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Doctor Who – Season 9, Episode 10 Face the Raven

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Doctor Who – Season 9, Episode 10

Face the Raven

Aired Nov 21, 2015

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The Doctor, Clara and friend Rigsy find themselves in a secret alien world, and battling a strange countdown.

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"Face the Raven" delivers the much anticipated departure of a beloved Doctor Who character in a farewell handled admirably by both Coleman and Capaldi.

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Steven Cooper

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Nov 23, 2015

Coleman's tenure as companion effectively ends here, after a performance that ranks highly among the many great performances she's given over the last three years.

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Noam Cohen

Observer

Nov 23, 2015

The oddest thing about "Fear the Raven," and the most interesting, is just how resigned to it all the Doctor seems. Sure, he fights to save Clara, but he also seems to know what's coming.

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Emmet Asher-Perrin

Reactor

Jan 9, 2019

Rather, [Clara] poses the question to the Doctor that every companion deserves to ask-if he is allowed to be reckless, then why can't she?

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Tom Fitzgerald and Lorenzo Marquez

Tom & Lorenzo

Jun 19, 2018

We found practically everything about the first 2/3 of this episode to be sheer nonsense.

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Charlie Jane Anders

io9.com

May 19, 2018

In one of the show's most effective, emotional moments, Clara tells the Doctor that he mustn't become a warrior -he has to stay the Doctor, no matter what.

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Synopsis

The Doctor, Clara and friend Rigsy find themselves in a secret alien world, and battling a strange countdown.

Executive Producer: Steven Moffat
Screenwriter: Richard Curtis, Chris Chibnall, Toby Whithouse, Mark Gatiss, Simon Nye, Steven Moffat
Network: BBC
Rating: TV-PG
Genre: Holiday, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Drama
Original Language: British English
Release Date: Nov 21, 2015

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