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Directed by | Douglas Mackinnon | ||
Written by | Stephen Thompson Steven Moffat | ||
Script editor | David P Davis Richard Cookson | ||
Produced by | Peter Bennett | ||
Executive producer(s) | Steven Moffat Brian Minchin | ||
Music by | Murray Gold | ||
Series | Series 8 | ||
Running time | 45 minutes | ||
First broadcast | 20 September 2014 | ||
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"Time Heist" is the fifth episode of the eighth series of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 20 September 2014. The episode was written by Stephen Thompson and Steven Moffat, and directed by Douglas Mackinnon.
In the episode, the alien time traveller called the Doctor (Peter Capaldi), along with human companion Clara Oswald (Jenna Coleman), mutant human Saibra (Pippa Bennett-Warner), and augmented human Psi (Jonathan Bailey), get recruited to break into and rob the secure Bank of Karabraxos, which is protected by a telepathic alien called the Teller (Ross Mullan). The episode was watched by 6.99 million viewers in the UK, receiving generally positive reviews from television critics.