Series 15

Series 15 of Doctor Who ran from February 2026 to 25th December 2026. It was the second 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 Pyramids Of Sutekh and concluded with The Night Santa Stole Christmas. 
==Overview==
Series 15 continues with the Sixteenth Doctor, along with companion Elise Jackson for the entirety of the series before departing in Episode 8.
The theme for the series is the Doctor dealing with past enemies in the form of Sutekh, the Zygons, Pyrovile, Slitheen, Sea Devils, Headless Monks, the Great Intelligence and the Dream Lord during the series.
Its not as dark for a series as Series 14 was quite evidently but it contains a lot of adventure and explosions throughout and we would see the Doctor at his best throughout which is a good thing. The Majestic Time Lord would return to our screens a bit later after this whirlwind of a season.
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==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 from the 16 overseen the previous year.
=== Episodes ===
Episode Number	Title 	Writer 	Director 	Notes
1 	The Pyramids Of Sutekh 	Andy Wilkins 	Emma Sullivan 	Reintroduction of Sutekh.
2 	War Of The Zygons 	Peter Harness 	Sallie Aprahamian	Reintroduction of the Zygons.
3 	Fires Of The Pyrovile 	Helen Raynor 	Colin Teague 	Reintroduction of the Pyrovilians.
4 	The Slitheen Experiment 	Russell T Davies	Rachel Talalay 	Reintroduction of the Slitheen
5 	Siege Of The Sea Devils 	Mark Gatiss 	Nida Manzoor 	Reintroduction of the Sea Devils
6 	Orion's Flight 	Nina Metivier 	Deborah Chow 	Reintroduction of The Headless Monks.
7 & 8 	The Intelligence Dynasty / Vengeance Of Earth	Andy Wilkins 	Peter Jackson 	Reintroduction of The Great Intelligence. Final regular appearance of Elise Jackson as a companion.
X1 	The Night Santa Stole Christmas 	Andy Wilkins 	Emma Sullivan 	Reintroduction of The Dream Lord.
== Cast ==
*The Doctor - Adrian Lester
*Elise Jackson - Francesca Henry 
===Recurring===
* Kate Lethbridge-Stewart - Jemma Redgrave
* Dr Malcolm Taylor - Lee Evans
* Major Wyland-Jones - Sam Clemens
* Lieutenant Sam Bishop - Warren Brown
===Guest===
* Winifred Bambera - Angela Bruce
* Lauren Huff - Yasmin Mwanza
* Parsons - Louis Tamone
* Errol Courtney - James Lawrence
==Production ==
It was decided to cut down the amount of episodes from 16 to 9 in the year as it meant more money per episode budget but we would see longer minutes per piece from 45 minutes to 1 hour. The Christmas Special would last 1 hour 15 minutes.
Under Wilkins' leadership, a number of past writers and directors would continue to return to the programme whilst bringing in new talent who had previously written fan fiction. Peter Jackson agreed to come onboard to direct the season finale two-parter having previously shown an interest in directing on the programme before.
Series 15 saw a continued success with the British public following its return to its traditional Saturday night viewing slots whilst it remained accessible on streaming platforms to those overseas via Disney+. Production filming began in mid 2024 with the episodes blocked into two episodes a piece.
Block	Episode(s) 	Director 	Writer(s) 	Producer	Code
1 	The Pyramids Of Sutekh 	Emma Sullivan 	Andy Wilkins 	 	1.1
1 	The Night Santa Stole Christmas	Emma Sullivan 	Andy Wilkins 	 	1.X
2 	War Of The Zygons 	Sallie Aprahamian	Peter Harness 	 	1.02
3 	Fires Of The Pyrovile 	Colin Teague 	Helen Raynor 	 	1.03
3 	The Slitheen Experiment 	Rachel Talalay 	Russell T Davies	 	1.04
4 	Siege Of The Sea Devils 	Nida Manzoor 	Mark Gatiss 	 	1.05
4 	Orion's Flight 	Deborah Chow 	Nina Metivier 	 	1.06
5 	The Intelligence Dynasty 	Peter Jackson 	Andy Wilkins 	 	1.07
5 	Vengeance Of Earth 	Peter Jackson 	Andy Wilkins 	 	1.08
==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 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