'Doctor Who' Season 12 Episode 3: The Doctor and company's visit to Tranquility Spa gets interrupted
On this Sunday's episode of 'Doctor Who', we will see the Doctor and her companions — Yaz, Ryan, and Graham — visit the "Tranquility Spa" after the draining events of the first two episodes of Season 12.
The harrowing experience saw the Master return to the show and he has hauntingly revealed to the Doctor that he destroyed their planet — Gallifrey — after he learns a terrible secret, one that makes him tell the Doctor that they are not who they think they are.
For most of the second part of 'Spyfall', Yaz, Ryan, and Graham fend for themselves as they use the spy gadgets from the first episode to get them out of sticky situations. They also ask the Doctor the truth about herself — to which she gives them half-truths, that she is a Time Lord from Gallifrey and that she can regenerate, but she does not tell them that the Master, who was once her friend, destroyed her home planet.
In Episode 3, the Doctor takes them to a luxury resort for a bit of rest and relaxation. But she finds that the spa is hiding a number of deadly secrets, and finds themselves under attack from some ferocious monsters. Why would a "tranquility spa" need an ionic membrane protection wall around it?
James Buckley of 'The Inbetweeners' also stars in the episode titled 'Orphan 55', which was written by Ed Hime. This is Hime's second time writing for 'Doctor Who'. Previously, he wrote the ninth episode of Season 11, titled 'It Takes You Away'.
One thing fans would be clamoring for is a mention of the Timeless Child now that the Master brought it up as the reason for him wanting to destroy the Time Lords' home planet. The phrase was mentioned once in Season 11, and though we may not get a mention of it in 'Orphan 55', it will most likely be the main theme of Season 12.
'Doctor Who' airs on BBC America on Sunday nights.