Series 16 of Doctor Who introduced Dev Patel as the Seventeenth Doctor, Omari Douglas as Teddy and Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Amy-Mae.
The series opened with On Foreign Shores and concluded with Lies of Heaven. It was followed by a Halloween Special, Agoraphobia.
Contents
- 1 Summary
- 2 Overview
- 3 Cast
- 3.1 Recurring
- 3.2 Guest
- 4 Television series
- 4.1 Regular series
- 4.2 Halloween special
- 5 Aliens and enemies
- 6 Production blocks
- 7 Adaptations and merchandising
- 7.1 Home media
- 7.1.1 DVD
- 7.1.2 Blu-Ray
- 7.1 Home media
Summary[]
Being thrown into the time vortex and isolated from the TARDIS by the Time Lords was not how the Doctor expected to start his new life, but sometimes you must play the hand you have been given. Washing up on a planet about to choke, the Doctor refuses to take this injustice lying down and sets off on a journey to locate his TARDIS; followed by two young people who are desperate to escape their own homes - whether he likes it or not!
All the while, someone is following the three and the mystery as to how the Doctor actually managed to survive is still unsolved...
Overview[]
The series consisted of eleven stories and fifteen episodes. It was Dev Patel's first full series as the Seventeenth Doctor and introduced new companions Omari Douglas as Teddy in the premiere, On Foreign Shores, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Amy-Mae in the following episode, Frozen Whimpers.
Natalie Robyn took over as showrunner whilst Logan Crimson took over as producer - an arrangement that would remain until Series 19.
With this series, airing dates would continue to be on Sundays. Everything from On Foreign Shores to Agoraphobia was part of the Series 16 production block.
For a first for Doctor Who, the TARDIS does not make an appearance for most of the series, instead, it merely shows up in the last ten minutes of Lies of Heaven when the Doctor finds his ever faithful companion waiting for him on Earth.
The main story arc for the series covered the Doctor attempting to find his TARDIS once again, after having been assassinated by the Time Lords at the end of Blood On Their Hands in Series 15 and thrown into the Time Vortex, expecting his body to burn up to ashes. The Doctor made use of a vortex manipulator and was joined in his journey to recover his vehicle by both Teddy and Amy-Mae.
Cast[]
- The Doctor - Dev Patel
- Teddy - Omari Douglas
- Amy-Mae - Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Recurring[]
- Jayanna - Rahul Kohli
- Alzhyr - Richard Ashton
- The Toymaker - Kyle MacLachlan
- Mera Rakhal - Liz White
- Cha-Par-No - Paul Kasey / Nicholas Briggs (voice)
- Judoon - Simon Carew, Richard Highgate, Richard Price & Matthew Rohman / Nicholas Briggs (voice)
- Mosdra - Lenora Crichlow
Guest[]
- Szoskar - Spencer Wilding
- Rebecca - Chloë Grace Moretz
- Keera Chandler - TBA
- Aadam Trujillo - TBA
- Ra'rena Vanda - TBA
- Tamet Vanda - TBA
- Jae Ming - TBA
- Chen Beren - TBA
- Kylia Syko - TBA
- First Wizard - T'Nia Miller
- Second Wizard - Sacha Baron Cohen
- Third Wizard - Tobey Maguire
- Andrew Ron - TBA
- Spartan - Tim Curry
- Ridani Rakhal - Cillian Murphy
Television series[]
Regular series[]
| Episode Number | Story Number | Title | Writer | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 170 | On Foreign Shores | Natalie Robyn | Ben Wheatley | First appearance of the Seventeenth Doctor, Teddy and Tosan. The Doctor is separated from his TARDIS. |
| 2 | 171 | Frozen Whimpers | Hettie MacDonald | First appearance of Amy-Mae and Jayanna VIII. | |
| 3 | 172 | Cut! | Max Amato | Lee Haven Jones | Reappearance of the Toymaker. |
| 4 | The Box of Many Tricks | ||||
| 5 | 173 | The Wizards Three | Katie Taylor | Philippa Langdale | |
| 6 | How to Live Forever | ||||
| 7 | 174 | Delusions of Reality | Natalie Robyn | Hettie MacDonald | First appearance of Mera Rakhal. |
| 8 | 175 | Don't Tell the Aliens | |||
| 9 | 176 | Extinction Planet | Alex Stockbridge | Graeme Harper | Reappearance of the Mlerki. |
| 10 | Reckoning of the Mlerki | ||||
| 11 | 177 | The Gaseous Expansion | Alice Cornwall | Mark Tonderai | |
| 12 | The Spartan Solution | ||||
| 13 | 178 | Memorial Flashbacks | Natalie Robyn | Hettie MacDonald | |
| 14 | 179 | Lies of Heaven | Ben Wheatley | Return of Tosan. The Doctor is reunited with his TARDIS. Final appearance of Jayanna VIII. |
Halloween special[]
| Story Number | Title | Writer | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 180 | Agoraphobia | Natalie Robyn | Bryce Dallas Howard |
Aliens and enemies[]
- Tosan government
- Ice Warriors
- Osekri
- The Toymaker
- Judoon
- Oicarrites
- Gogmids
- Mera Rakhal
- Mlerki
- The Corale
- Spartan
- Red Cult
- Ridani Rakhal
- Adnosina
- Lirvaleon
Production blocks[]
Production blocks were arranged as follows:
| Block | Episode(s) | Director | Writer | Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On Foreign Shores | Ben Wheatley | Natalie Robyn | 16.1 |
| Frozen Whimpers | Hettie MacDonald | 16.2 | ||
| 2 | Cut! | Lee Haven Jones | Max Amato | 16.3 |
| The Box of Many Tricks | 16.4 | |||
| 3 | The Gaseous Expansion | Mark Tonderai | Alice Cornwall | 16.11 |
| The Spartan Solution | 16.12 | |||
| 4 | The Wizards Three | Philippa Langdale | Katie Taylor | 16.5 |
| How to Live Forever | 16.6 | |||
| 5 | Extinction Planet | Graeme Harper | Alex Stockbridge | 16.9 |
| Reckoning of the Mlerki | 16.10 | |||
| 6 | Delusions of Reality | Hettie MacDonald | Natalie Robyn | 16.7 |
| Don't Tell the Aliens | 16.8 | |||
| Memorial Flashbacks | 16.13 | |||
| 7 | Lies of Heaven | Ben Wheatley | 16.14 | |
| Agoraphobia | Bryce Dallas Howard | 16.X |
Adaptations and merchandising[]
Home media[]
DVD[]
All episodes of Series 16 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 - How to Start a New Era with Omari Douglas.
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.
| Seventeenth Doctor episodes | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
