Brief synopses released today for the 7th and 8th episodes. The first is called Kerblam! The name relates to an intergalactic retailer on an alien moon, so expect some Amazon-type satire. Julie Hesmondhalgh and Lee Mack guest star - though Mack did say that he only has a small cameo.
The other episode is called The Witchfinders, and is the one with Alan Cumming as King James. Siobhan Finneran is another guest artist in this. It's set in 17th Century Lancashire.
Mercifully, neither are written by Chris Chibnall. He isn't even co-writing. Kerblam! is by Peter McTighe, and The Witchfinders is by Joy Wilkinson.
I'm hoping that the non-Chibnall-penned episodes is a good omen. I like the series, but it still doesn't feel completely like Who to me.
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean about the feel. For me the incidental music is part of it, but it is also the relative lack of TARDIS and the absence of familiar monsters.
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