Time Heist

246 – "Time Heist"
Doctor Who episode
Cast
Others
Production
Directed byDouglas Mackinnon
Written byStephen Thompson
Steven Moffat
Script editorDavid P Davis
Richard Cookson
Produced byPeter Bennett
Executive producer(s)Steven Moffat
Brian Minchin
Music byMurray Gold
SeriesSeries 8
Running time45 minutes
First broadcast20 September 2014 (2014-09-20)
Chronology
← Preceded by
"Listen"
Followed by →
"The Caretaker"
List of episodes (2005–present)

"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.