Jodie Whittaker’s first season as the Doctor took the show in a new direction, but The Witchfinders is almost a return to a very old format: the pure historical. True, this outing to the witch-obsessed England of the 17th century doesn’t quite qualify — what with alien mud creatures reanimating left and right in the final act — but the most interesting thing about this story is certainly the dramatization of the horrific witch trials of the era. An excellent guest cast helps, made all the more entertaining when Alan Cumming arrives playing King James I. Could someone chop down that Morax tree over there? It’s blocking our view of all this fabulous history.
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Story Essentials:
Series 11, Episode 8
Story number: 286, per the The Pull To Open Codex
Production Code: 1DW 11.08
Writers: Joy Wilkinson
Showrunner: Chris Chibnall
Aired 25 November 2018
Pull To Open: The Witchfinders
Season 3
Episode 30
Hosts: Pete Pachal and Chris Taylor
Feedback Loop music: Freestylah by Alexander Nakarada
Outro music: Chronos by Alexander Nakarada
That Witch You Seek (Exposing “The Witchfinders”)