Podcast appearances and mentions of Nicholas Briggs

Nick and Benji present… Good Review Guy: Doctor Who Audio Novels - The Box of Terrors… Behind-the-scenes and Drama Tease: The Companion Chronicles - Legacy of Time: The Kraken of Hagwell.

Nick and Benji present… The Chat: The Imposters… Good Review Guy: The War Master - Rogue Encounters… Behind-the-scenes and Drama Tease: The Third Doctor Adventures - The Imposters… Also Available: Star Cops - Shadow of the Moonlight.

Nick and Benji present… The Chat: Ladybirds, Triffids and Invaders… Behind-the-scenes: Short Trips: Impeccable and Other Stories… Also Available and Drama Tease: The Time Tunnel 2: The Dimensions of Time… Plus! Archive Feature - Dust Breeding.

Episode Title: "I'm In The Minority" - Vengeance on Varos Review THE EMPTY TARDIS: The Missing Guest: Felicity Cousins from The Flop Cast was supposed to join but had to bow out about an hour before recording - her voice has been acting up again. "I don't think she ever really fully recovered from the last time she was sick when she was with us." THE SEXY DOCTOR ANNOUNCEMENT: John: "She was going to miss the announcement that we are now dealing with the sexiest Doctor to date!" Jim: "According to People Magazine? According to the newspapers?" The Daily Mirror: "In addition to having the sexiest Doctor, we also have a companion with great assets." Jim's Pun: "You're really keeping abreast of this stuff." John: "Yes, I am." THE SEXINESS DEBATE: Jim: "Honestly, sexier than Jon Pertwee? Come on." THE BIG QUESTION: John: "I told you this was one of my two favorite Colin Baker stories, and I would actually rank this up there as some of the best Doctor Who in Classic Who. What are your initial thoughts about Vengeance on Varos?" PRODUCTION DETAILS: Production Code: 6V (V for Varos!) Air Dates: January 19-26, 1985 Writer: Philip Martin (first story - will have sequel with Sil next season) Director: Ron Jones Original Titles: "Domain" and "Planet of Fear" THE PUBLIC RECEPTION: The Controversy: Episode didn't get very well received by the public. Scenes like: Acid bath deaths Attempted hangings Genetic experiments on women The Complaints: Widely criticized in Radio Times Letters page and in TV program Points of View. Unlike Before: "Unlike previous criticisms of the show's violence, this time it was raised by members of the general public. Some of the show's fans were even against this, besides people like Mary Whitehouse." PART ONE SYNOPSIS: Desolate planet Varos - citizen workers make up strange society of viewers who watch public torture and executions and vote on whether or not their Governor will be punished on camera for his actions. Official currently negotiating over price of Varos's precious Zeiton (Zeiton or Zyton?) with Sil, contentious representative of Galatron Mining Concern. Dealings going poorly for Varos. Sil has inside man - Governor's Chief Officer on his payroll advising him to oust current leader. Doctor and Peri arrive seeking Zeiton to repair ailing TARDIS, find themselves freeing rebel named Jondar from televised execution. As Governor, Sil, and everyone on planet watch, Doctor and Peri escape with Jondar and his wife Areta, only to wander into Purple Zone - tunnels haunted by fantastic illusions. Getting through them, Doctor discovers TARDIS has been captured, then loses Peri and others to guards chasing them. He himself walks into arid desert illusion. While citizenry watch, he seemingly succumbs to great heat and perishes. THE META COMMENTARY: Jim: "It's very meta what we would call meta today. It strikes you immediately that he's commenting about violence on television." The American Target: "I personally felt a little targeted because I feel like in extension they - or he was - pointing that a lot at us here in the United States." John: "I'd say that's fair." THE PENAL COLONY: Jim: "Weirdly enough, we're also going back to the old Australia thing. But as in good Doctor Who form, we get something like that dropped and then it's not picked up on again." The Discovery: "The whole thing about 'I discovered that this is a penal colony' - or it grew out of a penal colony. I said 'Oh, all right, we've kind of had that a lot recently.' But then I remembered that it wasn't brought up again." THE TIME CRAFT MYSTERY - AGAIN: Jim: "Another thing that's used here - I'm sure you noticed it, and I don't get it unless it's something we're going to be rewarded with at some point - there's another mention of another space-time craft. So why do we get two of these mentions now? Or is that just coincidence?" John's Explanation: "This particular season, without I don't know if they realize it, if it was done on purpose - we deal a lot with other alien cultures trying their hand in time travel. Including we're going to have, if I'm not mistaken, humans soon." JIM'S OPINION: "Piss or get off the pot. That's an interesting aspect, although as Homer Simpson's father said, 'I ain't for it, I'm agin it' because I think it does take the Mickey out of the Time Lords. But if you're going to go down that road, then tell us that story - what will the Time Lords do about making sure they're the only ones that get to do that?" WHAT JOHN LOVES: JOHN'S LIST: The Music: "I love the music. I think the music is very inspired for this." The Twin Dilemma Doctor: "This is more of the Doctor from Twin Dilemma - as he so callously says to Peri 'Oh well, you'll just live out the few years you got left, you'll die and that's it. But I'm stuck here forever in the...' That was actually an interesting moment. There was a little thread of Tom Baker's 'I am the walker in eternity' or whatever the hell he said in Pyramids of Mars." The Torture Scene: "I thought it interesting that right off the bat we get a torture scene as Jason Connery's character Jondar is chained up. That's one of the first things that was called out - 'Oh look at this, we just start the show and this guy's being brutalized?' I guess they wanted to hit people with it right off the bat. 