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Doctor Who – Season 12, Episode 5 Fugitive of the Judoon

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Doctor Who – Season 12, Episode 5

Fugitive of the Judoon

Aired Jan 26, 2020

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The Judoon, trigger-happy space police, are targeting 21st-century Gloucester; the Doctor, Yaz, Ryan, and Graham race back to Earth to prevent them from doing too much damage to the cathedral city.

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Doctor Who's twelfth season takes a hard left turn for the better in the surprising and delightful "Fugitive of the Judoon."

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Caroline Siede

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01/27/2020

B+

I certainly wasn't prepared for "Fugitive Of The Judoon" to rival "The Name Of The Doctor" and "The Day Of The Doctor" in terms of sheer number of game-changing reveals.

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Dan Martin

Guardian

01/27/2020

This was Doctor Who at its most psychedelic and awesome.

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Michael Hogan

Daily Telegraph (UK)

01/27/2020

5/5

"Fo po sho no!" Fo po sho yes, actually. The sci-fi franchise bounced back with the best episode of the series, featuring the surprise return of an old favourite and some killer twists.

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Daniel Goldstraw

Cultured Vultures

02/12/2020

7/10

An ambitious, tantalising episode which is far more fun and interesting than anything the show has done recently - even if the plot, by the end, doesn't amount to all that much.

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Kieron Moore

Starburst

02/03/2020

9/10

We'll try to hold off absolute judgement until we've seen everything play out, then, but for now, we're happy to say we're more excited about what's to come in Doctor Who than we have been for a while.

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Alex Moreland

alexmoreland.co.uk

02/03/2020

8/10

It's the Chibnall era's most ambitious episode yet - finally, there's a sense that Doctor Who once again has a showrunner with big ideas and a story they want to tell

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Synopsis

The Judoon, trigger-happy space police, are targeting 21st-century Gloucester; the Doctor, Yaz, Ryan, and Graham race back to Earth to prevent them from doing too much damage to the cathedral city.

Director: Nida Manzoor
Executive Producer: Chris Chibnall
Screenwriter: Vinay Patel, Chris Chibnall
Network: BBC
Rating: TV-PG
Genre: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Drama
Original Language: British English
Release Date: Jan 26, 2020