Rachel Talalay returns to direct Doctor Who finale

Wednesday, 1 July 2015 - Reported by Chuck Foster

Rachel Talalay (Credit: BBC/Adrian Rogers)

Director Rachel Talalay, who helmed last year's finale Dark Water/Death in Heaven, has confirmed on Twitter that she is returning to the series to direct this year's as yet un-named two-part Doctor Who finale:

Recovering from a case of The Silence. #DoctorWho I am so fortunate to be asked back for the finale S09. #DontScrewItUpPt2
— Rachel Talalay (@rtalalay) July 1, 2015

Series 9 Summary so far

Episode	Title	Writer	Director
1	The Magician's Apprentice	Steven Moffat	Hettie MacConald
2	The Witch's Familiar	Steven Moffat	Hettie MacConald
3	tba	Toby Whithouse	Daniel O'Hara
4	tba	Toby Whithouse	Daniel O'Hara
5	The Girl Who Died	Jamie Mathieson & Steven Moffat	Ed Bazalgette
6	The Woman Who Lived	Catherine Tregenna	Ed Bazalgette
7	tba	Peter Harness	Daniel Nettheim
8	tba	Peter Harness	Daniel Nettheim
9	tba	tba	tba
10	tba	Sarah Dollard	Justin Molotnikov
11	tba	Steven Moffat	Rachel Talalay
12	tba	Steven Moffat	Rachel Talalay

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