Series 23

### Written by:

Cal A. King, Alex Stockbridge, Max Amato, Alfie Innes, Natalie Robyn, May Willow, Tom Grayling, Addison Fisher, Sofia Fox and Matt Gillespie

### Producers:

Cal A. King and Natalie Robyn

**Series 23** of Doctor Who introduced Katie McGrath as the Nineteenth Doctor and starred Hannah John-Kamen as Orla Adair, Amandla Stenberg as Alexis Frye and Maya Hawke as Tamara Kendall.

The series opened with *Calling of the Void* and concluded with *Manifest Destiny*. It was followed by a Halloween Special, *La Bête du Gévaudan* and a Christmas Special, *The Twelve Days of Christmas*.

## Summary

In a new adventure across a journey across Time, the Doctor confronts the repercussions of her actions against the Daleks, but as her and her TARDIS team race to repair the timeline, another force marches against them impeding their progress - a cult known only as the Hexed who worship Time itself and seem intent on freeing the being from its bonds using a device known as the Genesis of Hex.

The origins of the device and the Hexed themselves hide within the Doctor’s past which she has long forgotten and with her options dwindling, can she handle the threat on the horizon, whilst still scrambling to discover who this new incarnation of hers is or will she taste the bitter sting of defeat? And if forced to remember all she has forgotten, can the Doctor handle the truth of who she once was?

## Overview

The series consisted of thirteen stories and fifteen episodes. It was the first full series for Katie McGrath as the Nineteenth Doctor, Amandla Stenberg as Alexis Frye and Maya Hawke as Tamara Kendall, as well as the second for Hannah John-Kamen as Orla Adair.

Everything from *Calling of the Void* to *The Twelve Days of Christmas* was part of the Series 23 production block.

The main story arc for the series covered time fracturing - both as a consequence of the Doctor's actions in *The Operation of Time: Part Two* as well as deliberate disruption from the Hexed - as they attempted to find and use the Genesis of Hex in order to free Time.

## Cast

* The Doctor / Time - Katie McGrath
* Orla Adair - Hannah John-Kamen
* Alexis Frye - Amandla Stenberg
* Tamara Kendall - Maya Hawke

### Recurring

* Kate Stewart - Jemma Redgrave
* Johnathon Danielsen - Alex Pettyfer
* Alicia Sallow - Naomi Scott
* Pythia - Saoirse Ronan

### Guest

* Mary Anning - TBA
* Heather Crombie - TBA
* Jodie Augistinova - TBA
* Robert Knox - TBA
* William Burke - TBA
* William Hare - TBA

## Aliens and Enemies

* Mimic
* Nanobots
* The Hexed
* The Hallodrex Silurians
* Time Puddle
* Entity
* Mirrored Reflections
* William Burke
* William Hare
* Number 9
* The Beast of Gévaudan

## Adaptations and Merchandising

### Home Media

#### DVD

All episodes of Series 23 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 - LGBT Representation in Doctor Who with Maya Hawke and Amandla Stenberg.

#### Blu-Ray

The series were 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.

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