Series 18

Series 18 of Doctor Who ran from February 2029 to 25th December 2029. It was the fifth series produced by BBC Essex in cooperation with Disney+ and the BBC. It starred Adrian Lester as the Sixteenth Doctor and Lydia West as Susan. The series opened with Jesse And The Doctor and concluded with The Legacy Of The Doctor.
==Overview==
Series 18 sees The Doctor being joined by Susan for the entirety of the series before departing at the finale of Episode 8 whilst the Master and the Rani join at the Tardis crew from Episode 5 to Episode 8. The theme for this series is simply about the Doctor trying to help people whilst facing his greatest fears and oncoming regeneration that he accepts will take him once he is past it.
==Production==
Episodes would continue with 1 hour episodes whilst the Christmas Special would remain at 1 hour 15 minutes.
Series 18 continued its traditional Saturday night viewing slot whilst it remained accessible on streaming platforms to those overseas via Disney+.
==Cast== 
*The Doctor - Adrian Lester
*Susan - Lydia West
===Recurring=== 
*The Master -
*The Rani -
*
*Cybermen - voiced by Nicholas Briggs
===Guest===
*
==Television stories==
===Story formats and arc===
All of the episodes were one-part stories spaced over the whole series, concluding with a two-parter finale with a reduced 9 stories.
===Episodes===
Episode Number	Title 	Writer 	Director 	Air Date 	Notes
1 	Jesse And The Doctor 	Andy Wilkins 	Alice Troughton 	3rd February 2029 	
2 	Fight Of The Rutans 	Kate Herron 	Stephen Woolfenden	10th February 2029 	Reintroduction of the Rutans.
3 	Yes Prime Minister 	Ben Aaronovitch 	Jonny Campbell 	17th February 2029 	
4 	Revenge Of The Bannermen 	Sally Wainwright	Azhur Saleem 	24th February 2029 	
Reintroduction of the Bannermen.
5 	The Destruction Of River Song 	Mark Gatiss 	Haolu Wang 	3rd March 2029 	
6 & 7 & 8 	The Threat Of The Daleks / Warriors Of Skaro / Fall Of The Daleks	Andy Wilkins 	Emma Sullivan 	10th March 2029 / 17th March 2029 / 24th March 2029	Return of the Daleks.
X1 	The Legacy Of The Doctor 	Andy Wilkins 	 	25th December 2029 	Reintroduction of the Valeyard.
==Stories set during this season==
===Novels===
*
===Audio stories===
*
===Comics===
===Minisodes===
Episode Number	Title	Writer	Director	Notes
1A 	 	 	 	
3A 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
===Short stories===
*
==Promotional trailers==
For the series, several promotional trailers were created, utilising shot footage of the upcoming season.
* Several short, wordless five-second "stings" were also produced. These showed close-ups of the Doctor and the TARDIS. No series logo or title is shown, with only a snippet of the Doctor Who theme or the TARDIS sound effect to identify the programme.
Category:Sixteenth Doctor Seasons