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Doctor Who – Season 12, Episode 4 Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror

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Doctor Who – Season 12, Episode 4

Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror

Aired Jan 19, 2020

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The year is 1903; on the edge of Niagara Falls, Nikola Tesla's generator plant is behaving strangely; something is sabotaging the maverick inventor's work.

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If a tad light on meaning, "Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror" is still an enjoyable historical romp that benefits greatly from Jodi Whittaker and guest star Goran Visnjic's crackling chemistry.

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Dan Martin

Guardian

01/21/2020

The upshot is an enjoyable enough knockabout, which reaches a frustratingly by-the-numbers resolution after a compelling setup... this does rather feel a touch straightforward. But, at the very least, it's an intriguing history lesson.

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Devan Coggan

Entertainment Weekly

01/21/2020

B

And I, for one, am extremely into it: Sure, I appreciate a good dramatic conflict with real-world stakes, but I'm also a sucker for insane interstellar scorpions who can shoot lasers from their tails and want to kidnap Nikola Tesla.

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Caroline Siede

AV Club

01/21/2020

B+

From its impeccable period costuming to its thrilling alien threat, "Nikola Tesla's Night Of Terror" is an incredibly fun hour of Doctor Who.

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Alex Moreland

alexmoreland.co.uk

02/03/2020

7/10

Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror is one of the best five episodes of the Chibnall era - but that says more about Doctor Who of late than it does about this episode.

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David Hogan

hoganreviews.co.uk

01/25/2020

4/5

A fun story, with some great performances from the two inventors. The main villains weren't up to much, but it didn't damage the pseudo-historical that much in the long run.

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Daniel Goldstraw

Cultured Vultures

01/23/2020

5/10

This story is still too bogged down by the show's usual tropes to be anything more than another monster-of-the-week episode.

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Synopsis

The year is 1903; on the edge of Niagara Falls, Nikola Tesla's generator plant is behaving strangely; something is sabotaging the maverick inventor's work.

Director: Nida Manzoor
Executive Producer: Chris Chibnall
Screenwriter: Nina Metivier
Network: BBC
Rating: TV-PG
Genre: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Drama
Original Language: British English
Release Date: Jan 19, 2020