Arachnids in the UK

280 – "Arachnids in the UK"
280 – "Arachnids in the UK"
Doctor Who episode
Cast
	Doctor Jodie Whittaker – Thirteenth Doctor;
	Companions Bradley Walsh – Graham O'Brien; Tosin Cole – Ryan Sinclair; Mandip Gill – Yasmin Khan;
	Others Chris Noth – Jack Robertson; Sharon D Clarke – Grace O'Brien; Shobna Gulati – Najia Khan; Tanya Fear – Dr Jade McIntyre; Ravin J Ganatra – Hakim Khan; Bhavnisha Parmar – Sonya Khan; Jaleh Alp – Frankie Ellish; William Meredith – Kevin;
Production
Directed by	Sallie Aprahamian
Written by	Chris Chibnall
Script editor	Fiona McAllister
Produced by	Alex Mercer
Executive producer(s)	Chris Chibnall; Matt Strevens; Sam Hoyle;
Music by	Segun Akinola
Series	Series 11
Running time	49 minutes
First broadcast	28 October 2018
Chronology
← Preceded by; "Rosa"	Followed by →; "The Tsuranga Conundrum"
	List of episodes (2005–present)

"Arachnids in the UK" is the fourth episode of the eleventh series of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who. It was written by showrunner and executive producer Chris Chibnall, directed by Sallie Aprahamian, and first broadcast on BBC One on 28 October 2018.

In the episode, alien time traveller the Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) brings her human friends – Graham O'Brien (Bradley Walsh), Ryan Sinclair (Tosin Cole), and Yasmin Khan (Mandip Gill) – back to Sheffield, where they discover a serious problem is roaming around the city in the form of giant spiders. Sharon D. Clarke reprised her role as Grace O'Brien in vision form. This episode also featured the first appearance of Chris Noth as Jack Robertson who would later become a recurring character. It was watched by 8.22 million viewers and received generally positive reviews from critics.