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Doctor Who – Season 10, Episode 10 The Eaters of Light

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Doctor Who – Season 10, Episode 10

The Eaters of Light

Aired Jun 17, 2017

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The Doctor, Bill and Nardole hunt for the lost Ninth Roman Legion, and find themselves in the middle of an ancient battle.

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"The Eater of Light" emphasizes the Doctor's most relatable characteristics with an episode whose timely political subtext is nestled neatly within compelling drama.

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Ross Ruediger

New York Magazine/Vulture

02/07/2019

4/5

Frankly, some of the sci-fi elements struck me as vaguely baffling, and yet there was so much conviction on the part of the cast that I found myself mostly going along with it.

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Hanh Nguyen

IndieWire

06/20/2017

C+

"The Eaters of the Light" was a wildly uneven episode, strong on messaging but weak on sense, it served to test its characters in revealing ways.

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Alan Sepinwall

Uproxx

06/19/2017

"The Eaters of Light" writer Roma Munro ... manages to create a wonderful one-off story that nonetheless finds itself buried under Moffat's weight.

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Patrick Mulkern

Radio Times

11/27/2018

5/5

With a youthful, largely unknown but skilled guest cast, slick direction from Charles Palmer and evocative soundtrack from Murray Gold, Rona Munro completely draws me into her world for 45 minutes or so.

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James Whitbrook

io9.com

05/14/2018

Doctor Who delivered a classic, but very familiar tale of two hostile sides coming together to face a greater threat than each other.

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Kathleen Wiedel

TV Fanatic

06/19/2017

3.3/5

Bill proved once again to be one of my favorite of the modern companions, with her genre-savvy ability to figure out the TARDIS translation field, which reminded me quite keenly of Rory Williams and his "it's another dimension" deadpan about the TARDIS.

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Synopsis

The Doctor, Bill and Nardole hunt for the lost Ninth Roman Legion, and find themselves in the middle of an ancient battle.

Executive Producer: Steven Moffat
Screenwriter: Richard Curtis, Chris Chibnall, Toby Whithouse, Mark Gatiss, Simon Nye, Steven Moffat
Network: BBC
Rating: TV-PG
Genre: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Drama
Original Language: British English
Release Date: Jun 17, 2017