Heaven Sent

Episode aired Nov 28, 2015
TV-PG
55m

IMDb RATING

9.6/10

13K

YOUR RATING

Adventure Drama Sci-Fi

Trapped in a world unlike any other he has seen, the Doctor faces the greatest challenge of his many lives. One final test. And he must face it alone...Trapped in a world unlike any other he has seen, the Doctor faces the greatest challenge of his many lives. One final test. And he must face it alone...Trapped in a world unlike any other he has seen, the Doctor faces the greatest challenge of his many lives. One final test. And he must face it alone...

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IMDb RATING

9.6/10

13K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
The full quote from "The Shepherd Boy" in the book "Household Tales" by the Brothers Grimm is:

The King said, "The third question is, how many seconds of time are there in eternity." Then said the shepherd boy, "In Lower Pomerania is the Diamond Mountain, which is two miles and a half high, two miles and a half wide, and two miles and a half in depth; every hundred years a little bird comes and sharpens its beak on it, and when the whole mountain is worn away by this, then the first second of eternity will be over."

Goofs
When you see The Doctor appear in the teleport machine for the second time, the teleport "special effect" is missing and The Doctor is briefly visible just standing in the chamber waiting for his cue to start coughing. This is not how the effect was seen in the beginning of the episode and subsequent scenes.

Quotes
[first lines]
The Doctor: [voice over] As you come into this world, something else is also born. You begin your life, and it begins a journey towards you. It moves slowly, but it never stops. Wherever you go, whatever path you take, it will follow - never faster, never slower, always coming. You will run; it will walk. You will rest; it will not. One day, you will linger in the same place too long; you will sit too still or sleep too deep. And when, too late, you rise to go, you will notice a second shadow next to yours. Your life will then be over.

Connections
Referenced in The Chronic Rift: Time Loop-de-Loops (2018)

Soundtracks
Doctor Who Theme (Series 8)
Performed by Murray Gold

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Featured review

10/10

Face the facts. This is a masterpiece.

A wonderful episode of Doctor Who that serves to bring this mostly excellent season towards its finale. A masterpiece ,features a breathtaking one-man show from Peter Capaldi and a twist-ending that makes this one or maybe the best episodes of the modern series' run. Maybe of the all series. It's a beautiful thrilling, brilliant twist to this episode that sends the whole affair cascading into a barrage of terrific images and terrific sounds ( superb new musical score from Murray Gold) that won't soon be forgotten. Never forgotten.

"In Lower Pomerania is the Diamond Mountain, which is two miles and a half high, two miles and a half wide, and two miles and a half in depth; every hundred years a little bird comes and sharpens its beak on it, and when the whole mountain is worn away by this, then the first second of eternity will be over."

It's the brothers Grimm fable. One fable into the fable. Rest in peace Moffat haters. Rest in peace troll voters.