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The Bomb (TV story)

***The Bomb*** was the fourth episode of Series 20 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

Life is strange.

Anybody could tell you that, but perhaps, not quite as strange as when you wake up in a small container, tied up with your best friend who just so happens to be an alien and as if matters couldn't get any worse, there's a deadly ticking time bomb threatening to wipe you and all of Liverpool off of the map, which you now have to defuse together.

Well, that's the position that Ruby Barrella finds herself in. Spending time with friends is fun, but spending it trapped inside an enclosed space with them means putting up with each other on a whole new level, but will their friendship survive the Bomb? And come to think of it, will they?

## Cast

* The Doctor - Richard Madden
* Ruby Barrella - Holly Earl

## Crew

* Writer - Dale Gregory
* Director - Sallie Aprahamian

## Continuity

* The Doctor is attempting to fix the TARDIS food machine. (TV: *The Daleks*)
* He also believes that he has located the source of the problem that was causing the TARDIS to malfunction. (TV: *Final Destination*)
* Ruby tells the Doctor about the death of her parents when she was young and how she has had to raise Damien by herself, neglecting her ability to mourn. (TV: *Monsters and Legends*)

## Story Notes

* This episode is what is commonly referred to as a bottle episode, where the cast is kept to a minimum as well as the sets in order to conserve budget - this allows the episode to develop the Doctor and Ruby's new found relationship, with both learning new things about one another over the run time.
* Gregory has stated that *Family Guy* episode *Brian & Stewie* and *Mr. Robot* episode *407 Proxy Authentication Required* inspired this episode.

 **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*
Royal Planetary Service Observatory

The **Royal Planetary Service Observatory** was a regal observation space station situated in orbit above Venus during the 23rd Century.

## History

The Observatory was used for an event hosted by Sir Edward Loughton where he offered astronomers and various other guests the chance to observe a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity; the fabled Devil's Starlight, one of the most stunning spatial anomalies of their time. In reality, the Devil's Starlight was the Mandragora Helix.

The Observatory was in such a position, that it allowed for a direct beam of Edward's own eternal life force to tear open and free the Helix, allowing it to possess the entire crew of a small ship that had been set to further analyse the anomaly. Once the ship arrived back at the Observatory, Edward finally revealed his true intentions to the Fourteenth Doctor, alongside her companions Elias and Fleur, who had arrived at the Observatory and started investigating odd occurrences that they had noticed. (TV: *The Devil's Starlight*)

In an attempt to prevent the attack of this force, astronomers aboard the Observatory attempted to prevent the escape by flying closer towards the anomaly and hoping to seal it up using the technology they had on hand. They were subsequently swallowed by the Helix and presumed dead.

Meanwhile, as the possessed crew members began attacking the guests in an attempt to increase the Helix's power, Edward got closer and closer to his end goal, hoping to soon betray the Helix and claim its power for himself. However, the Doctor eventually realised that Edward and the Helix were bonded - getting Fleur to knock him out, losing the Helix's grip on reality. As the Helix was reduced to ashes by the Doctor's TARDIS, Edward made his escape, hiding away again in the shadows.

The ownership of the Observatory was left shocked and appalled by Edward’s actions - and promised to better vet the people who wanted to host an event there in the future. (TV: *The Infernal Helix*)
The Cell (TV story)

***The Cell*** was the fifth episode of Series 7 of *Doctor Who*. It was the second part of a two-part story, preceded by *The Diplomat*.

## Synopsis

New Oceania, 3076. Pax has arrived approximately a day or two earlier to one of the many planets affected by the elusive and deadly terrorist cell sweeping the Galactic Federation’s map. It’s a rush against time for him to discover why these planets are being targeted in the first place, and with hours left on the clock, he fears that time itself may very well not be in his favour for much longer.

As he continues to sweep all of the many worlds, from the unionised planets of the Raxas Alliance to the swampy marshlands of Terileptus, the young Time Lord has begun to sense a disturbing pattern. These member worlds of the Federation pride themselves on diplomacy, so why are they being so inconclusive and silent?

Meanwhile however, the Doctor is still back on Alpha Centauri. She’s demanded an audience with the Galactic President herself, Callisto Himalia, in order to get a firm understanding of the undiluted chaos which is unravelling around everybody, but the answers she’s about to get were far from what she truly anticipated.

As it once stood, dismantled and overruled by the power of the Galactic Federation, the Earth Empire’s former society wasn’t entirely lost as people once believed, and now they’re preparing to win back their seat by any means necessary. And of course, who better to lead their cause than the former totalitarian Vice President of the Earth Empire herself, leading directly from the front lines of political conflict? Who even *gave* her the position of power in the first place?

What if there’s something *else* lurking behind the scenes as well?

## Cast

* The Doctor - Eva Green
* Pax - Asa Butterfield
* The Meddler - James McAvoy

## Crew

* Writer - Max Amato
* Director - Greg Nicotero
Stovrill

**Stovrill** was a member of an unknown humanoid species who accidentally crashed on Earth.

## Biography

Travelling alongside the possessions and remains of a deceased family member, Stovrill's ship was damaged midflight and broke up into many pieces whilst passing by Earth. The falling debris appeared like meteors to the people on the planet below, who watched in awe at the display, then moved on. Most of these pieces fell into the ocean, however, one particular sizable chunk landed within the English countryside; the container holding the possessions and remains.

