Kill The Moon BBC Synopsis

The BBC have released the official story synopsis for Kill the Moon, the seventh episode of Series 8, written by Peter Harness.

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.

It premieres Saturday 4 October with the timeslot confirmed for 8.30pm to 9.15pm on BBC One.