Series 14

Series 14 of Doctor Who ran from 25th December 2024 to 25th December 2025. It was the first series produced by BBC Essex in cooperation with Disney+ and the BBC. It starred Adrian Lester as the Sixteenth Doctor and Francesca Henry as Elise Jackson. The series opened with The Secret War Of 1941 and concluded with The Christmas Riot.
==Overview==
Series 14 introduced the Sixteenth Doctor, along with new companion Elise Jackson. It deals with a revelation involving the Doctor's family on Gallifrey with the second half of the season putting emphasis on the Doctor trying to overcome the realisation of what is revealed in "The Family Of The Doctor" before having to deal with a Time Lord Civil War at the conclusion of the season.
==Television stories==
===Story formats and arc===
Series 14 saw a recreation of the show's format for its episodes. All of the episodes were one-part stories spaced over the whole series, concluding with a two-parter finale with an increased 16 stories with 2 movies added in.
===Episodes===
Episode Number	Title 	Writer 	Director 	Notes
X 	The Secret War Of 1941 	Andy Wilkins 	Rachel Talalay 	First appearance of the Sixteenth Doctor. First appearance of the new Tardis whilst the reintroduction of the Sontarans and return of Winston Churchill.
1 	Water Of Life 	Andy Wilkins 	Jamie Magnus-Stone 	First appearance of Elise Jackson.
2 	The Myth Minder 	Rona Munro 	Joe Ahearne 	First appearance of Jarconda.
3 	Revenge Of The Toymaker 	Neil Gaiman 	Graeme Harper 	Reintroduction of the Toymaker.
4 	Execution 	Maxine Alderton 	Emma Sullivan 	
5 	Terror Of The Macra 	Nina Metivier 	Joe Ahearne 	First visit back to Satellite 5 since Series 1. Reintroduction of the Macra since Series 3.
6 	The Ice Of Peladon 	Ben Aaronovitch 	Andrew Morgan 	First visit back to Peladon since 1974. Reintroduction of the Ice Warriors.
7 	The Family Of The Doctor 	Andy Wilkins 	Haolu Wang 	First regular appearance of The Master, The Rani and Jenny. Final regular appearance of the Doctor and Elise until after the summer break.
X1 	Summer Movie - Doctor Who vs Super Sentai vs Kamen Rider	Andy Wilkins & Naruhisa Arakawa & Yuya Takahashi	Graeme Harper & Osamu Kaneda & Koichi Sakamoto	First ever summer movie. Produced in cooperation with Toei.
8 	Temporal Requiem 	Neil Gaiman 	Rachel Talalay 	
9 	The Kudlak Operation 	Louise Ironside 	Nida Manzoor 	
10 	Underground 	Maxine Alderton 	Emma Sullivan 	
11 	The Silver Circle 	Richard Curtis 	Graeme Harper 	
12 	Journey Into Darkness 	Ben Aaronovitch 	Andrew Morgan 	
13 & 14 	Day Of Rassilon / War Of The Time Lords 	Andy Wilkins 	Haolu Wang 	
X2 	Doctor Who vs Sherlock: The Movie 	Andy Wilkins & Steven Moffat 	Jamie Magnus-Stone 	
X3 	The Christmas Riot 	Andy Wilkins 	Emma Sullivan 	
== Cast ==
*The Doctor - Adrian Lester
*Elise Jackson - Francesca Henry
===Recurring===
*The Master - John Simm
*The Rani - Joanne Froggatt
*Jenny - Georgia Tennant >
*Rassilon -
*Borusa -
*Daleks - voiced by Nicholas Briggs
===Guest=== 
*Susan - Carol Ann Ford > Lydia West
==Production==
Series 14 consisted of 15 stories and sixteen episodes. Its head writer was Andy Wilkins who succeeded Chris Chibnall in the role, and thus the series was the start of what fans colloquially refer to as the "Wilko Universe era", 
Under Wilkins' leadership, a number of past writers and directors returned to the programme whilst bringing in new talent who had previously written fan fiction. The likes of Ben Aaronovitch returned in capacities not seen since before the programmes cancellation in 1989.
