Stories Television Doctor Who Series 9 Episode: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 The Zygon Invasion 1 image Overview Characters How to Watch Reviews 1 Statistics Related Stories Quotes 3 Transcript + Script Overview First aired Saturday, October 31, 2015 Written by Peter Harness Directed by Daniel Nettheim Runtime 45 minutes Story Type Two-Parter Time Travel Present Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Alien Migrants, Companion Doppelgänger, Consequences, Mind Control, Shape Shifting Story Arc (Potential Spoilers!) The Zygon Treaty Location (Potential Spoilers!) Earth, England, London, Turmezistan UK Viewers 5.76 million Appreciation Index 82 Synopsis A long time ago, the Doctor made a deal in the Tower of London. 20 million Zygons walk among us, in human form, living undetected in peace and harmony. But cracks are showing in this delicate peace. Humans and Zygons are disappearing. In city apartment blocks, lifts are going missing, and far below the streets of Britain, alien pods are growing in secret caverns. To top it all off, UNIT's scientific advisor, Osgood, sends a desperate message to the Doctor - but since Osgood is long dead, how is that even possible? Watch Watched Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Edit date completed Custom Date Release Date Archive (no date) Save Characters Twelfth Doctor Peter Capaldi Clara Oswald Jenna Coleman Zygons Kate Stewart Jemma Redgrave Petronella Osgood Ingrid Oliver UNIT Show All Characters (6) How to watch The Zygon Invasion: Watch on iPlayer Blu-Ray The Complete Ninth Series DVD The Complete Ninth Series Blu-Ray Series 9: Part 2 DVD Series 9: Part 2 Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Date (Newest First) Date (Oldest First) Likes (High-Low) Likes (Low-High) Rating (High-Low) Rating (Low-High) Word count (High-Low) Word count (Low-High) Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 1 review 3 June 2025 · 218 words Review by 15thDoctor Spoilers 2 This review contains spoilers! I was wowed by just how detailed the plot is and the amount of effort put into building out the characters. I do feel modern day UNIT stories could learn a thing or two from The Zygon Invasion, Kate Stewart’s finest hour as she gets stuck into the action in New Mexico, lost in the moment of her new mission. And Osgood makes up the second half of the perfect double act. Nerdy, courageous, relatable. There are thought provoking themes in this story about terrorism and forces trying to disrupt multiculturalism, giving The Doctor the perfect set up to talk about the sort of world he passionately believes in. The Zygon’s now being able to take on the form of loved ones is an exciting new detail, even if it does lead to the only clunky scene in the whole story of gormless soldiers marching to their death. Peter Capaldi is on excellent form - he is in funny mood trying to be cool. Potentially the most Doctor-ish mode we’ve seen him in up to this point. Jenna Coleman gets the meaty task of playing two characters, one of whom is evil - and she is living up to the task beautifully. I wish I hadn’t seen the story before so her turn could go unnoticed! Brilliant drama. 15thDoctor View profile Like Liked 2 Open in new window Statistics AVG. 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Target Collection Doctor Who: The Zygon Invasion Rating: 3.97 Story Skipped Book Reviews(2) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Target Collection Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Quotes Add Quote Link to Quote Favourite Tags: Funny JAC: It's an odd world nowadays, isn't it? CLARA: It's always been an odd world. JAC: Mmm. I mean, doesn't it feel, sometimes, that things are coming to an end? Everything's just going nuts. CLARA: You're middle-aged, that's what it is. No offence. Everybody middle-aged always thinks the world's about to come to an end. Hmm. Never does. It's here. Oh, my God. — The Zygon Invasion Show All Quotes (3) Open in new window Transcript + Script Needs checking Once upon a time, there were Three Doctors. (10th, 11th and War Doctor in the TARDIS.) Two Osgoods. [National Gallery lift] (Previously on The Day of the Doctor) Show Full Transcript Open in new window View Script (PDF)
