Planet TARDIS (TV story)

*You may be looking for the planet of the same name.*

*"I've heard about TARDISes being grown from coral of course, but never a planet being grown from TARDISes!"*
―Jayanna IX

***Planet TARDIS*** was the eighth episode of Series 19 of *Doctor Who*.

## Synopsis

*Ready... Set... Go!*

The words echo in the Doctor and Jayanna's minds as they awaken, gasping for breath. When rising from the shoddy wooden altar they find themselves upon; their own smiling faces, welcoming them with wide arms in the form of great coral statues - was about the last thing they were expecting to see. Even more surprising were the thousands of humanoid life forms kneeling before them; the lamps that grew from their heads shining upon the outsiders, with foreheads that read POLICE PUBLIC CALL BOX and mouths that revealed impossibly massive dimensions within.

What are they? Why have they built monuments in the honour of the two travellers and their TARDISes? Why are parts of their TARDISes seemingly embedded into the very earth itself? And most importantly, how did they get there? Their journey will take them back through their own timestreams, where scattered memories will take shape, and where horrific mutations flicker in and out of being, desperate to gain a foothold in this reality.

The gods have returned - and a reckoning awaits Planet TARDIS...

## Cast

* The Doctor - Dev Patel
* Jayanna - Jodie Comer

## Crew

* Writer - Logan Crimson
* Director - Carl Tibbetts

## Continuity

* Jayanna challenges the Doctor to a TARDIS race - believing her own TARDIS and driving skills to be superior to his. (TV: *The Skithra Entitlement*)
* The first echo of Jayanna shows the regeneration from his eighth incarnation to her ninth incarnation, bridging the gap between their previous encounters with the Doctor. (TV: *Lies of Heaven*, *The Skithra Entitlement*)
* Another echo spawns various creatures, such as a Pting happily munching away on broken TARDIS parts. (TV: *The Tsuranga Conundrum*)
* After the Doctor and Jayanna separate their TARDISes, something would be left behind in both ships - although neither of them would realise for centuries. (TV: *Final Destination*)

## Story Notes

* The year the story takes place in is 23,011,063. This is a reference to the date 23/11/63 (or 23 November 1963), the air date of the first ever episode of *Doctor Who*, *An Unearthly Child*.
* Development of this episode was not quite so straightforward, with Crimson going through many ideas and concepts, such as an evil TARDIS, a planet of Doctors, the return of Zellin, and a world where the Doctor and Jayanna were either ordinary sci-fi actors or writers, before finally settling on the idea that would become *Planet TARDIS*.
	+ One idea which got further into development than the others was a found footage episode which followed someone through their day-to-day life. However, as it unfolded, there would be lots of inconsistencies as the world changed around them, i.e. their spouse died one day, but the next day they were celebrating their anniversary. It would eventually be revealed that they were stuck in a dream state that was somehow bleeding into reality. This was ultimately scrapped due to similarities to other Series 19 episodes: *Whatever Happened to the Crew of the SS Dahlia?* which was another found footage episode, and *Cryptomnesia* which was told primarily from the point of view of a character other than the Doctor or Jayanna.

 **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*