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"Smile"
Series Doctor Who
Season 10/36, Episode 2
Doctor Who 2005 10x02 001
Air date April 22nd, 2017
Writers Frank Cottrell-Boyce
Director Lawrence Gough
Producers Peter Bennett; Brian Minchin; Steven Moffat
Starring Peter Capaldi; Pearl Mackie; Matt Lucas
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"Smile" is the second episode of season ten of the relaunch of the British cult classic sci-fi series Doctor Who. It is the 836th episode of the entire franchise. It was directed by Lawrence Gough with a script written by Frank Cottrell-Boyce. It first aired on BBC One in the United Kingdom and BBC America in the United States on Saturday, April 22nd, 2017 at 9:00 pm.

Cast[]

Starring[]

Actor Role
Peter Capaldi The Doctor
Pearl Mackie Bill Potts
Matt Lucas Nardole

Guest Starring[]

Actor Role
Kaizer Akhtar Praiseworthy
Mina Anwar Goodthing
Kiran L. Dadlani Kezzia
Craig Garner Emojibot
Ralf Little Steadfast
Kiran Shah Emojibot
Kalungi Ssebandeke Nate

Notes & Trivia[]

  • This series is rated TV-PG.
  • This episode was filmed at the City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia.
  • This episode aired on the same night as the "The Coach With the Dragon Tattoo" episode of Class.
  • As per this episode, the Doctor is over 2,000-years-old.
  • This is the first appearance of the Vardies, who are the micro-bot builders of this world, and the Emojibots, which are the humanoid caretakers.
  • Bill Potts expresses some design ideas for the TARDIS in this episode, including moving the chairs closer to the central console, and adding a steering wheel.

Quotes[]

  • The Doctor: You don't steer the TARDIS. You negotiate with it.

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  • The Doctor: There's a giant smiley abattoir over there, and I'm having this very childish impulse to blow it up. Be right back.

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  • Bill Potts: Why are you Scottish?
  • The Doctor: I'm not Scottish, I'm just cross.
  • Bill Potts: Is there a Scotland in space?
  • The Doctor: They're all over the place, demanding independence from every planet they land on.

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  • The Doctor: They are expecting the new Garden of Eden. What they are not expecting is to be fertilizer.

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  • The Doctor: Between here and my office, before the kettle boils, is everything that ever happened or ever will.

See also[]

Media

The World of Doctor Who

Doctor Who miscellaneous

External Links[]

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