Doctor Who: Season 10

2017 · 12 episodes · ★ 7.1

Series 10

What Season 10 of Doctor Who

The tenth season of Doctor Who is the last for Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor. The Time Lord settles on Earth, where he teaches at St Luke's University, and convinces Bill Potts, a kitchen assistant, to become his private student. Pearl Mackie plays Bill, while Matt Lucas returns as Nardole, the companion who travels with him. Together they face creatures living in a rented house, a space station, a book that causes instant deaths, and a pyramid that appears in the middle of a war zone. Steven Moffat writes the season as lead writer and executive producer.

12episodes

Apr 15, 2017premiered

Jul 1, 2017latest episode

9.4 hrtotal runtime

Season 10 Episodes

10x01 The Pilot
Apr 15, 2017 · 50 min · ★ 7.1
Two worlds collide when the Doctor meets Bill. A chance encounter with a girl with a star in her eye leads to a terrifying chase across time and space. Bill’s mind is opened to a universe that is bigger and more exciting than she could possibly have imagined – but who is the Doctor, and what is his secret mission with Nardole on Earth?
Directed by Lawrence Gough · Written by Steven Moffat · Starring Jennifer Hennessy, Stephanie Hyam, Rosie Jane, Nicholas Briggs
10x02 Smile
Apr 22, 2017 · 46 min · ★ 6.4
The language of the future is emoji! The Doctor takes Bill to a spectacular city on a distant planet - but where are the colonists? A band of 'cute' droids hold the deadly answer.
Directed by Lawrence Gough · Written by Frank Cottrell Boyce · Starring Kiran L Dadlani, Ralf Little, Mina Anwar, Kaizer Akhtar
10x03 Thin Ice
Apr 29, 2017 · 44 min · ★ 6.9
London, 1814. The entire city has turned out for the biggest Frost Fair in decades. But beneath the frozen Thames, revellers are disappearing, snatched through the ice and pulled into the depths where a terrifying monster lurks. Will the Doctor and Bill stop the slaughter before they too are dragged into the icy waters?
Directed by Bill Anderson · Written by Sarah Dollard · Starring Nicholas Burns, Asiatu Koroma, Peter Singh, Simon Ludders
10x04 Knock Knock
May 6, 2017 · 45 min · ★ 6.7
Why do floorboards creak? When a sinister landlord shows Bill and her friends the perfect houseshare, they have no idea what lies ahead... knock knock, who's there?
Directed by Bill Anderson · Written by Mike Bartlett · Starring David Suchet, Mariah Gale, Mandeep Dhillon, Ben Presley
10x05 Oxygen
May 13, 2017 · 45 min · ★ 7.5
“Space - the final frontier. Final because it wants to kill us.” Trapped on a space station with no oxygen, the Doctor, Bill and Nardole are horrified to discover the automated spacesuits keeping them alive are also trying to kill them!
Directed by Charles Palmer · Written by Jamie Mathieson · Starring Kieran Bew, Justin Salinger, Peter Caulfield, Mimî M. Khayisa
10x06 Extremis (1)
May 20, 2017 · 49 min · ★ 7.5
“The Veritas. The truth. Truth so true you can't live with it. Is that looking into hell... or seeing the light?” Everyone who has ever read the Veritas has been found dead. In a forbidden library at the heart of the Vatican, the pope urges the Doctor to read the ancient text - but can he handle the truth?
Directing: Daniel Nettheim · Writing: Steven Moffat · Starring: Michelle Gomez, Jennifer Hennessy, Corrado Invernizzi, Joseph Long
10x07 The Pyramid at the End of the World (2)
May 27, 2017 · 47 min · ★ 7.0
An “ancient” pyramid appears overnight. Every clock in the world begins counting down to the Earth's destruction. Three opposing armies lie ready to annihilate each other. An alien race stands ready to offer humanity a deal that could save them, but also enslave them. It's a terrifying race against time to save the world. Will the Doctor be forced to accept their help?
Directed by Daniel Nettheim · Written by Steven Moffat, Peter Harness · Starring Ronkẹ Adékoluẹjo, Tim Bentinck, Togo Igawa, Nigel Hastings
10x08 The Lie of the Land (3)
Jun 3, 2017 · 45 min · ★ 6.7
Earth has been invaded and Bill is living alone, an isolated figure surviving in occupied Britain. The Doctor is imprisoned and appears to be on the side of the enemy, flooding the airwaves with fake news. Bill and Nardole must embark on a deadly mission to rescue the Doctor and lead the resistance against the new regime, whatever the cost.
Directed by Wayne Che Yip · Written by Toby Whithouse · Starring Michelle Gomez, Emma Handy, Beatrice Curnew, Stewart Wright
10x09 Empress of Mars
Jun 10, 2017 · 44 min · ★ 6.4
“God save the Queen” has been scrawled on the surface of Mars. What are Victorians doing on the home of the Ice Warriors? And what will they find beneath the Martian soil?
Directed by Wayne Che Yip · Written by Mark Gatiss · Starring Michelle Gomez, Anthony Calf, Ferdinand Kingsley, Richard Ashton
10x10 The Eaters of Light
Jun 17, 2017 · 42 min · ★ 5.8
A long time ago, the ninth legion of the Roman army vanished into the mists of Scotland. Bill has a theory about what happened, and the Doctor has a time machine. But when they arrive in ancient Aberdeenshire, what they find is a far greater threat than any army. In a cairn, on a hillside, is a doorway leading to the end of the world.
Directed by Charles Palmer · Written by Rona Munro · Starring Michelle Gomez, Rebecca Benson, Daniel Kerr, Brian Vernel
10x11 World Enough and Time (1)
Jun 24, 2017 · 46 min · ★ 8.5
Friendship drives the Doctor into the rashest decision of his life. Trapped on a giant spaceship, caught in the event horizon of a black hole, he witnesses the death of someone he is pledged to protect. Is there any way he can redeem his mistake? Are events already out of control? For once, time is the Time Lord’s enemy.
Directed by Rachel Talalay · Written by Steven Moffat · Starring Michelle Gomez, Oliver Lansley, Paul Brightwell, Alison Lintott
10x12 The Doctor Falls (2) Season Finale
Jul 1, 2017 · 61 min · ★ 8.2
"Without hope, without witness, without reward." The Mondasian Cybermen are on the rise. It's time for the Doctor's final battle…
Directed by Rachel Talalay · Written by Steven Moffat · Starring Michelle Gomez, Briana Shann, Rosie Boore, Samantha Spiro