The mayor of the street is familiar to the Doctor and Clara and unless the trap street’s residents can be persuaded otherwise, then Rigsy must face the raven that watches over their tentative peace.ĭollard works wonders with a distinctly Harry Potter-esque premise, dispelling any comparisons by making such fundamental Doctor Who out of it. Hidden behind a perception filter, these streets are where the dispossessed of the universe take refuge on Earth. Trap streets would appear to be a cartographer’s signature (think of the recent film Paper Towns for a similar quirk of geography), but they’re not. But what seems like a Hangover-like mystery turns out to be more sinister when the Doctor realises Rigsy has stumbled upon a trap street. It’s the first episode from writer Sarah Dollard and she immediately puts herself in the upper tier, alonsgide writers such as Peter Harness and Jamie Mathieson, with a witty and imaginative tale.Ĭlara’s friend, Rigsy (Joivan Wade), calls the TARDIS when he wakes up with a mysterious tattoo that is counting down to something and has no memory of the last 24 hours.
Already seen it? Read on at the end for spoilers.Īs ridiculous as it would seem to keep declaring episodes as the best of the season, Doctor Who’s ninth season has been ridiculously good and that continues, with bells on, in the cataclysmic Face The Raven.
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