Series 16

### Directed by:

Ben Wheatley, Hettie MacDonald, Lee Haven Jones, Philippa Langdale, Graeme Harper, Mark Tonderai and Bryce Dallas Howard

### Producers:

Natalie Robyn and Logan Crimson

**Series 16** of Doctor Who introduced Dev Patel as the Seventeenth Doctor, Omari Douglas as Teddy and Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Amy-Mae.

The series opened with *On Foreign Shores* and concluded with *Lies of Heaven*. It was followed by a Halloween Special, *Agoraphobia*.

## Summary

Being thrown into the time vortex and isolated from the TARDIS by the Time Lords was not how the Doctor expected to start his new life, but sometimes you must play the hand you have been given. Washing up on a planet about to choke, the Doctor refuses to take this injustice lying down and sets off on a journey to locate his TARDIS; followed by two young people who are desperate to escape their own homes - whether he likes it or not!

All the while, someone is following the three and the mystery as to how the Doctor actually managed to survive is still unsolved...

## Overview

The series consisted of eleven stories and fifteen episodes. It was Dev Patel's first full series as the Seventeenth Doctor and introduced new companions Omari Douglas as Teddy in the premiere, *On Foreign Shores*, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Amy-Mae in the following episode, *Frozen Whimpers*.

Natalie Robyn took over as showrunner whilst Logan Crimson took over as producer - an arrangement that would remain until Series 19.

With this series, airing dates would continue to be on Sundays. Everything from *On Foreign Shores* to *Agoraphobia* was part of the Series 16 production block.

For a first for Doctor Who, the TARDIS does not make an appearance for most of the series, instead, it merely shows up in the last ten minutes of *Lies of Heaven* when the Doctor finds his ever faithful companion waiting for him on Earth.

The main story arc for the series covered the Doctor attempting to find his TARDIS once again, after having been assassinated by the Time Lords at the end of *Blood On Their Hands* in Series 15 and thrown into the Time Vortex, expecting his body to burn up to ashes. The Doctor made use of a vortex manipulator and was joined in his journey to recover his vehicle by both Teddy and Amy-Mae.

## Cast

* The Doctor - Dev Patel
* Teddy - Omari Douglas
* Amy-Mae - Mary Elizabeth Winstead

### Recurring

* Jayanna - Rahul Kohli
* Cha-Par-No - Paul Kasey / Nicholas Briggs (voice)
* The Judoon - Simon Carew, Richard Highgate, Richard Price & Matthew Rohman / Nicholas Briggs (voice)

### Guest

* Alzhyr - Richard Ashton
* Szoskar - Spencer Wilding
* Rebecca - Chloë Grace Moretz
* The Toymaker - Kyle MacLachlan
* Keera Chandler - TBC
* Aadam Trujillo - TBC
* Ra'rena Vanda - TBC
* Tamet Vanda - TBC
* Jae Ming - TBC
* Chen Beren - TBC
* Kylia Syko - TBC
* First Wizard - T'Nia Miller
* Second Wizard - Sacha Baron Cohen
* Third Wizard - Tobey Maguire
* Mera Rakhal - Liz White
* Andrew Ron - TBC
* Spartan - Tim Curry
* Ridani Rakhal - Cillian Murphy
* Mosdra - Lenora Crichlow

## Aliens and Enemies

* The Tosan Government
* The Osekri
* The Toymaker
* The Judoon
* Mera Rakhal
* The Mlerki
* The Corale
* Spartan
* The Red Cult
	+ Ridani Rakhal
* The Adnosina
* The Lirvaleon

## Production Blocks

Production blocks were arranged as follows:

## Adaptations and Merchandising

### Home Media

#### DVD

All episodes of Series 16 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 - How to Start a New Era with Omari Douglas.

#### 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.

 **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*