Doctor Who: Series 12
Series, 2020, Thirteenth Doctor, Set in The Timeless Child
Doctor Who: Series 12 is #17 of 21 in release order and #17 of 21 in chronological order in the Doctor Who.
The story
The series follows the Thirteenth Doctor and her companions as they meet a new incarnation of the Master, and his destruction of Gallifrey, the return of Jack Harkness, the appearance of an unknown incarnation of the Doctor, the Cybermen, and the secret of the "Timeless Child". Jodie Whittaker returns for her second series as the Thirteenth Doctor. It also stars Bradley Walsh, Tosin Cole and Mandip Gill as the Doctor's travelling companions, playing Graham O'Brien, Ryan Sinclair and Yasmin Khan, respectively.
Doctor Who: Series 12 recap
The Master returns in a new body and reveals he has destroyed Gallifrey after learning a secret about the Time Lords. In Gloucester, the Doctor meets Ruth, a woman who turns out to be a version of the Doctor she has no memory of being. The fam visit Nikola Tesla, a plague in Peru and Lord Byron's villa, where a lone Cyberman called Ashad hunts for a dangerous weapon. In the future, the last humans flee a new Cyber army.
Doctor Who: Series 12 ending explained
On the ruins of Gallifrey, the Master reveals that the Doctor is the Timeless Child, a being from another universe found as a child whose ability to regenerate was copied to create the Time Lords, and whose earlier lives were erased from her memory. He turns dead Time Lords into Cybermen. The Doctor cannot bring herself to wipe them out, so another man sets off the bomb. Her friends escape back to Earth, but she is arrested by the Judoon and locked in a prison, and in the following special Ryan and Graham leave.
Where to watch Doctor Who: Series 12
Doctor Who: Series 12 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 78%
Where it fits
- Release order: after Doctor Who: Series 11, before Doctor Who: Flux.
- Chronological order: after Doctor Who: Series 11, before Doctor Who: Flux.
What to watch before Doctor Who: Series 12
In release order, 13 Doctor Who essentials come before Doctor Who: Series 12 (2020), from Doctor Who (1963) (1963) to Doctor Who: Series 11 (2018).
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