Reborn Again (Short)

*Reborn Again* is a short made after the production of Season 57's Trust Me On This! and was the first short, followed by Doctor Sleep.

## Sypnosis

The Fifteenth Doctor has just regenerated into her next incarnation. But will the companions trust The Doctor now that he has a brand new face?

## Plot

Inside the TARDIS, the Fifteenth Doctor has just said good-bye to her companions and regenerated into the Sixteenth Doctor. After finishing setting course for the planet Barcelona in 5006, he asks his shocked companions what he looks like — before he reconsiders and inspects himself.

"Kidneys! I've got new kidneys! I don't like the color! No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, don't tell me...let's see. Two legs, two arms, two hands...slight weakness in the dorsal tubercle. Hair! I'm not bald! Bit thinner — that's weird, give me time, I'll get used to it. Eyes, two, nose. Very pointy nose. Ah, a bit of stubble, I'm a man again!".

The companions, though, unsure of who the Doctor is now, due to his regeneration, and can't bring themselves to accept that she has changed into a new person. Laurie Strode questions the Doctor, thinking he might be any of the number of aliens they have encountered on their journeys. Danica demands that he "send the Doctor back right now!". and Ashley McEwan says that the Sixteenth Doctor is a skin-stealing alien. He allays her doubts by telling them the adventures they've been through.

The companions now accept that the Doctor is himself, but wonder if The Doctor can change back into his old self. The Doctor asks if Ashley wants him to, which she does. He then asks Danica, which she does. Then Laurie--who doesn't care. Deflated and saddened, he tells Ashley and Danica, much to their displeasure, that he cannot. The Doctor worries that Ashley and Danica may want to go home, instead of continuing her travels with him, and plots a course for Juniper, Wisconsin on July 5th, 2021--rather than going to the planet Barcelona. A&D, still a bit cautious about it all, ask the Doctor if they are really going home, and The Doctor answers that it is up to her. "Back to your mums. It's all waiting. Fish and chips, sausage and mash, beans on toast... No, Christmas - Turkey! Although, maybe for your mums, nutloaf would be more appropriate."

They can not help but smile a little at The Doctor's joke, which cheers him up a bit. However he experiences painful spasms and realizes his Regeneration has started to go wrong and he begins to act slightly crazed, and bursts of Regeneration energy start flowing from his mouth while the TARDIS shudders, as if in sympathetic response. The Doctor irrationally sets the TARDIS on high speed, and in a brief moment of clarity, tells the companions that the Regeneration means he can't control himself and that they must hold on to something, before he becomes completely maniacal again and shouts that he is going to break the time limit, overhearing the companion's protests and pleas for him to stop. With the Cloister Bell warning of imminent danger, The Doctor laughs madly at the chaos going on inside the console room as the TARDIS spins wildly in the Time Vortex and heads for July 5th in Juniper, Wisconsin.

Suddenly, the neon multilevel interior EXPLODES, with the lights red and orange. Steam comes all over and the room fills with smoke. Danica coughs and falls to the ground, choking on the smoke. Laurie attempts to stomp out fire as the Time Rotor explodes in The Doctor's face, reverting him to normal. He tries stopping it, but the console explodes. The railings of the room blow up, books fall off the shelves and down to the main floor, and the bookshelves break off the wall. Roundels shoot into the air, exploding and lighting ablaze, as the floor they are standing on collapses--the Time Rotor seems to turn blue, as the smoke fills the room. The smoke clears, revealing a bright oversaturated yellow room, with blue light coming from the circular console. Seemingly stucco coral pieces are around the TARDIS, with dark brown Hexagonals on the walls. There's a multi-level structure, but more impressive than the previous one.

## Crew

Showrunner - Chris Chibnall, Thomas Brock

Writer - Thomas Brock

Director - Jack Poster

Producer - Nicholas Briggs

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## Cast

* Sixteenth Doctor - Peter Capaldi
* Laurie Strode - Jamie Lee Curtis
* Danica Sullivan - Lola Flanery
* Ashley McEwan - Ruby Rose Turner

## Ratings

The fans enjoyed the short due to the fact that they wouldn't have to wait for the next season.

## Production Errors

* The CGI pillars clip through the walls at points
* The CGI fire clips through Ashley, Danica, and Laurie sometimes.