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Ourang Medan

***Ourang Medan*** was the eighth episode of season 50 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

The Ourang Medan has been lost in the Atlantic Ocean since 1947. The Doctor’s always been meaning to check out what actually happened, so he decides to find out… but one’s imagination can often play tricks… and not everyone trapped on board may come back alive or unchanged. And an old foe might be at the center…

## Cast

* Richard Ayoade as The Doctor
* Nina Toussaint-White as Melody Martinez
Iris

***Iris*** was the first episode of season 48 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

Set after The Terror of Morbius The Doctor gets told of a woman he met before is looking for him as he sees a woman named Iris Wildthyme. She claims she was Lilith Rivers. Is she a possible Time Lord? Or is something very off with this character?

## Cast

* Richard Ayoade as The Doctor
* Camilla Power as Sally Sparrow
* Peter Ferdinando as Larry Nightingale
High Noon

***High Noon*** was the eleventh episode of season 46 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

The Doctor and Lucie enter the wild west in a small town. An entire saloon seems to be quiet as the saloon is either empty or people are hiding. The exact time is staying at 12:00pm high noon and not moving at all. What could be occurring deep at high noon? And can it be enough to try and stop the Doctor?

## Cast

* Peter Capaldi as The Doctor
* Sheridan Smith as Lucie Miller
Season 29

**18 episodes, comprising of 7 serials, starting with *Entity***

**Season 29** of *Doctor Who* ran between 4 September 1992 and 8 January 1993. It starred Rowan Atkinson as The Doctor, Susannah Harker as Raine Cunningham, and Gary Beadle as Chris Williams. The season opened with *Entity* and ended with *The Discovery of Witches*.

## Overview

This season consists of seven stories and eighteen twenty-five minute episodes. This would be Susannah Harker's final season as Raine as she wanted to move on to bigger and better things. Her character was to be killed off in the final story as Ben Aaronovitch wanted darker endings to companions to add to the darker tone of the era. Gary Beadle, however, stayed on as he felt his character was needed to get through The Doctor's grief of losing a companion. Another multi-serial story would also be included this season due to the success of the *Timewyrm Saga* in Season 28. It would be called the *Cat's Cradle Trilogy* which would revolve around a "cat's cradle" of dimensions and timelines. The stories this season are *Entity* which would have The Entity trying to purge the universe of darkness by destroying it through an unknown phenomenon called a white hole. In *Avatar*, The Doctor deals with Lovecraftian/Silurian beasts. Then we enter the *Cat's Cradle Trilogy*, which includes *Time's Crucible, Warhead* and *Witch Mark*. Then, the Daleks return in *Velocity*, where the Renegade Daleks have seized control of a domed city. In *The Discovery of Witches* The Doctor, Raine, and Chris are accused of witchcraft by Matthew Hopkins.

## Cast

* Rowan Atkinson as The Doctor
* Susannah Harker as Raine Cunningham
* Gary Beadle as Chris Williams

## Home Media

### VHS Releases

* *Entity* (1994)
* *Avatar* (1994)
* *Cat's Cradle Trilogy* (2 tapes) (1997)
	+ *Time's Crucible*
	+ *Warhead*
	+ *Witch Mark*
* *Velocity* (1993)
* *The Discovery of Witches* (1994)
Death Reaching

***Death Reaching*** was the third serial of season 35 of *Doctor Who*. The main villain of the story was at one point considered to be The Watcher, but Richards felt that that would confuse audiences, and add a layer of confusion to an already confusing character.

## Synopsis

Out of the corner of her eye Charley keeps seeing something and she is sure it is the Grim Reaper coming for her. She is destined to die after the Doctor saved her. Yet The Doctor doesn’t believe her. She’s scared and he’s coming ever closer…

## Cast

* Paul McGann as The Doctor
* Lisa Bowerman as Bernice Summerfield
* India Fisher as Charley Pollard
A Tickle in the Grass

***A Tickle in the Grass*** was the ninth serial of season 39 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

The TARDIS lands in a large field where there is nothing as far as the eye can see, except freshly cut grass. When the Doctor and company try to explore, they seem to be ruining the freshly cut lawn, and some beings that cannot be seen to the naked eye, are very unhappy about that.

## Cast

* Fiona Shaw as The Doctor
* Cillian Murphy as Phillip Chandler
* Emily Watson as Dr. Korinna Foster
Terror of Morbius

***Terror of Morbius*** was the twelfth and thirteenth episodes of season 47 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

The Doctor has come face to face with a face he met a while ago, a Time Lord who helped him escape the Pit. But what he doesn’t realize, it was the famous Time Lord criminal, Morbius. He somehow survived falling off the cliffs of Karn and now, he has The Doctor right where he wants him.

## Plot

### Part 2

Morbius traps The Doctor in a huge sphere by himself and Morbius as Morbius reveals the truth about The Doctor. He shows him the past incarnations he witnessed The Doctor seen...yet deep down reveals to the doctor that those early incarnations of The Doctor aren't him...it's revealed that those time lord incarnations...are actually the early incarnations of Morbius. As he implanted fake incarnation memories into the doctor to make them think it was him

## Cast

* Richard Ayoade as The Doctor
* Camilla Power as Sally Sparrow
* Peter Ferdinando as Larry Nightingale

Guest

TBD as Morbius
The Haunting of Barrow House

***The Haunting of Barrow House*** was the second episode of season 53 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

The Doctor is slowly starting to see mystic illusions appearing right in front of him. As for Hailey and Joseph they don’t see what The Doctor is seeing as coordinates lead them to an abandoned future in a house that has full connection with the Doctor. Are these uneasy hauntings really connected to The Doctor, And more importantly what do they want with him?

