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The Return of Doctor Mysterio
"The Return of Doctor Mysterio" is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. First broadcast on BBC One on 25 December 2016, it is the twelfth Christmas special since the show's revival in 2005. It was written by Steven Moffat and directed by Ed Bazalgette.
The episode is set in New York City, and involves the Doctor and Nardole linking with journalist Lucy Fletcher (Charity Wakefield) and a superhero called The Ghost (Justin Chatwin) to combat brain-swapping aliens. The only episode of 2016, it stars Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor, and is the first to feature Nardole (Matt Lucas), who was introduced in the previous Christmas special "The Husbands of River Song", as his companion.
The episode was viewed by 7.83 million viewers in its BBC One broadcast and received generally positive reviews from critics.
On Christmas Eve of 1992 in New York City, an 8-year-old named Grant wakes to find the Twelfth Doctor dangling outside the window of his home and helps him inside. The Doctor takes Grant to the rooftop and reveals he accidentally set off a device he was building; he enlists Grant to help complete it. However, Grant mistakenly swallows a wish-granting gemstone needed for the device, believing it to be medicine for a cold he has. He is granted his wish to be a superhero. The Doctor fixes the device and makes Grant promise to not use his new superpowers before he leaves.
The Doctor returns to New York in 2016, together with Nardole, to investigate Harmony Shoal, a multinational research company. They encounter a news reporter, Lucy Fletcher, who is conducting a similar investigation. The group discovers that Shoal is being secretly run by a group of living alien brains that transplant themselves into anyone they need for their plans. Dr. Sim, an employee already taken over, attempts to kill the group, when they are suddenly rescued by a masked superhero named the Ghost. He returns to an apartment and changes back into Grant, who works for Lucy as a nanny, just before she arrives.
Lucy prepares for an interview with the Ghost, while the Doctor and Nardole track down the alien's ship in orbit and board it via the TARDIS. There, they discover its reactor in a critical state; it would fall on New York, vaporising the whole city except for the Harmony Shoal building. World leaders would then take shelter in the company's other buildings in their own cities, believing Earth to be under attack, allowing the brains to take them over. Dr Sim lets slip the ship is to be dropped at a designated time; the Doctor forces its descent ahead of schedule.
Ghost and Lucy are captured by the brains during the interview. Ghost flies away, but returns as Grant to protect Lucy. Unable to change the ship's course during its descent, the Doctor sends Grant a message requesting his help. Grant manages to stop the alien's ship from crashing into the city, but reveals himself as the Ghost to Lucy in the process. Lucy is won over and Grant takes her in tow as he disposes of the ship. The Doctor alerts UNIT and they shut down Harmony Shoal.
"The Return of Doctor Mysterio" was directed by Ed Bazalgette, who had previously directed the series 9 episodes "The Girl Who Died" and "The Woman Who Lived". The episode was filmed in Sofia, Bulgaria and Cardiff, Wales. Moffat had hoped to film on location in New York City, but ultimately fabricated sets were built for the episode to match the look of the city. Public tours of the set were held following the release of the episode.
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The Return of Doctor Mysterio
"The Return of Doctor Mysterio" is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. First broadcast on BBC One on 25 December 2016, it is the twelfth Christmas special since the show's revival in 2005. It was written by Steven Moffat and directed by Ed Bazalgette.
The episode is set in New York City, and involves the Doctor and Nardole linking with journalist Lucy Fletcher (Charity Wakefield) and a superhero called The Ghost (Justin Chatwin) to combat brain-swapping aliens. The only episode of 2016, it stars Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor, and is the first to feature Nardole (Matt Lucas), who was introduced in the previous Christmas special "The Husbands of River Song", as his companion.
The episode was viewed by 7.83 million viewers in its BBC One broadcast and received generally positive reviews from critics.
On Christmas Eve of 1992 in New York City, an 8-year-old named Grant wakes to find the Twelfth Doctor dangling outside the window of his home and helps him inside. The Doctor takes Grant to the rooftop and reveals he accidentally set off a device he was building; he enlists Grant to help complete it. However, Grant mistakenly swallows a wish-granting gemstone needed for the device, believing it to be medicine for a cold he has. He is granted his wish to be a superhero. The Doctor fixes the device and makes Grant promise to not use his new superpowers before he leaves.
The Doctor returns to New York in 2016, together with Nardole, to investigate Harmony Shoal, a multinational research company. They encounter a news reporter, Lucy Fletcher, who is conducting a similar investigation. The group discovers that Shoal is being secretly run by a group of living alien brains that transplant themselves into anyone they need for their plans. Dr. Sim, an employee already taken over, attempts to kill the group, when they are suddenly rescued by a masked superhero named the Ghost. He returns to an apartment and changes back into Grant, who works for Lucy as a nanny, just before she arrives.
Lucy prepares for an interview with the Ghost, while the Doctor and Nardole track down the alien's ship in orbit and board it via the TARDIS. There, they discover its reactor in a critical state; it would fall on New York, vaporising the whole city except for the Harmony Shoal building. World leaders would then take shelter in the company's other buildings in their own cities, believing Earth to be under attack, allowing the brains to take them over. Dr Sim lets slip the ship is to be dropped at a designated time; the Doctor forces its descent ahead of schedule.
Ghost and Lucy are captured by the brains during the interview. Ghost flies away, but returns as Grant to protect Lucy. Unable to change the ship's course during its descent, the Doctor sends Grant a message requesting his help. Grant manages to stop the alien's ship from crashing into the city, but reveals himself as the Ghost to Lucy in the process. Lucy is won over and Grant takes her in tow as he disposes of the ship. The Doctor alerts UNIT and they shut down Harmony Shoal.
"The Return of Doctor Mysterio" was directed by Ed Bazalgette, who had previously directed the series 9 episodes "The Girl Who Died" and "The Woman Who Lived". The episode was filmed in Sofia, Bulgaria and Cardiff, Wales. Moffat had hoped to film on location in New York City, but ultimately fabricated sets were built for the episode to match the look of the city. Public tours of the set were held following the release of the episode.