{"id":7549,"date":"2021-11-22T11:59:29","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T10:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1515830"},"modified":"2021-11-22T12:35:10","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T11:35:10","slug":"doctor-who-fans-hail-village-of-the-angels-as-epic-and-terrifying-after-breathtaking-cliffhanger","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/doctor-who-fans-hail-village-of-the-angels-as-epic-and-terrifying-after-breathtaking-cliffhanger\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who fans hail Village of the Angels as \u201cepic\u201d and \u201cterrifying\u201d after \u201cbreathtaking\u201d cliffhanger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Lidia Molina-Whyte\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 22 November 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><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-season-13-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Doctor Who: Flux<\/a> is the gift that keeps on giving \u2013 stunning performances, returning villains and epic weekly cliffhangers.<\/p>\n<p>Last night\u2019s episode <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-village-of-the-angels-review\/&quot;\">Village of the Angels<\/a> delivered one of the most terrifying twist endings of the series to date, with the Doctor\u2019s fate left hanging in the balance after an unthinkable transformation.<\/p>\n<p>And fans were loving it, taking to Twitter to praise Jodie Whittaker\u2019s performance and the spine-tingling direction the series is going in.<\/p>\n<p>One fan tweeted: \u201cJust keeps getting bigger, better, more epic, more intriguing and more terrifying! Don\u2019t know if I\u2019m going to be able to make it to the final\u00e9 in a fortnight. Jodie Whittaker is absolutely SLAYING it! I just thought about tonight\u2019s cliffhanger again and got chills up my spine!!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">Just keeps getting bigger, better, more epic, more intriguing and more terrifying!<br\/><br\/>Don&#8217;t know if I&#8217;m going to be able to make it to the final\u00e9 in a fortnight. Jodie Whittaker is absolutely SLAYING it!<br\/><br\/>I just thought about tonight&#8217;s cliffhanger again and got chills up my spine!!<\/p>\u2014 Blaine Coughlan ????????\ufe0f\u200d???? (@BlaineCoughlan) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/BlaineCoughlan\/status\/1462547976941879296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">November 21, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>Another fan said: \u201cI feel like I\u2019m saying that every week but best episode EVER?? Definitely best weeping angels episode, best flux episode and best CLIFFHANGER?? it was amazing!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEasily the best episode of Jodie Whittaker\u2019s incarnation \u2013 spooky feel of classic Pertwee and Baker stories,\u201d another added.<\/p>\n<p>The episode did feature nods to Jon Pertwee\u2019s <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-guide\/the-daemons\/&quot;\">The Daemons<\/a>, with Medderton reminiscent of Devil\u2019s End, both in its look and the fact that it\u2019s being terrorised by a living statue. Showrunner Chris Chibnall even added in a nod to Pertwee\u2019s Third Doctor with the iconic line: \u201cI reversed the polarity of the neutron flow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And, of course, Kevin McNally, who played Professor Eustacius Jericho in last night\u2019s episode, also featured in Colin Baker\u2019s <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-guide\/the-twin-dilemma\/&quot;\">The Twin Dilemma<\/a> 37 years ago.<\/p> <p>Some fans also commented on how Village of the Angels transported them back to watching the series as children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt gave me that feeling I had when I was watching Doctor Who as a kid,\u201d one fan tweeted, \u201cand it would end on a breathtaking cliffhanger and you\u2019d have a WHOLE WEEK to wait to find out what happens. A week felt a lot longer back then though!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We hope it flies by.<\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/doctor-who-episode-guide-thirteenth-doctor-jodie-whittaker\/&quot;\">Catch up on all the Jodie Whittaker adventures in the Radio Times Doctor Who Story Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><p><strong>Read more about Doctor Who:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-village-of-the-angels-podcast-review\/&quot;\">Doctor Who: Village of the Angels podcast review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-village-of-the-angels-questions\/&quot;\">Doctor Who: Village of the Angels\u2019 10 biggest questions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/village-of-the-angels-doctor-who-empire-strikes-back-comment\/&quot;\">Village of the Angels may be the Empire Strikes Back of Doctor Who series 13<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-weeping-angel-twist-exclusive-newsupdate\/&quot;\">Doctor Who: Flux star opens up on \u201cshocking\u201d episode 4 twist \u2013 \u201cBut she can\u2019t die!\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-village-of-the-angels-mid-credits-scene-newsupdate\/&quot;\">Doctor Who\u2019s Village of the Angels includes surprise mid-credits scene<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-flux-time-lord-return\/&quot;\">Are the Time Lords returning to Doctor Who?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/kate-lethbridge-stewart-doctor-who-unit-return\/&quot;\">Kate Lethbridge-Stewart makes shock Doctor Who return \u2013 but is UNIT back?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><p><strong>Doctor Who continues on Sundays on BBC One. For more, check out our dedicated\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/&quot;\">Sci-Fi<\/a>\u00a0page or our full\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\">TV Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lidia Molina-Whyte Published: Monday, 22 November 2021 at 12:00 am Doctor Who: Flux is the gift that keeps on giving \u2013 stunning performances, returning villains and epic weekly cliffhangers. Last night\u2019s episode Village of the Angels delivered one of the most terrifying twist endings of the series to date, with the Doctor\u2019s fate left [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":7550,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/11\/doctor-who-fans-hail-village-of-the-angels-as-epic-and-terrifying-after-breathtaking-cliffhanger-scaled.jpg",2560,1706,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/11\/doctor-who-fans-hail-village-of-the-angels-as-epic-and-terrifying-after-breathtaking-cliffhanger-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/11\/doctor-who-fans-hail-village-of-the-angels-as-epic-and-terrifying-after-breathtaking-cliffhanger-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/11\/doctor-who-fans-hail-village-of-the-angels-as-epic-and-terrifying-after-breathtaking-cliffhanger-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/11\/doctor-who-fans-hail-village-of-the-angels-as-epic-and-terrifying-after-breathtaking-cliffhanger-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/11\/doctor-who-fans-hail-village-of-the-angels-as-epic-and-terrifying-after-breathtaking-cliffhanger-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/11\/doctor-who-fans-hail-village-of-the-angels-as-epic-and-terrifying-after-breathtaking-cliffhanger-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Lidia Molina-Whyte Published: Monday, 22 November 2021 at 12:00 am Doctor Who: Flux is the gift that keeps on giving \u2013 stunning performances, returning villains and epic weekly cliffhangers. 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