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Revision as of 23:53, 1 January 2020

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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 Spy Master, now in a new incarnation played by Sacha Dhawan. This Master was also seen to make use of the Tissue Compression Eliminator, marking its re-introduction to the revived series.

Synopsis

Part One

The security of the entire world is at stake, so head of MI6, C, enlists the the 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 TARDISes, known as the Kasaavin is wiping out spy organisations all over the planet. Can former MI6-leader "O" help them, or is he not who he claims to be.

Plot

Part One

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Cast

Crew

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References

Technology

  • Hakim tries and fails to use Alexa.

Popular culture

  • Hakim asks Alexa to play Rubber Soul.
  • Ryan decides that his spy name would be "Logan", and starts panicking upon realising he looks "nothing like Hugh Jackman".

The Doctor

Story notes

  • 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.
    • Incidentally, part 1 of the episode aired on the 10-year anniversary of The End of Time: Part 2's airing, and both episodes featured the Master, falling on New Year's Day.
  • Some scenes in this story were filmed in South Africa.
  • This story's title is a play on the 2012 James Bond film Skyfall.[1]
    • According to one news source, the story also pays homage to Casino Royale, a 1967 Bond film centred on gambling and aristocracy.
    • The concept of MI6 members being known by a single letter ("C" and "O"), may also be a reference to a similar feature in the James Bond franchise ("M" and "Q"), first introduced in Ian Fleming's 1953 novel Casino Royale.
  • The first part of this story was dedicated to the memory of the "Masterful" Terrance Dicks.

Ratings

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Filming locations

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Production errors

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.

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Continuity

Home video releases

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External links

Footnotes

  1. Laford, Andrea (27 December 2018). Doctor Who Spyfall: new images and information. CultBox. Retrieved on 1 January 2020.