Memorial Flashbacks (TV story)

*"Seeing as you'll probably just kill me after this, you don't mind if I ask you your name?"
"Very well. Ridani. Ridani Rakhal."
"Rakhal? I met someone recently by that name too. A Mera."
"What do you know about Mera?"
"Don't worry, I didn't harm her. But I see that fascistic tendencies seem to run in the family. Drink?"*
―The Seventeenth Doctor and Ridani Rakhal

***Memorial Flashbacks*** was the thirteenth and penultimate episode of Series 16 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

Teddy has been experiencing déjà vu. Memories of Tosan, choking and suffocating in the fog and of watching the stars with his mother. Only, this feels more real than just remembering; it feels as if he's actually been transported back in time. But it couldn't be anything to do with the mysterious appearance of members from the so-called "Red Cult" who arrived at the hotel a few days ago, could it? No, it surely has to be a coincidence. The name "Red Cult" is familiar to Teddy, though, he's just not too sure where it's from...

Amy-Mae has been experiencing déjà vu. Memories of the colony, sickness and Osekri. Only, this feels more real than just remembering; it feels as if she's actually been transported back in time. To face the truth, Teddy and Amy-Mae must finally confront their past.

## Cast

* The Doctor - Dev Patel
* Teddy - Omari Douglas
* Amy-Mae - Mary Elizabeth Winstead
* Ridani Rakhal - Cillian Murphy
* Alzhyr - Richard Ashton
* Cha-Par-No - Paul Kasey / Nicholas Briggs (voice)
* The Judoon - Simon Carew, Richard Highgate, Richard Price & Matthew Rohman / Nicholas Briggs (voice)

## Crew

* Writer - Natalie Robyn
* Director - Hettie MacDonald

## Continuity

* Ridani is the brother of Mera Rakhal - he is intitially unaware of her arrest until the Doctor tells him. (TV: *Delusions of Reality*)
* The Red Cult are from Tosan- they were formed during the civil war, originally as a midway between the rebels and the government but as the war was won by the government, they leaned towards them and eventually were hired to track down missing Tosan who had escaped through time. (TV: *On Foreign Shores*)
* Teddy sees visions of his home planet, mother, the death of his grandfather and all the struggles that they went through. (TV: *On Foreign Shores*)
* Amy-Mae admits to the vision of her father, Alzhyr, that she has been struggling with her own identity ever since gaining her hybrid body. (TV: *Frozen Whimpers*)
* The Judoon arrive at the Hotel to arrest another Tosan official, wanted for crimes against the planet. (TV: *Delusions of Reality*)
* Revir Ctharcourt is somewhere in the hotel as well as a Red Cult member who is led away by the Judoon. (TV: *The Comings and Goings of the Agency*)

## Story Notes

* *Memorial Flashbacks* was a late addition to Series 16, only being added when all other episodes had been finalised.

 **Series 19** | Regular Episodes | *The Skithra Entitlement* • *Work Hard, Die Hard* • *Doctor Who and the Dalek Paradigm* / *Escape of the Paradigm* • *Out of Sight, Out of Mind* • *Whatever Happened to the Crew of the SS Dahlia?* • *Meeting at Zaggit Zagoo* • *Planet TARDIS* • *Glittering Spheres* • *Submerged* • *Mechanical Heart* • *Oh Hell, It's Tari* • *I Predict a Riot* • *Doctor Who and the Moonmen* / *I Am The Doctor* • *Cryptomnesia* • *Final Destination*