

The next morning, Ryan comforts a shaken Yaz. Meanwhile, O quizzes Graham over what little he knows of the Doctor. O offers to share his findings before the Doctor orders them to discuss the situation. The Doctor discovers some alien code hidden the deepest recess of Barton's system and finds it is in an almost unknown language. Inside, the Doctor attempts to decrypt the image, eventually revealing itself as the creatures' locations across the Earth. However, the image of Earth replicates and O suggests tracking down the spymaster - in this case, Barton. The Doctor decides to hack his party's guest list and head there with O in the TARDIS.

Joined by O, the group lands in a vineyard in dinner jackets to investigate Barton. However, as they enter, Barton receives footage of Yaz and Ryan's spy work. The group attempt to mingle. After being confronted by the Doctor, Barton denies all accusations put to him and angrily leaves in his car.

The Doctor, Graham, and Yaz pursue Barton on motorbikes, with Ryan and O as passengers. Driving through the vineyard, Barton shoots at them, but they miss as Barton escapes to his private jet. The group hides in the hangar and plan to jump on with him.

Leaping aboard the jet, O admits he was never a good runner. The Doctor knows he's lying, as he was a champion sprinter at school. Dropping the act, O admits he isn't who he is claiming to be while the Doctor and her companions find his house flying parallel to the plane. O admits he has been the spymaster all along - specifically, "the spy... Master" revealing himself to have been the Doctor's old friend and enemy all along having been in control of Barton and the aliens the whole time. Gleefully the Master tells the Doctor that he ambushed and killed the real O on his first day at MI6 using tissue compression and stole his identity to hide on Earth and infiltrate the organisation. Barton disappears from the pilot seat, leaving a bomb in his place that is immune to the sonic.

Before leaving, the Master summons two of the aliens just as the device detonates, shattering the nose of the plane and sending it into a nosedive. The Master says to the Doctor that "everything that you think you know is a lie", grins at her saying “gotcha”, then the aliens teleport him away. Suddenly, two of them do the same to the Doctor, with her reappearing in the same environment Yaz was in earlier. The others are left helpless in the falling plane, hurtling towards the ground.

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The Doctor wakes up to find herself in the alien's dimension, where she reminds herself to not panic. On the crashing plane, Graham, Yaz, and Ryan are panicking, but Ryan spots a series of plaques underneath the seats with his name on and arrows to grab his attention. They lead him to a seat containing a sheet titled "How to Land a Plane Without a Cockpit" and he decides to try it out. Meanwhile, the Doctor discovers a young woman wearing early 19th-century clothes in the alien realm with her, but she appears calm about the situation.

In the plane, the instructions lead to Ryan plugging his phone into an under-floor cable, at which point the Doctor appears on the overhead screens. She tells them that they are not going to die and an app titled "Piloting Made Easy" has been installed on Ryan's phone. With the simple controls, they use it to successfully level out the plane.

The woman in the alien dimension names herself as Ada and reveals that she believes to be inside her imagination while she is paralysed in real life, and has visited the location many times before. Eventually, light gathers around her and one of the glowing aliens appears and Ada uses it to offer a way out to the Doctor. The two hold hands and they vanish. Meanwhile, the plane automatically returns to its programmed flight pattern and the group wait to see where it will land.

In the Master's TARDIS (still in the form of his Australian hut) the Master video calls Barton about the success of their plan. However, Barton is notified of the plane returning to normal. Frustrated, the Master promises to find the Doctor while Barton works on her friends.

The Doctor and Ava land back in Ava's time - a science convention 1834 London. The Doctor brushes off her appearance as "the Marvellous Apparating Man", before correcting herself. She promises to find her fam any way she can. The rest of the group have landed in Essex and decide, via Barton's hacked diary, to visit his keynote speech in London the next night, but without him realising they are still alive. Barton starts trying to track them down.

The Doctor attempts to explain herself and her situation to Ava, before the Master arrives in Victorian clothes, using his Tissue Compression Eliminator to kill innocent bystanders. The Doctor makes herself known to stop the chaos and he forces her to kneel before him. The Master inadvertently reveals that he knows almost nothing of the creatures except their general interests and their name - the Kasaavin. The Master attempts to bring the Doctor "news from home" but Ada shoots him in the arm with a steam machine gun and the two escape, although with no TARDIS to help them.

In 2020, the Doctor's friends attempt to formulate a plan as Barton phones all of them at once. He reveals he has tracked down all their personal information and has revoked their freedom of movement, just as their faces appear on an advertising screen, marking them as wanted for hijacking. Barton dares them to go off-grid, so Ryan stomps on all their phones and they run.

Ada leads the Doctor to a colleague's house who the Doctor realises is famous polymath Charles Babbage, and therefore, Ada is Ada Lovelace, one of the first-ever computer scientists, although she is calling herself Ada Gordon at this time. Babbage points them to a statue called the Silver Lady that Barton and the Master later owned and the Doctor realises it has projected the Kasaavin to Ada since she was young as part of their plan to place spies, not on multiple Earths, but multiple periods of Earth. She sonics the statue and a Kasaavin appears, hoping to use it to return to the 21st century, but Ada grabs her hand and they disappear together.

That night, Graham, Yaz, and Ryan rest in a disused building site as they try to do what the Doctor would do in this situation. Although they admit they do not know as much about the Doctor as they wish, they also realise they still own some spy gadgets to defend themselves with, just as a group of Kasaavin appear. The Doctor and Ada appear in the middle of a bombing raid, and a nearby woman reveals they have landed in 1943 Paris at night during the German occupation in World War II. The group hide together as the Master arrives in German army uniform. Back on the building site, the three become surrounded by Kasaavin, though Graham attempts to fend them off with his laser shoe.

Somewhere else, in an empty hangar, Barton appears with the Silver Lady in front of an older woman tied to a chair. She is revealed to be his mother and that he wanted to see her on "the last day." As the statue activates, the Kasaavin surround her, filling her with energy as she screams. In Paris, German soldiers enter the woman's apartment as the Doctor and Ada hide under the floorboards. Finding nothing, the Master leaves and the Doctor realises the other woman is Noor Inayat Khan, the first female radio operator to be placed behind enemy lines. The Doctor realises she has been placed here due to Ada coming through the teleport with her and sighs at the enormity of the task at hand.

In 2020, Yaz uses a phone box to call home and convince them she is OK. However, the call is being tracked by VOR and they are quickly surrounded by armed men. Despite this, Graham threatens them with his shoe, revealing it all to be a plan, and they steal the men's phones and escape in their car. Elsewhere, the Doctor taps out a four-beat Morse code signal to the Master and the two make telepathic contact. They promise to meet up alone.

At the top of the Eiffel Tower, the Doctor and the Master talk. The Master explains he is using a perception filter to fit the Nazis' Aryan stereotype, and that it was he who hijacked the MI6 car and killed C. The Master reveals that he did not bring the Kasaavin to Earth, but were already there as spies. He just "suggested a better plan." Yaz discovers Barton's mother, dead in the hangar, and Barton relays a video message to the trio, calling them "two steps behind" as he has been tested on by the Kasaavin and is about to roll out his plan worldwide.

Noor sends a Morse message back to London before her and Ada take a mobile phone the Doctor has given them to find something out of place. They eventually stumble upon the Master's TARDIS, still in its hut form, and phone the Doctor. She does not answer but instead activates her sonic screwdriver. The Master reveals he is simply using Barton and the Kasaavin as part of his plan to destroy the human race before dispensing of his allies. He also states he recently visited Gallifrey and it has been burned to the ground, but he is interrupted by the arrival of Nazi troops, with Noor having outed him as a double agent and the Doctor jamming his perception filter. She leaves as he is turned upon by the soldiers and enters his TARDIS with Ada and Noor, realising the Kasaavin have been tracking people who worked in the development of computers, starting with Ada.

In an auditorium, Barton gives his speech, thanking the public for giving all their details to him. He sends them all a text - "Humanity is over. You have three minutes to prepare." He explains that humans are no longer the most efficient things on Earth, but they do make perfect hard drives. As the Silver Lady starts moving and summoning dozens of Kasaavin, everyone's phones activate and Barton prepares to wipe most of humanity's DNA for use as data storage. Graham and Ryan's spy gadgets do not affect the Silver Lady and the Master arrives, having had to live through 77 years of Earth history as his TARDIS was stolen. However, the Silver Lady suddenly stops and Barton storms off into hiding.

Suddenly, the Doctor enters the hangar with Ada and Noor, revealing she knew Barton would go on to own the statue and re-engineered it so it would shut down upon a mass Kasaavin gathering. The Doctor tells the Kasaavin to leave and plays them her sonic's audio recording of the Master's plan to double-cross them. Furious, the aliens hound upon the Master and he is teleported to their dimension, screaming the Doctor's name. Meanwhile, the Doctor promises to explain everything to her friends and drop Ada and Noor back home but first has to create the materials on the plane that saved the gang's lives. She uses the Master's TARDIS to place everything in the plane as it is being built then gets her ship back from the vineyard.

First, the Doctor drops off Noor. After promising her the fascists will never win as long as people like her are there, the Doctor wipes her memory and bids her "bonne chance" as she passes out. Next, it is Ada's turn, although she is desperate to keep travelling. Despite begging to not have her memory wiped, the Doctor goes through with it and she wishes her sweet dreams as she leaves.

