Doctor Who 8.30pm BBC1
DRAMA In the year 2049, In strange changes to the Moon are wreaking havoc upon the Earth's tides and weather systems. Weary astronaut Captain Lundvik (Hermione Norris) is on a suicide mission to sort things out with nuclear bombs. This is the perilous situation into which the Doctor plunges Clara and her disruptive pupil, Courtney — and that's before the giant spiders appear.
Arachnophobes everywhere will cringe in revulsion at the vicious and horribly convincing creatures pouncing from the shadows, while physicists may have a conniption at Kill the Moon's fantastical denouement. But hey, this is Doctor Who at its creepiest best and you can't fault the imagination and audacity of newbie writer Peter Harness, nor Steven Moffat and Peter Capaldi for pushing the Doctor to the edge of darkness —and beyond.
Hermione Norris interview: page 32
Caption: SPACE: 2049 The Doctor gets caught in a web of fear on the Moon
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