Series 13, Episode 4 | Part 4 of 6 | First broadcast: 21 November 2021 | Writers: Chris Chibnall and Maxine Alderton | Director: Jamie Magnus Stone
Cast
- Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor
- Mandip Gill as Yasmin Khan
- John Bishop as Dan Lewis
- Kevin McNally as Professor Jericho
- Annabel Scholey as Claire
Summary
In 1967, the Doctor and Yasmin investigate a small English village where every resident has mysteriously vanished, discovering it under siege by an army of Weeping Angels working toward a mysterious, universe-spanning goal tied to Division, while the Angels turn their sights on the Doctor herself in an attempt to trap her forever, leading to a terrifying cliffhanger in which the Doctor is seemingly absorbed into an Angel and hurled backward through time.
Interesting Facts
- This chapter marks a major, large-scale return of the Weeping Angels, one of the most popular monsters introduced in the modern series, in their most numerous on-screen appearance to date.
- It ends on one of the more shocking cliffhangers of the season, with the Doctor seemingly trapped or transformed by the Angels themselves.
- The episode was co-written by Maxine Alderton, who previously wrote the acclaimed “The Haunting of Villa Diodati” earlier in the Chibnall era.
- Kevin McNally’s Professor Jericho became a fan-favorite one-off character for his droll, unflappable reaction to the escalating alien horror around him.
- The Angels’ connection to Division and the Doctor’s hidden past adds new lore to a monster previously used mostly as a standalone horror threat.
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