However the decision to move the production making of the series from Cardiff to Wilkins' home city of Southend-On-Sea proved to be a new vision and one that was appreciated by those who had felt quite distant from the programme over the previous twenty years of production overseen in Wales. Series 14 saw an unexpected success with the British public following its return to its traditional Saturday night viewing slots whilst ensuring it was also accessible on streaming platforms to those overseas following its Disney+ deal which saw an increased budget for the programme in general.
Series 14 was aired overseas to those through the aforementioned deal with Disney+ with the summer movie "Doctor Who vs Super Sentai vs Kamen Rider" being a joint airing collaboration with Disney+, the BBC and Netflix who had recently obtained the broadcast viewing rights to both Super Sentai and Kamen Rider from parent company Toei.
Production filming began in late 2023 with the episodes blocked into two episodes a piece.
==== Part 1 Filming Block ====
Block	Episode(s) 	Director 	Writer(s) 	Producer	Code
1 	The Secret War Of 1941 	Rachel Talalay 	Andy Wilkins 	 	1.X
1 	Water Of Life 	Jamie Magnus-Stone 	Andy Wilkins 	 	1.1
2 	The Myth Minder 	Joe Ahearne 	Rona Munro 	 	1.2
2 	Revenge Of The Toymaker 	Graeme Harper 	Neil Gaiman 	 	1.3
3 	Execution 	Emma Sullivan 	Maxine Alderton 	 	1.4
3 	Terror Of The Macra 	Joe Ahearne 	Nina Metivier 	 	1.5
4 	The Ice Of Peladon 	Andrew Morgan 	Ben Aaronovitch 	 	1.6
4 	The Family Of The Doctor 	Haolu Wang 	Andy Wilkins 	 	1.7
4 	Summer Movie - Doctor Who vs Super Sentai vs Kamen Rider	Graeme Harper & Osamu Kaneda & Koichi Sakamoto	Andy Wilkins & Naruhisa Arakawa & Yuya Takahashi	 	1.X1
==== Part 2 Filming Block ====
Block	Episode(s) 	Director 	Writer(s) 	Producer	Code
1 	Temporal Requiem 	Rachel Talalay 	Neil Gaiman 	 	1.81
1 	The Kudlak Operation 	Nida Manzoor 	Louise Ironside 	 	1.82
2 	Underground 	Emma Sullivan 	Maxine Alderton 	 	1.83
2 	The Silver Circle 	Graeme Harper 	Richard Curtis 	 	1.84
3 	Journey Into Darkness 	Andrew Morgan 	Ben Aaronovitch 	 	1.85
3 	Day Of Rassilon 	Haolu Wang 	Andy Wilkins 	 	1.851
3 	War Of The Time Lords 	Haolu Wang 	Andy Wilkins 	 	1.852
4 	Doctor Who vs Sherlock: The Movie	Jamie Magnus-Stone	Andy Wilkins & Steven Moffat	 	1.X2
4 	The Christmas Riot 	Emma Sullivan 	Andy Wilkins 	 	1.X3
==Stories set during this season==
===Novels===
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===Audio stories===
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===Comics===
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===Short stories===
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==Promotional trailers==
For the series, several promotional trailers were created, utilising shot footage of and
*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.
==Adaptations and Merchandising==
===Home Media===
====DVD====
All episodes of Series 1 were released in boxset form by 2|Entertain and Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment for Region 2 and by Warner Home Video for Region 1. The set contained special features such as; Doctor Who Confidential, cast and crew interviews, episode commentary, behind the scenes look, series trailers and teasers, image gallery, deleted scenes and special feature - .
====Blu-Ray====
The series was also released as a complete Blu-ray season release, with additional bonus features not included on the DVD release, such as; extended Doctor Who Confidential, video diaries and PDF files of scripts and production. A follow-up Collection set was released as well, containing additional features such as; Behind the Sofa and series production documentaries.
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