'This isn't your typical Doctor Who.'" Jim: "It definitely isn't." THE GREEK CHORUS: John: "I was shocked - I didn't really realize it until watching it this time. We've got our two folks there sitting and watching. They represent us, the audience, the rest of Varos. How casual they talk about those being tortured as though they were fictional. You'd sit there go 'Oh no, that was the guy who got killed last week' - say that casually because it's all fiction. But these are real people and they're saying it the same way." Jim: "I mean, I think that's part of the message - violence on television is numbing us to the fact that there is real violence in the world." THE APPRECIATION: Jim: "I'll admit that part is kind of interesting because those two are totally in that room the entire time. They're kind of like a Greek chorus. They're off to one side, commenting on everything going on. Then they themselves have a little struggle between them." The Uniqueness: "That was an interesting thing to do because I don't really remember anything else like that - two characters who don't have any interaction whatsoever with all the other characters. And they're in one set the entire time." GUEST STARS: The Governor - Martin Jarvis: One of those rare people to have appeared in all three decades of Doctor Who: 1965's The Web Planet as one of the Menoptera Invasion of the Dinosaurs in 1974 Jim: "We wouldn't recognize him from that. But that's cool." John: "See, point to me - I recognize that you recognize him. I went 'This dude has totally been in Doctor Who before.'" Areta - Stephen Yardley: Previously played Severin in Genesis of the Daleks (1975) Owen Teale (Maldak): Going to appear later in Torchwood episode "Countrycide" Etta - Sheila Reid: "I was today years old when I discovered that Etta is Clara Oswald's grandmother in Doctor Who, appearing in both a Peter Capaldi and a Matt Smith story. And she's wonderful as the grandmother." John: "She's adorable as Clara's grandmother. Still with us. Still acting. Last credit was just last year." SIL - NABIL SHABAN: The Condition: Born with osteogenesis imperfecta which left his bones brittle. Recent Passing: "Only passed away this past October at the age of 72. We'll see him again next season in Trial of a Time Lord, one of the stories there." Jim's Memory: "I did look him up because I couldn't shake the feeling he was in Time Bandits, but he wasn't. He really seemed like one of the - and pardon the term - dwarves, the little people. But he's not. He's not one of them. Kenny Baker is from Star Wars." The Background: "He's Jordanian British."   PART TWO SYNOPSIS: Doctor revives on gurney just before being put into acid bath and escapes. Governor tries to wring answers out of Peri but her truth falls on deaf ears. When Doctor is recaptured, Governor stages old-fashioned hanging to trick Doctor into talking, but instead makes Sil reveal his treachery against Varos. Peri and Areta put into transmogrifier and begin to change into animals. Doctor pulls the plug and together with Jondar they escape further into dome. There they come across more illusions and near death, while Chief Officer makes his own play to oust Governor with another public vote. Peri and Governor escape with help of guard and meet up with Doctor and others. Quillam and Chief Officer perish by poison vines. Back at Governor's chambers, Sil discovers his invasion has been stopped and he is ordered by his own people to negotiate for Zeiton at any price at all. A win for people of Varos, especially when Governor ceases all public tortures and executions. HOT TAKE: Jim: "What the heck? Well, where's the vengeance? Where's the vengeance? Why? I mean, just because it's a cool alliteration? The Doctor's never met any of the bad guys before. There's no vengeance that I'm aware of, so I didn't get that." PART TWO FALLS APART: Jim: "Part two - for me, it falls apart. I think it's kind of sort of everything but the kitchen sink." The Purple Zone: "Especially at the end when they get further into dome and they've dropped the term 'the Purple Zone' - which is unfortunate because I kind of liked that. When we get to the point where all of a sudden there's like this flora and it's poison vines..." Quillam and the Chief Officer: "And that's how they get rid of Quillam and the Chief Officer who doesn't ever have a name in this - he's just the Chief Officer. But he looks like a bad guy at least." John: "All the guys, right?" PART TWO WEAKNESSES: Jim: "Part two is definitely weaker than part one. Then we go back to Sil, and everything's been taken care of for some reason. His company, his people, whatever - they just sort of change their mind and he's out on his tail." The Other Source: "There was something to the effect that they found another source, so there was no point in... just abandon these people, we don't need them." Jim's Problem: "I wasn't really buying it. I think it just really whimpers out at the end. We needed like an explosion. I really didn't care for the ending, especially since the Doctor is not the instrument of vengeance." ANOTHER AVENUE TO NOWHERE: Jim: "It is interesting, I'm with you. That said, it is another avenue that this story goes down with little to no reason for it to be there. You have the old trope of the valuable mineral - it's being mined, it's the MacGuffin, whatever, everybody wants it. But then you throw in this Quillam character and the transmogrifier and the thing about the animals and all of that, and then they're cured almost immediately." The Missed Opportunity: "Would it have been interesting to let them stay like that for rest of story and then get cured at the end? I think yes, if you're going to go down that road." The Empty Feeling: "This is another symptom of that 'feeling a little empty' at the beginning. There's a lot of stuff thrown into this part two that are just bridges to nowhere in a way. Sorry. I agreed and then quickly had to throw in a caveat there. But I am who I am." NEXT TIME: Monday (Patreon #155): Music, Voyager Part 3, Memory TARDIS spin ("hopefully not Terror of the Zygons, although I think that's gone") Sophie Aldred's Podcast: "I want to talk briefly about Sophie Aldred's podcast again. I finally caught up with most of the episodes including their little Christmas episode they did that has basically ties up a lot of the plot points they've been doing throughout their show. Remember I told you it's part interview, part story? Well, they did like a 20-minute audio drama with Russell T. Davies and Forde Colin Baker and Nicholas Briggs." John's Assessment: "We'll talk briefly about it - what worked and what didn't work. Because there were some things that I was kind of like 'Yeah, this is just too weird for me.'" Next Friday (Patreon) then Saturday (Main Feed): The Mark of the Rani! Another two-parter. Jim: "Uh-oh, are we up to that point?" John: "Yeah, we're up to that point." Jim: "Rah-rah Rani!" 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Nick and Benji present... The Chat: 11th Doctor, deodorant, The Invaders and The Man From UNCLE… Behind-the-scenes and Drama Tease: Ninth Doctor Adventures - Cloud Eight… Also Available: The Lost Stories - The Collected Sixth Doctor 1.

