Doctor Who Series 9: Every Single Episode Previewed

12. Episode 1 - The Magician's Apprentice (Part I)

Written by: Steven Moffat Directed by: Hettie MacDonald Guest starring: Jemma Redgrave, Kelly Hunter, Clare Higgins, Jaye Griffiths, Daniel Hoffmann-Gill, Jami Reid-Quarrell, Aaron Neil, India Ria Amarteifio, Joey Price, Dasharn Anderson, Harki Bhambra and Demi Papaminas The Twelfth Doctor and Clara Oswald will return to our screens in The Magician's Apprentice and this year's opening adventure looks set to be one of the biggest to date... and that's mostly because it literally will be! The new series will be kicking off with a thrilling two-parter for the first time since 2011 and, since the last one featured the actual death of the Doctor, it's safe to assume that anything can - and will - happen. Yikes. Its intriguing title was confirmed at the end of the Christmas Special and one of the most popular theories at the time was that it was alluding to Shona McCullough, who many fans preemptively cited as the next companion. It doesn't look like that will be the case now, though, but there's still one familiar face from Series 8 that fans can look forward to seeing again...