BBC One – 7:20pm – Saturday 22nd April 2017
Written by: Frank Cottrell-Boyce
Directed by: Lawrence Gough
DEATH TO THE UNHAPPY
“Who needs loos? There’s probably an app for that!”
Following her introduction to the Doctor’s perception-altering life outside the University in last week’s “The Pilot” (reviewed HERE), eager beaver Bill (Pearl Mackie) was given her first proper test drive in the T.A.R.D.I.S. this Saturday. Aside from a perfunctory cameo which established a curious father-son dynamic between the Time Lord (Peter Capaldi) and cheeky sidekick Nardole (Matt Lucas), the bald alien was all but absent from proceedings, giving the new companion an opportunity to bond with her new “lecturer.”
