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The Doctor informs Me that the imminent Great Fire of London was caused by the Terileptils, referring to the Fifth Doctor story, The Visitation (1982). [1] [2] The Doctor states that he is "on record as being against banter". This is a reference to "Robot of Sherwood" when the Doctor chastises Robin Hood and his Merry Men for their light ...
[2] In the following episode "The Woman Who Lived", the Doctor catches up with Ashildr in 1651 England after 800 years have passed for her. She has become a highwayman, adopting the new name of "Me". While her body has become immortal, the human brain is physically insufficient to contain 800 years' worth of memories, which has evolved her ...
The programme's high episode count has resulted in Doctor Who holding the world record for the highest number of episodes of a science-fiction programme. [2] As of November 2023, up to a seventeenth series of the revived era has been planned. [3] The story numbers below are meant as a guide to placement in the overall context of the programme. [4]
Set on Mars in the year 2059, the episode depicts the Doctor [1] [2] encountering the first human colony, Bowie Base One, commanded by one-off companion Captain Adelaide Brooke (Lindsay Duncan), who turns out to be a pivotal character in the history of humanity. [1] The Doctor must decide whether to use his knowledge of her fate to change history.
"The Woman Who Fell to Earth" is the first episode of the eleventh series and the 845th episode overall of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who. It was written by new head writer and executive producer Chris Chibnall , directed by Jamie Childs, and was first broadcast on BBC One on 7 October 2018.
The episode title "The Girl Who Waited" is a reference to Amy having waited 12 years (and later 2 more years) for the Doctor to return to her in "The Eleventh Hour".When describing the facilities in the Two Streams Facility, the interface says they have a replica of the amusement park at Disneyland on Clom.
Becoming involved in the race themselves, the Doctor and her friends find themselves seeking out the finish line, revealed to be the TARDIS, in order to get back to Earth. "The Ghost Monument" is the first to air the programme's title sequence for Whittaker's tenure, which was omitted from the season's premiere, "The Woman Who Fell to Earth ...
In the episode, alien time traveller The Doctor (David Tennant) and his new travelling companion Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman) discover the remainder of humanity on the planet live in perpetual gridlock within the Motorway, a highway system beneath the city state of New New York. When Martha is kidnapped, the Doctor races to find her before she ...