## Cast

* Rufus Sewell as The Doctor
* Doug Bradley as Joseph Harding
* Holly Earl as Hailey Rynn-Harding
Schrödinger's Folly

***Schrödinger's Folly*** was the fifth serial of season 41 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

The Doctor, Metzil and Philip come across a celestial being who wants to exist in every second from the beginning to the end of time to practically become immortal. They are feeding upon every piece of energy in the galaxy to make it possible. And the Doctor wonders if she can confront one of the universe’s most powerful beings, or if she will doom the universe.

## Cast

* Fiona Shaw as The Doctor
* Cillian Murphy as Phillip Chandler
* Spencer Wilding as Metzil (physical)
	+ Nicholas Briggs as Metzil (voice)
Hello, Doctor

***Hello, Doctor*** was the fourth episode of season 48 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

When he follows a Time Lord distress signal, the Doctor puts Sally, Larry and his beloved TARDIS in grave danger.

## Cast

* Richard Ayoade as The Doctor
* Camilla Power as Sally Sparrow
* Peter Ferdinando as Larry Nightingale

### Guest

* Suranne Jones as Idris
* Michael Sheen as House
The Augmentation Program

***The Augmentation Program*** was the second episode of season 49 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

The Doctor and company planned to land in the sweeping hill of Austria... but when they get out of the TARDIS, they are in a cold and abandoned research station. The only thing The Doctor can find out is something called, The Augmentation Program. What they soon realize, is they're not alone... and what is hunting them, wants Time Lord brains.

## Cast

* Richard Ayoade as The Doctor
* Camilla Power as Sally Sparrow
* Peter Ferdinando as Larry Nightingale
* Ella Hunt as Heather Noble
The Christmas Invasion

***The Christmas Invasion*** was the 2006 Christmas Special of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

It's Christmas Eve and The Doctor and Michael are investigating an alien threat that is threatening the lives of everyone in modern London. They meet a young woman being terrorized by mannequins, and it’s only then does the Doctor realize what the threat really is… the Autons. But then suddenly, The Doctor is out cold and nothing can wake up. It’s up to Michael and a young woman named Jackie to help stop the Auton threat.

## Cast

* Peter Capaldi as The Doctor
* Henry Cavill as Michael Wessler
Angela Bruce

**Angela Bruce** (born 6 May 1951) is an English actress, noted for her television work. Bruce was born in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire to a West Indian father and white mother, but was put up for adoption aged three, and brought up in Craghead, County Durham. She is known for portraying Brigadier Winifred Bambera in the Doctor Who spin off series U.N.I.T.
Aliens of London

***Aliens of London*** was the fifth and sixth episodes of season 42 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

The Doctor and Lucie head to modern day London when a spaceship crashes into Big Ben, causing a worldwide crisis. Worse still, the Prime Minister has mysteriously disappeared... The Doctor's investigation puts him in the spotlight with the British government, as his long history of defending Earth finally catches up with him. But there are sinister goings on at 10 Downing Street, and politician Harriet Jones' quest to get some answers brings her into a brave new world... of aliens.

## Cast

* Peter Capaldi as The Doctor
* Sheridan Smith as Lucie Miller
How to Win Planets and Influence People

***How to Win Planets and Influence People*** was the first episode of season 46 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

The Doctor comes across a panel at a convention run by The Meddling Monk. Lucie has been keeping him out of trouble, but the Monk is a tricky fellow, and Lucie brought the Doctor here because the Monk plans something very sinister, vanquishing the Time Lord and possibly, averting the creation of the human race. All just for fun.

## Cast

* Peter Capaldi as The Doctor
* Sheridan Smith as Lucie Miller
The Good, The Bad, and The Doctor

***The Good, The Bad, and The Doctor*** was the twelfth episode of season 53 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

The Doctor and Hailey are stuck in the Old West as the TARDIS was shot at, so it disappeared away from danger. So, The Doctor and company must go from town to town trying to figure out where the TARDIS is.

## Cast

* Rufus Sewell as The Doctor
* Holly Earl as Hailey Rynn-Harding
Season 28

**18 episodes, comprising of 6 serials, starting with *The Fainted Wanderer***

**Season 28** of *Doctor Who* ran between 6 September 1991 and 3 January 1992. It starred Rowan Atkinson as The Doctor, Susannah Harker as Raine Cunningham, and Gary Beadle as Chris Williams. The season opened with *The Fainted Wanderer* and ended with *Revelation*.

## Overview

This season consisted of six stories and eighteen twenty-five minute episodes. It is the first season for Gary Downie as producer and Ben Aaronovitch as script editor. Downie served as a production manager on some episodes in the later JNT years, and BBC ultimately decided to go with another inexperienced producer for the show. Downie and Aaronovitch clashed on the tone for the Eighth Doctor's era. Downie wanted a lighter and fun kids show aesthetic, similar to the tone of the Fifth Doctor era (when the show was popular last) while Aaronovitch wanted to continue Cartmel's ideas in having a darker tone similar to the early Fourth Doctor era. They ultimately settled on hard sci-fi ideas with a bit whimsy here and some darker tones there. Atkinson was ultimately chosen as the Eighth Doctor after the first choice, Richard Griffiths, declined the role. Downie wanted a Doctor similar to the Sixth Doctor, but done right. Have a very snarky and sarcastic attitude towards many people, but ultimately cared for humans and the people he traveled with. Downie also felt that the formulad needed spicing up so he recommended a four story arc to introduce the new Doctor, tying into Gallifreyan lore. Aaronovitch loved the idea, and had a group of writers work on this idea, which would become the Timewyrm Saga. However, the BBC awarded them four more episodes so Downie thought it would be better if the Doctor had a fitting post-regeneration story before getting into the saga. In this season, we are fully introduced to our new Doctor in *The Fainted Wanderer* while also dealing with a new threat, the Racnoss, and having another companion introduced, Chris Williams, a friend of Raine. Then there would be the four-serial epic in regards to the Timewyrm: *Genesys, Exodus, Apocalypse,* and *Revelation.* Taking place in Mesopotamia 2700 BC, an alternate version of 1951 London, on Kirith in the far future, and on The Moon in 1992. *Exodus* even has the return of previous script editor, Terrance Dicks!