Alone, the Doctor travels to Gallifrey. The entire Capital is destroyed and still burning. Mortified, the Doctor can barely move. Back inside the TARDIS, a geo-activated holographic message from the Master plays, revealing that he did the damage, furious that "the whole existence of our species [was] built on the lie of the Timeless Child." The Doctor remembers the Remnants telling her that name and sees a brief vision of a young girl stood by a tower. The Master says the vision is hidden in all Gallifreyans but refuses to say more.

Five adventures later and the Doctor is still deep in thought about the Master's words. The group round on her for not being open about her life and she quickly tells them about where she came from, why she travels, and her relationship with the Master. When Yaz asks if they can visit Gallifrey, she sombrely replies, "another time."

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Not every person who worked on this adventure was credited. The absence of a credit for a position doesn't necessarily mean the job wasn't required. The information above is based solely on observations of the actual end credits of the episodes as broadcast, and does not relay information from IMDB or other sources.
          

Because this site places both episodes of Spyfall into one single article, it is slightly more difficult to properly represent the crew in the above framework. Episodes 1 and 2 did not share the same credits.  Most notably, Part One was directed by Jamie Magnus Stone, while Part Two was instead directed by Lee Haven Jones. As a result, these episodes belonged to two different production blocks. Rebecca Trotman edited both episodes, but was joined by Tom Chapman, who shared the credit with her for Part Two. Catherine Goldschmidt was the director of photography on Part One, and Ed Moore continued this work in Part Two.
Dan Mumford was 1st AD on Part One, while Part Two credited Barry Phillips in his stead. Aina Sabaté-Giralt was script supervisor on Part One, and Nicki Coles served this role in Part Two's production. Nick Murray was art director for Part One, followed by Joseph Wynne in Part Two, and Anwen Haf was standby art director in Part One, while Cerys Lewis did Part Two. Cerys Lewis serves as standby props person in Part One, instead. The role of set decorator was split between Chris House, in Part One, and Joelle Rumbelow, who worked on Part Two. Martin Broadbent, as set dresser, was only credited for Part One; Atiff Tahir and John Thomas, in the same role, only for Part Two. Darren Fereday, concept artist, worked on Part One, and Louis Knight received this credit for Part Two. Benjamin Davis and György Simán were graphic designers on Part One and Two, respectively. Jenny Tindle was a costume assistant only on Part One, and Ian Fowler held this title only for Part Two. Amy Riley was Part One's make-up supervisor, but one of Part Two's make-up artists, under returning supervisor Emma Cowen. Megan Bowes was a make-up artist credited only on Part One. 

Meanwhile, the South Africa crew, in its entirety, played a role in principal photography only for Part One. All credited stunt performers, other than Paul Bailey and Andrew Burford, only received credit with Part One. Agatha Jackson is only seen, alongside Scott, as production assistant, when the credits roll on Spyfall: Part One. Helen Searle received credit for cast payroll only in Part Two. Joshua Montoro-Bailes served as a camera assistant only on Part One. Steffan Allen was listed as grip assistant only on Part Two. Dave Hobbs and Kristian Tucker, carpenters, were only credited for Part Two. BBC Wales Graphics was billed as providing additional VFX for Part Two, joining Ben Pickles, who received this credit on both episodes. Alec Roberts is said in Part Two to only have "orchestrated", rather than "orchestrated and conducted". Kiran Marshall joined Howard Bargroff (credited on both) as dubbing mixer on Part Two's post-production team. Martin Joinson's services as aviation consultant were only called upon for Part Two.  In addition to the above, Andy Gardiner is erroneously credited as "Andy Gardine" in Spyfall: Part Two, while John Sinnott is credited as "John Sinnot", in Part Two as well.


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Games and sports[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Ryan, Tibo and their friends play basketball.
  • Daniel Barton's birthday party has roulette, Poker, Blackjack, dice etc.
  • Barton says his birthday party is Casino-theme and not Whodunnit.
  • "O" was a champion sprinter. The Master is not good at sprinting.