Stovrill quickly landed on Earth and took on the name Emmett Farrow as a disguise to find this container, but found he was too late as an UNIT squad let by the Eighteenth Doctor and Damien Barrella had arrived at the crash site and collected the artefact. Despite his attempts to remain hidden, Stovrill was seen by Damien. However, this proved to work in Stovrill's favour as Damien soon became determined to return the container to its rightful owner before it was sealed away in the Black Archive - as he could not remember his parents’ face, if it was something of his parents, then he would've wanted them to do the same for him.

Unsure on what to do, Stovrill returned to his ship and attempted repairs as best as he could, before Damien and the Doctor uncovered his location by retracing his steps; returning the container that was so dear to him. (TV: *Fool's Gold*)
Tari Ackerman

**Tari Ackerman** was a human probationary officer who worked for the Galactic Census and a companion of the Sixteenth Doctor. She also later became an associate of the Seventeenth Doctor.

## Personality

Tari maintained a similar mindset to the Doctor - highly adventurous, yet also abided strictly by her own line of work. She adored looking at every little thing that the vast expanses that the universe had to offer.

The Seventeenth Doctor described her to Jayanna IX as being faithful, aspiring and always courageous.

## Appearance

Tari resembled a woman of average height in her thirties, with dark skin, brown eyes and medium length brown hair (TV: *Happy Families*) which she begun to slightly grow out over the course of her travels with the Doctor. (TV: *Vestige of the Master*)
Richard Curson Smith

**Richard Curson Smith** is a BAFTA nominated Director who worked on 2 episodes of Series 17 of *Doctor Who*.

Curson Smith has credits on multiple shows such as 1 episode of *Urban Myths*, *Paranormal Witness* and for 2 different episodes of ITV Fantasy-Action Drama, *Primeval*.

## Credits

### Seventeenth Doctor

#### Series 17

* *Crash Landing*
* *Silence on the Mount*
Rachel Talalay

**Rachel Talalay** is a BAFTA nominated American director (born 16 August 1958) who has directed multiple episodes of Doctor Who including the first story of Series 1, *Revolution's Vice*.

Outside of the DWU, she is known for films such as *Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare* in 1991, *Ghost in the Machine* in 1993, *Tank Girl* in 1995 and *The Wind in the Willows* in 2006.

## Credits

### Fourteenth Doctor

#### Series 1

* *Revolution's Vice*
* *True Colours*

#### Series 2

* *Pestilence*
* *Ameliorate*

#### Series 3

* *To Serve in Heaven*
* *To Reign in Hell*

### Eighteenth Doctor

#### Series 20

* *Deception*
* *Changing of the Guard*
* *001*
* *Extinction Event*

#### The Specials

* *The Operation of Time: Part One*
* *The Operation of Time: Part Two*

### Twenty-Second Doctor

#### Series 33

* *The Art and Chaos of Fear, Hysteria and Anarchy*
* *The 2:00 AM Train to Chesterfield*
* *The Rise of an Agency*

### Twenty-Fourth Doctor

#### Series 41

* *Abandoned Friends*
* *The Michigan Conversion*
Szoskar

**Szoskar** was a first-generation colonist of Osekron, a distant Martian colony.

## Biography

By 6570, in attempt to defend his colony and a dying Aklur from the Osekri, he was killed. However, his sacrifice was not in vain and Aklur was able to overcome her illness by having her mind being transferred into a new body - a Tosan/Ice Warrior hybrid - which saved her life. (TV: *Frozen Whimpers*)
Tanzaa

**Tanzaa** was an Ice Warrior rebel, who plotted to prevent his species' defeat at Brittanicus Base.

## Biography

After the Ice Warriors' defeat at Brittanicus Base, two Warriors located on Mars - Tanzaa and Eetol - after hearing of what had happened, plotted to take their revenge on the humans who killed their brethren, justifying their actions with the ancient Martian code; "Harm one of us and you harm us all." Getting their hands on time travel technology, the two landed in Moscow, 1941. Their intentions were to reach Brittanicus Base, however, due to both Moscow and Brittanicus Base being snow covered, the two did not realise they had landed in the wrong place.

Originally wanting to change time by ensuring that the Ice Warriors succeeded in conquering the Earth at Brittanicus Base, they adapted their plans by teaming with a Russian soldier named Viktor - although they always planned to betray him in the end, due to him also being human - promising him riches and power. From hereon in, the two attempted to enact their revenge on Earth by laying it to waste, using Russia as a central hub to do so. This would ensure that the Ice Warriors who were awoken in 5000, 3059 years later, could be woken a lot sooner and their lives saved.

The three came across and attacked an outpost filled with soldiers taking a break from travelling, wanting to clear out anyone in the city who could stop them and started a skirmish fighting the people within, but the trio were eventually defeated by the Sixteenth Doctor, Violet and Leo, who forced them to return back to Mars in disgrace. (TV: *Crossfire*, *The Weapons of War*)
Robbers (The Unorganised Reserve)

A group of **Robbers**  were hired by the CEO of the Tri-State Charity Organisation to steal all the charity's money from within its vault.

