Series 16

Series 16 of Doctor Who ran from February 2027 to 25th December 2027. It was the third series produced by BBC Essex in cooperation with Disney+ and the BBC. It starred Adrian Lester as the Sixteenth Doctor and Abigail Lawrie as Macy Gray. The series opened with The Final Extermination and concluded with The Nutcracker.
== Overview==
Series 16 continues with the Sixteenth Doctor, along with new companion Macy Gray who joins following the events of Episode 2. 
There is no real major themed arc apart from the emotional development seen in the Doctor who longs to know what happiness. Furthermore, we start to see the 
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.
==Production ==
Following the reduction in episodes per season in the previous season, it was agreed to continue with 1 hour episodes whilst the Christmas Special would remain at 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. Red Dwarf creator and writer Doug Naylor agreed to come on board and write Episode 5. It was at this time when it was agreed he would jointly oversee the creation of a new spinoff alongside Wilkins. 
Series 16 continued its traditional Saturday night viewing slot whilst it remained accessible on streaming platforms to those overseas via Disney+.
==Cast==
*The Doctor - Adrian Lester
*Macy Gray - Abigail Lawrie
===Recurring===
* The Master -
* The Rani -
*Jenny - Georgia Tennant >
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*Daleks - voiced by Nicholas Briggs
*Cybermen - voiced by Nicholas Briggs
===Guest===
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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 & 2 	The Final Extermination / Trenches Of The Daleks	Andy Wilkins 	Bharat Nalluri 	Reintroduction of the Daleks.
3 	Murder On The Great Space Liner 	Sarah Dollard 	Daniel O'Hara 	
4 	Death’s Isle 	Ben Aaronovitch 	 	
5 	Dominions Of The Fallen 	Doug Naylor 	 	
6 	The Mind Wishers 	Malorie Blackman	 	
7 & 8 	The Victorian Problem / Slaves Of The Cybermen 	Andy Wilkins 	Jamie Magnus Stone	Reintroduction of the Cybermen.
X1 	The Nutcracker 	Andy Wilkins 	 	
== Stories set during this season ==
=== Special Episodes ===
Episode Number	Title 	Writer 	Director 	Air Date 	Notes
27A 	Doctor Who And The Metropolis	Andy Wilkins	Nida Manzoor	10th January 2027	
===Novels===
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===Audio stories===
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===Comics===
===Minisodes===
Episode Number	Title 	Writer 	Director	Notes
1A 	Strange Thing Mystifying	Doug Naylor	 	
3A 	Welcome Aboard Macy Gray	Doug Naylor	 	
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
===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