In the near future, the Doctor and Clara find themselves on a space shuttle making a suicide mission to the moon. Crash-landing on the lunar surface, they find a mining base full of corpses, vicious spider-like creatures poised to attack, and a terrible dilemma. When Clara turns to the Doctor for help, she gets the shock of her life.
“It’s a testament to the quality of Peter Harness’s intense and emotional script, that we’ve been able to attract an actress of the brilliance of Hermione Norris. And for the first time since 1984, the Doctor Who production team is heading to Lanzarote. The Doctor is returning to the scene of an old adventure – but there have been sinister changes since his last visit.”– Steven Moffat
Finding themselves on a shuttle bound for the moon as part of a suicide mission, the Doctor and crew crash land on the lunar surface to find a moonbase full of corpses, rampant spiders and one of the most terrible dilemmas of the Doctor’s many lives.
From Wallander‘s Peter Harness comes one of the most scintillating writing debuts with the show in a long time, one of the true highlights of the series and indeed possibly of the decade so far. With the premise to “Hinchcliffe the shit of out it” from Steven Moffat, Harness has crafted a classic. Dark, moody, adult, suspenseful, Kill the Moon fits this Twelfth Doctor to a tee.
Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman have never risen higher on the show and this one will be talked about and debated for a long, long time…and that ending, oh what an ending!
“I might have worried a little about making it too dark. But I don’t feel I did – it’s more challenging than Doctor Who sometimes is, but I think it’s good for audiences and writers to be outside of their comfort zone sometimes.”– Peter Harness, Cultbox
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Writer: Peter Harness
Director: Paul Wilmshurst
Cast: Peter Capaldi (The Doctor), Jenna Coleman (Clara Oswald), Samuel Anderson (Danny Pink), Ellis George (Courtney Woods), Hermione Norris (Lundvik), Tony Osoba (Duke), Phil Nice (Henry), Christopher Dane (McKean)
Broadcast details: Saturday October 4 at 8:30pm on BBC One and BBC HD
In the near future, the Doctor and Clara arrive on a decrepit shuttle making a suicide mission to the Moon. Crashing on the lunar surface, they find a mining base full of eviscerated corpses, spider-like creatures scuttling about in the dark, and a terrible dilemma.
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