## Cast

* Rowan Atkinson as The Doctor
* Susannah Harker as Raine Cunningham
* Gary Beadle as Chris Williams

## Home Media

### VHS Releases

* *The Fainted Wanderer* (1994)
* *The Timewyrm Saga* (4 tapes) (1996)
	+ *Genesys*
	+ *Exodus*
	+ *Apocalypse*
	+ *Revelation*
A Situation Beyond Your Understanding

***A Situation Beyond Your Understanding*** was the eighth serial of season 41 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

The Doctor and company find themselves on a planet where everything is accompanied by invisible people laughing. And the world is somehow ending! For some reason, the Zygons show up! And the Master! The Doctor must find a way out and try to find who is behind this!

## Cast

* Fiona Shaw as The Doctor
* Cillian Murphy as Phillip Chandler
* Spencer Wilding as Metzil (physical)
	+ Nicholas Briggs as Metzil (voice)
Bernice Summerfield

Bernice Summerfield was a companion of the Ninth Doctor.she's an archaeologist from the 26th century.

## Meeting The Doctor

Bernice was on an archaeological expedition that came to Menaxus to explore the ruins of an ancient theatre. Though the expedition go rarely as planned as the team died. leaving her as the only survivor. Until the deaths started to repeat over and over as if it were a loop.
Ian McDiarmid

Ian McDiarmid is a Scottish actor and director of stage and screen, best known for portraying the Sith Lord Emperor Sheev Palpatine / Darth Sidiousin the Star Wars multimedia franchise.Making his stage debut in Hamlet in 1972, McDiarmid joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1974, and has since starred in a number of Shakespeare's plays. He has received an Olivier Award for Best Actor and a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Playfor his stage performances.

Prior To Doctor Who

Work on Doctor Who

He played The Abbott in the Season 27 television story Alixion
School Reunion

***School Reunion*** was the third episode of season 44 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

Deffry Vale High School is haunted by strange, bat-like creatures at night. When the Doctor investigates, he finds an old friend, Sarah Jane Smith, already working undercover.

## Cast

* Peter Capaldi as The Doctor
* Henry Cavill as Michael Wessler
* Florence Hoath as Tara Davis

### Guest

* Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith
* Anthony Head as Mr. Finch
* Rod Arthur – Mr Parsons
* Eugene Washington – Mr Wagner
* Heather Cameron – Nina
* Joe Pickley – Kenny
* Benjamin Smith – Luke
* Clem Tibber – Milo
* Lucinda Dryzek – Melissa
* Caroline Berry – Dinner Lady
* John Leeson – Voice of K9 Mk. III
Heat of the Inferno

***Heat of the Inferno*** was the second serial of season 35 of *Doctor Who*. Sequel to the Third Doctor story, *Inferno.*

## Synopsis

The Doctor returns to the parallel dimension he visited long ago, dealing with evil versions of his previous companions and must team up with a good version of the Master to return to his own universe and possibly take down the evil that is hunting him.

## Cast

* Paul McGann as The Doctor
* Lisa Bowerman as Bernice Summerfield
* India Fisher as Charley Pollard

### Guest

* TBA as The Attendant
* TBA as The Leader
* TBA as AXF-5439
Season 30

**20 episodes, comprising of 7 serials and a special, starting with *Elysium***

**Season 30** of *Doctor Who* ran between 17 July 1993 and 27 November 1993. It starred Rowan Atkinson as The Doctor, Gary Beadle as Chris Williams and Claire King as Sierra. The season opened with *Elysium* and ended with the three-part 30th Anniversary Special, *The Six Doctors*.

## Overview

This season consisted of seven stories and twenty twenty-five minute episodes along with a three part special. This would be a big season for *Doctor Who* as it would reach its 30th season, and to commemorate such an occasion, a 30th Anniversary special would close out the season, and unlike the 20th Anniversary, it would be a multi-part special similar to the 10th Anniversary. A companion would be added to the TARDIS crew in the second serial with Sierra, who is an undercover agent who has her entire memory wiped and chooses to go with The Doctor to try and sort out her past. In this season, there are many returning villains to commemorate the 30th Anniversary. It was also announced that this would be Gary Beadle's final season as Chris Williams as he would leave "early on" this season. The stories this season include, *Elysium* where the remnants of Raine's brain/soul are brought to Elysium to live for eternity in a so-called afterlife, but something goes awry. Then *Memory of the Autons* which is the first appearance of the Autons since *Terror of the Autons*, and we get introduced to new companion, Sierra. In the first single part story since *Mission to the Unknown*, *The Dunes of Time* where the TARDIS crew is dealing with a killer desert. Then *Genesis of the Cybermen*, from an idea by Cybermen co-creator Gerry Davis, with additional ideas from Kate Orman, and uncredited rewrites by Marc Platt. Then it would be followed by the story *Shadow Play* which would be a lighter toned episode in regards to shadow beings in modern London. Then *Planet of the Zygons*, which serves as a prequel story to *Terror of the Zygons* involving the death of the Zygon homeworld. Then, ‘’Cold Fusion’’ which would have the Eighth Doctor meeting a previous incarnation on a barren ice world, which would eventually lead to the events of the 30th Anniversary. The special in question, entitled *The Six Doctors* (not to be confused with the cancelled 20th Anniversary Special of the same name by Robert Holmes) would feature all the living Doctors dealing with anachronisms across space and time, as well as some famous foes.

