Doctor Who: Series 10
Series, 2017, Twelfth Doctor, Set in Bill Potts
Doctor Who: Series 10 is #15 of 21 in release order and #15 of 21 in chronological order in the Doctor Who.
The story
The series introduces Pearl Mackie as Bill Potts, and also features Matt Lucas as Nardole. Michelle Gomez and John Simm return as their respective incarnations of the Master. The main story arc for the first half of the series revolves around the Doctor and Nardole occupying themselves at a university while they guard an underground vault containing Missy. Missy later travels with the team in the TARDIS, and eventually partners with her previous incarnation as they battle a Cyberman onslaught.
Doctor Who: Series 10 recap
The Doctor has been a university lecturer in Bristol for decades with his assistant Nardole, guarding a vault that holds a prisoner. He takes on Bill Potts, a student who works in the canteen, and she starts travelling with him, to a robot-run colony, Regency London and a space station where he is blinded. Alien Monks offer to save humanity in return for consent to rule it, and Bill gives it to save the Doctor's sight. The prisoner in the vault is Missy, who seems to be trying to become good.
Doctor Who: Series 10 ending explained
On a vast spaceship near a black hole, Bill is shot and turned into one of the first Cybermen, and Missy meets her earlier self, the Master. Missy decides to stand with the Doctor, and the Master kills her as she wounds him. The Doctor holds off the Cybermen and is fatally wounded. Heather, a girl from the first episode now made of living water, saves Bill. The Doctor refuses to regenerate, meets his first incarnation at the South Pole, and at Christmas regenerates into the Thirteenth Doctor.
Where to watch Doctor Who: Series 10
Doctor Who: Series 10 is streaming on Philo, Kanopy, Hoopla, and Spectrum On Demand in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Google Play, and Fandango At Home.
Ratings
IMDb 8.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 88%
Where it fits
- Release order: after Class, before Doctor Who: Series 11.
- Chronological order: after Class, before Doctor Who: Series 11.
What to watch before Doctor Who: Series 10
In release order, 11 Doctor Who essentials come before Doctor Who: Series 10 (2017), from Doctor Who (1963) (1963) to Doctor Who: Series 9 (2015).
Cast
- Matt Smith as The Doctor
- David Tennant as The Doctor
- Karen Gillan as Amy Pond
- Nicholas Briggs as Daleks (voice) / Judoon (voice)
- Jenna Coleman as Clara Oswald
- Peter Capaldi as Caecilius
- Billie Piper as Rose Tyler
- Jodie Whittaker as The Doctor
- Mandip Gill as Yasmin 'Yaz' Khan
- Arthur Darvill as Rory Williams
- Paul Kasey as Forest of Cheem Tree
- Bradley Walsh as Graham O'Brien