S12E08Doctor Who season 12 episode 8: The Haunting of Villa Diodati
Aired 16 February 202050 minRated TV-PG
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What happens in “The Haunting of Villa Diodati”
Lake Geneva, 1816. Lord Byron and the Shelleys prepare for a night telling ghost stories, but their villa proves to have ghostly presences all its own.
Episode summary: TMDB.
Before you watch
- It is episode 8 of 10 of season 12, so watch episodes 1 to 7 first.
- It runs about 50 minutes.
- Directed by Emma Sullivan, written by Maxine Alderton.
- TMDB users rate it 6.6 out of 10 (65 votes).
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Cast and crew of this episode
- Director
- Emma Sullivan
- Writer
- Maxine Alderton
- Guest stars
- Lili Miller as Mary Wollstonecraft GodwinJacob Collins-Levy as Lord ByronLewis Rainer as Percy Bysshe ShelleyMaxim Baldry as Dr. John William PolidoriSarah Perles as EliseNadia Parkes as Claire ClairmontStefan Bednarczyk as FletcherPatrick O'Kane as Ashad
Credits: TMDB.
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