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Doctor Who episode
Cast
Doctor
  • Jodie Whittaker – Thirteenth Doctor
Companions
  • Bradley Walsh – Graham O'Brien
  • Tosin Cole – Ryan Sinclair
  • Mandip Gill – Yasmin Khan
Others
  • Lili Miller – Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin
  • Jacob Collins-Levy – Lord Byron
  • Nadia Parkes – Claire Clairmont
  • Maxim Baldry – Dr John Polidori
  • Patrick O'Kane – Ashad
  • Lewis Rainer – Percy Bysshe Shelley
  • Stefan Bednarczyk – Fletcher
  • Sarah Perles – Elise
Production
Directed byEmma Sullivan
Written byMaxine Alderton
Script editorFiona McAllister
Produced byAlex Mercer
Executive producer(s)
  • Chris Chibnall
  • Matt Strevens
Music bySegun Akinola
SeriesSeries 12
Running time49 minutes
First broadcast16 February 2020 (2020-02-16)
Chronology
← Preceded by
"Can You Hear Me?"
Followed by →
"Ascension of the Cybermen"
List of Doctor Who episodes (2005–present)

"The Haunting of Villa Diodati" is the eighth episode of the twelfth series of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who, first broadcast on BBC One on 16 February 2020. It was written by Maxine Alderton, and directed by Emma Sullivan. The episode stars Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor, alongside Bradley Walsh, Tosin Cole and Mandip Gill as her companions, Graham O'Brien, Ryan Sinclair and Yasmin Khan, respectively. The episode is about the historical origins of the 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley, portrayed by Lili Miller, and takes place at the Villa Diodati in 1816 where she was inspired to write the work. The episode also featured the return of the Cybermen in their first television appearance since the tenth series finale "The Doctor Falls" (2017). The episode was watched by 5.07 million viewers, and received positive reviews from critics.

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