Concealed in a hidden doorway lays the entrance to Trap Street, a home for alien refugees. The Twelfth Doctor and his companions Clara Oswald and Rigsy stumbled across Trap Street when they were looking for the person responsible for the Chronolock on Rigsy’s neck. Trap Street is home to a number of familiar aliens from the Doctor Who universe.

Face the Raven

★★★☆☆

TX: 21/11/2015

Written by Sarah Dollard   Directed by Justin Molotnikov

The Twelfth Doctor and Clara receive a phone call from their old friend Rigsy who they previously met in Flatline. Rigsy has discovered a Chronolock tattoo on his neck, a number that is counting down. The Doctor decides to fly the TARDIS above London to trace the person who planted it on Rigsy. The Doctor, Clara and Rigsy eventually find the entrance to a Trap Street, a refuge for alien refugees hidden behind a perception filter. The Mayor of the Trap Street is the immortal Ashildr, whom the Doctor and Clara previously met in The Girl Who Died and The Woman Who Lived. Ashildr has become ruthless and unmerciful over the centuries and is happy to condemn petty crimes like theft to a death sentence. Don’t spend time around people who don’t like you. They will make you not like yourself. Rigsy is accused of murder and so Ashildr put the Chronolock (a countdown to execution) on his neck and wiped his memory. In private, Clara stupidly asks Rigsy to pass the Chronolock onto her. However, when this is revealed to Ashildr she says that the Chronolock cannot be stopped. A tearful Clara says goodbye to the Doctor before she too is killed by the Quantum Shade raven, which flies into her. The enraged Doctor is handed over to Ashildr’s employers, who Ashildr refuses to name. Rigsy paints a mural of Clara on the TARDIS.