 This is the sixth story of Season Thirty Seven (New Series 11). It was written by Vinay Patel and directed by Jamie Childs.
In this story Yasmin Khan persuades The Doctor to take her to India to see her grandmother when she was a young woman. However, they soon become caught up in the events preceding the partition of India. The Doctor however, questions if aliens are involved in the death of a man that is killed during their visit.
This is the first story of Season Thirty Seven (New Series 11) that isn't written or co-written by Chris Chibnall.
After the premiere story, "The Woman Who Fell to Earth" of this season was broadcast, it was announced that Shane Zaza, Hamza Jeetooa, and Amita Suman would be among a number of guest actors that would appear in during this season. In this story they play the parts of Prem, Manish and the younger Umbreen respectively.
This story's closing theme was arranged after the style of Punjabi music by this season's composer Segun Akinola.
The story was filmed in the Province of Granada in Spain.
This is the second story of Season Thirty Seven (New Series 11) in which its title may be considered to have a double meaning, following "The Woman Who Fell to Earth". In this case, ‘Demons’ may refer to the Thijarians or the Hindu thugs who kill Prem, as he refers to them as demons.
While participating in the pre-wedding celebrations, The Doctor muses that she never used to do this kind of thing when she was a man, a reference to her previous male incarnations.
The Doctor can officiate weddings, having previously officiated Albert Einstein's.
The Doctor is heard to state that she is too kind, something her predecessor told her to be in "Twice Upon a Time".
Yasmin's Muslim faith was briefly touched upon before in "Rosa".
Graham O'Brien is heard calling The Doctor ‘Doc’ as he has done previously in "Rosa", "Arachnids in the UK" and "The Tsuranga Conundrum".
This story has The Doctor explain more about the specific details of how the telepathic circuits in the TARDIS function when we witness her using them to find a specific place and time in relation to one of her companions (see "Listen" and "Dark Water/Death in Heaven").
This story further expanded on Yasmin Khan's family and heritage, exploring her grandmother Umbreen's personal history in India during its partition in 1947.
The Tenth Doctor also visited India during the 1947 Partition, with Donna Noble in the BBC novel "Ghosts of India" written by Mark Morris.
The Doctor again incorrectly assumes malicious intent from aliens present at people's deaths. Much like "Twice Upon a Time", The Doctor believed the aliens intended to kill, but they were in fact non-hostile. The Thijarians were not killing, but instead bearing witness.
The Doctor lists several things she needs to those around her to get her in order to solve the matter at hand. The Eleventh Doctor did the same in the White House in the 2011 story "The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon").
The Doctor refers to the dangers of going back in time to observe family members. Though this time, it is not as disastrous as for Rose Tyler in the 2005 Ninth Doctor story "Father's Day".
The Doctor has attended several weddings before and in this story she is heard to remark how she loves them. The Tenth Doctor and the Eleventh Doctor held similar opinions, (see "The Runaway Bride", "The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang" and "Let's Kill Hitler") although the Tenth Doctor remarked, in the 2007 story "Blink" that he was ‘rubbish’ at his own. By contrast, the Twelfth Doctor hated weddings (see the Doctor Who Magazine comic strip story "The Clockwise War").
The Doctor states that the people with her are under her protection. The Eleventh Doctor voiced a similar sentiment multiple times (see "The Eleventh Hour", "The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe", "The Bells of Saint John" and "Nightmare in Silver").
For the second time in this season, the usual Doctor Who theme tune does not play over the end credits. In contrast to "Rosa", this story has an Indian music inspired version of the theme.
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The Firsts:
The first Doctor Who story to be written by Vinay Patel.
The first story of Season Thirty Seven (New Series 11) that isn't written or co-written by Chris Chibnall.
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