Series 19

### Written by:

Natalie Robyn, Cal A. King, Sofia Fox, Max Amato, Dale Gregory, Logan Crimson, Ramona Cohen, May Willow, Twelve Layton and Katie Taylor

### Directed by:

Cilla Ware, Jennifer Perrott, Charles Martin, Carl Tibbetts, Emma Sullivan, Ed Bye, Owen Harris, Lucy Tcherniak and Bryce Dallas Howard

### Producers:

Natalie Robyn and Logan Crimson

**Series 19** of Doctor Who starred Dev Patel as the Seventeenth Doctor for his fourth and final series and introduced Jodie Comer as Jayanna IX.

The series opened with *The Skithra Entitlement* and concluded with *Final Destination*.

## Summary

The Doctor finally has a travelling partner who could be considered his equal; in the form of newly regenerated Time Lady Jayanna - someone who can keep up with his dizzying speed and intellect, and perhaps, surpass him in some aspects...

Both friends and foes alike will return, as the consequences of both their past begin to creep closer and closer, but will either of them see it in time? The future has a vision of the TARDIS nearly breaking apart...

## Overview

The series consisted of fifteen stories and seventeen episodes. It was the fourth and final series for Dev Patel as the Seventeenth Doctor and introduced new companion Jodie Comer as Jayanna IX in the premiere, *The Skithra Entitlement*.

It was also Natalie Robyn's final series as showrunner - her position would be filled by frequent guest writer Cal A. King.

Everything from *The Skithra Entitlement* to *Final Destination* was part of the Series 19 production block.

There was no story arc for the series, instead it focused on a loose narrative thread involving the Doctor and Jayanna working together to overcome their own personal flaws, as well as the persistent threat the Fifth Raja posed.

## Cast

* The Doctor - Dev Patel
* Jayanna - Jodie Comer

### Guest

* The Skithra Queen - Anjli Mohindra
* The Daleks - Nicholas Briggs (voice)
* Blockto Korn-Mar Thatch-Bo Jonseen / Vilma Piffi Hanno - Jenny Ryan
* Jose Banda - Danny Pudi
* Jane Korro - TBC
* Mosdra - Lenora Crichlow
* Gerry Benosvich - TBC
* Cassidy Jistro - TBC
* Tina Xella - TBC
* S'karl Jexe - TBC
* Stryrax - William Roache
* Sensorite City Administrator - Hugh Fraser
* Raven - Joan Chen
* The Judoon - Simon Carew, Richard Highgate, Richard Price & Matthew Rohman / Nicholas Briggs (voice)
* Edmund Whitby - Jude Law
* Diane Warder - Taylour Paige
* Tari Ackerman - Taj Atwal
* Aurora Zharor - TBC
* Jayanna VII - Jessica Chastain
* Victor Nolan - Colin McFarlane
* Roki - Pedro Pascal
* Alyx Morgan - Paterson Joseph
* The Other Roki - Alan Halsall
* Leu Kold - TBC
* Gabriel Blaike - TBC
* Merlin Cayne - TBC
* Arthur Cresswell - Douglas Henshall

And introducing Richard Madden as the Doctor

## Aliens and Enemies

* The Skithra
* The Xela
* The Daleks
* Blockto Korn-Mar Thatch-Bo Jonseen
* Jose Banda
* An Ancient Artefact
* The Fifth Raja
* Sensorite City Administrator
* Raven
* Spatial-Temporal Mutations
* The Manton House
* A DNA eating plant-based lifeform
* A Raston Warrior Robot
* Victor Nolan
* The Moonmen
* Roki XII
* Cryptoxinians

## Production Blocks

Production blocks were arranged as follows:

## Adaptations and Merchandising

### Home Media

#### DVD

All episodes of Series 19 were released in boxset form by BBC Studios. 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 - The Story of Regeneration with Jodie Comer.

#### 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.

## Behind the Scenes

* Series 19 marketing kept the fact that Jodie Comer was playing a new incarnation of Jayanna a secret, and instead presented her character as Dr June Allen, a microbiologist from the 39th century whose laboratory was raided by the Skithra.
	+ To maintain the illusion, the trailers for the series were redubbed to say the name June whenever Jayanna's name was spoken in the scenes used.
	+ Interestingly enough, June Allen's initials were JA; the same letters as the first two letters of the name Jayanna, included as a subtle hint.
* Series 19 was not always 17 episodes long - and was instead, extended at the request of incoming showrunner, Cal A. King, who wanted a gap between series, so that Series 20 had more time for development.
	+ Originally meant to run for 13 episodes, episodes *Doctor Who and the Dalek Paradigm* / *Escape of the Paradigm*, *Glittering Spheres* and *I Am The Doctor* were all added later to create the longer series.
	+ *I Am The Doctor* was granted to writer Katie Taylor after they heard about the plans for an extended series and requested a second part to their story, as to allow for a more intricate story.

 ****Series 19**** | Regular Episodes | *The Skithra Entitlement* • *Work Hard, Die Hard* • *Doctor Who and the Dalek Paradigm* / *Escape of the Paradigm* • *Out of Sight, Out of Mind* • *Whatever Happened to the Crew of the SS Dahlia?* • *Meeting at Zaggit Zagoo* • *Planet TARDIS* • *Glittering Spheres* • *Submerged* • *Mechanical Heart* • *Oh Hell, It's Tari* • *I Predict a Riot* • *Doctor Who and the Moonmen* / *I Am The Doctor* • *Cryptomnesia* • *Final Destination*