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Extremis (TV story)

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Extremis was the sixth episode of the tenth series of Doctor Who produced by BBC Wales.

Most notably, the episode revealed that Missy was inside the vault beneath St Luke's University. It also explained how Nardole came to travel with the Doctor after the events of The Husbands of River Song.

Synopsis

The Vatican asks the Twelfth Doctor to investigate a mysterious book called the Veritas. All who read the Veritas immediately kill themselves. When a translation of the Veritas is leaked online, the Doctor must face up to the inevitable truth...

Plot

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Cast

Crew

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References

Time Lords

People

Technology

A flatscreen is seen in the White House.

Organisations

Religion

  • An early Christian sect managed to translate the Veritas before all commiting suicide.
  • The Veritas is older than the Catholic Church itself.
  • Suicide is understood to be a mortal sin in Catholicism, leading one to hell.
  • Pope Benedict said that the Doctor was "more in need of confession than any man breathing", but when the offer was made, the Doctor replied "it would take too much time".
  • The Doctor says that religion is "designed to confuse the uninitiated", as Angelo says of the layout of the Haereticum.

Food and beverages

  • The man in the cage had been there a long time and eaten lots of food, bananas and sandwiches included. He also had coffee.
  • The CERN employees all drank all sorts of wines before the end. Chateau Cissac included.

Locations

  • A long time ago Nardole told the Doctor that he followed him from Darillium and that he has full permission from River Song to kick his arse.
  • Nardole tells Bill that the Vatican is in Rome, which is in Italy.
  • The Haereticum contains a cage with the Veritas locked inside.
  • A total blackout has occurred at the White House. The Doctor confronts a Monk in the Oval Office.

Weapons

  • Piero has a gun that he uses to kill himself.

Culture

  • The Pope hopes for God to help the Doctor]] on his quest.
  • Virtual Bill exclaims "Harry Potter!" upon seeing the Haereticum for the first time.
  • Virtual Nardole says that the Doctor and Angelo would be "wizard" at writing Christmas crackers, when, together, they say, "Truth in the heart of heresy" / "And death in the heart of truth".
  • Virtual Nardole relates holographic simulations, with holographic people to the holodeck on Star Trek, "or a really posh VR without a headset".
  • Virtual Nardole compares the simulation to Grand Theft Auto, and the virtual Doctor likens the inhabitants of the Shadow Earth finding out they are a simulation and committing suicide as a result to a hypothetical scenario in which "Super Mario realises he's inside a video game".
  • The Doctor owns a snakes and ladders game in the TARDIS.
  • Upon seeing the Monks, the Doctor pokes fun at the saying that no one looks good in the morning.
  • Many of the simulated people took the Shadow Test to confirm they were not real.

Story notes

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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.
  • Outgoing emails on the laptop are shown, when in fact the inbox, rather than sent messages, is open on the left panel. Later, when the Doctor opens it again, the same messages appear, but now in sent.
  • The reflection of a cameraman can be seen on the TV at CERN, when the camera pans in on the bomb countdown just before detonation.

Continuity

Home video releases

DVD releases

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Blu-ray releases

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Digital releases

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External links

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