## History

Growing more and more aware of the money accumulating within the Tri-State's main vault being collected and gathered by various and numerous donations to the charity, the CEO of the Tri-State devised a plan to get his hands on all that money. He would secretly band together a group of professional robbers, to whom he would give the equipment and knowledge required to break into the vault, obtain all the money and escape without capture. Letting the robbers have a 40% share - as 60% was still a sizable amount of cash - the next stage would be to resign to response to the robbery; pretending to have been so morified that it happened under his watch that he felt he could no longer carry on as CEO.

The robbers carried out their operation after plenty of rehearsal - although neither them nor the CEO were aware of an open day conducted by a number of charity managers. Nevertheless, they performed their tasks perfectly and travelled to the agreed rendezvous point where they expected to meet the CEO, give him his share and leave the planet. They did indeed meet the CEO at the rendezvous, but he was being arrested by authorities - and despite their attempts to flee, so were the robbers.

Unbeknownst to them, the Twentieth Doctor and Penelope had secretly infiltrated their group as they had been present during the open day and decided to use the TARDIS to uncover the mystery of who had robbed the Tri-State. They travelled back in time to find the genesis of this particular group - as none of the robbers or CEO had seen their faces before; although the time travellers knew the CEO's face due to holographic billboards within the organisation - and joined in. At some point during the robbery, they contacted a manager who they were working with, giving her details about the robbers' plan and the planned rendezvous. Then, once the robbers had the money, the Doctor and Penelope covertly swapped the case with a spare hidden by the manager for them and snuck away - meaning that even if the robbers had escaped the authorities, it would've all been for naught. (TV: *The Unorganised Reserve*)
Squared (graphic novel)

*You may be looking for the titular comic story.*

***Squared*** was the first volume of the Titan Comics series of *Doctor Who: The Eighteenth Doctor* comic collections. It collected the first six issues of the series.

## Publisher's summary

The Doctor was at his lowest ebb when he crashed onto Earth – he'd lost his friend, his home and his freedom. But it didn't take much of UNIT's help to get him back on board saving the world, rediscovering what he's good at, one adventure at a time!

From exploring a town shaped like a perfect square to facing a robotic horror in the middle of the city – every day with UNIT brings a new, impossible, life-threatening experience!

But there's a storm gathering, just out of view...

Collects *Doctor Who: The Eighteenth Doctor* #1-6

## Featured stories

* *Squared*
* *Broken Down*

## Additional features

* Cover Gallery - The covers of the collected comic book issues
* Designing the Team - Concept art of the Doctor, Kate and Osgood

## Credits

* Writer: Cal A. King
* Artist: Rachael Stott
* Editor: Andrew James
Terileptil

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This page is under construction. Either a source for Terileptil is yet to be released or the writeup simply isn't finished yet. Just bear in mind that not all information will be present here.

## Terileptil

### Appearance:

*She Who Rules The Desert*

*"It's always the bloody evil ones I end up with, isn't it? Why couldn't I get the peaceful ones who'd give Michaelangelo a run for his money?"*
―The Twenty-First Doctor

**Terileptils** were a space-faring reptilian species, known for a love of art and beauty, matched only by their love of war.

## History

In 31BCE, when Cleopatra and Antony fled Greece in the midst of the Battle of Actium, the two were visited by a group of 4 Terileptils who, later according to the Twenty-First Doctor, were being pursued across the galaxy by the Shadow Proclamation after violating countless laws.

They encountered Cleo and her lover Antony after one of their group had become bitten and severely wounded by an Egyptian Cobra, demanding medical aid. Unable to provide any, the Terileptil succumbed to its injury and perished. Due to this, Cleo opted to stay, much to Antony's hesitation, and offered them riches "beyond their comprehension".
Series 7

### Written by:

Natalie Robyn, Max Amato, Lewis Bentley, Lewie Burnham, Sofia Fox and Logan Crimson

### Directed by:

Peter Hoar, Emerald Fennell, Greg Nicotero, Guillem Morales, Joe Ahearne, Deborah Chow and Annetta Laufer

### Producers:

Natalie Robyn and Logan Crimson

**Series 7** of Doctor Who introduced Eva Green as the Fifteenth Doctor and starred Asa Butterfield as Pax I. Daisy Ridley was also introduced as Pax II towards the end of the series.

The series opened with *What Comes After* and concluded with *Guardian*. It was followed by a Christmas Special, *Those Left Behind*.

## Overview

The series consisted of twelve stories and fourteen episodes. It was Eva Green’s first full series as the Fifteenth Doctor as well as the second for Asa Butterfield as Pax I. It also introduced Daisy Ridley as Pax II in the finale, *Guardian*.

Natalie Robyn took over as showrunner whilst Logan Crimson took over as producer - an arrangement that only remained for this series, before May Willow took over.

With this series, airing dates would continue to be on Saturdays. Everything from *What Comes After* to *Those Left Behind* was part of the Series 7 production block.

The main story arc for the series covered the mysterious Dairut Qarmus who followed the Doctor and Pax throughout space and time, whilst proclaiming Pax to be his saviour - and what that meant for Pax’s future.

