Published February 12, 2020 10:45 pm
Lake Geneva, 1816. Lord Byron and the Shelleys prepare for a night telling ghost stories, but their villa proves to have ghostly presences all of its own.
Episode eight : The Haunting Of Villa Diodati.
“Nobody mention Frankenstein. Nobody interfere. Nobody snog Byron.” Should be easy right?
The Doctor and gang arrive at the Villa Diodati, Lake Geneva, in 1816 – on a night that inspired Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. The plan is to spend the evening soaking up the atmos in the presence of some literary greats – but the ghosts are all too real. And the Doctor is forced into a decision of earth-shattering proportions…
Tosin Cole as Ryan – Doctor Who _ Season 12, Episode 8 – Photo Credit: Ben Blackall/BBC Studios/BBC America 
Lili Miller as Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin – Doctor Who _ Season 12, Episode 8 – Photo Credit: Ben Blackall/BBC Studios/BBC America 
Lili Miller as Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, Maxim Baldry as Dr John Polidori, Jacob Collins-Levy as Lord Byron, Nadia Parkes as Claire Clairmont – Doctor Who _ Season 12, Episode 8 – Photo Credit: Ben Blackall/BBC Studios/BBC America 
Tosin Cole as Ryan, Mandip Gill as Yaz, Jodie Whittaker as The Doctor, Bradley Walsh as Graham – Doctor Who _ Season 12, Episode 8 – Photo Credit: Ben Blackall/BBC Studios/BBC America 
Picture Shows: Dr John Polidori (MAXIM BALDRY) (Picture: BBC) 
Bradley Walsh as Graham – Doctor Who _ Season 12, Episode 8 – Photo Credit: Ben Blackall/BBC Studios/BBC America 
Mandip Gill as Yaz – Doctor Who _ Season 12, Episode 8 – Photo Credit: Ben Blackall/BBC Studios/BBC America 
Maxim Baldry as Dr John Polidori, Jodie Whittaker as The Doctor, Mandip Gill as Yaz, Lili Miller as Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, Nadia Parkes as Claire Clairmont – Doctor Who _ Season 12, Episode 8 – Photo Credit: Ben Blackall/BBC Studios/BBC America 
The Doctor (JODIE WHITTAKER) (Picture: BBC) 
Jodie Whittaker as The Doctor – Doctor Who _ Season 12, Episode 8 – Photo Credit: Ben Blackall/BBC Studios/BBC America 
Mandip Gill as Yaz, Lili Miller as Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, Jacob Collins-Levy as Lord Byron – Doctor Who _ Season 12, Episode 8 – Photo Credit: James Pardon/BBC Studios/BBC America 
Mandip Gill as Yaz, Tosin Cole as Ryan – Doctor Who _ Season 12, Episode 8 – Photo Credit: James Pardon/BBC Studios/BBC America 
Sarah Perles as Elise – Doctor Who _ Season 12, Episode 8 – Photo Credit: James Pardon/BBC Studios/BBC America 
Lewis Rainer as Percy Bysshe Shelley – Doctor Who _ Season 12, Episode 8 – Photo Credit: Ben Blackall/BBC Studios/BBC America 
Jodie Whittaker as The Doctor – Doctor Who _ Season 12, Episode 8 – Photo Credit: James Pardon/BBC Studios/BBC America 
Nadia Parkes as Claire Clairmont – Doctor Who _ Season 12, Episode 8 – Photo Credit: Ben Blackall/BBC Studios/BBC America
Cast
- Jodie Whittaker as The Doctor
- Tosin Cole as Ryan
- Bradley Walsh as Graham
- Mandip Gill as Yaz
- Lili Miller as Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin
- Jacob Collins-Levy as Lord Byron
- Maxim Baldry as Dr John Polidori
- Nadia Parkes as Claire Clairmont
- Lewis Rainer as Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Sarah Perles as Elise
Crew
- Written by Maxine Alderton
- Directed by Emma Sullivan
Doctor Who continues Sunday 16th February at 7:10pm on BBC One