## Cast

* Rowan Atkinson as The Doctor
* Gary Beadle as Chris Williams
* Claire King as Sierra

## Home Media

### VHS Releases

* *Elysium* (1996)
* *Memory of the Autons* (1996)
* *The Dunes of Time/Shadow Play* (1996)
* *Genesis of the Cybermen* (1997)
* *The Zygon Boxset*: *Terror of the Zygons/Planet of the Zygons* (1998) (2 tapes)
* *Cold Fusion*/*The Six Doctors* (1998) (2 tapes)
Katy Manning

**Catherine Ann "Katy" Manning** (born 14 October 1946) is an English-Australian actress, television presenter, voice artist and former model. Although she has made many appearances on both screen and stage, Manning is best known for her part as the companion Jo Grant in the BBC science fiction television series *Doctor Who*. Manning initially played the role regularly from 1971 to 1973 but also reprised the role in the *Doctor Who* spin-off *The Sarah Jane Adventures. she's also known to portray Iris Wildthyme in the episode Iris and it's spin off Wildthyme*
Schackawannra

***Schackawannra*** was the twelfth and thirteenth episodes of season 52 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

Schackawannra is a planet of utter perfection. So why isn’t it perfect? What is causing Schackawannra to be imperfect?

## Cast

* Rufus Sewell as The Doctor
* Doug Bradley as Joseph Harding
* Holly Earl as Hailey Rynn-Harding
Heaven Sent

***Heaven Sent*** was the eleventh episode of season 53 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

Trapped in a world unlike any other he has seen, the Doctor faces the greatest challenge of his many lives; pursued by the fearsome creature known only as the Veil, he must attempt the impossible; if he makes it through, somebody is waiting.
Excelsior

***Excelsior*** was the tenth and eleventh episode of season 43 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

Humans have finally reached the brink of warp space travel and The Doctor wants to visit this glorious moment in history. But something goes wrong.... And the Doctor must figure it out before everything descends into chaos.

## Cast

* Peter Capaldi as The Doctor
* Henry Cavill as Michael Wessler
Minuet in Hell

***Minuet in Hell*** was the fifth serial of season 34 of *Doctor Who*. Features the return of Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart.

## Synopsis

The twenty-first century has just begun, and Malebolgia is enjoying its status as the newest state in America. After his successful involvement with Scotland's devolution, Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart has been invited over to Malebolgia to offer some of his experiences and expertise. There he encounters the charismatic Brigham Elisha Dashwood III, an evangelical statesman running for Governor who may not be quite as clean-cut and wholesome as he makes out. One of Dashwood's other roles in society is as patron of a new medical institute, concentrating on curing the ills of the human mind. One of the patients there interests the Brigadier, someone who claims he travels through space and time in something called a TARDIS. Charley, however, has more than a few problems of her own. Amnesiac, she is working as a hostess at the local chapter of the Hell Fire Club, populated by local dignitaries who have summoned forth the demon Marchosias. And the leader of the Club? None other than Dashwood, who seems determined to achieve congressional power by the most malevolent means at his disposal… And Bernice is nowhere to be found…

## Cast

* Paul McGann as The Doctor
* Lisa Bowerman as Bernice Summerfield
* India Fisher as Charley Pollard
Season 31

**22 episodes, comprising of 8 serials, starting with *Unending Night***

**Season 31** of *Doctor Who* ran between 9 July 1994 and 3 December 1994. It starred Rowan Atkinson as The Doctor and Claire King as Sierra. The season opened with *Unending Night* and ended with Atkinson's regeneration story, *The Curse of Fatal Death*.

## Overview

The season would include eight stories and twenty-two twenty-five minute long episodes. This would be a very big season for *Doctor Who* as this would be the final season of Rowan Atkinson's Eighth Doctor, as he felt 4 seasons were enough, following Sylvester McCoy's example. It would also feature the departure of Ben Aaronovitch who already felt like he stayed one season too long. Gary Downie, however, would stay on to introduce the audience to the new Doctor, and steer the ship for the next coming producer. As well as Claire King staying on as Sierra. Also, for Atkinson's final season, they were awarded two more episodes, which would remain the status quo until 2001. The first serial would be *Unending Night* by Russell T Davies, who would later become an important part of the Whoniverse. Then, there would be the one episode serial that foreshadows the Doctor's death with *A Nefarious Tale* with a returning foe. Then, there would be the story *Shadowmind*, dealing with a telepathic lifeform on the planet Arden. Then, *Birthright*, which has an insectoid race trying to steal the Doctor's Time Vector Generator. A Gothic tale and a suspected haunted house with *Terror From Beyond*. Then, *The Dimension Riders* which deals with an age old foe and dimension hopping. Then the Daleks return in a glorious pseudo-historical epic with *History of the Daleks*. Then, this Doctor will meet his demise on Terserus in *The Curse of Fatal Death*.

## Cast

* Rowan Atkinson as The Doctor
* Claire King as Sierra
* Paul McGann as The Doctor

## Home Media

### VHS Releases

* *Unending Night*/*Terror From Beyond* (1998)
* *A Nefarious Tale*/*The Curse of Fatal Death* (1998)
* *Shadowmind* (1999)
* *Birthright* (1999)
* *The Dimension Riders* (2000)
* *History of the Daleks* (2000)
Crimson

***Crimson*** was the fifth serial of season 32 of *Doctor Who*. The formal re-introduction of Henry Jago and George Litefoot after their appearance in *The Talons of Weng-Chiang*.

