Doctor Who season 10 finale: Is Pearl Mackie leaving?
After all, just consider the end of this past episode, and how it featured the character of Bill Potts beginning the transformation into one of the Mondasian Cybermen. Once this happens, it’s not the sort of thing that easily you can walk back from. How in the world does she recover? Judging from what executive producer Steven Moffat said in a Facebook Live with Graham Norton following the episode, she may not:
“Yes, that’s it. She’s a Cyberman from now on. She was killing people from the trailer. That’s the way it is sometimes.”
Of course, the thing to remember here is that Moffat seemed to be joking. While Mackie may leave the show eventually, there is no concrete evidence of her doing so right now. We’d like to see her stick around into season 11, just so that the show does have a little touch of familiarity. With so much else changing, it would be nice to have the Companion stay the same.
Also in this interview, Mackie herself had the following to say about how she reacted to the twist:
“I mean, I’m quite an emotional person, so it was pretty emotional even just reading any of it and at the read through it was quite emotional because there’s a lot of endings.
“I think that’s the credit to Steven’s writing that you can get that kind of emotion from it when you read it that you’re supposed to get when you watch it.”
The trailer below does give you a reasonably good sense of some of what is coming in the finale now, and there are quite a few developments ahead! For one, there is an opportunity to learn a little bit more about the Cybermen and their plans, while The Doctor may realize that he and Missy need to work together.
Oh, and there is just that hint of regeneration in here to start making you worried about the upcoming Christmas Special, which is going to feature the debut of the next Doctor for the first time.
What do you think is coming on the Doctor Who season 10 finale? Be sure to share in the comments!
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