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Season 12  "The Haunting of Villa Diodati"  12x8

Aired 4 years ago - Feb 16, 2020

Villa Diodati, 1816 - on a night that inspired Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The plan was to spend the evening in the presence of literary greats - but the ghosts are all too real. And the Doctor is forced into an earth-shattering decision.

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Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 1
Good evening! Not quite the welcome I was hoping for,
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but I got us here, didn't I?
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spine-chilling ghost story of all time?
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Not much writing going on.
 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 6
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 7
Breaking and entering's worse.
 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 8
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 9
Indisposed, I'm afraid.
 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 10
I could never hope to match the achievements of my parents.
 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 11
but I'm getting this really weird vibe off your house.
 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 12
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 13
And ferocious!
 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 14
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 15
An innocent fascination, I assure you.
 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 16
some torrid assignation in town.
 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 17
Suspended over the water like a death god rising from Hades.
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My son, William. I must get to him!
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Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 21
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 22
- to walk through walls! - Through?
 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 23
Not just through, up.
 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 24
Our minds are being deceived.
 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 25
Yes, but you've shown us how to get out of this room.
 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 26
This place keeps on folding in on itself as well.
 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 27
That is what Shelley saw.
 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 28
It drives them insane, so they alter the brain too,
 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 29
No feeling, no control, no way back.
 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 30
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 31
You will be like us.
 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 32
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 33
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 34
and creating an extreme sophisticated
 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 35
I'll find it and remove it.
 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 36
Listen...
 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 37
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 38
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 39
Some, but not all.
 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 40
I returned...
 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 41
containing the knowledge and future history of all Cybermen.
 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 42
There's a super-computer fused to a cerebral cortex.
 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 43
It's not just his life at stake. It's yours.
 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 44
Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 45
Were you a father? Before?
 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 46
I slit their throats when they joined the resistance.
 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 47
And it chooses me.
 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 48
But I can't be sure. I can't risk this planet!
 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 49
It means I've put it in the gravest danger.
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...belittled my thoughts and opinions...

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but I got us here, didn't I?
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spine-chilling ghost story of all time?
#4 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 5
Not much writing going on.
#5 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 6 #6 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 7
Breaking and entering's worse.
#7 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 8 #8 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 9
Indisposed, I'm afraid.
#9 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 10
I could never hope to match the achievements of my parents.
#10 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 11
but I'm getting this really weird vibe off your house.
#11 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 12 #12 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 13
And ferocious!
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An innocent fascination, I assure you.
#15 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 16
some torrid assignation in town.
#16 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 17
Suspended over the water like a death god rising from Hades.
#17 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 18 #18 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 19
My son, William. I must get to him!
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- to walk through walls! - Through?
#22 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 23
Not just through, up.
#23 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 24
Our minds are being deceived.
#24 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 25
Yes, but you've shown us how to get out of this room.
#25 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 26
This place keeps on folding in on itself as well.
#26 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 27
That is what Shelley saw.
#27 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 28
It drives them insane, so they alter the brain too,
#28 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 29
No feeling, no control, no way back.
#29 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 30 #30 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 31
You will be like us.
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and creating an extreme sophisticated
#34 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 35
I'll find it and remove it.
#35 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 36
Listen...
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Some, but not all.
#39 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 40
I returned...
#40 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 41
containing the knowledge and future history of all Cybermen.
#41 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 42
There's a super-computer fused to a cerebral cortex.
#42 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 43
It's not just his life at stake. It's yours.
#43 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 44 #44 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 45
Were you a father? Before?
#45 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 46
I slit their throats when they joined the resistance.
#46 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 47
And it chooses me.
#47 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 48
But I can't be sure. I can't risk this planet!
#48 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 49
It means I've put it in the gravest danger.
#49 Recap of Doctor Who (2005) Season 12 Episode 8 (S12E08) - 50
...belittled my thoughts and opinions...
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