## Cast

* The Doctor - Eva Green
* Pax I - Asa Butterfield
* Pax II - Daisy Ridley

### Guest

* Sultan Suleiman - TBC
* John Zápolya - TBC
* Niklas Graf Salm - TBC
* Virgil - TBC
* Callisto Himalia - Jennifer Coolidge
* The Meddler - James McAvoy
* Sloan- Zachary Gordon
* Ringmaster Barnaby - Clancy Brown
* Lucy Manning - TBC
* Alexandria Manning - TBC
* Nessa Manning - TBC
* The Sycorax Leader - Sean Gilder
* Edward Wenlock - Tom Hardy
* Vanda - TBC

## Aliens and Enemies

* The Ottoman Empire
* Proastia
* The Sixth Meddler
* Sloan
* Ringmaster Barnaby
* Edward Wenlock
* The Sycorax
* The Vashta Nerada
* Dairut Qarmus

## Production Blocks

Production blocks were arranged as follows:

## Adaptations and Merchandising

### Home Media

#### DVD

 File:S7 DVD Cover.jpg
All episodes of Series 7 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 - Animals in Doctor Who with Asa Butterfield.

#### Blu-Ray

 File:S7 Blu-Ray Cover.jpg
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.

 Christmas Special | *TBA*
Starman (song)

*"I'm starting to regret spending this much on my ticket."*
―Anonymous guest

**Starman** was a song by English musician David Bowie, released in 1972.

During the opening ceremony for the Moonmen exhibition, Merlin Cayne rounded off his short time on the stage by playing the song over the moonbase's PA system, muting the song every time the word "star" occurred and instead yelling "moon" into his microphone. He stopped the song prematurely after the first chorus when he noted a disappointingly awkward reaction from the audience. Alyx Morgan later expressed his annoyance at Cayne for playing the song when he was specifically told not to during rehearsals.

When played on the moonbase, the song was 123 years old. (TV: *Doctor Who and the Moonmen*)
Straron Goretti

**Straron Goretti** was a member of the Temporal Intelligence Agency of the Alae Republic, a group that dealt with temporal disturbances and extraterrestrial incursions in and around the Republic.

## Biography

Straron was assigned to the team allocated to help the Seventeenth Doctor and his companions by Kylita Strali to track down Marno Catiry, who had caused a mass breakout within the agency. A brute-forcer, Straron was instrumental in getting the Doctor and co to where they needed to go, however, his violent methods were somewhat frowned upon.

Once Marno had been located in the transformer room, he attemped to flee, but was wrestled down to the ground by Straron and dragged into a cell, where he was to be held until trial. (TV: *Containment Breach*)
Ranba

**Ranba** was a member of the Drahvin Elite, and the leader of a group of Drahvins who sought to take over the planet Earth.

## Biography

Wanting to take a stronger position for her species, Ranba took an army to Earth; a planet that they were led to by Revir Ctharcourt and Mera Rakhal - as the two Tosans intended for the Drahvins to be a distraction for the Seventeenth Doctor away from their main plot. Once on Earth, the army planned to brainwash all of humanity into worshipping the Drahvins; making the humans view them as goddesses of their moon. In turn, this would effectively enslave the species as they would be left extremely suggestible and leave Earth open for the Drahvins to colonise.

With their limited technology, Ranba's plan was to establish a series of satellites around the planet, which would broadcast the brainwashing signal. This didn't go unnoticed by the Doctor, however, who was travelling with his companions Taylor Bennett and Luna Feng - and the trio eventually managed to destroy all the satellites, knowing the Drahvins had no back-ups and would be forced to return home in disgrace, where they would be dealt with by the Elite, who did not tolerate failure.

Before they let her leave, the TARDIS team interrogated Ranba, who told them the reason behind the distraction; Revir and Mera were planning something on the planet Renovix XI with a species that the Drahvins hadn't heard of. All she knew was their name - Cybermen. (TV: *The Drahvin Insurgence*)
Stris

**Stris** was a Zygon who arrived on 18th century Earth in order to root out their ex-leader Staac. Both he and Orrl were responsible for safely returning Staac back to Zygor so he could face the consequences of his betrayal.

Stris later thanked the Sixteenth Doctor for her co-operation, to which she remained indifferent towards. (TV: *A Devil in Disguise*)
Temple of Fear (TV story)

***Temple of Fear*** was the fourth episode of Series 1 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

Whilst her companions sleep, the Doctor is mysteriously transported out of the TARDIS into a forest hidden away on an alien planet. Unable to find her way out, she instead decides to make her way to the temple located at the forest's core; only to find that five other people waiting there who have been transported as well.

The temple holds deep and dark secrets, secrets that they're now going to be forced to uncover as the door locks tight after they all step inside. The bones of previous victims on the floor, winding corridors, impossibly steep stairs and the Doctor's growing sense of a vague recognition are just some of the obstacles in their way as they begin to question - who was the one that brought them there in the first place? What's causing them to see hallucinations of people they've loved and lost? And why does that only seem to happen right before they die...?

The Doctor isn't so sure that she's going to like finding out the answer...

## Cast

* The Doctor - Georgina Campbell
* The Juvenile - James Purefoy
* Bril - Sienna Guillory
* Connor McMillan - Dan Stevens
* Frye Fly Fillif - Alan Davies
* Dpondore - Emma Thompson
* Almandoe - Ty Simpkins
* Elias Danielsen - Lucas Till
* Fleur - Florence Pugh

## Crew

* Writer - Jamie Wells
* Director - Hettie MacDonald

## Story Notes

* This episode is the first on-screen appearance of a Time Lord in the fan series besides the Doctor themselves.
* This episode is also the first companion-lite, with Elias and Fleur being relegated to the pre-credits stinger and the ending exclusively.

