The Haunting of Villa Diodati was the eighth episode of series 12 of Doctor Who.
Synopsis
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Plot
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Cast
- The Doctor - Jodie Whittaker
- Graham O'Brien - Bradley Walsh
- Yasmin Khan - Mandip Gill
- Ryan Sinclair - Tosin Cole
- Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin - Lili Miller
- Lord Byron - Jacob Collins-Levy
- Claire Clairmont - Nadia Parks
- Dr John Polidori - Maxim Baldry
- Ashad - Patrick O'Kane
- Percy Bysshe Shelley - Lewis Rainer
- Fletcher - Stefan Bednarczyk
- Elise - Sarah Perles
Crew
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References
Locations
- Villa Diodati is near Lake Geneva.
History
- Graham searches for the lavatory, but finds that they're too early in history to enjoy the invention of toilets.
Culture
- Graham begins "It is a truth universally acknowledged...", but the Doctor interjects "wrong writer".
- The Doctor has instructed her friends not to mention Frankenstein, or otherwise affect its inception, and not to snog Byron.
- Ryan plays "Chopsticks" on the piano.
Food and beverages
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Technology
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Story notes
- The episode had a "cold opening".
Ratings
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Filming locations
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Production errors
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Continuity
- In another account, the Eighth Doctor was involved in this night's events. (AUDIO: Mary's Story)
- Mary also travelled with the Eighth Doctor for a time, as his companion. (AUDIO: The Silver Turk, The Witch from the Well, Army of Death)
- In one of their adventures, Mary encountered another lone Cyberman, popularly known as the Silver Turk, in 1873 Vienna. (AUDIO: The Silver Turk)
- In a second account, the Tenth Doctor saved Mary from a bandaged alien during her stay in Switzerland, at least partly inspiring her to write Frankenstein. (COMIC: The Creative Spark)
- Although taking on Shelley's name, Mary and Percy are not yet officially married. (AUDIO: Mary's Story)
- The Doctor mentions that she knows Byron's daughter, Ada. (AUDIO: The Enchantress of Numbers, TV: Spyfall)
- Team TARDIS recall Jack's warning about the Lone Cyberman. (TV: Fugitive of the Judoon)
- The Doctor refuses to lose anyone else to Cyber-conversion. (TV: World Enough and Time / The Doctor Falls)
Home video releases
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External links
- Official The Haunting of Villa Diodati page on the Doctor Who website
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