## Synopsis

In 1893, the Doctor is investigating a victim of the mysterious "Crimson Horror". He disappears under mysterious circumstances, along with Sierra and Jean. Two men who knew the Doctor before, Jago and Litefoot, are contacted by the brother of a victim of the Crimson Horror and do their own investigation into the strange disease, and what they find, is truly frightening.

## Cast

* Paul McGann as The Doctor
* Claire King as Sierra
* Julia Ormond as Jean Marie

### Guest

* Christopher Benjamin as Henry Jago
* Trevor Baxter as George Lightfoot
* Alison Steadman as Mrs. Gillyflower
* TBD as Ada Gillyflower
The Downfall

***The Downfall*** was the eighth serial of season 39 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

In the late 1880s, the Doctor and company meet an outspoken and rebellious young man who wants nothing but to improve his country and progress it beyond its archaic traditions. The Doctor takes a liking to the young man and decides to help him, but then she learns that he is… Franz Ferdinand, whose assassination would cause World War I.

## Cast

* Fiona Shaw as The Doctor
* Cillian Murphy as Phillip Chandler
* Emily Watson as Dr. Korinna Foster
Genesys

***Genesys*** was the second serial of season 28 of *Doctor Who*. This is the first part in the *Timewyrm Saga*.

## Synopsis

Mesopotamia — the cradle of civilisation. In the fertile crescent of land on the banks of the rivers Tigris and Euphrates, mankind is turning from hunter gatherer into farmer, and from farmer into city-dweller. Gilgamesh, the first hero-king, rules the city of Uruk. An equally legendary figure arrives, in a police telephone box: the TARDIS has brought the Doctor and his companions Raine and Chris to witness the first steps of mankind's long progress to the stars. And from somewhere amid those distant points of light an evil sentience has tumbled. To her followers in the city of Kish she is known as Ishtar the goddess; to the Doctor's forebears on ancient Gallifrey she was a mythical terror — the Timewyrm.

## Cast

* Rowan Atkinson as The Doctor
* Susannah Harker as Raine Cunningham
* Gary Beadle as Chris Williams
Blood and War

***Blood and War*** was the ninth episode of season 44 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

The Doctor, Tara, and Michael enter a portal of what looks like blood and somehow enter an alternate Earth where the planet is literally all red. The Doctor and company look about this new landscape and find no one, completely bereft of life. Whatever killed all the humans is now hunting the TARDIS crew. Should The Doctor defeat them? Or should they just try to escape?

## Cast

* Peter Capaldi as The Doctor
* Henry Cavill as Michael Wessler
* Florence Hoath as Tara Davis
Deceit

***Deceit*** was the fourth serial of season 32 of *Doctor Who*. This story was originally intended for both seasons 30 and 31, but other stories (*Cold Fusion* and *Unending Night* specifically) were chosen instead.

## Synopsis

The middle of the twenty-fifth century. The Second Dalek War is drawing to an untidy close. Earth's Office of External Operation is trying to extend its influence over the corporations that have controlled human-occupied space since man first ventured to the stars. Agent Isabelle Defries is leading one expedition. Among her barely-controllable squad is a young woman named Jean. Their destination: Arcadia. A non-technological paradise? A living laboratory for a centuries-long experiment? Fuel for a super-being? Even when Jean and Sierra discover the truth, the Doctor refuses to listen to them. Nothing is what it seems to be.

## Cast

* Paul McGann as The Doctor
* Claire King as Sierra
* Julia Ormond as Jean Marie
City of the Shooting Star

***City of the Shooting Star*** was the third episode of season 47 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

The Doctor, Sally and Larry happen across a shooting star flying by them. Only to discover there is human life in that shooting star, Thus leading them to an entire city helmed by the power of the star.

## Cast

* Richard Ayoade as The Doctor
* Camilla Power as Sally Sparrow
* Peter Ferdinando as Larry Nightingale
Birthright

***Birthright*** was the fourth serial of season 31 of *Doctor Who*. There was originally going to be a side story with The Doctor, but it was cut for time, as well as the writer wanting a companion focused story.

## Synopsis

The TARDIS has died. Stranded in early twentieth-century London, Sierra can only stand and watch as it slowly disintegrates. In the East End a series of grisly murders has been committed. Is this the work of the ghostly Springheel Jack or, as Sierra suspects, something even more sinister? In a tiny shop in Bloomsbury, the master of a grand order of sorcerers is nearing the end of a seven-hundred year quest for a fabled magic wand. And on a barren world in the far-distant future the Queen of a dying race pleads for the help of an old hermit named Muldwych, while a woman named Faye leads a group of guerrillas in a desperate struggle against their alien oppressors. These events are related. Perhaps the Doctor knows how. But the Doctor has gone away.

## Cast

* Rowan Atkinson as The Doctor
* Claire King as Sierra
The Adipose Planet

***The Adipose Planet*** was the sixth episode of season 47 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

The Doctor gets a distress beacon from a familiar face he saw from long ago as the TARDIS takes him, Sally and Larry to planet of the Adipose where the king of The Adipose is needing the Doctor’s help. Some of the Adipose have gone severely missing and if it continues, the Adipose could lead to Extinction, and it's up to The Doctor to investigate what is taking these small little creatures in this big dangerous planet.