 **The Specials** | Regular Episodes | *TBA* • *TBA* • *TBA* • *TBA* • *TBA*
Sounds of Destruction (TV story)

***Sounds of Destruction*** was the eleventh and penultimate episode of Series 42 of *Doctor Who*. It was the second part of a three-part finale, preceded by *The Android Replacements* and followed by *Androids of Conquest*.

## Synopsis

The Master has been creating androids to replace the human race - and the Doctor, Anna, Tosh and Tania must save the world before the Master claims it as her own. The android Owen Harper acts as the leader of the androids under authority of the Master and together, they bring humans in to be replaced by their android betters, throwing the humans in cells to be locked away, never to be seen again.

And not only is it at this moment in time, but also across history; people are being replaced with androids under the order of various leaders, who have also been replaced. Soon enough, the four are targeted as well and they have to run. Run as fast as they can.

Or else they'll be replaced as well.

## Cast

* The Doctor - Thandiwe Newton
* Anna Delgado - Lux Pascal
* Toshiko Sato - Naoko Mori
* Tania Bell - Rebecca Root
* Owen Harper - Burn Gorman
* The Master - Jane Asher

## Crew

* Writer - Sofia Fox
* Director - Sydney Freeland

## Story Notes

 **Series 44** | Regular Episodes | *The Summoning* • *TBA* • *The Devil's Shroud* • *Charlotte and the Time Command* • *My Kingdom for a Horse* • *TBA* • *TBA* • *The Rising Tied* • *TBA* • *TBA* • *Operation: Destroy History* / *Countdown to Chaos*

 **Agency Master** | Television | *The Fall of an Agent* / *The Rise of an Agency*
Separated (audio story)

***Separated*** was the first story of The Sixteenth Doctor Lost Stories: Volume 1.

Originally intended for Series 15, this story was, instead, replaced by *Happy Families* featuring the Mentors.

## Synopsis

The Doctor and Tari, after losing the TARDIS in a severe temporal disturbance, land on the world of Sengti; a barren world with a singular domed community, adapting to the harsh conditions in the safety of their own environment. However, despite this, it is believed to be one of the most successful societies out amongst the stars during the 53rd century.

A perfect economy, adequate population control and a functional governing system. It’s everything that humanity could’ve wished for, and more. At least, that would’ve been the case if the governing system hadn’t introduced a new ‘revolutionary scheme’.

And with the longer the two time travellers stay, the more they feel as though something is wrong about this entire place. Almost as though there’s a growing urge for them to run and leave. Get as far away as possible. Then when the soldiers arrive, people are beginning to suspect that it has something to do with the new scheme in place, but surely it can’t. They were promised the beginning of a new age... but a new age for what?

## Cast

* The Doctor - Celia Imrie
* Tari Ackerman - Taj Atwal
Separation Anxiety (TV story)

***Separation Anxiety*** was the eleventh episode of Series 10 of *Doctor Who*. It was the second part of a two-part story, preceded by *The Scarcity of Freedom*.

## Synopsis

Cardiff. The 1950s.

After Emi was thrown through the rift for interfering at the auction, she ends up here, cold and alone. That is... until Torchwood finds her.

Bosnia and Herzegovina. The 2020s.

The Corapedia have taken both the Doctor and the TARDIS, but only being able to use the fast return switch, they make their way here, in the hopes of kidnapping all the humans they can find. Knowing the Corapedia can only use the fast return switch, there's only one way Emi can get to Bosnia and stop them from enslaving the entire population of Earth, but the rift has sealed itself and Emi remains trapped...

## Cast

* The Doctor - Eva Green
* Emi - Naomi Ackie

## Story Notes

* Separation Anxiety is a genuine term used in Psychology; referring to the fear of being lost from friends or family or of something bad occurring to a family member if they are not with the person.

 Christmas Special | *TBA*
Series 38

**Series 38** is an upcoming season of Doctor Who that will star Charlie Cox as the Twenty-Third Doctor, Oscar Isaac as Hugo, Charlotte Ritchie as Isalda and Mathew Baynton as Galian.

The series will open with an as of yet unnamed opener and conclude with an as of yet unnamed finale. It will then be followed by a Christmas Special.

## Overview

The series will consist of thirteen stories and fourteen episodes. It will be the second series for Charlie Cox as the Twenty-Third Doctor, as well as for companions Oscar Isaac as Hugo, Charlotte Ritchie as Isalda and Mathew Baynton as Galian.

Everything from the opener to the finale will be part of the Series 38 production block.

## Cast

* The Doctor - Charlie Cox
* Hugo - Oscar Isaac
* Isalda - Charlotte Ritchie
* Galian - Mathew Baynton

## Adaptations and Merchandising

### Home Media

#### DVD

All episodes of Series 38 will be 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.

#### Blu-Ray

The series will also be 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.
Rebel Art Season (TV story)

***Rebel Art Season*** was the Christmas Special of Series 29 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

It's Christmas - and what better thing to do than visit an Art Festival entirely dedicated to the holiday? Landing in the year 2089, the Doctor and Kane sneak into the event, pretending to be art critics and come face to face with paintings, music, literature and the like, all on display for everyone to enjoy, even if a certain class has begun to dominate... However, it takes an unexpected turn when the art starts to come alive; with paintings walking out of their frames, music gaining their own voice and literature printing what they want to say.

