Series 17

### Written by:

Natalie Robyn, Cal A. King, Sofia Fox, Katie Taylor, Blaine Phoenix, May Willow, Alice Cornwall, Max Amato and Logan Crimson

### Directed by:

Joe Ahearne, Nick Murphy, Cilla Ware, Graeme Harper, Sheree Folkson, Richard Curson Smith, Hettie MacDonald and Bryce Dallas Howard

### Producers:

Natalie Robyn and Logan Crimson

**Series 17** of Doctor Who starred Dev Patel as the Seventeenth Doctor, Omari Douglas as Teddy and Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Amy-Mae and introduced Dylan Sprayberry as Xavier.

The series opened with *From Out The Ashes* and concluded with *The Universe That Came Crashing Down*. It was followed by a Halloween Special, *Year of Silent Horror*.

## Summary

You could forgive the Doctor, Teddy and Amy-Mae for wanting a moment’s break, now that the TARDIS is back where she belongs; but it’s not long before they invite young Xavier onboard in an effort to protect him from a deadly species only known as the "Nikta".

Why are they so desperate to find this seemingly normal man? Is he really worth hiring the likes of the Daleks and Cybermen? And is it finally time for this Doctor to come face to face to his past for once?

## Overview

The series consisted of thirteen stories and fifteen episodes. It was the second series for Dev Patel as the Seventeenth Doctor, as well as for companions Omari Douglas as Teddy and Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Amy-Mae. It also introduced Dylan Sprayberry as Xavier in the second episode, *Chaos Theory*.

Everything from *From Out The Ashes* to *Year of Silent Horror* was part of the Series 17 production block.

The main story arc for the series covered the Nikta's obsession over capturing Xavier and the nefarious purposes they had in store for him.

## Cast

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

### Guest

* The Daleks - Nicholas Briggs (voice)
* The Cybermen - Patrick O'Kane (voice)
* Commander Lar - Jonathan Watson
* Marno Catiry - Lucian Msamati
* Kylita Strali - Cobie Smulders
* Jurzell Tamnol - Ajjaz Awad
* Straron Goretti - Mark Goldthorp
* Seretes - TBC
* Galen Lachlan - TBC
* The Captain - Greg Davies
* Jaeger Steward - Alex Horne
* Phelia Jenker - TBC
* Albel Stinett - TBC
* Pirate 1 - TBC
* Pirate 2 - TBC
* Melri - TBC
* Makov - TBC
* Jennifer - Annabelle Dowler
* The Raja - Ariyon Bakare
* Grand General of the Nikta - Jonathon Carley

## Aliens and Enemies

* The Nikta
* The Daleks
* The Cybermen
* The Sontarans
* Marno Catiry
* Seretes
* The Captain
* A Weeping Angel
* The TARDIS' Defence Mechanisms
* The Silence
* The Nestene Consciousness
* Autons
* The Fifth Raja

## Production Blocks

Production blocks were arranged as follows:

## Adaptations and Merchandising

### Home Media

#### DVD

All episodes of Series 17 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 - What's in a Name? with Dylan Sprayberry.

#### 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. A follow-up Collection set was released as well, containing additional features such as; Behind the Sofa and series production documentaries.

 **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*