## Cast

* Richard Ayoade as The Doctor
* Camilla Power as Sally Sparrow
* Peter Ferdinando as Larry Nightingale
Planet of the Dead

***Planet of the Dead*** was the second serial of season 36 of *Doctor Who*. Originally, Roberts didn't want to have companions in the story at all, but didn't know what to do with them, so he had to work them into the story as a subplot with them trying to figure out the TARDIS.

## Synopsis

When a London bus takes a detour to an alien world, the Doctor must join forces with the extraordinary Lady Christina after being separated from his companions. But the mysterious planet holds terrifying secrets and time is running out as the deadly Swarm gets closer…

## Cast

* Paul McGann as The Doctor
* Lisa Bowerman as Bernice Summerfield
* India Fisher as Charley Pollard
Damaged Goods

***Damaged Goods*** was the sixth serial of season 33 of *Doctor Who*. Davies cited the musical *Blood Brothers* as a major influence for the story.

## Synopsis

The Doctor, Jean and Bernice, arrive at the Quadrant, a troubled council block in Thatcher's Britain. There's a new drug on the streets, a drug that's killing to a plan. Somehow, the very ordinary people of the Quadrant are involved. And so, amidst the growing chaos, a bizarre trio moves into number 43. The year is 1987: a dead drug dealer has risen from the grave, and an ancient weapon is concealed beneath human tragedy. But the Doctor soon discovers that the things people do for their children can be every bit as deadly as any alien menace - as he uncovers the link between a special child, an obsessive woman, and a desperate bargain made one dark Christmas Eve.

## Cast

* Paul McGann as The Doctor
* Julia Ormond as Jean Marie
* Lisa Bowerman as Bernice Summerfield
The Heralds of Destruction

***The Heralds of Destruction*** was the thirteenth episode of season 53 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

When something enormous crashes into Bedfordshire, the Doctor, Hailey, and the forces of UNIT under Brigadier Bambera mobilise immediately and find themselves in the middle of a pitched battle against a terrifying invader... But the shocking face that awaits their return to base may tip the whole world off its axis!

## Cast

* Rufus Sewell as The Doctor
* Holly Earl as Hailey Rynn-Harding

### Guest

* Angela Bruce as Brigadier Winifred Bambera
* Sam Troughton as The Second Doctor/Ramon Salamander
Death Dreams

***Death Dreams*** was the third episode of season 48 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

The Doctor Sally and Larry wake up to find themselves in a dream as it is told that a man has sent them here to give them an uneasy choice as they view a future like theirs but things seem off, Sally has her parents and never met the Doctor, Larry is marrying the love of his life and most importantly. The Doctor is dead? The Doctor decides to find out about this future.

## Cast

* Richard Ayoade as The Doctor
* Camilla Power as Sally Sparrow
* Peter Ferdinando as Larry Nightingale
The Life of Nightmares

***The Life of Nightmares*** was the first episode of season 43 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

The Doctor has recollection of an event from his past, his previous incarnation. But he can’t remember what it is. Somebody took a memory away from him. But it’s a memory he has had to confront for a long time.

## Cast

* Peter Capaldi as The Doctor
* Sheridan Smith as Lucie Miller
Sycorax Rising

***Sycorax Rising*** was the fourth and fifth episode of season 43 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

The Doctor and Lucie enter a forbidden planet that never should be travelled to as a new species named The Sycorax is discovered and invades the planet as they become harvested to lure the minds of innocent lives

## Cast

* Peter Capaldi as The Doctor
* Sheridan Smith as Lucie Miller
* Sean Gilder as Sykrin
Bloodtide

***Bloodtide*** was the eighth and ninth episodes of season 45 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

The prehistoric Earth is dying. Thunderclouds roll across the skies, cloaking the land in darkness. The seas crash and boil as the rain turns to acid. The remnants of the Silurian race place themselves in suspended animation, deep below the surface. One day they will awaken and reclaim their world… The TARDIS has landed on the Galápagos Islands, a desolate outcrop of rocks shrouded in mist and fear. In the settlement of Baquerizo Moreno, there are rumours that prisoners have been mysteriously disappearing from the gaolhouse. A fisherman has been driven insane by something he saw in the caves. And the Doctor, Michael, and Tara are not the only new arrivals; there is also a young natural philosopher by the name of Charles Darwin…

## Cast

* Peter Capaldi as The Doctor
* Henry Cavill as Michael Wessler
* Florence Hoath as Tara Davis
* Paul Bettany as Charles Darwin
Terror From Beyond

***Terror From Beyond*** was the fifth serial of season 31 of *Doctor Who*. The events of this serial take place during the events of *Birthright*.

## Synopsis

The Doctor is separated from his companion when the TARDIS dematerializes after dropping him off in an old Gothic Mansion where he must see what horrors await for him inside.
Lunacy

***Lunacy*** was the fifth episode of season 53 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

Elizabeth Jane Cochran, more famously known as Nelly Bly, wrote an exposé on the Women’s Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell’s Island, after spending ten days in the facility, faking mental illness. Whilst in the asylum, she disappears, and Hailey must track her down so that she can write her famous exposé, but she deals with her own demons as well.

## Cast

* Rufus Sewell as The Doctor
* Doug Bradley as Joseph Harding
* Holly Earl as Hailey Rynn-Harding
Cillian Murphy

Cillian Murphy (/ˈkɪliən/; born 25 May 1976) is an Irish actor. He started his performing career as the lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter of the rock band The Sons of Mr. Green Genes. Murphy turned down a record deal in the late 1990s and began acting on stage and in short and independent films. His first notable film roles include Darren in the drama Disco Pigs (2001), Jim in the zombie horror *28 Days Later* (2002), John in the dark comedy *Intermission* (2003), Jackson Rippner in the action thriller *Red Eye* (2005), and Patrick "Kitten" Braden in the comedy-drama *Breakfast on Pluto* (2005). For his performance as a trans woman in the latter, he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy and won an Irish Film and Television Award for Best Actor.

