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"The Magician's Apprentice" is the first episode of the ninth series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. (COMIC: The Forgotten) The Testimony Foundation had footage of the Doctor trying to defeat the Nightmare Child. There is no more heartbreaking story in the Doctor Who universe than Torchwood: Children of Earth. It has always been your greatest indulgence. The site's consensus reads "In "The Magician's Apprentice," Peter Capaldi and the writers settle into an emotionally engaging tone while raising the stakes for the Twelfth Doctor". The Nightmare Child was the first and only specimen of a new type of Dalek, created by Davros during the first year of the Last Great Time War. [21] It was also screened along with "The Witch's Familiar" on 10 September 2015 in Cardiff by BAFTA Cymru with a Q&A session following. It is the first of a two-part story; the second part, "The Witch's Familiar", aired on 26 September. There were 1.3 million "download requests" through the BBC's iplayer service. [10], When the Doctor spies Clara and Missy, he plays the opening notes to Roy Orbison's "Oh, Pretty Woman". [24] It received an Appreciation Index score of 84. (PROSE: The Whoniverse), However, after escaping New York, Dalek Caan fell into the Time War and saved Davros at the cost of his own sanity. [1] It was first broadcast on BBC One on 19 September 2015. (PROSE: Twice Upon a Time), Rassilon's plan to return Gallifrey to the universe would have allowed the Nightmare Child and other horrors to come out of the Time War and into reality. [4][5], Another prologue to the episode, titled "The Doctor's Meditation",[6][7] was released in Russia, Canada, the United States and Denmark on 15 and 16 September 2015, alongside a 3D cinematic release of "Dark Water" and "Death in Heaven". [10], Colony Sarff visits the Maldovarium, a bar last seen in 2011's "A Good Man Goes to War". [15] Most notably, he shows footage (from Genesis of the Daleks) of the Fourth Doctor asking the question "if someone who knew the future pointed out a child to you and told you that that child would grow up totally evil, to be a ruthless dictator who would destroy millions of lives, could you then kill that child? These correspond with locales for many of the Doctor's past adventures: San Martino (The Masque of Mandragora);[10] New York City (The Chase, "Daleks in Manhattan"/"Evolution of the Daleks", and "The Angels Take Manhattan") and three possible appearances in Atlantis (The Time Monster, The Underwater Menace, and The Dæmons). [22], The episode was watched by 6.54 million viewers, the lowest consolidated rating for the programme since the Matt Smith episode "The Crimson Horror". Davros saw it as the "perfect Dalek," rising above the flaws of every other Dalek. So far there have been 13 Doctors, 14 including the War Doctor. The Doctor attempts to plead for their lives, but Davros says he has no control over the Daleks, and Missy, Clara, and the TARDIS are seemingly destroyed. [8] On 18 September, this was released on Facebook in the United Kingdom, and also made available through other online channels. But tempers it with "there’s no real sense of jeopardy"....In a universe where everything is now "unzappable'". [10], Davros plays excerpts from his prior conversations with the Doctor's earlier incarnations, ranging from Genesis of the Daleks to "The Stolen Earth". Davros derides the Doctor's compassion as his "greatest indulgence" and wants him to confess, finally, that "compassion is wrong". They are captured by the Daleks and taken to a room where the TARDIS has been procured. "The Magician's Apprentice" is the first episode of the ninth series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. [11] The scene features several returning aliens: the Sycorax, the Hath, the Ood and a Tivolian. [38] However, Benji Wilson in The Daily Telegraph gave it 3/5 saying that the "jury is still out" and questioning whether "seemingly catastrophic events" can be very thrilling in the Doctor Who universe which "keeps reminding you you're not supposed to take it seriously". 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He called the War Doctor there, gloating as he and his command ship were swallowed by the Nightmare Child, despite the Doctor's efforts to save Davros. [37], Patrick Mulkern of Radio Times rated the episode as 5/5, praising the episode's story and concept. [16], The Doctor's playing electric guitar and teaching medieval people the term "dude" echoes the movies Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, films featuring two rocker teens who travel back in time – in a telephone call box – and teach historical figures their customs. The Doctor and Rose discover that the Doctor's oldest and most deadly enemy is about to break free, after being held captive beneath the salt plains of Utah. She asks the Doctor if he will go, insisting: "You owe that creature nothing." Scenes set on Skaro's surface were filmed on Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands. Davros: Compassion, Doctor. The Doctor, travelling across a war-ravaged battleground, encounters a young boy trapped in a field of "handmines". In this prologue, the Doctor appears in medieval times alongside Bors, who appears to be a loyal friend, and in the 6 minute clip, questions who he must face, asking whether he faces an old friend or a foe. While