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Class Series 1

Charlie: The Doctor said... Miss Quill: Ah The Doctor! Because no one else in time and space can think for themselves. 'Class' is the new spin-off of Doctor Who written by YA novelist Patrick Ness and stars Katherine Kelly, Greg Austin, Sophie Hopkins, Vivian Oprah and Fady Elsayad. It follows aliens, Miss Quill and Charlie, and students April, Tanya and Ram as they face off with invaders and other such monsters that decide to venture through the cracks in time (or the bunghole) that have developed at the Coal Hill Academy. Coal Hill has been a regular location used in Doctor Who since the very first episode way back in 1963 and apart from the Peter Capaldi that is pretty much all the link we get to the parent show. This may seem like it would be in detriment to the series but in fact I think it's quite the opposite. The world and the ethos that the series has created and crafted is really quite astonishing. All in all series 1 of  'Class' was wonderfully engros...