Doctor Who: Season 12

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Doctor Who: Season 3

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BBC-1 | BBC | BBC America | BBC One | Season Premiere Date: January 1, 2020

Summary: Ryan (Tosin Cole), Yasmin (Mandip Gill) and Graham (Bradley Walsh) continue their adventures with The Doctor (Jodie Whittaker).

Creator: Sydney Newman

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

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Season 12 Episodes

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S12:E11. Resolution
Air Date: January 1, 2019
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S12:E11. Revolution of the Daleks
Air Date: January 1, 2021
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S12:E11. Revolution of the Daleks
Air Date: January 1, 2021

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The Guardian Stuart Jeffries

Jan 2, 2020

One of the pleasures of showrunner Chris Chibnall’s script was it made sense. ... I could have done with less product placement and fewer nods to Men in Black and James Bond, but there was a lot to enjoy. Read full review

Melanie McFarland

Jan 2, 2020

This first new hour bursts with the confident energy of Chibnall, Whittaker, and the writers entering an era in which Thirteen’s feels less constrained and freer to, in her words, get on with the job. ... And it is incredibly fun to watch. Read full review

Robert Lloyd

Jan 2, 2020

“Spyfall” — a two-part episode that concludes Sunday, when the show takes up its regular time slot — comes on strong. ... It’s fun, often funny and action-packed, which is not to say things don’t get a little heavy by the first hour’s cliffhanger end. Read full review

The Independent Ed Power

Jan 3, 2020

As with the latest Doctor’s debut series in 2018, the chemistry between the four leads is what drives the new Who, with Whittaker excelling as the perpetual motion human gyroscope at the centre of the chaos. Everything duly pelts along. Read full review

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pjgs

Jan 3, 2020

A fantastic start. Music is great, cast is likable, and the cliffhanger... wow!

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Lahey3

Jan 4, 2020

It's a good start for the series. I hope that part two will be great as well. It really is MUCH MUCH better than whole series 11 combined.

2 of 16 users found this helpful214

nvmb3rth30ry

Jan 2, 2020

Admirable ambition evident in production, but ultimately fails to delight, inspire or excite. Lead actor lacks needed gravitas to sell the show, hindered by execrable writing. Story quality veers between embarrassing and preposterous. Lovely to see Stephen Fry here but he is a lone raftAdmirable ambition evident in production, but ultimately fails to delight, inspire or excite. Lead actor lacks needed gravitas to sell the show, hindered by execrable writing. Story quality veers between embarrassing and preposterous. Lovely to see Stephen Fry here but he is a lone raft bobbing aloft atop a swirling vortex of mediocrity.… Expand

14 of 21 users found this helpful147

The_Batman

Jun 3, 2020

It was my favorite TV show. WAS..... After so many years they just destroyed the Doctor. RIP
Jodie is great, but the plot is an absolute garbage

2 of 2 users found this helpful20

jamesh316

Dec 25, 2020

The new show running is a joke and has no idea what doctor who loyal fans want from this iconic show. He and Jodie Whitaker have flushed it down the toilet. For goodness sake she never even watched the show as part of her prep, that’ will be why she makes such a poor doctor

0 of 0 users found this helpful00

FredFisher01

Mar 5, 2020

Absolute trash - boring actors, terrible writing, and overall has ruined Doctor Who canon.

4 of 5 users found this helpful41

Necrosis99

Jan 16, 2020

Get rid of every writer on this show and hire someone than can write character development! there is no character development and so far every story is just copy/pasted from Tennant/Smith era.

8 of 10 users found this helpful82

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