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Doctor Who S9 • Episode 1

The Magician’s Apprentice

3.71/ 5 550 votes

First aired Saturday, September 19, 2015
Written by Steven Moffat
Directed by Hettie MacDonald
Runtime 45 minutes
Story Type Two-Parter
Time Travel Past Future
Tropes: (Potential Spoilers!) LGBTQA+ HADS
Story Arc: (Potential Spoilers!) Confession Dial The Hybrid
UK Viewers 6.54 million
Appreciation Index 84
Synopsis

The serpentine Colony Sarff has searched the entire universe for the Doctor, to give him the final message of Davros; however, the Time Lord is nowhere to be found.

This is quite serious, as not even the Doctor's closest frenemy, Missy, is able to find him. Adding onto this is the fact she was given his Confession dial, which in human terms is the last will and testament of the Doctor...

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