Series 20

### Written by:

Cal A. King, May Willow, Dale Gregory, Max Amato, Sofia Fox, Ramona Cohen, Logan Crimson and Natalie Robyn

### Directed by:

Jamie Childs, Sallie Aprahamian, Rachel Talalay, Miguel Sapochnik, Remi Weekes and Waris Hussein

### Producers:

Cal A. King and Natalie Robyn

**Series 20** of Doctor Who introduced Richard Madden as the Eighteenth Doctor, Holly Earl as Ruby Barrella and Tom Holland as Damien Barrella.

The series itself opened with *Monsters and Legends* and concluded with *Extinction Event*. It was then followed by a Halloween Special, *The Witching Hour*, the Twentieth Anniversary Special, *Gods of Time* and a Christmas Special, *Season of the Cybermen*.

## Summary

Stranded on Earth with a damaged TARDIS and new body, the Doctor finds himself working for UNIT once again just like days of old; defending the world from the threat of invasion, hideous bloodthirsty monsters and mysterious objects falling to earth. With new companions Ruby and Damien Barrella, there's nothing to stop the Doctor this time!

However, all this is easier said than done when there's rumours of a traitor lurking within the midst...

## Overview

The series consisted of fifteen stories and sixteen episodes. It was Richard Madden's first full series as the Eighteenth Doctor and introduced new companions Holly Earl as Ruby Barrella and Tom Holland as Damien Barrella in the premiere, *Monsters and Legends* - although Damien would not become a regular companion until the sixth episode, *Hope for the Hopeless*.

Cal A. King took over as showrunner whilst Natalie Robyn returned as producer - an arrangement that would remain until Series 25.

With this series, airing dates would continue to be on Sundays. Everything from *Monsters and Legends* to *Season of the Cybermen* was part of the Series 20 production block.

The series was also accompanied by six New Series Adventures novels set during the events of Series 20, as well as three short stories which each entailed the adventures of multiple main characters from the series ahead.

The main story arc for the series covered the Doctor being forced to remain on Earth due to a faulty TARDIS, thereby having to work with UNIT in the meantime, combatting alien threats to Earth - as well as a secret traitor within the organisation.

## Cast

* The Doctor / 001 - Richard Madden
* Ruby Barrella - Holly Earl
* Damien Barrella - Tom Holland

### Recurring

* Simon Lance - Alexander Ludwig
* Johnathon Danielsen - Alex Pettyfer
* Alicia Sallow - Naomi Scott
* Kate Stewart - Jemma Redgrave

### Guest

* Sergeant Morris - TBC
* Lisa - TBC
* Sara - TBC
* Milly Turzon - Brianna Hildebrand
* James - Elliot Fletcher
* Stovrill - Patrick Stewart
* John Benton - John Levene
* Petronella Osgood - Ingrid Oliver
* Colin Anderson - TBC
* Fourteenth Doctor - Georgina Campbell
* Fifteenth Doctor - Eva Green
* Sixteenth Doctor - Celia Imrie
* Seventeenth Doctor - Dev Patel
* Elias Danielsen - Lucas Till
* Fleur - Florence Pugh
* Tari Ackerman - Taj Atwal
* Kronos - Mads Mikkelsen
* The Cybermen - Nicholas Briggs (voice)

## Aliens and Enemies

* Rutan Host
* The Ressurinos Virus
* Caledonians
* The Tzurin Collective
* The Ravagers
* "Bigfoot"
* The Malicron
* A Creature
* 001
* Simon Lance
* Baba Yaga
* Kronos
* The Cybermen

## Production Blocks

Production blocks were arranged as follows:

## Adaptations and Merchandising

### Home Media

#### DVD

All episodes of Series 20 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 - Drawing Monsters with Holly Earl.

#### 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.

## Behind the Scenes

* There was a running joke in the DVD and Blu-Ray extras by showrunner Cal A. King that due to the extended Series 19 that preceded Series 20 - they had to make the series almost entirely Earthbound as the show had no more budget.
	+ The actual reason for the extended Series 19 being the result of King wanting the show to take a year off so that the production crew had enough time to prepare Series 20, as a result, King asked their predecessor, Natalie Robyn if she could extend her final series to bridge the gap.

 **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*