But what did anyone expect when the art finally sees Christmas for themselves and decides that they want to be real and experience it? Well, rich people are just going to do what rich people do - and violently crush anything that threatens their self-absorbed enjoyment. Just don’t be surprised when the art rebels against this cruel treatment - even if innocent people start to get accidentally caught up in it all...

## Cast

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

## Crew

* Writer - Max Amato and Natalie Robyn
* Director - Richard Ayoade

## Story Notes

 Minisode | *Promise Ring*

 **Twenty-Fourth Doctor** | *The Dalek Infiltration of Christmas* • *Ghosts of Christmas Future*
Planet (Year of Silent Horror)

## Planet

A **planet**  located in the M83 galaxy was the site of an supernatural auditory phenomenon.

## History

A meteor crash landed onto the planet one day, with the residents not taking much notice to due the minimum damage it had caused. Very soon, however, they found that all sound produced was rendered negligible - with exerting an attempt to provide noise would cause the "speaker" to begin wasting away the more they did it.

The meteor - as discovered by the Seventeenth Doctor and Xavier, who were originally immune due to lack of exposure - had been sapping away auditory energy after locating its crash site and testing a sample back in the TARDIS. The two managed to rally enough residents in order to drag the meteor into the TARDIS where the Doctor disposed of it, granting back speech and noise to the planet. (TV: *Year of Silent Horror*)
Roamers

The **Roamers** were a primitive race who lived far from Earth.

## Biology

The Roamers resembled large bipedal creatures with black fur, which had a purple glittery effect to them. It was said that this glitter was the main source of their strength and power. The Fifteenth Doctor described them as being "Bigfoot esque". (TV: *The Roamers Shall Be Free*)

## History

The Roamers and a man who later called himself "Ringmaster Barnaby" came from different planets within the same solar system, allowing him to easily kidnap a handful of them to use for his own purposes. He soon put them to work and roamed across the universe as a travelling circus, wanting to become rich and famous as a result.

He arrived in the American state of Nebraska during the early 1860s, which was also the height of the American Civil War. His circus was visited by the Doctor and Pax I, who noticed the alien nature of the Roamers and didn't simply believe them to be exotic creatures from rural Russia as Barnaby told the natives. They realised that Barnaby's inhumane treatment towards them was pushing them closer and closer to breaking point - which would prove disastrous if they ever broke out.

The two worked together to free the Roamers in secret and convince them to enter the TARDIS so the Doctor could take them home. Barnaby eventually noticed what they were trying to achieve and tried to stop them, but was ultimately unsuccessful and chose to escape in his spaceship. (TV: *The Roamers Shall Be Free*)
Strax

Commander **Strax** was a Sontaran commander who was forced to serve as a nurse to restore the honour of his clone batch. He fought and died at the Battle of Demons Run to repay the Doctor, to whom he owed a debt for saving his life. Strax was later resurrected by Vastra and Jenny Flint and lived in Victorian London with them, acting as their butler.

## Biography

Strax accompanied the Sixteenth Doctor and Iriel to the restaurant infested by the Praan, where he'd offered to engage Harrison Stewart in a one-to-one combat after he was called a number of words which were offensive against Sontarans.

He later tackled Stewart to the floor and smashed a plate over his head. (TV: *An Infernal Investigation*)
Series 9

### Written by:

Alex Stockbridge, Cal A. King, Logan Crimson, Max Amato, Natalie Robyn and Alice Cornwall

### Directed by:

Sydney Freeland, Olatunde Osunsanmi, Jamie Stone, Edgar Wright, Tom Kingsley, Graeme Harper and Deborah Chow

### Producers:

Alex Stockbridge and Sofia Fox

**Series 9** Doctor Who starred Eva Green as the Fifteenth Doctor and introduced Alfred Enoch as Jake Scott and Naomi Ackie as Emi.

The series opened with *Crumbling Society* and concluded with *Queen for a Day*. It was then followed by a Christmas Special, *Temporal Tumult*.

## Overview

The series consisted of eleven stories and fourteen episodes. It was the third series for Eva Green as the Fifteenth Doctor, and introduced new companions Alfred Enoch as Jake Scott and Naomi Ackie as Emi in the premiere, *Crumbling Society*.

Alex Stockbridge took over as showrunner whilst Sofia Fox took over as producer - an arrangement that only remained for this series, before Tom Grayling took over.

Everything from *Crumbling Society* to *Temporal Tumult* was part of the Series 9 production block.

## Cast

* The Doctor - Eva Green
* Jake Scott - Alfred Enoch
* Emi - Naomi Ackie

### Guest

* Martin Luther King - Ray Sesay
* The Mirxoth - Daniel Sharman
* Professor Martić - TBC
* The Toymaker - Neil Patrick Harris
* Mr Emerald - Michael B. Jordan
* Mr Emerald's mother - TBC
* Fourteenth Doctor - Georgina Campbell

## Aliens and Enemies

* The Macra
* The Mirxoth
* The Sontarans
* Professor Martić
* The Toymaker
* Mr Emerald
* The Fourth Rani
* The Weeping Angels

## Production Blocks

Production blocks were arranged as follows:

## Adaptions and Merchanding

### Home Media

#### DVD

All episodes of Series 9 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 - The History of Doctor Who with Alfred Enoch.

