What you need to know about Doctor Who season 10, including latest news, release date, trailers, and much more!
Doctor Who Season 10 Return Date
Doctor Who series 10 will return with an episode titled "Extremis" on May 21, 2017. You can read a review of the most recent episode here.
Here's a synopsis of the episode:
The Doctor, Bill and Nardole answer a distress call in deep space, and find themselves trapped on board space station Chasm Forge. All but four of the crew have been murdered – and the dead are still walking! In a future where oxygen is sold by the breath, and space suits are valued more highly than their occupants, the Tardis crew battle for survival against the darkest evil of all.
Here's a trailer for the episode:
And here's a preview clip:
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Doctor Who Season 10 Episodes
Here's where we'll compile official synopses, and reviews as they become available. Click the titles to go to the full reviews.
Doctor Who Season 10 Episode 1: The Pilot
Two worlds collide when the Doctor meets Bill. A chance encounter with a girl with a star in her eye leads to a terrifying chase across time and space. Bill’s mind is opened to a Universe that is bigger and more exciting than she could possibly have imagined – but who is the Doctor, and what is his secret mission with Nardole on Earth?
Lawrence Gough directed the episode written by Steven Moffat.
Airdate: 4/15/17
Doctor Who Season 10 Episode 2: Smile
The Doctor takes Bill to the colony world Gliese 581 D. It’s a bright, sunny world, tended to by the tiny bird-like Vardies and their user interface – the Emojibots. There’s just one thing missing: the colonists. As the Doctor and Bill investigate, they discover that to keep smiling is their only hope of staying alive…
Lawrence Gough directed the episode written by Frank Cottrell-Boyce.
Airdate: 4/22/17
Doctor Who Season 10 Episode 3: Thin Ice
4 February 1814. London. The Doctor and Bill chill out at the last great frost fair on the frozen Thames, enjoying the carnival atmosphere and eating pies. But sinister lights are swarming beneath the ice, luring people to their doom in the black depths of the river – and as the Doctor gets on the case, a desperate band of local urchins could provide the clues he needs. Someone powerful and ruthless is plotting to attract as many people to the fair as possible… but why? And what lurks at the bottom of the Thames, waiting implacably for the first ominous cracks in the ice?
Bill Anderson directed the episode written by Sarah Dollard.
Airdate: 4/29/17
Doctor Who Season 10 Episode 4: Knock Knock
Bill is moving in with some friends and they’ve found the perfect house – so what if it’s strangely cheap to rent, and the landlord is a little creepy?The wind blows, the floorboards creak, and the Doctor thinks something is very wrong. What lurks in the strange tower at the heart of the building – and why can’t they find any way to enter it?
Bill Anderson directed the episode written by Mike Bartlett.
Airdate: 5/6/17
Doctor Who Season 10 Episode 5: Oxygen
The Doctor, Bill and Nardole answer a distress call in deep space, and find themselves trapped on board space station Chasm Forge. All but four of the crew have been murdered – and the dead are still walking! In a future where oxygen is sold by the breath, and space suits are valued more highly than their occupants, the Tardis crew battle for survival against the darkest evil of all.
Charles Palmer directed the episode written by Jamie Mathieson.
Airdate: 5/13/17
Doctor Who Season 10 Episode 6: Extremis
In the Haereticum (the Vatican’s secret library of blasphemy) there is an ancient book known only as The Veritas. Throughout history, anyone who has ever read it has immediately taken their own life. Now a new translation is online, and the danger is spreading. The Vatican appeals to the Doctor. Will he read The Veritas? But can even the Doctor survive the ultimate truth?
Daniel Nettheim directed the episode written by Steven Moffat.
Airdate: 5/20/17
Doctor Who Season 10 Episode 7: The Pyramid at the End of the World
A 5,000-year-old pyramid stands at the centre of a war zone, where the Chinese, Russian and American armies are about to clash. There are many problems with that, but the one that intrigues the Doctor is this: there wasn’t a pyramid there yesterday. The Doctor, Bill and Nardole face an alien invasion unlike any other – before conquest can begin, these aliens need the consent of the human race.
Daniel Nettheim directed the episode written by Peter Harness.
Airdate: 5/27/17
Doctor Who Season 10 Episode 8: The Lie of the Land
The world is gripped by a mass delusion and only Bill Potts can see the truth. When even the Doctor is fighting on the wrong side, it’s up to Bill to convince the Time Lord that humanity is in deadly danger. And if she can’t do that, she may just have to kill her best friend.
Wayne Yip directed the episode written by Toby Whithouse.
Airdate: 6/3/17
Doctor Who Season 10 Episode 9: The Empress of Mars
The Doctor, Bill and Nardole arrive on Mars and find themselves in an impossible conflict between Ice Warriors… and Victorian soldiers. As the Martian hive awakes around them, the Doctor faces a unique dilemma – this time the humans, not the Ice Warriors are the invaders. When Earth is invading Mars, whose side is he on?
Wayne Yip directed the episode written by Mark Gatiss.
Airdate: 6/10/17
Doctor Who Season 10 Episode 10: The Eaters of Light
A long time ago, the Roman legion of the ninth vanished into the mists of Scotland. Bill has a theory about what happened, and the Doctor has a time machine. But when they arrive in ancient Aberdeenshire, what they find is a far greater threat than any army. In a cairn, on a hillside, is a doorway leading to the end of the world.
Charles Palmer directed the episode written by Rona Munro.
Airdate: 6/17/17
Doctor Who Season 10 Episode 11: World Enough and Time
Friendship drives the Doctor into the rashest decision of his life. Trapped on a giant spaceship, caught in the event horizon of a black hole, he witnesses the death of someone he is pledged to protect. Is there any way he can redeem his mistake? Are events already out of control? For once, time is the Time Lord’s enemy...
Rachel Talalay directed the episode written by Steven Moffat.
Airdate: 6/24/17
Doctor Who Season 10 Episode 12: The Doctor Falls
The Mondasian Cybermen are on the rise. It’s time for the Doctor’s final battle…
Rachel Talalay directed the episode written by Steven Moffat.
Airdate: 7/1/17
Doctor Who Season 10 Trailer
A new trailer has arrived for Doctor Who season 10. Some of it is recycled footage from the first trailer, but there are a few standout moments, such as Missy dabbing and a little tease for the Doctor's regeneration!
Check it out below:
This next trailer speaks emoji! It also has some glimpses at Missy, Daleks, and Cybermen. Basically, there is a lot going on. Check it out...
Here's another trailer. It features the Doctor's new companion, Bill Potts, who is really loving her time in the TARDIS. Check out the trailer below:
“The first time you meet him, he’s funny,” Bill says, referring, of course, to the Doctor. “The second time, he’s amazing. The third time, you realize he’s the most dangerous man in the universe. He says he’s a man of peace, but he walks in war. I’m having the time of my life, and I wouldn’t miss it for the world — even if it kills me.”
We can't wait to see what the Doctor, Bill, and Nardole get up to in a few weeks!
Here's the first trailer for the new series:
And here's the first clip we got from the new season. It introduced the show's new companion, Bill (Pearl Mackie). Check it out below: