‘Doctor Who’ monsters to appear in Sydney’s Circular Quay Thursday

A “Doctor Who” 3D illusion will be in Sydney on Thursday. Some of the Doctor’s scariest monsters will be popping up at the Circular Quay a few days before season 10 premieres on Sunday.

According to Gizmodo, the setup, by BBC Worldwide, will be at the Circular Quay in Sydney from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday on the forecourt of Circular Quay, near the Dendy Cinema and the Portobello Café. Appearing in the area are 3D illusions of some of the most terrifying monsters the Doctor (currently played by Peter Capaldi) has encountered. The artwork will appear within a deep opening on the ground.

As a bonus, the first 10 Whovians to arrive on the location and find BBC Whovian “Peta” and say “A Time for Heroes” will win tickets to see the first episode of the season on the big screen. The episode, called “The Pilot,” will be aired on select theatres in Australia. It will also be on the ABC on April 16, 7:42 p.m.

Last week, it was revealed that John Simm will be coming back to play the Master in the Twelfth Doctor’s final season. The Master, the Doctor’s childhood friend and now nemesis, already regenerated to a female body, Missy (played by Michelle Gomez). It wasn’t revealed how many episodes Simm will be on, but showrunner Steven Moffat assured fans that Simm and Gomez will appear in the same episode as the Master and Missy.

“It’s been a huge pleasure to have fan favourites John Simm and Michelle Gomez face to face in the same role! It’s not often you get to see a solo personality clash,” Moffat said in a statement.

It will be the first time the Master will be seen in the same episode as one of his incarnations. According to some speculation and theories, the Master may not be a previous incarnation of Missy, but her future. In the episode where the Master was reintroduced in 2007, he had no memories of his time before. He was an elder scientist called Professor Yana (Derek Jacobi) before he remembered and regenerated into the Master again. And so it could be possible that Missy was a previous incarnation of Professor Yana and eventually the Master.

“Doctor Who” season 10 will be Capaldi’s last. He will be joined by new companion Bill (Pearl Mackie) and Nardole (Matt Lucas).