Murphy is known for his collaborations with director Christopher Nolan, playing the Scarecrow in *The Dark Knight Trilogy* of superhero films (2005–2012) and appearing in the sci-fi action thriller *Inception* (2010), the war drama *Dunkirk* (2017) and in the upcoming biopic *Oppenheimer* (2023). Other films in which he has appeared include the war drama *The Wind That Shakes the Barley* (2006), the sci-fi thriller *Sunshine* (2007), the sci-fi action thriller *In Time* (2011), Jozef Gabčík in the war drama *Anthropoid* (2016), and Emmett in the horror *A Quiet Place Part II* (2021). Since 2013, he has starred as Tommy Shelby in the BBC crime drama series *Peaky Blinders*, for which he won the Irish Film and Television Award for Best Actor in 2017 and 2018.

He portrayed the companion Phillip Chandler during The Tenth Doctor Era

## After Doctor Who

Cillian went on to portray Jonathon Crane AKA Scarecrow in the 2005 movie Batman Begins
The Glaring God

***The Glaring God*** was the fourth serial of season 39 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

The Doctor and company land on a world where they worship a strange god, and it is a face that the Doctor very much recognizes. But how did this happen? What happened to the history of this peace loving planet? Why do they worship… The Master?

## Cast

* Fiona Shaw as The Doctor
* Cillian Murphy as Phillip Chandler
* Emily Watson as Dr. Korinna Foster
Ghostly Terrors

***Ghostly Terrors*** was the eighth episode of Season 47 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

A little boy is having nightmares about mysterious spirits he sees every night. Who are these spirits and what do they want?

## Cast

* Richard Ayoade as The Doctor
* Camilla Power as Sally Sparrow
* Peter Ferdinando as Larry Nightingale

### Guest

* Daniel Mays as Alan
* Jamie Oram as Benjamin
4006

***4006*** was the ninth episode of season 48 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

The Doctor, Sally and Larry decide to take a break and start to relax in a standard hotel, but the weird thing is: this is no ordinary hotel, as the exact room they stay the night seems to be causing it to lead to a three different timelines that are only an hour ahead of the previous.

## Cast

* Richard Ayoade as The Doctor
* Camilla Power as Sally Sparrow
* Peter Ferdinando as Larry Nightingale
The Bloodiest Battle

***The Bloodiest Battle*** was the second serial of season 41 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

The Doctor and company are all stuck in the middle of the worst battle in the American Civil War: The Battle of Gettysburg. Something even stranger, they keep reliving these events over and over again, but cannot remember previous events.

## Cast

* Fiona Shaw as The Doctor
* Cillian Murphy as Phillip Chandler
* Spencer Wilding as Metzil (physical)
	+ Nicholas Briggs as Metzil (voice)
Exiled

***Exiled*** was the serial of season 38 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

The Doctor imposes herself to exile, no longer wanting to get involved in the pitfalls of other races. It’s not only through her wandering of the TARDIS, and her companions, does she realize she has a bit of hope left.

## Cast

* Fiona Shaw as The Doctor
* Cillian Murphy as Phillip Chandler
* Thora Birch as Aruna
Cries of the Chained Children

***Cries of the Chained Children*** was the eighth episode of season 49 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

Someone has been kidnapping children, and they claim that children give off a unique energy source. For what exactly? Well the Doctor and company must figure that out.

## Cast

* Richard Ayoade as The Doctor
* Camilla Power as Sally Sparrow
* Peter Ferdinando as Larry Nightingale
* Ella Hunt as Heather Noble
Nevermore

***Nevermore*** was the sixth serial of season 37 of *Doctor Who*. Originally started out as a very different story involving a world centered around Edgar Allan Poe, but evolved into a pseudo-historical instead.

## Synopsis

The Doctor and Charley land in Baltimore, Maryland, 1849. They eventually come across the famous author: Edgar Allan Poe. The Doctor soon realizes that he is destined to die in just a few days and it turns out, a horrifying creature is trying to transform the world into Poe’s stories, and might’ve been more connected to Poe than either of them realized…

## Cast

* Paul McGann as The Doctor
* India Fisher as Charley Pollard
The Happiest Ending

***The Happiest Ending*** was the tenth serial of season 39 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

The Doctor is on Gallifrey. She looks like her first incarnation and is living a relatively charming life as a Time Lord scientist… wait… this isn’t right… why isn’t this right?

## Cast

* Fiona Shaw as The Doctor
* Cillian Murphy as Phillip Chandler
* Emily Watson as Dr. Korinna Foster

### Guest

* Kate O'Mara as The Rani
* David Bradley as The Doctor
Embrace the Darkness

***Embrace the Darkness*** was the first serial of season 37 of *Doctor Who*. This serial marks the first time there has only been one companion on the TARDIS since *Outlast*.

## Synopsis

The Doctor and Charley Pollard encounter an ancient race in the Cimmerian System, whose return could prove apocalyptic. But as the Darkness envelops the station the Doctor learns that their seemingly evil acts might be more than they appear. To save the day, the Doctor must battle an artificial intelligence as well as the Cimmerians.

## Cast

* Paul McGann as The Doctor
* India Fisher as Charley Pollard
The Fugitives

***The Fugitives*** was the serial of season 38 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

A couple is running from the law when they bump into the Doctor and her companion, who turn them in. It turns out, the woman was pregnant and she was trying to save her baby. Now, the Doctor and Philip must track them down and rescue them. But another force might be at work.

