Series 29

### Written by:

Max Amato, Natalie Robyn, Cal A. King, Dale Gregory, Emily Oswin, Sofia Fox and Tom Grayling

### Directed by:

Jamie Stone, Michelle MacLaren, Tom Kingsley, Matt Shakman, Alice Troughton, Lawrence Gough, Richard Ayoade and Edgar Wright

### Producers:

Max Amato, Natalie Robyn, Logan Crimson and May Willow

**Series 29** of Doctor Who introduced Diane Morgan as the Twenty-First Doctor and Jamie Bell as Kane Solace.

The series itself opened with *Isolated* and concluded with *How to Earn a Degree in Time Meddling*. It was then followed by a Halloween Special, *Night of the Pumpkin Heads*; a Christmas Special, *Rebel Art Season* and a New Year Special, *Remnants of the Cybermen*.

## Summary

Waking up on a wrecked space station, the newly regenerated Doctor is thrust into the midst of a raging space war against... the Cybermen!

But if this is the 41st century, then why is there even a Cyber-War occurring right now? Surely the Cybermen were all considered to be dead at this moment in history?

Whatever the reason, the Doctor and new friend Kane are on the case, but will they like what they uncover?

## Overview

The series consisted of twelve stories and fifteen episodes. It was Diane Morgan's first full series as the Twenty-First Doctor and introduced new companion Jamie Bell as Kane Solace in the premiere, *Isolated*.

Max Amato and Natalie Robyn both returned to the role of showrunner - also being the first time two showrunners operated at the same time - whilst Logan Crimson remained and May Willow took over as producers - an arrangement that would remain until Series 33.

With this series, airing dates would revert back to Sundays. Everything from *Isolated* to *Remnants of the Cybermen* was part of the Series 29 production block.

The main story arc for the series covered the 41st century Cyber-War that should never have happened, caused by the hands of the Seventh Meddler.

## Cast

* The Doctor - Diane Morgan
* Kane Solace - Jamie Bell

### Recurring

* The Cybermen - Nicholas Briggs (voice)
* The Meddler - James McAvoy
* The Meddler - Kathryn Drysdale

### Guest

* Sun Tzu - TBC
* The Toymaker - Kyle MacLachlan
* Gwen Cooper - Eve Myles
* Owen Harper - Burn Gorman
* Toshiko Sato - Naoko Mori
* Dylan Gray - Gerran Howell
* Samuel Adams - TBC
* Beep the Meep - Toby Longworth (voice)
* Kox - TBC
* Julie Peridot - Claire Foy
* Phoebe - Mia McKenna-Bruce
* Zoni Gelub - TBC
* The Judoon - Simon Carew, Richard Highgate, Richard Price & Matthew Rohman / Nicholas Briggs (voice)

## Aliens and Enemies

* The Cybermen
* Skronsonians
* The Toymaker
* Death
* The Cylicra
* The Sixth Meddler
* Beep the Meep
* Senmorta Immortals
* The Seventh Meddler
* The Pumpkin Heads
* Rebel Art

## Production Blocks

Production blocks were arranged as follows:

## Adaptations and Merchandising

### Home Media

#### DVD

All episodes of Series 29 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 - Filming the Action of Who with Jamie Bell.

#### 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.

 Minisode | *Promise Ring*