Series 13 kicks off with the Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) and Yaz (Mandip Gill) in trouble as they are suspended from some sort of big stick (which resembles a broomstick later on) over acid as a planet is about to be destroyed. Leading the Doctor to get them out of there, as usual. As they journey through the planet in search of the TARDIS, still handcuffed to the stick, as the Doctor's command of "release" isn't working. The stick breaks into two and that's when they appear to be riding a broomstick. Some Hallowe'en allusion. Though this was rather a Hallowe'en episode with the Swarm (Sam Spruell) and his sister introduced here in their garb. Who will dress like them next Hallowe'en.
As the Doctor has a mind recharge she is whisked away to a far off place where Swarm torments her with "trick or treat." Just to firmly set what day it was in out minds, if we didn't already know. The Doctor doesn't recall meeting him before but seems to have had a part in his imprisonment. Harkback to the Doctor not having all her memories in The Timeless Child, that we didn't get a conclusion to. Yaz mentions trick or treat later on too.
We see two women about to check the prison security where Swarm is being held before he's able to break free and zap one. Taking in her particles. In Antarctica a couple receive a warning but the woman smashes the device. She doesn't want to be contacted as they were promised they wouldn't be. Also on the observation outpost Vinder (Jacob Anderson) sees the destruction of the Flux firsthand and has to evacuate in a pod, as the Flux destroys everything in its path. The Doctor calls it a hurricane.
The potential new companion, meanwhile, Dan Lewis (John Bishop) is leading the tour of a Liverpool museum until he's interrupted by Diane and told he has to leave. They arrange a date/not a date for later which we know he's going to stand her up for. At the food bank he gives away some candy and then he rejects the offer of some soup for his hard work. This he later regrets as he has nothing to eat at home. One companion who wants to genuinely help people and is finding it to hard to make ends meet. After a few Hallowe'en callers he is abducted by one, a dog, who he says has a really life-like costume. He is a canine Karvanista (Craige Els) and he cages Dan before taking him away to his ship. Yaz and the Doctor also arrive as they've followed the trail here. Inside the Doctor finds a laptop which can't be Dan's and as she finds out a fleet of ships are approaching Earth, the laptop blows up. As they escape in the nick, the house is shrunk. Here they also meet Clare (Annabel Scholey) who says she's from the future, past, but they will meet again. Clare is followed by a Weeping Angel and knows not to blink, however she keeps doing this until finally she is no more.
The Doctor lands the TARDIS on the ship, before Yaz can get what's troubling the Doctor out of her. She goes after Karvanista as Yaz rescues Dan. Not before they banter about Sheffield and Dan putting down Yorkshire. Karvanista reveals he was rescuing Dan and protecting him as his species, the Lupari are here to rescue Earth and each one of them has a human to protect and take off the planet. The Doctor asking what the humans have got to say about that. He calls it a "species bonding arrangement." Swarm contacts the Doctor again and this time he's seen to be part of the Flux as his destruction is similar. Seems the Doctor wasn't so concerned about all the other planets being destroyed and was only interested in protecting Earth.
The Doctor orders the Lupari ships into a formation that forms over Earth and acts as a forcefield saving it from the Flux. Although that could be in vain as the Sontarans see it as an opportunity to take it over with maximum destruction. The woman in the Antarctic is Swarm's sister, Azure (Rochenda Sandall) whom he's missed. As well as tunnels being dug under Liverpool in the nineteenth century. This is presumably where Diane (Nadia Albina) ends up, as she's forcibly 'dragged' into the building she was supposed to be meeting Dan outside. Everything is thrown together into this one episode, with snippets of characters we will probably see throughout the six episode arc. Hopefully it will all make sense...
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