#### Blu-Ray

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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.

 Christmas Special | *TBA*
SS Dahlia

The **SS Dahlia** was a scientific research spaceship devolved to studying the flora and fauna of the planets, asteroids and other spatial anomalies and features that it travelled by, in order to gain a greater understanding for humans of the universe around them and their place within it.

## History

Travelling through space, the crew of the Dahlia came across a strange lifeform floating through the void, keeping a mysterious artefact close by on its person. Tari Ackerman was sent by the Galactic Census to investigate the creature and was present once it had begun to break free from its chains and begin annihilating the crewmembers. The Seventeenth Doctor and Jayanna IX soon arrived to answer the Dahlia's distress call, but they had already known that the Dahlia must crash - and thus the Doctor led the creature into the engine room, where it accidentally killed itself by smashing into the engines - causing the Dahlia to crash into Verosa Prime. but not before the Doctor, Jayanna and Tari had evacuated all survivors. (TV: *Oh Hell, It's Tari*)

However, the artefact survived, protected by the creature's corpse and after some time of laying dormant, began to emit a strange signal, originally using the voices of the people that the creature had killed during its breakout, but as more and more ships came to investigate - who ultimately also crashed onto the surface due to the planet's toxic upper atmosphere - the artefact started to add and add more voices to its signal. The production crew of the show Paranormal Planets arrived on the planet to investigate - with Time Lord Mosdra sneakily joining the crew to receive the artefact for Gallifrey.

After Mosdra located the artefact, alongside a younger Doctor and Jayanna, the crew abandoned the Dahlia after the apparitions that the artefact had created started to turn violent - leaving the ship behind forever to rot. (TV: *Whatever Happened to the Crew of the SS Dahlia?*)
Sugar to the Slaughter (TV story)

***Sugar to the Slaughter*** was the ninth episode of Series 13 of *Doctor Who*. It was the second part of a two-part story, preceded by *Doctor Who and the Kandy Factory*.

## Synopsis

As the dominion of the Kandyman spreads across the universe, the citizens of society have their last ounces of humanity dripped from them.

Time is running out for the Doctor and Iriel, as a familiar face emerges from the shadows...

## Cast

* The Doctor - Celia Imrie
* Iriel - Julie Graham
* The Kandyman - Paul Sturgess / Nicholas Rowe (voice)
* Saz Polister - Sophia Carr-Gomm

## Crew

* Writer - Alice Cornwall
* Director - Lee Haven Jones

## Story Notes

 **Series 15** | Regular Episodes | *A Century Reborn* • *Happy Families* • *Dust to Dust* • *The Privy Conquest* • *Samurai Robots of Japan* • *Prisoners of the Moon* • *The Obsidian Vortex* / *The Iridescent Cascade* • *Brothers of the Sundown* • *Revenge of the Daleks* • *Vestige of the Master* / *Diminished Hope* / *Blood On Their Hands*
Sleconia

**Sleconia** was the home of the Sleconians, a species caught in a ceaseless war against the species from their twin planet, the Aslans.

## Characteristics

Densely forested across one large continent that made up most of the planet, only broken up by lakes and rivers, the Sleconians lived in cities built within massive trees, with everything being perfectly suited to the Sleconians' elongated and limbness nature. (TV: *How to Set the World on Fire*)

## History

Stuck in a never-ending war against the Aslans, the cause of which was unknown, lost to time, the Sleconians had begun to gain the upper hand and edged towards winning. Paranoid at the thought of losing, the Aslan miltary started a deadly missile campaign to destroy the entire surface of Sleconia, wiping out the innocent population alongside the intended target of the Sleconian miltary.

Despite the continuous interference from the Fifteenth Doctor and Madeline Clarke, the Aslans detonated their missiles and wiped out Sleconia, however, all Sleconians had been secretly evacuated by the Doctor the day before. (TV: *The Guilt War*)

The Sleconians were dropped off on a moon within the same solar system where they had constructed a base, as the Doctor and Madeline departed for Asla to explain the situation and end the war. (TV: *How to Set the World on Fire*)
Slitheen Family

The **Slitheen** were a crime family of calcium-based lifeforms from the planet Raxacoricofallapatorius who were often found by the Doctor to be at the heart of a plot to make money. They were outcast from their home planet by the other Raxacoricofallapatorian families and tried in their absence.

They were found guilty, and any Slitheen that were found were to be sent back for capital punishment.

## History

At some point, the Slitheen Family were in possession of a zoo which they exploited the return of extinct animals in order to make enough money to repair their crashed ship so that they could leave Earth. (PROSE: *Operation: Extinction*)
Sheree Folkson

**Sheree Folkson** is a director who directed various episodes across Series 17 and 30 of *Doctor Who.*

Folkson has worked on other shows such as *Call the Midwife*, *Gracepoint* and *American Horror Story*.

## Credits

### Seventeenth Doctor

#### Series 17

* *All Hail the Sky Demon*
* *The Sky Demon Can Wait*
* *The Polymos Invaders*

### Twenty-First Doctor

#### Series 30

* *An Alternate Reality Game?*
* *The Galaxy's Darkest Mystery*
Recovery (TV story)

**Recovery** was the third episode of *Torchwood: Phoenix Rising*.

## Synopsis

For Carlos, you might think that the most shocking thing he had ever seen was a woman being shot in front of him, but after the day that he has had... it’s only the fifth. But the sixth? Well, that would be watching his new recently-deceased boss walking through the door like nothing had happened.

