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The Witch’s Familiar is the second episode in the new series of Doctor Who Series 9, and with The Doctor (Peter Capaldi) squaring off against a young AND old Davros, I hope it’s better than The Magician’s Apprentice as I was not impressed by that.
As well as the trailer, below you can check out an introduction to the episode, Steven Moffat’s teaser for the episode, two clips – “Get Out” and “The Doctor Is Escaping”, and finally, a cool video of The Doctor and Clara (Jenna Coleman) on Abbey Road…
The Witch’s Familiar is again written by Moffat and directed by Hettie Macdonald, who also directed Blink, the wonderful first episode featuring the Weeping Angels, from back in 2007 which featured Sally Sparrow, the assistant I hope we one day get for at least one full series, played by the amazing Carey Mulligan. However, Ms Macdonald is also responsible for directing three episodes of the first series of the godawful Fortitude…
Check out the new trailer below, which has again been masked to a cinematic 2.35:1 widescreen ratio, even though the episode will be in 16:9 on TV as usual – and click on the image of Peter Capaldi and Davros for the full-size version:
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