Kill the Moon

248 – "Kill the Moon"
248 – "Kill the Moon"
Doctor Who episode
Cast
	Doctor Peter Capaldi – Twelfth Doctor;
	Companion Jenna Coleman – Clara Oswald;
	Guest Samuel Anderson – Danny Pink; Ellis George – Courtney Woods; Hermione Norris – Lundvik; Tony Osoba – Duke; Phil Nice – Henry; Christopher Dane – McKean;
Production
Directed by	Paul Wilmshurst
Written by	Peter Harness
Script editor	David P Davis
Produced by	Peter Bennett
Executive producer(s)	Steven Moffat; Brian Minchin
Music by	Murray Gold
Series	Series 8
Running time	45 minutes
First broadcast	4 October 2014
Chronology
← Preceded by; "The Caretaker"	Followed by →; "Mummy on the Orient Express"
	List of episodes (2005–present)

"Kill the Moon" is the seventh episode of the eighth series of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 4 October 2014. The episode was written by Peter Harness and directed by Paul Wilmshurst.

Set in 2049, the episode has the school teacher Clara (Jenna Coleman), student Courtney Woods (Ellis George), and astronaut Lundvik (Hermione Norris) facing a time-sensitive moral dilemma over whether to kill a giant creature under the surface of the Moon—which is an egg, inside which the creature has been slowly growing—or to let the creature hatch, the three of them being uncertain what will happen to the people on Earth.

The episode received polarising reviews from television critics, though Coleman's performance and the final climactic scene between Clara and the Doctor (Peter Capaldi) received universal praise. Whilst some critics acclaimed the episode and labelled it the best of the season, others criticised the scientific inaccuracy and thematic content.