Listen (Doctor Who)

245 – "Listen"
245 – "Listen"
Doctor Who episode
	Promotional image for the episode
Cast
	Doctor Peter Capaldi – Twelfth Doctor;
	Companion Jenna Coleman – Clara Oswald;
	Others Samuel Anderson – Danny Pink/Orson Pink; Remi Gooding – Rupert Pink; Robert Goodman – Reg; Kiran Shah – Figure;
Production
Directed by	Douglas Mackinnon
Written by	Steven Moffat
Script editor	David P Davis
Produced by	Peter Bennett
Executive producer(s)	Steven Moffat; Brian Minchin
Music by	Murray Gold
Series	Series 8
Running time	48 minutes
First broadcast	13 September 2014
Chronology
← Preceded by; "Robot of Sherwood"	Followed by →; "Time Heist"
	List of episodes (2005–present)

"Listen" is the fourth episode of the eighth series of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who, first broadcast on BBC One on 13 September 2014. It was written by Steven Moffat and directed by Douglas Mackinnon.

In the episode, alien time traveller the Doctor (Peter Capaldi) attempts to track down a creature with the perfected ability to hide, while his companion Clara (Jenna Coleman) struggles with a date with former soldier Danny Pink (Samuel Anderson).

"Listen" was watched by 7.01 million viewers in the UK and received critical acclaim for Moffat’s script, Mackinnon’s direction and the performances of Capaldi, Coleman and Anderson. The episode was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form).