Doctor Who: Series 9 Episode Titles And Plots Announced
3. Episode 10: Face The Raven
This story, written by Sarah Dollard, also had a title that was kept carefully secret for months. "Face the Raven" doesn't appear to give away any secrets, so the most plausible explanation for holding it back this long is that it wasn't set in stone until recently. Still, it's a nice title.
Wait - another female writer? On Doctor Who? (What will Moffat-haters complain about now?)
Anyway, onwards to the story. Rigsy's back! (The character from last year's Flatline.) And here's some dialogue (probably from the Doctor) that is sure to unnerve him:
"There have always been rumours. Stories passed from traveller to traveller, mutterings about hidden streets, secret pockets of alien life right here on Earth."
The story summary doesn't make Rigsy's life seem any safer. In fact, quite the opposite.
Have you ever found yourself in a street you’ve never seen before? The next day, could you not find that street again? You weren’t dreaming. Your memory isn’t playing tricks. Like many lost souls throughout the ages, you have stumbled on an extraordinary secret - be grateful you survived it. The Doctor and Clara, with their old friend Rigsy, find themselves in a secret alien world, folded away among the streets of London. Not all of them will get out alive. One of the three intruders must face the raven...
"Not all of them will get out alive?" I'm going to make a prediction here - another person, other than the Doctor, Clara, and Rigsy, is sucked into this secret alien world, and that other character is the one that'll bite the dust. Rigsy is just too nice to be bumped off. Regardless, this episode sounds like a potential classic.