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* [[Alan Cumming]] – [[James VI and I|King James]] |
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* [[Siobhan Finneran]] – Becka Savage |
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* Tilly Steele – Willa Twiston |
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Revision as of 01:58, 26 November 2018
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| File:Doctor Who Series 11 Episode 8 The Witchfinders.jpg Promotional image for the episode, showing King James (Alan Cumming) | |||
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| Production | |||
| Directed by | Sallie Aprahamian | ||
| Written by | Joy Wilkinson | ||
| Produced by | Alex Mercer | ||
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| Music by | Segun Akinola | ||
| Series | Series 11 | ||
| Running time | 50 minutes | ||
| First broadcast | 25 November 2018 | ||
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"The Witchfinders" is the eighth episode of the eleventh series of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who. It was written by Joy Wilkinson and directed by Sallie Aprahamian, and was first broadcast on BBC One on 25 November 2018.
In the episode, the Thirteenth Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) travels to 16th century Lancashire, alongside her companions Graham O'Brien (Bradley Walsh), Ryan Sinclair (Tosin Cole), and Yasmin Khan (Mandip Gill), finding themselves in the middle of a witch hunt held by a local land owner.
Plot
Production
Development
Casting
Filming
Broadcast and reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Daily Mirror |   [1] |
| Metro | [2] |
| Radio Times | [3] |
| The Telegraph | [4] |
| The Independent | [5] |
Leak
The episode was released to Amazon Prime subscribers three days before its BBC One broadcast, when the streaming service accidentally uploaded "The Witchfinders" to the slot for the seventh episode, "Kerblam!", instead of the seventh episode itself.[6]
Ratings
Critical reception
References
- ^ Jackson, Daniel (25 November 2018). "Doctor Who The Witchfinders review: Alan Cumming saves this week's episode from being too dark". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- ^ Pearce, Tilly (25 November 2018). "Doctor Who episode 8 review: The Witchfinders finally finds the show's sci-fi and historical balance". Metro. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- ^ Mulkern, Patrick (25 November 2018). "Doctor Who The Witchfinders review: Siobhan Finneran and Alan Cumming shine – but this Jacobean witch-hunt lacks the magic ingredient". Radio Times. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- ^ Hogan, Michael (25 November 2018). "Doctor Who episode 8, The Witchfinders recap: a creepy folk-horror delight - until the monster arrived". The Telegraph. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- ^ Power, Ed (25 November 2018). "Doctor Who, episode 8, review: 'The Witchfinders' is Jodie Whittaker's scariest outing yet". The Independent. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- ^ Fullerton, Huw (22 November 2018). "Someone accidentally uploaded the next episode of Doctor Who on Amazon". Radio Times. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
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