The Bells of Saint John

232 – "The Bells of Saint John"
Doctor Who episode
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Cast
Doctor Matt Smith – Eleventh Doctor
Companion Jenna-Louise Coleman – Clara Oswald
Others Celia Imrie – Miss Kizlet Robert Whitlock – Mahler Dan Li – Alexei Manpreet Bachu – Nabile Sean Knopp – Paul James Greene – The Abbott Geff Francis – George Maitland Eve de Leon Allen – Angie Maitland Kassius Carey Johnson – Artie Maitland Daniella Eames – Little Girl Fred Pearson – Barista Jade Anouka – Waitress Olivia Hill – Newsreader Isabella Blake-Thomas – Child Matthew Earley – Man Antony Edridge – Pilot Richard E. Grant – The Great Intelligence
Production
Directed by	Colm McCarthy
Written by	Steven Moffat
Produced by	Denise Paul Marcus Wilson (series producer)
Executive producer(s)	Steven Moffat Caroline Skinner
Music by	Murray Gold
Series	Series 7
Running time	45 minutes
First broadcast	30 March 2013 (2013-03-30)
Chronology
← Preceded by "The Snowmen" Followed by → "The Rings of Akhaten"
List of episodes (2005–present)

"The Bells of Saint John" is the sixth episode of the seventh series of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who. It premiered in the United Kingdom on 30 March 2013 on BBC One; the episode was the first of the second half of the series. It was written by Steven Moffat and directed by Colm McCarthy.

The episode marks the third appearance of Jenna-Louise Coleman as Clara Oswald, but her first official appearance as the Eleventh Doctor's new companion. The story focuses on alien time traveller the Doctor (Matt Smith) and his search for Oswald, following two previous encounters with her in different moments of time, both ending in her death. Finding a third version in present-day London, he soon becomes involved in saving her and the rest of Earth from Miss Kizlet (Celia Imrie) and her employer, the Great Intelligence, as they use the world's Wi-Fi to upload people to a datacloud via robots known as Servers, casually referred to as Spoonheads.

"The Bells of Saint John" was designed to be an "urban thriller", in that it is taking "something omnipresent in your life and making it sinister". It was watched by 8.44 million viewers in the UK. The episode received generally positive reviews, although several critics felt that the plot and threat were lacking.