The Doctor Falls, written by Steven Moffat, was the twelfth and final episode of the tenth series of Doctor Who produced by BBC Wales.
Synopsis
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Plot
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Cast
- The Doctor - Peter Capaldi
- Bill - Pearl Mackie
- Nardole - Matt Lucas
- Missy - Michelle Gomez
- The Saxon Master - John Simm
- Hazran - Samantha Spiro
- Alit - Briana Shann
- Gazron - Rosie Boore
- Rexhill - Simon Coombs
- Heather - Stephanie Hyam
- Voice of the Cybermen - Nicholas Briggs
And David Bradley as The Doctor
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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 recalls last seeing Missy's predecessor heading to Gallifrey. (TV: The End of Time)
- The Doctor notes the Cybermen have risen from Mondas (AUDIO: Spare Parts, TV: The Tenth Planet) to Telos, (TV: The Tomb of the Cybermen) Earth, (TV: Rise of the Cybermen/The Age of Steel) Planet 14 (TV: The Invasion) and Marinus. (COMIC: The World Shapers)
- The Doctor recounts his various victories over the Cybermen: on Telos where he sealed them into their ice tombs, (TV: The Tomb of the Cybermen) Voga, (TV: Revenge of the Cybermen), Canary Wharf (TV: Army of Ghosts/Doomsday) and Planet 14. (COMIC: The World Shapers, TV: The Invasion)
- The Doctor reminds Bill how she remembered the truth during the reign of the Monks. (TV: The Lie of the Land)
- Bill is reunited with Heather in the form of sentient oil. (TV: The Pilot)
- Missy uses her sonic umbrella. (TV: World Enough and Time)
- The Master uses a modified Laser screwdriver. (TV: Last of the Timelords)
- The Doctor has a brief recall of all of his past companions from his ninth incarnation onwards, just before his body attempts to regenerate. The Fifth Doctor similarly had this occur to him. Likewise, the last face he sees is the Master's. (TV: The Caves of Androzani). The Fourth Doctor had also had a similar thing happen, and he also saw the Master's face. (TV:Logopolis.
- As he begins regenerating, the Doctor says "I don't want to go", the exact same words his tenth incarnation said before regenerating. (TV: The End of Time) He also reiterates the last lines of his eleventh incarnation. (TV: The Time of the Doctor)
- The Doctor resists regenerating. He has previously done this. (TV: The End of Time)
- It was revealed Heather gave her tears to track Bill, explaining how Bill was still able to cry despite being a Cyberman. (TV: World Enough and Time)
- The Doctor meets his original self. He has met this version of himself numerous times. (TV: The Two Doctors, The Five Doctors, The Day of the Doctor)
Home video releases
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External links
- Official The Doctor Falls page on the Doctor Who website