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  • This was the first multi-part television story to be given one overarching title since 2009-10's The End of Time, and only the second such story in the BBC Wales era. Interestingly, both stories aired in part on New Year's Day, and both featured the Master; in fact, Part One of Spyfall was broadcast on the 10th anniversary of 1 January 2010's The End of Time: Part Two. Each aired on the first day of their respective decade, according to one outlook on the bounds of such a measurement, which this wiki follows.
  • This is the first story in the show's history to have its parts air four days apart rather than a whole week. 1 January and 5 January 2020, respectively. It is also the first time two Doctor Who episodes have been shown the same week since The Twin Dilemma Parts Three and Four in March 1985.
Dedication to the late "Masterful" Terrance Dicks.
  • The first part of this story was dedicated to the memory of the "Masterful" Terrance Dicks. Dicks was script editor for the Master's debut story, Terror of the Autons.
  • This story's title is a play on the 2012 James Bond film Skyfall. According to one news source, the story also pays homage to Casino Royale, the first novel in the James Bond series, which was centred on gambling and aristocracy.[2] The concept of MI6 members being known by a single letter, namely "C" and "O", is similar to "M" and "Q" from the James Bond franchise, introduced in the original novels by Ian Fleming. Additionally, the car-bound attack on the Doctor en route to MI6, with a dead driver and a hostile vehicle, echoes a similar set piece from the film, Live and Let Die.
  • Part One marks the first episode since Twice Upon a Time to include a "cold opening". Part Two, however, used a re-cap of Part One rather than a new scene. "Cold openings" would be a fluctuating on/off feature in Series 12.
  • Part Two is the first "follow-up" episode of Doctor Who to feature a re-cap with an opening voiceover: "Previously on Doctor Who...", read by Thirteenth Doctor actor Jodie Whittaker, similarly to how Broadchurch, which was also written by Chibnall, would use a voiceover to re-cap the previous episode. The prior norm for televised Doctor Who, and indeed its televised spin-offs, was the use of an on-screen caption which typically read "Previously", which would be the norm from the series finale, The Timeless Children, onwards. This formula was, however, previously used by Big Finish Productions in the recap to Neverland which opened Zagreus. In that case, the voiceover was provided by Don Warrington, who voiced Rassilon in both stories.
  • Similar to The Return of Doctor Mysterio and its predecessor, Part One of this story aired exactly one year after the preceding episode.
  • This story marked the first time a villain has been capable of physically breaking through the sealed TARDIS doors.
  • This is the first multi-part television story to have more than one credited director since Planet of Giants in 1964.
  • This story was originally going to be a single episode. In this version, the opening would have featured Yaz getting her appraisal, Ryan passing his NVQ, and Graham performing a duet with a young Elvis Presley. Additionally, O would not have been the Master and the unnamed aliens would have been mining human DNA, eventually turning against Barton by the Doctor's convincing, who in turn tells her about the Timeless Child. (DWM 570 supplement)
  • Part Two was originally planned to include Barton having half of his DNA rewritten and escaping to Switzerland. Barton would have held Yaz's family hostage, the Doctor and Ada would have visited war-torn Paris through a séance, and the Doctor's friends would have tried to evade Barton by getting a lift from an old woman who vigorously stuck to the speed limit. (DWM 570 supplement)
  • Part Two was originally going to feature a scene in which Noor Inayat Khan is captured as an enemy spy and executed by the Nazis. It ended up being cut.[3]
  • This story features Stephen Fry as the benign-tempered head of MI6, referred to as simply "C". Fry had portrayed previously a head of the British secret services always referred to as "Control" in a notorious series of sketches from the anthology comedy series A Bit of Fry and Laurie, making Spyfall a near-crossover between these sketches and the Doctor Who universe.
  • Spyfall is the third consecutive time in which the second season opener for its respective Doctor is a two-part story, following The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon and The Magician's Apprentice/The Witch's Familiar.
  • Part Two aired on Mandip Gill's birthday.

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  • Daniel Barton was speculated to be a new incarnation of the Master. This was proven false, though O was revealed be the Master.

Ratings[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Part One - 4.88 million (BBC overnight)[4]
  • Part Two - 4.65 million (BBC overnight)[5]
  • Part One - 6.89 million (BBC overall)[6]
  • Part Two - 6.07 million (BBC overall)[6]

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(All DWM 570 supplement)

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If you'd like to talk about narrative problems with this story — like plot holes and things that seem to contradict other stories — please go to this episode's discontinuity discussion.
  • Andrew Piper, who plays an inventor in Part Two, is credited as "Andrew Pipe" in the episode's end credits.
  • While hiding under the floorboards, Ada recognises the Master from his voice, but in that scene he did not speak.

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  • This story was released as part of the Complete Twelfth Series boxset on DVD and Blu-ray in region 1/A on 9 June 2020, in region 2/B on 4 May 2020 and in region 4/B on 3 June 2020.

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  • In the United Kingdom, this story is available on BBC iPlayer in two parts as broadcast.

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Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. Dhawan is credited in Part One as "O", and in Part Two, as "The Master".
  2. Laford, Andrea (27 December 2018). Doctor Who Spyfall: new images and information. CultBox. Retrieved on 1 January 2020.
  3. https://cultbox.co.uk/news/spyfall-part-2-behind-the-scenes
  4. Ratings - Radio Times
  5. Ratings - Doctor Who News
  6. 6.0 6.1 Spyfall - Official Ratings