## Cast

* Fiona Shaw as The Doctor
* Cillian Murphy as Phillip Chandler
The Headless Monks

***The Headless Monks*** was the eighth episode of season 43 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

The Doctor and Lucie are separated in a distant future where there’s a world roamed by monks. At first they seem to be peaceful but soon find out that they are an order who go after those who disobey with The Headless Monks. Yet somehow Lucie is trying to find the Doctor with help from a mysterious familiar face who has had a run in with The Doctor before.

## Cast

* Peter Capaldi as The Doctor
* Sheridan Smith as Lucie Miller
Follow or Be Followed

***Follow or Be Followed*** was the first episode of season 50 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

The Doctor gets introduced to a college student named Mels Martinez who discovers something that seems to be after the two lurking in the shadows. They seem to look like Angels...

## Cast

* Richard Ayoade as The Doctor
* Nina Toussaint-White as Melody Martinez
Chronicle

***Chronicle*** was the thirteenth and final episode of season 51 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

The Doctor takes Joseph home to visit his granddaughter, Hailey. While over for tea, Hailey is researching something for an university course, a volcano that has almost erupted several times, but was somehow stopped before doing so. The only evidence they have is of a journal that experienced the events first hand, and The Doctor wants to investigate. Hailey stows away on the TARDIS to help with the research. However, when they get there, there is something more nefarious than what was originally thought.

## Cast

* Rufus Sewell as The Doctor
* Doug Bradley as Joseph Harding
* Holly Earl as Hailey Rynn-Harding
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor

**Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor** was a live broadcast airing on BBC One hosted by Katy Manning. And featured guest stars and interviews with Richard Ayoade, Camilla Power, Peter Fernando, Rowan Atkinson, Gary Beadle, Susannah Harker, Fiona Shaw, Henry Cavill, Paul McGann, Lisa Bowerman, And would introduce the Twelfth incarnation to Doctor Who. The special was filmed in July 2013 before the new season was released in September of the same year.
Cold

***Cold*** was the twelfth episode of season 42 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

The Doctor and Lucie enter a vast realm where the temperature is below 5 degrees and the vast blizzard makes everyone lose their vision, making the Doctor and Lucie lose their minds. Thinking they see a creature lurking in the cold and chilly nights... or is it just the madness flowing through?

## Cast

* Peter Capaldi as The Doctor
* Sheridan Smith as Lucie Miller
Sycorax Eternal

***Sycorax Eternal*** was the sixth and seventh episodes of season 49 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

The Sycorax have fully returned yet only this time they have come prepared, And this time they got something planned better than using Blood Control, The biggest weapon they will use is none other than the Doctor himself.

## Cast

* Richard Ayoade as The Doctor
* Camilla Power as Sally Sparrow
* Peter Ferdinando as Larry Nightingale
* Ella Hunt as Heather Noble
Cybermen Engage

***Cybermen Engage*** was the eighth and ninth episodes of season 53 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

The Cybermen are on the march through the Hundred Realms, killing and converting as they go. Resistance is useless. Trapped on the outermost fringes of the battle, the Doctor is astonished to encounter some old friends: astrophysicist Zoe Heriot and highlander Jamie McCrimmon. It's the happiest of reunions. But what hope is there of a happy ending against the unstoppable Cybermen?

## Cast

* Rufus Sewell as The Doctor
* Doug Bradley as Joseph Harding
* Holly Earl as Hailey Rynn-Harding
Lost Beauty

***Lost Beauty*** was the thirteenth and final episode of season 43 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

The Doctor and Michael head to a planet that is grey and barren, but used to be lush and beautiful. It is controlled by an evil goddess-like figure who has brainwashed the population to do everything for her, with the promise that she will return the planet to its beauty. A promise she doesn’t intend to keep. Looks like it’s up to the Doctor and Michael to stop her.

## Cast

* Peter Capaldi as The Doctor
* Henry Cavill as Michael Wessler
Sean Connery

**Sir Sean Connery** (born **Thomas Connery**; 25 August 1930 – 31 October 2020) was a Scottish actor. He was the first actor to portray fictional British secret agent James Bond on film, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983. Originating the role in *Dr. No*, Connery played Bond in six of Eon Productions' entries and made his final appearance in *Never Say Never Again*.

## Work on Doctor Who

Connery portrayed Matthew Hopkins in the Season 29 episode The Discovery of Witches

## Retirement

When Connery received the American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award on 8 June 2006, he confirmed his retirement from acting. Connery's disillusionment with the "idiots now making films in Hollywood" was cited as a reason for his decision to retire. On 7 June 2007, he denied rumours that he would appear in the fourth *Indiana Jones* film, saying "retirement is just too much damned fun". In 2010, a bronze bust sculpture of Connery was placed in Tallinn, Estonia, outside The Scottish Club, whose membership includes Estonian Scotophiles and a handful of expatriate Scots. In 2012, Connery briefly came out of retirement to voice the title character in the Scottish animated film *Sir Billi the Vet*. Connery served as executive producer for an expanded 80-minute version.

Death and Legacy

Connery died in his sleep on 31 October 2020, aged 90, at his home in the Lyford Cay community of Nassau in The Bahamas. His death was announced by his family and Eon Productions; although they did not disclose the cause of death, his son Jason said he had been unwell for some time. A day later, Roquebrune revealed he had dementia in his final years. Connery's death certificate was obtained by TMZ a month after his death, showing the cause of death was pneumonia and cardiopulmonary failure, and the time of death was listed as 1:30 a.m. He was cremated after his death, and his ashes will be scattered in Scotland at a date yet to be determined. Following his death Doctor Who Actor Rowan Atkinson paid tribute to the late actor.