there, they are contacted by Missy, who needed to get UNIT's attention to arrange a meeting with Clara. [3], The Twelfth Doctor has returned to the planet Karn. On present-day Earth, all the planes are frozen in mid-flight. (PROSE: The Third Wise Man) Another account claimed the Eighth Doctor, the incarnation of the Doctor before the War Doctor, had been present instead. A large collection of various Doctor Who-related books, texts, magazine articles and literature. [2] The episode was written by showrunner Steven Moffat and directed by Hettie MacDonald. [19] Doctor Who TV series, characters, stories - all belong to BBC Enterprises. To provide the necessary Dalek props, some were taken from the nearby Doctor Who Experience exhibition. Sarff takes them to a space station, and the Doctor is led alone to Davros, who shames the Doctor for his actions in the past. [25] The episode broke records on BBC America with 1.1 million viewers in the 18–49 category. [12] The Shadow Proclamation, an intergalactic police force last appearing in 2008's "The Stolen Earth", also briefly returns, featuring the Shadow Architect (from the same episode) and a Judoon. At a café, Missy asks Clara for help finding the Doctor as Missy had received his "confession dial", the Time Lords' equivalent of a last will and testament, and believes the Doctor may think he is dying. Doctor Who is a British science-fiction television programme produced by the BBC. He further praised the episode's writing, stating that the episode "[delivers] a real jolt to the system for both the Doctor and the viewer to start off Season 9". In fact he delivers boy. It is the longest running science-fiction show in the world. (TV: Genesis of the Daleks)By another account however, Davros' crippling had led to him being shunned and given small-scale scientific projects. [11][13], The Sisterhood of Karn, already seen in the 2013 teaser "The Night of the Doctor", originally appeared in the 1976 serial The Brain of Morbius. Meanwhile, Missy is suspicious of the gravity of the station, and shows Clara that the station is just an illusion, as they are on the planet Skaro, the Dalek homeworld. [23] The overnight viewing figures indicated the episode was watched by 4.58 million viewers on BBC1, the lowest overnight figure for a series opener since the show returned in 2005. "[11], Several different designs of the Daleks from across the series' history reappear in the episode, alongside their creator, Davros, and their home planet, Skaro. The Doctor feels shame for having abandoned Davros as a boy, and agrees to be taken away; Missy and Clara persuade Sarff to take them as well. https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Nightmare_Child?oldid=3069914, Coincidentally, the Nightmare Child backstory from. [11], Clara, upon deducing the Doctor's location and intent, says "Do not go gentle into that good night", the first line of the titular poem by Dylan Thomas. The episode was written by showrunner Steven Moffat and directed by Hettie MacDonald.It is the first of a two-part story; the second part, "The Witch's Familiar", aired on 26 September. Let me hear you say it, just once. [20], A cinema screening of "The Magician's Apprentice" was held on 27 August 2015 in Edinburgh as part of The Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival. After throwing the boy his sonic screwdriver so he can communicate with him, the Doctor encourages the boy and tries to save him, until he learns that the boy is Davros, the future creator of the Daleks, and as a result, abandons him. [11] Nick Setchfield of SFX also gave the episode five stars, claiming it was "full of wit and menace" and "unafraid to take on the show's museum piece classics". The DoctorDonna is born, creating another copy of the Tenth Doctor. (PROSE: The Third Wise Man) Cass Fermazzi had an encounter with the Nightmare Child. As they leave, Bors is revealed to be a Dalek "puppet" and secures the Doctor's TARDIS for the Daleks. [13][14], UNIT seeks the Doctor using a computer algorithm, plotting on a map the locations of various crises at which he has been rumoured to have appeared. The Witch's Familiar [9.2] (26 September 2015) [Having just survived being fired upon by Daleks, the Doctor sits calmly in Davros' chair, sipping a cup of tea.] The first Dalek shown in the episode is a blue-and-silver model as first seen in 1963. The trailer for the episode was released on 5 September 2015. There, Ohila of the Sisterhood, explains that someone has been seeking him across all time and space. All together, 1.97 million watched on the night in the United States. (PROSE: Twice Upon a Time). Davros planned to destroy it by luring it to the Gates of Elysium. This is a fan site, not ran for profit. A Kaled soldier is depicted armed with a bow and arrow; this is an allusion to a line spoken by Harry Sullivan in Genesis of the Daleks (1975): "they're going to finish off with bows and arrows". Missy and the Doctor's companion Clara (Jenna Coleman) track down the location of the Doctor before his expected death, and the three are taken prisoner on the planet Skaro where a weak and dying Davros (Julian Bleach)—an enemy of the Doctor and the creator of the Dalek race—seeks the Doctor after recalling an encounter from Davros' childhood. He went on to say "The Twelfth Doctor can have lots of fun in this episode, but he can also hit some real dark patches too. 5 questions raised by the Doctor Who series 9 prologue", "12 Great Moments from 'The Magician's Apprentice, "Was that really Peter Capaldi playing the guitar in Doctor Who? This monster was the creation of the Dalek Emperor so, … In the episode, the alien time traveller the Doctor (Peter Capaldi) disappears and gives a confession dial—his version of a last will and testament—to his former childhood friend Missy (Michelle Gomez). (PROSE: The Third Wise Man) However, the Child survived. [16] Actor Peter Capaldi plays the guitar himself and was part of a punk rock band called The Dreamboys in the early 1980s alongside Craig Ferguson. