{"id":6027,"date":"2021-10-20T19:09:26","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T17:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1395166"},"modified":"2021-10-20T19:35:07","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T17:35:07","slug":"doctor-who-series-13-episode-1-title-revealed-and-it-sounds-spooky","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/doctor-who-series-13-episode-1-title-revealed-and-it-sounds-spooky\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who series 13, episode 1 title revealed \u2013 and it sounds spooky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Morgan Jeffery\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 20 October 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Doctor Who has revealed the title for the first \u201cchapter\u201d of series 13 \u2013 and it seems the show\u2019s 31st October return date may have been part of a plan.<\/p>\n<p>The opening episode of the six-part series \u2013 which bears the overall subtitle of Flux \u2013 will be called\u2026 The Halloween Apocalypse.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">The title of Chapter One of <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DoctorWhoFlux?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#DoctorWhoFlux<\/a> is here!<br\/><br\/>Get ready for &#8216;The Halloween Apocalypse&#8217; on 31st October ???? <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/zSTrsl91aR&quot;\">pic.twitter.com\/zSTrsl91aR<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Doctor Who: Flux (@bbcdoctorwho) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/bbcdoctorwho\/status\/1450865662738436096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">October 20, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>Pretty evocative, huh? It sounds like we can expect a suitably spooky outing for the Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) and Yaz (Mandip Gill) as they go up against the Sontarans and meet a new friend in the form of Dan Lewis (John Bishop).<\/p>\n<p>The official synopsis for The Halloween Apocalypse reads:<\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;sc-gsTEea\" jhgfnk=\"\"><em>On Halloween, all across the universe, terrifying forces are stirring. From the Arctic Circle to deep space, an ancient evil is breaking free. And in <\/em><em>present day Liverpool, the life of Dan Lewis is about to change forever.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;sc-gsTEea\" jhgfnk=\"\"><em>Why is the Doctor on the trail of the fearsome Karvanista? And what is the Flux?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Though we\u2019ve known for a few weeks now that the first episode of Doctor Who: Flux would air on Halloween, this is our first confirmation that the premiere will be themed around All Hallows\u2019 Eve. (Let\u2019s face it, it\u2019s a better fit for the show than an Easter special.)<\/p>\n<p>Unlike most previous series of <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-season-13-release-date\/&quot;\">Doctor Who<\/a>, Flux will tell one serialised story across its six episodes \u2013 all written by showrunner Chris Chibnall with the exception of episode four, which has been co-scripted by <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-guide\/doctor-who-the-haunting-of-villa-diodati\/&quot;\">The Haunting of Villa Diodati<\/a>\u2018s Maxine Alderton.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/10\/doctor_who_flux_sontaran-afe336d.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C200,\" https:=\"\" 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title=\"&quot;doctor_who_flux_sontaran&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> <div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"> <span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>BBC<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt changes the rhythm of the storytelling,\u201d Chibnall has said of this unusual storytelling approach. \u201cIt changes the way you tell the stories. It changes the way we deal with characters \u2013 characters who go across more than one episode. Monsters who go across more than one episode. And it\u2019s probably more in line with other TV series that you\u2019re watching currently. So it was a big challenge, and then it became a massive creative opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo [there\u2019ll be] lots of cliffhangers, I would say is the big thing. Which is embedded into Doctor Who \u2013 some of our biggest ever cliffhangers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-more-flux-guest-stars-newsupdate\/&quot;\">guest cast for Doctor Who: Flux<\/a> includes Craig Parkinson (Line of Duty), Rochenda Sandall (Small Axe: Mangrove) and Blake Harrison (The Inbetweeners), but Chibnall has hinted that there are <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-secret-cast-series-13-newsupdate\/&quot;\">more guest appearances yet to be revealed<\/a>, noting that there were \u201csome people [we] might not want to say.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/jodie-whittaker-doctor-who-replacement-newsupdate\/&quot;\">Doctor Who\u2019s Jodie Whittaker on the next Doctor: \u201cThe joy of this job is you hand on your boots\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/chris-chibnall-leaving-doctor-who-newsupdate\/&quot;\">Chris Chibnall says it took \u201clonger than expected\u201d for him to leave Doctor Who<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-flux-images-sontarans-newsupdate\/&quot;\">New Doctor Who: Flux images tease Sontarans and dog-aliens in episode 1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-flux-multiverse\/&quot;\">Doctor Who might be entering its own multiverse of madness<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><p><strong>Doctor Who: Flux kicks off on Sunday 31st October. Check out more of our <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Sci-Fi<\/a> coverage or visit our <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">TV Guide<\/a> to see what\u2019s on tonight.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Morgan Jeffery Published: Wednesday, 20 October 2021 at 12:00 am Doctor Who has revealed the title for the first \u201cchapter\u201d of series 13 \u2013 and it seems the show\u2019s 31st October return date may have been part of a plan. 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