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Story No. 247
Deep Breath
by Steven Moffat
directed by Ben Wheatley
1 episode (80 min.)
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This story is also
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single disc volume.
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Story: Reuniting with the Silurian detective
Madame Vastra and her sidekicks Strax and Jenny,
Clara has to help a newly transformed Doctor to
deal with a towering dinosaur and a string of
mysterious murders....
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Music by Murray Gold
Now there's a companion
3-disc Audio CD
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Doctor Who:
Original Music from
Season 34
("Series 8", 2014)
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Story No. 248
Into the Dalek
by Phil Ford and Steven Moffat
directed by Ben Wheatley
1 episode (49 min.)
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Story: When a malfunctioning Dalek prepared to betray
its own race on ethical grounds asks for medical assistance,
the Doctor agrees to be miniaturized and go into the Dalek
to find the cause. Can a Dalek actually have turned "good"?
How might this inform the Doctor's view of them, or indeed
of himself, moving forward?
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In-depth Analysis Review
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Music by Murray Gold
Now there's a companion
3-disc Audio CD
as well.
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Doctor Who:
Original Music from
Season 34
("Series 8", 2014)
More info & buying options
on our updated Doctor Who music CD page
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Story No. 249
Robot of Sherwood
by Mark Gatiss
directed by Paul Murphy
1 episode (48 min.)
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Story: Clara instigates a face-to-face comparison
and egotistic competition between the Doctor and Robin Hood
in late 12th century England.
But what is the real plan that the Sheriff of Nottingham
has cooked up with his army of mystery robots? Is the
Robin Hood legend merely a ploy to give the people false hope,
or can legendary heroes really exist?
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Music by Murray Gold
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Story No. 250
Listen
by Steven Moffat
directed by Douglas MacKinnon
1 episode (50 min.)
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Story: Can a species evolve to be expert at hiding?
The Doctor's obsessive investigations add multiple temporal
complications to Clara's first date with fellow teacher Danny Pink,
until untold secrets are heard at the ends of time....
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Story No. 251
Time Heist
by Steve Thompson and Steven Moffat
directed by Douglas MacKinnon
1 episode (47 min.)
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Story: Recovering from a sudden memory loss,
the Doctor and Clara find themselves amongst a group of
outlaws attempting to rob the Bank of Karabraxos
on a completely secure planet. Who is the mysterious
architect giving them directions and tools and secrets?
How will they get past the mysterious alien Teller,
who can sense guilty thoughts a mile away? And why did
they all agree to this caper in the first place?
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Music by Murray Gold
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Story No. 252
The Caretaker
by Gareth Roberts and Steven Moffat
directed by Paul Murphy
1 episode (47 min.)
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Story: Clara's attempts to keep her adventures with
the Doctor secret from fellow teacher Danny Pink reach
a crisis point as an alien war machine threatens Coal Hill School,
prompting the Doctor to go under "deep cover" as the school's
new temporary caretaker.
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Story No. 253
The One About the
Secrets of the Moon
by Peter Harness
directed by Paul Wilmshurst
1 episode (47 min.)
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Story: The Doctor, Clara, and Coal Hill student Courtney Woods
join an expedition of astronauts on the moon in 2049.
What has caused the moon's gravity to increase until it rivals the Earth's?
What happened to the Mexican team that had built a nearby base?
Will the astronauts' nuclear bombs be of any use in solving the crisis?
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Story No. 254
Mummy on the Orient Express
by Jamie Mathieson
directed by Paul Wilmshurst
1 episode (49 min.)
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Story: For her final trip in the TARDIS, the Doctor takes Clara
onto a futuristic replica of the Orient Express train that travels through space.
But the passengers are gradually being killed off, each one being the only one
that can see a horrific mummy dragging itself towards them during the last 66 seconds
of their lives. Can the legends of "The Foretold" have any bearing on how this
phenomenon works? What secrets exist amongst the passengers that might explain
why all this has come to be?
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Music by Murray Gold
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Story No. 255
Flatline
by Jamie Mathieson
directed by Douglas MacKinnon
1 episode (45 min.)
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Story: When the dimensions of the police box exterior
of the TARDIS begin to shrink, trapping the Doctor inside,
Clara decides to investigate mysterious local disappearances
that may be related, while a young graffiti artist provides
a surprising number of clues...
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In-depth Analysis Review
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Music by Murray Gold
Now there's a companion
3-disc Audio CD
as well.
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Doctor Who:
Original Music from
Season 34
("Series 8", 2014)
More info & buying options
on our updated Doctor Who music CD page
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Story No. 256
In the Forest of the Night
by Frank Cottrell-Boyce
directed by Sheree Folkson
1 episode (47 min.)
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Story: The Doctor, Clara, Danny, and a group of
schoolchildren find themselves
in the middle of a thick forest that has grown up in the
center of London, seemingly overnight. How has it happened,
and why? Do the disturbed ramblings of one little girl
have any connection?
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Music by Murray Gold
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Story No. 257
Dark Water
by Steven Moffat
directed by Rachel Talalay
2 episodes:
- Dark Water (48 min.)
- Death in Heaven (59 min.)
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This story is also
available on a
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in North America.
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Story: What happens to people after they die?
The Doctor and Clara investigate the afterlife, and come
to many shocking realizations concerning who is there
and where they are...
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In-depth Analysis Review
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Season 34 Rankings
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Music by Murray Gold
Now there's a companion
3-disc Audio CD
as well.
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Doctor Who:
Original Music from
Season 34
("Series 8", 2014)
More info & buying options
on our updated Doctor Who music CD page
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Story No. 258
Last Christmas
by Steven Moffat
directed by Paul Wilmshurst
1 episode (63 min.)
