Arachnids in the UK (TV story)

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Arachnids in the UK was the fourth episode in the eleventh series of Doctor Who produced by BBC Wales.

The Thirteenth Doctor finally returns Graham, Ryan and Yasmin home, just half an hour after they had left unwillingly. Notably, the Doctor's new companions actively choose to travel with her at the end of this episode.

Synopsis

The Thirteenth Doctor finally manages to bring her friends home, but with more time alone on the horizon, she soon discovers that something unnatural has happened to the eight-legged population of Sheffield. Why have they converged on an unopened hotel, and why is there a man going around like he owns the place?

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Technology

  • The Doctor uses the psychic paper to identify herself to Robertson as a "problem-solver".

Food

  • Hakim offers to cook pakora - a dish which Yaz states that he's terrible at.

Story notes

  • This story introduced the new version of the Time Vortex as well as giving us a more in-depth look at it.
  • While the Doctor says in this episode she's never had a flat before, previous stories including PROSE: Verdigris and PROSE: Endgame indicate otherwise.
  • The plot of the episode takes inspiration from the films Ice Spiders and Eight Legged Freaks.[source needed]
  • Almost every science fiction fact about spiders mentioned or done in the episode has its ground in real world science.[1]
  • Internationally renowned zoologist and conservationist Dr Niall Doran was consulted for this episode.[2]

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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

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