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Doctor Who S8 • Episode 1

Deep Breath

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Doctor Who (2005-2022)
Twelfth Doctor

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Doctor Who Series 8

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First aired Saturday, August 23, 2014
Written by Steven Moffat
Directed by Ben Wheatley
Runtime 76 minutes
Time Travel Past
Tropes: (Potential Spoilers!) LGBTQA+ Vegetarian Clockwork Breaking the Fourth Wall Dinosaurs Robots
Story Arc: (Potential Spoilers!) Missy
Locations Earth England London
UK Viewers 9.17 million
Appreciation Index 82
Synopsis

Shortly after his regeneration, the Twelfth Doctor arrives in Victorian London, and Clara Oswald struggles to embrace the new man the Doctor has become. All the while, they reunite with the Paternoster Gang to investigate a series of combustions that have been occurring all around the city.

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