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Doctor Who: Legend of the Sea Devils: Season 1

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Doctor Who: Legend of the Sea Devils

Season Details & Credits

BBC America | Season Premiere Date: April 17, 2022

Summary: The second of three specials finds the Doctor, Yaz and Dan in 19th-century China where pirate Madame Ching (Crystal Yu) releases a Sea Devil while seeking a lost treasure.

Genre(s): Drama, Action & Adventure, Science Fiction, Events & Specials

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The Independent Isobel Lewis

Apr 18, 2022

The story is compelling enough, but it ultimately ends up feeling like background noise to the romance. Read full review

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Radio Times Patrick Mulkern

Apr 18, 2022

Nearing the end of this era, it’s a happy pay-off for viewers who have invested in this burgeoning romance and for Whittaker and Gill, who’ve formed a close bond in real life over the past four years. This progressive attitude is the most refreshing aspect of this maritime mediocrity. Hopefully, the Sea Devils will be put into storage and rise again soon with less wishy-washy material. Read full review

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The Guardian Martin Belam

Apr 18, 2022

It all ended up slightly less exciting than that sounds on paper. It was easier to warm to this episode from the second act onwards, once they had boarded the ships. Read full review

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The Telegraph Benji Wilson

Apr 18, 2022

Without that creeping dread, The Legend of the Sea Devils was reliant on a potpourri plot as watertight as a colander. ... By some way the best part of The Legend of the Sea Devils, however, had nothing to do with the Sea Devils or their legend. The nascent relationship between the Doctor and Yaz (Mandip Gill, superb) has been the most memorable aspect of the last few Whos. Read full review

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The Times Carol Midgley

Apr 19, 2022

I struggled to care about this meandering story, which involved John Bishop looking as if he'd fallen on hard times and gone into panto in a pirate costume from Aldi. Read full review

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i Stephen Kelly

Apr 18, 2022

A frenzied plot of mostly forgettable nonsense rendered this episode a disaster. The supporting characters, for instance, were written woefully thin and did precious little to engage the audience in what is relatively obscure South-East Asian maritime history (which Dan knew all about, conveniently). Read full review

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Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: April 17, 2022
- No episode information is currently available for this season