Gods of Time (TV story)

### Featuring:

Kate, Fourteenth Doctor, Fifteenth Doctor, Sixteenth Doctor, Seventeenth Doctor, Elias, Fleur, Tari

### Main setting:

London, England, Earth, 2028
The Web of Time

## Release details

### *Confidential*:

*The Web of Time*

***Gods of Time*** was the 20th Anniversary Special of Series 20 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

The last thing you would expect whilst enjoying yourself on your day off is opening the door to find yourself, but for the Eighteenth Doctor, that's exactly what happened, not once or twice, but four times over - his four past incarnations coming to him with a dire warning.

The Web of Time is fraying and as chunks of history begin to fall apart, he must band together with himself in order to save the day but it may already be too late.

With Gallifrey torn apart by a mysterious force, the Time Lords are alone against a threat that they know nothing about and the Doctors must find out what the Time Lords were keeping secret about time itself, because in the middle of the Web of Time is a single prison cell...

And the door is open.

## Cast

* Eighteenth Doctor - Richard Madden
* Ruby Barrella - Holly Earl
* Damien Barrella - Tom Holland
* Johnathon Danielsen - Alex Pettyfer
* Alicia Sallow - Naomi Scott
* Kate Stewart - Jemma Redgrave
* Fourteenth Doctor - Georgina Campbell
* Fifteenth Doctor - Eva Green
* Sixteenth Doctor - Celia Imrie
* Seventeenth Doctor - Dev Patel
* Elias Danielsen - Lucas Till
* Fleur - Florence Pugh
* Tari Ackerman - Taj Atwal
* Kronos - Mads Mikkelsen

## Crew

* Writer - Cal A. King
* Director - Waris Hussein

## Continuity

* Alicia and Johnathon are too embarrassed to talk about the kiss they shared and act like it never happened. (TV: *001*)
* The Fourteenth Doctor, Elias and Fleur are pulled out of time by the Time Lords using a Time Scoop during their visit to 1665 England. (TV: *Pestilence*)
* Meanwhile, the Sixteenth Doctor and Tari are extracted from their adventure in Medieval Japan. (TV: *Samurai Robots of Japan*)
* Despite their best efforts, the Fourteenth and Sixteenth Doctors witness the destruction of Gallifrey once again. (TV: *Spyfall*)

## Story Notes

* Although Tecteun and Rassilon can be seen during the scene where the Web of Time is established, neither of their faces are visible and thus, neither are credited.
* Stock footage from the episode *Once, Upon Time* was used in order to show the anchoring of the thread that allowed the Web of Time to be established.
* King stated that the decision to delve into the past when the rest of Series 20 seemed so intent on looking forwards, came from a place of wanting to give something for the fans - the joy of seeing all these Doctors and their companions interact was something that they felt the show had not managed since being revived again.
* This story had the working title originally of *The Doctors*, although King made clear that this was only ever a working title and would never have been used for the final episode.

 **The Specials** | Regular Episodes | *Lost in the Artirex* • *The End of the Line* • *Dead Men Tell No Tales* • *Gunpowder, Treason and Plot* • *The Operation of Time: Part One* / *The Operation of Time: Part Two*