Even as things seem more dire, at least they couldn’t possibly get any worse, right? That’s what Torchwood thinks too, until Gwen receives a call with a threat and a warning - unless they hand themselves in right there and then, Gwen’s family will be the ones to face the consequences.

With her family in danger and options limited, Gwen agrees to the terms, but not everything is as it seems, because Torchwood is a thorn in the side of Phoenix and one that they plan on firmly removing. But as Gwen and Jack prepare to make a rescue of Liv, Rhys, Anwen and Cai; Carlos has a mission of his own, one that will provide answers to questions about his sister's disappearance. Answers that lead him right back to Phoenix and the mysterious figure who calls himself the Operator...

## Cast

* Gwen Cooper - Eve Myles
* Liv Rowe - Marsha Thomason
* Carlos Eamon - Nicholas Hoult
* Jack Harkness - John Barrowman
* Rhys Williams - Kai Owen
* Anwen Williams - TBC
* Cai Williams - TBC

## Crew

* Writer - Cal A. King
* Director -
Senmorta

**Senmorta** was the palace where the Immortals of Immortys made their residence, high above the city of Vida and undercity of Sinn.

## History

Senmorta was built by the Immortals after they trapped the one true immortal of Immortys in order to extract his blood for their Life elixir and took control of the planet. The palace was lavishly and resplendently built, possessing many corridors and rooms such as the Eternal Parliament - at the back of which had held the immortal where his blood was taken via various implants.

When an Immortal was assassinated by a member of the Immortys Liberation Front, the remaining Immortals conducted an emergency meeting where they agreed to enlist the help of the Twenty-First Doctor and her companion Kane Solace. Upon arrival in Vida, the Doctor and Kane were approached by a Senmorta official and taken to the palace and the Eternal Parliament, where the Immortals explained that they wished for them to investigate the murder and the possible connection to the ILF. The Doctor agreed, but secretly held misgivings about the situation.

These misgivings led to the Doctor and Kane quickly joining the ILF in their uprising instead, where ILF soldiers dramatically and swiftly liberated both Sinn and Vida from the Senmorta Palace Guard. As the ILF approached Senmorta, the Immortals went into hiding within the palace, just as the Doctor and Kane infiltrated Senmorta by using a small vehicle to reach the unliberated territory, lying to the Senmorta officials that they had vital information about the ILF that would aid the Immortals in their fight.

They were taken to Senmorta where, after incapacitating the guards, they snuck around and entered the vault at the back of the Eternal Parliament. There they found the true immortal hooked up just as the Immortals found them and attempted to prevent them from opening the vault. The Doctor freed the immortal as the ILF stormed Senmorta. In desperate need of the Life elixir, but unable to procure it, the immortals all died. With Senmorta liberated, General Kox of the ILF was given the choice of ending elixir production - or continuing, but distributing it to all citizens of Immortys, now renamed Kolektis. (TV: *Too Much Life is a Dangerous Thing*)
The Cataclysm (TV story)

***The Cataclysm*** was the twelfth and penultimate episode of Series 9 of *Doctor Who*. It was the second part of a three-part finale, preceded by *Carbon Dating* and followed by *Queen for a Day*.

## Synopsis

Planet after planet are falling.

The Rani leads a campaign across the universe with Ares in her wake, leaving behind nothing but mayhem as the Doctor and Emi remain locked up in the Rani’s TARDIS, with the Doctor's being left behind in the alleyways of Naples.

Ares has become powerful at an extremely dangerous rapid rate, astounding the Rani. Her experiment continues to be a massive success, but yet... she can’t help but feel worried about what she has unleashed. She fears that the end of the universe is approaching; an outcome that she never wanted, but was also certain she would be able to prevent if it ever came to that. Still; she has too much pride to ask the Doctor for help in any case.

Meanwhile, as the Doctor and Emi work to escape, they’re met with nothing but obstacles and begin to wonder - is there any hope left?

## Cast

* The Doctor - Eva Green
* Jake Scott - Alfred Enoch
* Emi - Naomi Ackie
* The Rani - Emily Blunt

## Crew

* Writer - Alex Stockbridge
* Director - Deborah Chow
Reunion for the Cybermen (audio story)

***Reunion for the Cybermen*** is the upcoming fifth and penultimate story of the sixth series of The Sarah Jane Adventures Continued.

## Synopsis

Back on Nerva Beacon, the Cybermen were defeated by the Doctor, Sarah Jane and Harry and it seemed that that faction of Cybermen would never be seen again... Until years later, where the Cybermen have reunited and seek to avenge their fallen members.

The Cybermen decide to infiltrate Ealing to secure more recruits for their new faction. They have developed new portable converters, reducing conversion time and effort. The team have to protect Ealing before the new faction of Cybermen convert them all.

## Cast

* Sarah Jane Smith - Sadie Miller
* Clyde Langer - Daniel Anthony
* Rani Chandra - Anjli Mohindra
* Maria Jackson - Yasmin Paige

## Story Notes

 **Series 6: Volume 3** | ***Reunion for the Cybermen*** • *Sutekh Reborn*