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Series 10 Review Round-Up: Ep 6, Extremis

By Cameron K McEwan

Doctor Who Series 10 continues airing around the world – find out where to watch in your area here – and the reviews are coming in thick and fast!

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Read what the critics and fans had to say about Extremis, starring Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor, Pearl Mackie as Bill Potts, Matt Lucas as Nardole, and Michelle Gomez as Missy below.


“Doctor Who doesn't get better than this"

Games Radar – read the full review here


“… this is the kind of revelation in Doctor Who I can really get behind.”

Den of Geek – read the full review here


“Like ‘Listen’ and especially like ‘Heaven Sent,’ the result is unlike anything else you’re likely to find on television, and certainly unlike anything else Doctor Who has done before.”

A.V. Club – read the full review here


“It's clever, big-thinky stuff from Moffat”

Ars Techinca UK – read the full review here


“Script crammed with cracking lines”

Telegraph – read the full review here


"ingenious, breath-taking television from Steven Moffat"

Radio Times – read the full review here


“It’s yet another horror-centric addition to Doctor Who, though Moffat does bring one of his more clever twists to it.”

Uproxx – read the full review here


“smart and weird sci-fi”

Cult Box – read the full review here


“there are no signs of the high quality faltering yet…”

The Digital Fix – read the full review here


“excellent, if not rather morbidly macabre”

Flickering Myth – read the full review here


“this was a stupendous episode”

SciFi Pulse – read the full review here


 

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