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60th Anniversary Specials • Episode 1

The Star Beast

Sets:
Doctor Who (2023-)
Fourteenth Doctor

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Novelisation: "Doctor Who: The Star Beast"

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First aired Saturday, November 25, 2023
Directed by Rachel Talalay
Runtime 57 minutes
Time Travel Present
Tropes: (Potential Spoilers!) Cloister Bell LGBTQA+ Spaceship Amnesia Deadlock Seal Consequences The Doctor Falls Flashbacks Mind Control TARDIS is damaged
Story Arc: (Potential Spoilers!) Doctor-Donna
Inventory: (Potential Spoilers!) Psychic Paper Sonic Screwdriver
Locations Earth England London
UK Viewers 7.61 million
Appreciation Index 84
Synopsis

The Doctor is caught in a fight to the death as a spaceship crash-lands in London. But as the battle wreaks havoc, destiny is converging on the Doctor’s old friend, Donna.

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