DOCTOR WHO: FACE THE RAVEN (S09E10)

​Face the Raven is upon us, the third-to-the-last installment of Series/Season 9 (presuming we don’t count the Christmas offering as a proper episode in the seasonal run). 

Several big questions jump out about this one…

1.  Will Face be an improvement over last week’s tediously aloof, aggressively clunky Sleep No More?  
2. Will Face the Raven, in fact, relate to Sleep No More in any regard?  The conclusion of Sleep left one with an impression that it was actually a one-off, an anomaly in a season filled with directly connected two-parters.  Notably, Sleep No More’s helmer - Justin Molotnikov - is back for Raven as well.  At face value, this wouldn’t seem to be a positive turn.  But, I’m going in with an open mind and warm, albeit wary, heart. 
3. Will the return of Maisie Williams’ character...

​…introduced in The Girl Who Died earlier this Series/Season, somehow relate to the departure of Jenna Coleman’s ‘Clara’ from the show?  This appears to be portended by spots for this episode, but we’ve been misdirected by Moff & Co before…

4)  Will Face the Raven indeed represent Jenna Coleman’s departure from the show?  If this is the case, it’s interesting that the script work here is being handled by Sarah Dollard (BEING HUMAN, MERLIN) rather than by Steven Moffat himself.   One would THINK that such a consequential, canonical development would be helmed by Moffat himself - which makes me wonder if this we’ll truly witness the Coleman/Clara exit this week. 
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Below is a gallery of official promo images from Face the Raven, an assemblage which may expand should more pictures become available before transmit.  Also check the discussion thread before for embedded material (clips, posters, etc) related not only to this episode, but to the WHOniverse in general. 

The Face the Raven discussion thread is now welcome and awaiting YOU!   Welcome, and as always…

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Sleep No More 
The Zygon Inversion 
The Zygon Invasion 
The Woman Who Lived 
The Girl Who Died 
Before the Flood 
Under the Lake 
The Witch's Familiar
The Magician’s Apprentice 
Ongoing DOCTOR WHO Season/Series 9 Multi-topic Megathread


COMING NEXT WEEK:  Heaven Sent  (S09E11)