The Zygon Inversion

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Doctor Who episode
Cast
Others
Production
Directed byDaniel Nettheim
Written byPeter Harness
Steven Moffat
Script editorDavid P Davis
Produced byPeter Bennett
Executive producer(s)Steven Moffat
Brian Minchin
Music byMurray Gold
SeriesSeries 9
Running time2nd of 2-part story, 46 minutes
First broadcast7 November 2015 (2015-11-07)
Chronology
← Preceded by
"The Zygon Invasion"
Followed by →
"Sleep No More"
List of episodes (2005–present)

"The Zygon Inversion" is the eighth episode of the ninth series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 7 November 2015, and was written by Peter Harness and Steven Moffat and directed by Daniel Nettheim. The episode is the second of a two-parter, the first being "The Zygon Invasion", which aired on 31 October 2015.

Set in present-day London, the episode involves Bonnie, the leader of a splinter group of shapeshifting aliens called Zygons, taking the form of the Doctor's companion Clara Oswald (played by Jenna Coleman). Bonnie intends to use an object called the Osgood Box to unmask 20 million Zygons on Earth, thereby starting a war against humanity.

The episode was watched by 6.03 million viewers and received positive reviews, who praised the episode’s political themes and Capaldi and Coleman’s performances.