 By 17 November, BBC confirmed that Whittaker's second series had begun production.Jamie Magnus Stone, who previously directed the fiftieth-anniversary minisode "The Last Day", directed the first block, which comprised the first and sixth episodes of the series.Lee Haven Jones directed the second and third episodes in the second block, Nida Manzoor directed the third block of the fourth and fifth episodes, Emma Sullivan directed the fourth block of the seventh and eighth episodes, and Stone directed the fifth block of the ninth and tenth episodes.