Series 22

### Written by:

Cal A. King, Alex Stockbridge, Natalie Robyn, Katie Taylor, May Willow, Sofia Fox and Max Amato

### Directed by:

Liza Johnson, Sydney Freeland, Hannah Macpherson, Michelle MacLaren, Miguel Sapochnik, Chloé Zhao, Nikyatu Jusu and Emma Sullivan

### Producers:

Cal A. King and Natalie Robyn

**Series 22** of Doctor Who starred Richard Madden as the Eighteenth Doctor for his third and final series, Tom Holland as Damien Barrella and Hannah John-Kamen as Orla Adair. Indira Varma as the "Other" Doctor and Jenna Ortega as RJ Barrella also co-starred.

The series opened with *World's At War* and concluded with *The Eye of Sontar*. It was then followed by a Halloween Special, *Samhain* and a Christmas Special, *Slay Bells Ring*.

## Summary

The Sontarans return to face off against the Doctor, Orla and a newly-rejoined Damien with a plan to conquer the universe by launching an all-out offensive, spearheaded by Commander Lar who has a score to settle, but as the trio prepare to make their stand; questions will be asked, like why are the Other Doctor and her companion, RJ here? How can they possibly hope to stop the Sontarans? And for Damien, for how much longer can he travel with the Doctor?

One thing is for sure, war is coming and they need to be ready...

## Overview

The series consisted of fourteen stories and fifteen episodes. It was the third and final series for Richard Madden as the Eighteenth Doctor and Tom Holland as Damien Barrella, as well as the first full series for Hannah John-Kamen as Orla Adair.

Everything from *World's at War* to *Slay Bells Ring* was part of the Series 22 production block.

The main story arc for the series covered the Doctors and their allies’ war against the Sontarans as they attempted to invade the entire cosmos.

## Cast

* The Doctor - Richard Madden
* Damien Barrella - Tom Holland
* Orla Adair - Hannah John-Kamen

### Recurring

* The "Other" Doctor - Indira Varma
* RJ Barrella - Jenna Ortega
* Commander Lar - Jonathan Watson
* Milly Turzon - Brianna Hildebrand
* Johnathon Danielsen - Alex Pettyfer
* Alicia Sallow - Naomi Scott
* Kate Stewart - Jemma Redgrave

### Guest

* Corporal Roe - TBC
* The Messenger - Rose McIver
* Casey - Georgie Stone
* Ruby Barrella - Holly Earl
* Edgar Ætheling - Isaac Hempstead Wright
* Stingy Jack - Tony Todd

## Aliens and Enemies

* The Sontarans
	+ Commander Lar
* The Rutan Host
* Corporal Roe
* Lavakri
* The Rellons
* "Graffiti Emotion Creatures"
* Death
* The Zygritors
* The Hunting Party
* The Ravagers
* The Eye of Sontar
* Stingy Jack
* Krampus

## Production Blocks

Production blocks were arranged as follows:

## Adaptations and Merchandising

### Home Media

#### DVD

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All episodes of Series 22 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 - Keeping a Secret with Tom Holland.

#### 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.

 **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*