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Oh, and if you need more reason to watch, know that episode three, “The Devil’s Chord,” might just as well have been titled “Meet the Beatles.”

The series opener certainly has a light tone, as befits a Christmas episode — with its bright red double-deckers on their way to Notting Hill, befuddled British bobbies keeping order on the streets, and a cheerfully multiracial but still ever-so-British cast, it feels like Paddington Bear could amble by at any moment.

But future episodes such as “Empire of Death” and “Boom” suggest darker times may be ahead for the Doctor and his companion. Take the line from the trailer, over images of a smoking, ruined London: “There are powers beyond the universe so vast, the whole world could slide into the pit.”