Doctor Who: The Return of Doctor Mysterio

Doctor Who: The Return of Doctor Mysterio (2016)

When brain-swapping aliens attack New York, the Doctor and Nardole link up with an investigative reporter and a mysterious masked superhero known only as the Ghost. Can the Doctor save Manhattan? And what will be revealed when we see behind the mask?

Date of release
2016-12-26
TMDB
7.5 / 10 (43)
Runtime
1h 2m
Genres
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Director
Edward Bazalgette

Casting

Interesting facts

"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.

Production

"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.

"The Return of Doctor Mysterio" was written by Steven Moffat. The name of the episode was based on the title for Doctor Who in Mexico, Doctor Misterio. The story was developed as a loose sequel to the previous Christmas special, "The Husbands of River Song". While the episode served as the 2016 Christmas special, it featured very few Christmas elements.

In an interview with Radio Times, Bazalgette stated that the script "barely changed" from the first and final drafts. It contains several references to comic books, most prominently Superman, of whom Grant has roughly the same standard powers, including flight, super-strength, super-speed, being bulletproof, and possessing X-ray vision. Peter Capaldi compared the episode's tone to that of the 1978 Superman film and its sequels.

Capaldi stars as the Twelfth Doctor. The episode is the first to feature Matt Lucas's Nardole as the Doctor's primary "companion". Lucas previously appeared as the character in a minor role in "The Husbands of River Song". Nardole was initially planned to be a one-off character, though after Lucas stated he was interested in returning to the role, Moffat wrote him into the episode as well as the following series.

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