Doctor Who Perpendicular (series)

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**Doctor Who Perpendicular** is a television show which began in March 2022 and is currently distributed by Parallel Productions. The series is showran by Desmond Jarvis, and starting from 2024, Lord Brown. It shifts in and out of a serialised format, with each season having varied episode counts and episode lengths. It is a spin-off of the BBC flagship show, *Doctor Who*, however it is set in it's own universe, aptly titled the Perpendicularverse. The offical synopsis is: "*The Doctor's epic adventures across Space and Time through the Perpendicularverse, in that famous blue box! It's the trip of a lifetime.*"

The basic premise of **Doctor Who Perpendicular** was first conceived in 2017 under the title of ‘*Doctor Who Parallel*’, alongside the characters of Nova & Nolan McIntyre, although the latter was called ‘Neil’. The show entered production in late 2021, with Series 1 premiering in March 2022, and Series 2 in March 2023. Series 3 & 4 are currently not being produced and have been postponed, meanwhile Series 5 will premier in Early 2024. Series 6 and 7 will also be coming in the future. Desmond Jarvis has confirmed that Series 3 & 4 will be produced later on, as the workload of the two series are too much whilst the streaming service gets it's activities up and running.

### Placement within the *Doctor Who* canon

As per the official word of the shows creator, **DWP** has a specfic place within the canon of *Doctor Who* and should be viewed in this order for the best understanding; firstly, the events of BBC's *Doctor Who* up until *Legend of the Sea Devils* remains surface level identical to the events of the Perpendicularverse, except from minor changes stated later in the **DWP** story - this means the events from, and including, *An Unearthly Child* in 1963 until the former in 2022.

Following that, the events of Series 1-4 take place. The series of events begins when the Thirteenth Doctor arrives at the Perpendicularverse, a universe where the original Perpendicularverse version of The Doctor died during an earlier incursion with Vaxiel. Then, the fight with Vaxiel takes place. Then, The Thirteenth Doctor returns to the BBC's *Whoniverse*, to regenerate during *The Power of the Doctor*. The Fourteenth Doctor reunites with *Donna Noble* and faces the *Toymaker*.

Then begins a series of Perpendicular 60th Anniversary Specials, different to those of *Doctor Who*, where at some point during *The Giggle*, the Fourteenth Doctor miraculously reappears in the Perpendicularverse, meeting Clara Oswald. The specials conclude with an event unofficially referred to as "The Splitting" where The Fourteenth Doctor undergoes a process, allowing two versions of himself to coexist simultaneously, one version in the BBC's *Whoniverse* & one in the Perpendicularverse. The *Whoniverse* version returns to the BBC's *Whoniverse* to become the *Fifteenth Doctor*. The Perpendicular version becomes the the Perpendicular Fifteenth Doctor. The next appearance of the Perpendicular Fifteenth Doctor is in Series 5 in 2024, from which point both shows run parallel to one another.

## List of televised stories

### Series One (2022)

This series was comprised of **12 episodes** (referred to as **chapters**), **2 special episodes** (**SE**) and **3 bonus stories** (**BS**). It was released from March to June 2022 and was written entirely by Desmond Jarvis. It introduced the characters of Nova and Nolan McIntyre, as well as carrying over exisiting character from BBC's *Doctor Who*. The official synopsis is as follows: ‘*The Thirteenth Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) and Yaz (Mandip Gill) are flung into the Perpendicularverse at full speed, pursued by Weeping Angels. They crash land at the Time Agency and come across River Song (Alex Kingston) who tell them about the mysterious ‘V’ who is causing tension around the universe. New companions Nova (Billie Lourd) & Nolan (Hayden Byerly) also join Team TARDIS and help put a stop to a thieving Skithra Queen, a temporal Sontaran plan, a colossal Dalek takeover and more!*’.

### Series Two (2023)

This series was comprised of **12 episodes** (referred to as **chapters**), 3 **special episodes** (**SE**) and **1 minisode** (**MS**). It was released from March to May 2023 and was written entirely by Desmond Jarvis. It contained the same main cast as the series before it. The official synopsis is as follows: *The Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) continues her perpendicular adventures with Nova (Billie Lourd) and Nolan (Hayden Byerly), starting with a swarm of Weeping Angels encompassing the planet, causing an eternal winter! Incursions with The Master, Zygons and the ethereal Xavier Wells leaves much to deal with. As well as paradoxes and dreams with former incarnations; the First Doctor (David Bradley) & Fugitive Doctor (Jo Martin). This incredible series is wrapped up with Nova unravelling a hidden power which puts her life on a new path*’.

## Special Releases

### 60th Anniversary Series (2023-2024)

This series was comprised of **5 episodes**. It was released monthly, running alongside the release of primary series 3 & 4, starting in December 2023 and was written entirely by Desmond Jarvis. Although set narratively after the conclusion of Series 4, it aired before and alongside it. It focused on the adventures of the Fourteenth Doctor and Clara Oswald, eventually concluding with "The Splitting". The official synopsis is as follows: *‘Celebrating Doctor Who’s Diamond Anniversary, SIXTY YEARS OF WHO. Mere moments after regenerating, The Fourteenth Doctor (David Tennant) mysteriously reappears in the Perpendicularverse. He runs across former companion Clara Oswald (Jenna Coleman) in her TARDIS diner, chasing The Master (Roger Delgado - Jon Culshaw). Still bemused by his ‘new’ old face, he finds Jo Jones (Katy Manning) and Polly (Anneke Wills) investigating a Cyberman plot in Cromer. The anniversary series closes out with an encounter with a group of humanoids claiming to be Daleks! Sec (Sarah Paulson), Caan (Kit Connor) and their leader Davina Ross, a.k.a Davros (Trisha Paytas) may not be typical Daleks but they’re still hell bent on wreaking havoc across the cosmos. The next era also fast approaches, the dawn of the new Doctor, a new face to take the reins of the TARDIS will be introduced...’*

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