Face the Raven (TV story)

Face the Raven
Doctor:	Twelfth Doctor
Companion(s):	Clara
Featuring:	Rigsy
Main enemy:	Mayor Me
Main setting:	London, the 21st century
Key crew
Writer:	Sarah Dollard
Director:	Justin Molotnikov
Producer:	Nikki Wilson
Release details
Story number:	259
Premiere broadcast:	21 November 2015
Premiere network:	BBC One
Format:	1x45 minute episode
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Face the Raven was the tenth episode of the ninth series of Doctor Who produced by BBC Wales. The episode saw Rigsy and Ashildr return as well as Ashildr's first time interacting with Clara since the The Girl Who Died.

The episode marked the last regular appearance of Jenna Coleman as Clara Oswald, as the character unexpectedly died during the episode's climax, and unlike Asylum of the Daleks and The Snowmen, this death would remain permanent.

Synopsis

The Doctor, Clara and Rigsy are trapped on an alien street in London, that is hidden from the rest of the world.

Ashildr, the immortal hybrid-girl, is taking care of some of the most dangerous creatures in the universe. Not everyone will get out alive, one of them must pay the price and face the raven.

Plot

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Cast

• The Doctor - Peter Capaldi
• Clara - Jenna Coleman
• Ashildr - Maisie Williams
• Rigsy - Joivan Wade
• Kabel - Simon Manyonda
• Rump - Simon Paisley Day
• Anahson - Letitia Wright
• Chronolock Guy - Robin Soans
• Alien woman - Angela Clerkin
• Habrian woman - Caroline Boulton
• Elderly woman - Jenny Lee
• Jen - Naomi Ackie

Uncredited cast

• Trap Street alien - Clem So

Crew

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References

• The Doctor threatens Me to save Clara, saying that he will bring UNIT, the Zygons, the Daleks, and the Cybermen down on her trap street.

Story notes

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Ratings

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Filming location

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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

• The Doctor and Clara reunite with Rigsy, (TV: Flatline) and Me. (TV: The Girl Who Died/The Woman Who Lived)
• The Doctor and Clara find that Rigsy's memory of the last 24 hours have been wiped or "retconned". The retcon drug was frequently used by Torchwood Three. (TV: Everything Changes et al.)
• Me considers the trap street to be a more favorable way of housing aliens on Earth as opposed to the settling of the Zygons. (TV: The Zygon Invasion/The Zygon Inversion)
• The Doctor's confession dial reappears. (TV: The Magician's Apprentice/The Witch's Familiar)
• Clara compares her coming sacrifice to that of Danny Pink. (TV: Death in Heaven)
• The TARDIS telephone rings. (TV: Aliens of London et al)
• Clara tells the Doctor to "heal himself". This is reminiscent as the Eighth Doctor's final words: "Physician, heal thyself". (TV: The Night of the Doctor)
• Clara asks the Doctor to be "a doctor" and not " a warrior". (TV: The Day of the Doctor)
• Clara hangs outside of the TARDIS in order to find the mystery street. She hangs outside of it in a way similar to that the Eleventh Doctor once did. (TV: The Day of the Doctor)
• Clara once again mentions to have a friendly relationship with Jane Austin. Clara previously taught classes about her and joked that Jane was a great kisser. (TV: The Caretaker, The Magician's Apprentice)
• Clara tells the Doctor that his "reign of terror" will end "at the sight of the first crying child". (TV: The Girl Who Died)
• The Doctor previously has had to deal with countdown plots. (TV: 42, Flesh and Stone)
• The TARDIS key is seen. (TV: Dark Water et al)
• Several previous alien species encountered by the Doctor are seen in this story: Judoon, Sontarans, Cybermen and an Ood.

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