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Legend of the Sea Devils – Doctor Who

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The Doctor, Yaz and Dan face the Sea Devils, one of the Doctor's oldest adversaries, when legendary pirate queen Madam Ching searches for a lost treasure, and terrifying forces lurk beneath the oceans of the 19th century.

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Carol Midgley Times (UK) I struggled to care about this meandering story, which involved John Bishop looking as if he’d fallen on hard times and gone into panto in a pirate costume from Aldi. Rated: 2/5 Jun 8, 2022 Full Review Vicky Jessop London Evening Standard The Timelord is back for the second of three feature-length specials, and it’s exactly the sort of silly, riotous fun you’d expect. Rated: 3/5 May 12, 2022 Full Review Isobel Lewis Independent (UK) They might’ve been nipped and tucked, but as with a lot of old Who monsters, these bug-eyed lizard monsters are too cartoonish to be truly scary. Fortunately, the episode features an excellent ensemble cast. Rated: 3/5 May 12, 2022 Full Review Emmet Asher-Perrin Tor.com The editing of this episode is weirdly a mess, which is unfortunate because there’s a lot of great stuff going on, and fun fight choreography, and great sets and costumes, and I can’t figure out why everything was so jumpy and odd. Jan 24, 2023 Full Review Kieron Moore Starburst It's not that ambition is bad, but Legend of the Sea Devils is ambitious in all the wrong ways -- the unachievable ones. Rated: 1/5 May 12, 2022 Full Review David Hogan hoganreviews.co.uk Legend of the Sea Devils was quite disappointing. I appreciated the fresh scenery and all-Asian guest cast but the Sea Devils fell flat mostly due to poor directing taking all the excitement away from their fight scenes. Rated: 2/5 May 4, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Philip D There is nothing positive that can be said about this other than it ends Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/24/25 Full Review Rilf Danielson D Politicized garbage. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 05/13/24 Full Review Kevin B This episodes commits one of the biggest crimes an entertainment show can perpetrate. It is just so boring. There is nothing to engage and nothing of note actually happens. It's such a shame the return of the sea devils was wasted like this. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/06/24 Full Review Mikhail E Good special and underrated! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 12/25/23 Full Review Michael M Chibnall never touch pen and paper again. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 12/15/23 Full Review Asf A yeah and this season only got 50%? how the hell can a VERY VERY SIMILAR season get 100% if this only got 50% tomatoscore?? didnt bbc pay enough this time? season was REALLY BAD! Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 12/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Jodie Whittaker

The Doctor

Mandip Gill

Yasmin Khan

John Bishop

Dan Lewis

Marlowe Chan-Reeves

Ying Ki

Crystal Yu

Madam Ching

Craige Els

Chief Sea Devil

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Synopsis The Doctor, Yaz and Dan face the Sea Devils, one of the Doctor's oldest adversaries, when legendary pirate queen Madam Ching searches for a lost treasure, and terrifying forces lurk beneath the oceans of the 19th century.
Director
Haolu Wang
Executive Producer
Matt Strevens, Nikki Wilson, Chris Chibnall
Screenwriter
Chris Chibnall, Ella Road
Network
BBC
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Drama
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Apr 17, 2022