'Doctor Who' Season 11, Episode 8 Recap: The Witchfinders

Doctor Who travels back to the 17th century, where Team TARDIS runs into King James I, played by Alan Cumming.

Graham: "Well look at it! This ain't the coronation of Elizabeth the first!"

This week marks yet another milestone for the series this season, as "The Witchfinders" is the first episode both written and directed by women since the early 1980s. It's worth noting how many of the significant milestones this season ("Rosa" was the first episode written by a woman of color, "Demons of the Punjab"  was the first episode written by man of color) are historical-set adventures, and that these stories are the ones which have been head and shoulders above everything else.