The BBC has released a new trailer for the next episode of Doctor Who.

Written by Peter Harness and guest starring Hermione Norris (Spooks, In the Club), ‘Kill the Moon’ airs at 8.30pm on Saturday 4 October on BBC One and is described by Steven Moffat as “proper drama”.

Watch the latest trailer…

The synopsis reads: “In the near future, the Doctor and Clara find themselves on a space shuttle making a suicide mission to the Moon.

“Crash-landing on the lunar surface, they find a mining base full of corpses, vicious spider-like creatures poised to attack, and a terrible dilemma. When Clara turns to the Doctor for help, she gets the shock of her life.”

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