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Resolution – Doctor Who

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As the New Year begins, a terrifying evil is stirring, from across the centuries of Earth's history; as the Doctor, Ryan, Graham and Yaz return home, they must try to overcome the threat to the planet.
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With a fresh take on familiar villains and a renewed sense of stakes, Resolution is a strong series special that surprises in both story and spectacle.

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Devan Coggan Entertainment Weekly Whatever threats the future may bring, the Doctor and her friends will be there to fight back - and if their future adventures are as much fun as "Resolution," I can't wait. Rated: A- Jan 3, 2019 Full Review Robert Lloyd Los Angeles Times Whittaker's Doctor rises from her habitual state of goofy wonder to world-protector battle mode, that attitude of nervous confidence the Daleks always bring out in her. Jan 3, 2019 Full Review Caroline Siede AV Club [It] offers all the cinematic bombast that was missing from "The Battle Of Ranskoor Av Kolos," although it takes a bifurcated approach to delivering a story that's both exciting and emotional. Rated: A- Jan 2, 2019 Full Review John Tones Espinof This special is worthy. [Full Review in Spanish] Rated: 3.5/5 Mar 4, 2019 Full Review David Hogan Anime UK News Resolution plays around with Dalek tropes to make a fresh and exciting story, it's only slightly let down by a less than stellar ending. Rated: 4/5 Jan 26, 2019 Full Review Kieron Moore Starburst Resolution suffers from the same problems as Chibnall's other recent episodes - there's the structure of a good story, but many niggling problems mean it could be much better. Rated: 6/10 Jan 7, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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luis p You are the downgrade Rated 1 out of 5 stars 06/30/24 Full Review Rilf Danielson D Nothing but a politicized mess with drooling bad writing. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 05/13/24 Full Review Asf A i thought 2018 was shitty for dr who. but this topps it... 80% DIFFERENCE IN TOMATOMETER AND AUDIENCE SCORE? Seems like Rotten Tomato is selling his soul!!!!! Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 12/12/23 Full Review David E Thought I was sitting down to watch Doctor who and ended up watch a show that thinks it is sci-fi. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 11/30/23 Full Review hammond8692 A marginal improvement on the entirety of season 11, but still so much wrong with it, Daleks DO NOT LAUGH, such a simple thing they got wrong, and then the resolution to the story was so bloody stupid, the Dalek was destroyed by "A MICROWAVE OVEN HEATING ELEMENT" and said microwave oven was really idiotically introduced to the story in the first place, then it was idiotically put in the scene where it destroyed the Dalek in a way that made no sense, the character literally only brought it with him because the plot needed him to, as I said marginally better than the preceding season, but still not worthy of the Doctor Who name Rated 2 out of 5 stars 11/29/23 Full Review Wolfgang B Not painful at all, but the rumoured production problems make a lot of the decisions around this episode make a lot of sense. It was nice to see Daleks be a threat again. However, if Moffat undervalued and overcomplicated his ears Daleks, after this entry, Chibnall arguably oversimplifies them, and makes them an incalculably deadly threat again, but fails to give them much in the way of coherent motivation Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 07/02/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Jodie Whittaker

The Doctor

Tosin Cole

Ryan Sinclair

Mandip Gill

Yasmin Khan

Bradley Walsh

Graham O'Brien

Charlotte Ritchie

Lin

Nikesh Patel

Mitch

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Season Info

Synopsis As the New Year begins, a terrifying evil is stirring, from across the centuries of Earth's history; as the Doctor, Ryan, Graham and Yaz return home, they must try to overcome the threat to the planet.
Director
Wayne Yip
Screenwriter
Chris Chibnall
Network
BBC
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Drama
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Jan 1, 2019