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This story is also
available on a
single story volume.
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Story: Clara awakes to find that Santa Claus
and his elves have crashed their sleigh onto her roof.
The Doctor arrives to whisk her off to
a north pole research base
battling an outbreak of mind-parasite creatures,
where facing the truth about Danny and each other
may be the only way out...
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Music by Murray Gold
Don't forget this companion
3-disc Audio CD
as well.
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The third disc is completely devoted to
40 minutes of music
from this Christmas special.
Doctor Who:
Original Music from
Season 34
("Series 8", 2014)
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on our updated Doctor Who music CD page
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Story No. 259
The Magician's Dilemma
by Steven Moffat
directed by Hettie MacDonald
2 episodes:
- The Magician's Apprentice (48 min.)
- The Witch's Familiar (50 min.)
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This story is also
available on a
half-season volume.
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Story: A chance encounter on a battlefield
puts the Doctor's highest values to the test,
and has many of his closest friends and
most troublesome enemies worried. Will he live
up to his standards, or make exceptions to the rules?
And how far reaching might the consequences become?
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Music by Murray Gold
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Story No. 260
Under the Lake
by Toby Whithouse
directed by Daniel O'Hara
2 episodes:
- Under the Lake (45 min.)
- Before the Flood (44 min.)
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Story: When the crew of an
underwater mining base in 2119 Scotland
discover and bring an alien space pod inside,
disaster strikes, and silent ghosts begin to
stalk the corridors. What is the meaning
of the strange writing on the inside of the craft?
Why do the ghosts only come out during the base's
artificial "night"? And what could have happened
to the Scottish town in the 1980's before it was flooded
and submerged under the lake?
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Story No. 261
The Girl Who Died
by Jamie Mathieson and Steven Moffat
directed by Ed Bazalgette
1 episode (48 min.)
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Story: Upon discovering that the gods in the skies
above them are really ruthless fakes, a village of Vikings
manages to pick a fight with these technologically advanced aliens.
Can the Doctor help the villagers
actually win this hopeless fight and still keep his conscience
clear of possible long-term consequences? And why does he have such
strong premonitions about one very gifted young Viking girl?
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Music by Murray Gold
with "Yakety Sax" (The Benny Hill Theme)
by James Q. "Spider" Rich and
Homer "Boots" Randolph III.
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Story No. 262
The Woman Who Lived
by Catherine Tregenna
directed by Ed Bazalgette
1 episode (47 min.)
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Story: The Doctor stumbles across the "immortal"
he feels responsible for, investigates the centuries-long
story of her life so far, and seeks out a way to show
her that having a conscience matters.
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Story No. 263
The Zygon Inversion
by Peter Harness and Steven Moffat
directed by Daniel Nettheim
2 episodes:
- The Zygon Invasion (47 min.)
- The Zygon Inversion (48 min.)
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half-season volume.
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Story: The fragile peace between Humans and
disguised Zygons reaches a crisis point when rebellious uprisings
in London and the U.S. result in the capture of
the last remaining Osgood. Can the Doctor rescue her without
causing more bloodshed? How much of London's population has
been compromised? And what is really inside the mysterious
Osgood Box that all factions are determined to control?
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Music by Murray Gold
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Story No. 264
Sleep No More
by Mark Gatiss
directed by Justin Molotnikov
1 episode (47 min.)
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Story: On a space-station orbiting Neptune,
scientist Gagan Rassmussen is continuing development
of his Morpheus project to compress the amount of time that
Humans require for sleep. But what has happened to the crew
of the non-responsive station? As the Doctor and Clara
join a rescue team from the Human colony on Neptune's
moon Triton, the footage of their adventure is pieced
back together to reveal the shocking truth...
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"Mr. Sandman" by
Pat Ballard
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Story No. 265
Face the Raven
by Sarah Dollard
directed by Justin Molotnikov
1 episode (49 min.)
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Story: The Doctor and Clara attempt to find out
how and why Rigsy lost a day of his memories and
ended up with a numbered tattoo on his neck - a tattoo
which is now counting down. The clues point them
to try to find a hidden street which has disappeared
from current maps of London....
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Music by Murray Gold
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Story No. 266
Heaven Sent
by Steven Moffat
directed by Rachel Talalay
1 episode (56 min.)
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Story: The Doctor materializes in a large ocean castle,
burning for a confrontation with those who have conspired against
him and his friends. But staying alive long enough to put
all the clues together will test his concentration and perseverance
far more than ever before....
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Music by Murray Gold
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Story No. 267
Hell Bent
by Steven Moffat
directed by Rachel Talalay
1 episode (63 min.)
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Story: The Doctor's return to his home planet
of Gallifrey sends shocking ripples through its society
all the way up to the Lord President of the High Council.
Can the legends of the arrival of the Hybrid be pieced together
and understood? Are the tolls of the cloister bells correct in
warning that there is much to be feared?
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In-depth Analysis Review
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Music by Murray Gold
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Story No. 268 (Christmas Special 2015)
The Husbands of River Song
by Steven Moffat
directed by Douglas MacKinnon
1 episode (58 min.)
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Story: The Doctor is astonished to find River Song
married to the cybernetic King Hydroflax, who lies wounded
in a flying saucer on a colonized planet. Does she really
not recognize who the Doctor is? And to how many
exotic locations and vehicles will their odyssey take them
as he finds himself more and more deeply embroiled in her wild plot
to steal the most valuable diamond in the universe?
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In-depth Analysis Review
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Season 35 Rankings
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