Can You Hear Me? (TV story)

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Can You Hear Me? was the seventh episode of series 12 of Doctor Who.

It extended on the ongoing story arc of "the Timeless Child" a bit further, by showing the Doctor in the middle of her vision previously seen in Spyfall: Part Two.

The episode touched on the subject of mental health, which prompted the inclusion of a BBC Action Line tag at the end of the episode upon its original broadcast.

Synopsis

What connects the nightmares of a young girl from 1380 Aleppo to strange happenings in the present day? Who is the shadowy figure who appears in the night? And what have they got to do with a young woman in the far future, trapped in an impossible prison? Time catches up to the Doctor's friends, whose wants and dreams are set on colliding. They must now embark on a mission that will draw out their innermost fears, to be confronted.

Plot

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Cast

Crew

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References

Locations

The Doctor

TARDIS

Science

Individuals

Species

Food and beverages

  • Ryan brings chips to Tibo's flat.
  • After winning the FIFA game, Ryan goes to make tea.
  • Sonya has been cooking tikka masala and rice for herself and Yaz.

Medical ailments and remedies

  • Graham is afraid that his cancer could return.

Technology

Popular culture

Story notes

  • This marks the first Doctor Who television story to have a question mark in its title.
  • The episode had a "cold opening", the first for the series since the two-part opener Spyfall.
  • The episode features an animated segment during Rakaya's tale of her and Zellin's coming-to-be up until her imprisonment. This is the first in-story animation since series 2 story Fear Her[disputed statement]. It was created by Nina Chakrabarti and DNEG.[1]
  • Eight months before the episode's broadcast, the production team contacted the mental health charity Mind's media advisory service for feedback concerning their tackling of mental health issues.[2]
  • Zellin's hand effect was achieved via a combination of a fingerless prosthetic hand and digital effects.[3]
  • Some fans were impressed by the episode's way of tackling mental health issues, but voiced disdain towards the Doctor's apparent dismissal of Graham's fears about his cancer returning, saying it was out of character.[4] The BBC Complaints department later addressed the situation, saying the scene's intention was to show the Doctor struggling to deal with the subject matter properly, thus not being able to find the right words.[5]

Ratings

  • 3.81 million (BBC overnight)[6]

Filming locations

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Myths

  • Ian Gelder's Zellin was connected to the Remnants from The Ghost Monuments due to Gelder voicing them. This turned out to be false. Gelder was promised that voicing the Remnants would not block him from appearing on the show in person.

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