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 19 September 2015. Kelly Hunter had previously appeared as the Shadow Architect in the Series 4 episode "The Stolen Earth", with Julian Bleach also having appeared as Davros in that episode and its conclusion, "Journey's End". With half his body crippled, Davros began working on implanting organic brains into mechanical shells to serve as semi-autonomous attack drones, being assisted by Gharman. You bet your axe it was! Colony Sarff, a composite being made from numerous snakes, and an agent of Davros, tells the Doctor that Davros is dying. [35], "Could we be seeing the return of an iconic villain? © Old Doctor Who - 2013-2020 All articles on Olddoctorwho © of author. Clara and Missy find the Doctor has spent the last several weeks partying. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Time War) The War Doctor fought to prevent the rise of the Nightmare Child (PROSE: The Day of the Doctor) and made arrangements for it "to never arise and [to] forever be aware of its non-existence". In the early days of the Time War, Davros encountered the Nightmare Child at the Gates of Elysium. (TV: The End of Time), When reliving a memory from his eighth incarnation, the Tenth Doctor recalled "laugh[ing] in the face of the Nightmare Child". The Doctor regenerates into a new form when he or she dies. The Doctor replies that he must meditate, but has trouble doing so.[9]. Doctor Who is a British Sci-Fi TV show about a time traveling alien called The Doctor fighting off monsters with his or her companions using the TARDIS to travel. The team is forced to combat the 456, a species who will destroy the world unless they are given 10 percent of the child population. Clara helps Missy track down the Doctor to Essex in 1138. [26], "The Magician's Apprentice" received critical acclaim. Compassion is wrong. The Doctor's hand spare hand finally fulfils its purpose in Journey's End, the close of the fourth season of the revival. [27], Scott Collura of IGN awarded the episode a 9.4 out of ten, deemed "amazing". Let this be my final victory. As Dalek Caan recounted, "[he] flew into the wild, and the fire; [he] danced and died a thousand times." (PROSE: The Third Wise Man), Cass Fermazzi had an encounter with the Nightmare Child. The Fourth Doctor confronts Davros. Clare Higgins played Ohila of the Sisterhood of Karn in the mini-episode "The Night of the Doctor", which was part of the 50th Anniversary specials in 2013, and again in the season finale "Hell Bent". He says that he will, but that he will first 'hang out' for a bit. The Nightmare Child was the first and only specimen of a new type of Dalek, created by Davros during the first year of the Last Great Time War.Davros saw it as the "perfect Dalek," rising above the flaws of every other Dalek. Filming began in February 2015 in Tenerife, Spain. "The Witch's Familiar" is the second episode of the ninth series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. (TV: The Stolen Earth) Afterward, the Child itself fell into the Gates, and they closed and disappeared behind it. Sarff presents the Doctor with the sonic screwdriver the Doctor gave to Davros years before. Another of the Canary Islands, Lanzarote, has been used as a filming location twice previously, in 2014's "Kill the Moon" and in 1984's Planet of Fire.[10]. And it’s the climatic reveal/cliffhanger here that will help bring this Doctor towards the latter emotional state". The Doctor pulls out a Dalek weapon and vows to save his friend the only way he can. Clara is summoned to UNIT headquarters to help contact the Doctor. It gained a 21.2% share of its timeslot and came second for the night, behind The X Factor. The episode received a score of 83% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 18 reviews, with an average score of 8.7/10. (PROSE: The Day of the Doctor) The Nightmare Child quickly became out of control, wanting to consume everything like a hungry child. Jami Reid-Quarrell made a subsequent appearance as "The Veil" in "Heaven Sent", the penultimate episode of Series 9. On the battleground, the Doctor speaks to young Davros in the Doctor's personal future. The programme depicts the adventures of the Doctor, a Time Lord—a time-travelling humanoid alien. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 26 September 2015. Boy Davros. He said "Steven Moffat promised us a season opener that feels like a finale and, boy, does he deliver. [17][18], Shooting on the episode began on 12 February. (TV: The End of Time), By the end of the Time War, Earth was duplicated thousands of times over to be used as bullets to fire at the Nightmare Child. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. A brilliant idea – just waiting for someone to have it".

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