While Missy and Clara attempt to mount a rescue armed only with a pointy stick and some acerbic banter, the Doctor’s compassion is put to the test as he faces off with Davros in both his dying and youthful forms.
If The Magician’s Apprentice divided opinion among Who’s fan-base, The Witch’s Familiar will most likely have done the same as it bypasses big action setpieces to revolve instead around two double-acts: a battle of wits between two of the oldest foes in the universe and a forced alliance between the two women closest to the Doctor.
Clara and Missy: the best of enemies?
Clara and Missy, who escaped extermination thanks to their vortex manipulators, provide the episode’s lighter moments as they… Read the full story