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Doctor Who – Season 11, Episode 1 The Woman Who Fell to Earth

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Doctor Who – Season 11, Episode 1

The Woman Who Fell to Earth

Aired Oct 7, 2018

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A mysterious woman who can't even remember her own name, falls from the sky.

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Jodie Whittaker easily embodies the best of the titular time traveler in "The Woman Who Fell To Earth" and proves that change can be a very, very good thing.

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John Elledge

New Statesman

10/10/2018

I encountered the most terrifying thing Doctor Who has yet thrown at me: boredom. "The Woman Who Fell To Earth" gave us no clever mystery to unravel, no deeper layers to peel back, and little thought seemed to have been given to what any of it meant.

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Heather Hogan

Autostraddle

10/09/2018

She called him a "wannabe who has to cheat because he knows he's unworthy." The larger drag is deliberate, and so is the juxtaposition.

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Jenna Scherer

Rolling Stone

10/08/2018

Whittaker absolutely owns the part from moment she leaps into the frame. Like every Doctor, she's a ball of frantic energy and one-liners, commanding the room by thoroughly flustering and out-talking everyone else in it.

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Alex Baldwin

Cultured Vultures

10/09/2019

The plot isn't the most unique in the show's history, but it didn't need to be. This is most importantly 13 and her companion's introduction, wrapped around an interesting and well-paced mystery.

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Debbie Lawrie

Film Inquiry

04/02/2019

With the female perspective at the forefront of one of the longest-running sci-fi shows of all time is a huge moment for Doctor Who, and also in the wider context of British science fiction history.

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David Hogan

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01/27/2019

4/5

A crazy energetic new Doctor, some baffled companions-to-be, and a main foe who was generic and under-developed. That's fine, two out of three ain't bad...

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Synopsis

A mysterious woman who can't even remember her own name, falls from the sky.

Director: Jamie Childs
Executive Producer: Matt Strevens, Chris Chibnall
Screenwriter: Chris Chibnall
Network: BBC
Rating: TV-PG
Genre: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Drama
Original Language: British English
Release Date: Oct 7, 2018