Nick and Benji present… The Chat: January Meet-up, Soup and Deodorant… Behind-the-scenes: Torchwood: Everyone's Dead on Floor 3… Drama Tease: Lonely No More.

Nick and Benji present… The Chat: Catch-up… McGannuary Celebration - Sword of Orion… Behind-the-scenes and Drama Tease: The First Doctor Unbound: Return to Marinus.

Nick and John present... The Chat: Benji!... Behind-the-scenes and Drama Tease: Second Doctor - The Potential Daleks... Also Available: Bernice Summerfield - The Dalek Eternity Part 4.

Nick and John present... The Chat: Xmas... Behind-the-scenes: Eighth Doctor - Empty Vessels... Also Available and Drama Tease: The War Doctor Rises - Cybergene.

Nick and Benji present... The Chat: Holmes and Xmas... Drama Tease and Behind-the-scenes: Ninth Doctor: Dare You... Also Available: Xmas: It's a Wonderful War and Other Stories - Unholy Night.

Nick and Benji present... The Chat: 11th Doctor and Comedy... Behind-the-scenes: Torchwood - The Flawless Man. Behind-the-scenes and Tease: Comedy Playhouse - Scribbling.

Nick and Benji present... Sherlock Holmes Untold - The Aftershow... The Chat: Doctor Who Annuals... Drama Tease and Behind-the-scenes: Eighth Doctor - Causeway: Lost Amongst the Stars.

Nick and Benji present... Sherlock Holmes Untold - The Aftershow... The Chat: Digressive... Behind-the-scenes and Drama Tease: The Thirteenth Doctor - Lionesses in Winter.

Nick and Benji present... Sherlock Holmes Untold - The Aftershow... The Chat: More zoology... Drama Tease and Behind-the-scenes: Bernice Summerfield - The Dalek Eternity 3: Quisling.

Thank you for joining us for this Dex Legacy season three bonus episode in which you can hear a full length interview with actor Nicholas Briggs who played Pesha Thelis in episodes one to four.   For a full version of the interview and ad-free and early-release access to all Alternative Stories podcasts why not join our Patreon? Click here to find out more and choose your tier. https://www.patreon.com/AltStories⁠ As you'll hear, Nick is an experienced actor widely known for his work on Doctor Who and with the production company Big Finish where he produces and directs audio drama versions of Doctor Who stories.    We hope you enjoy this insight into the making of the show.  You can find out more about Nicholas Briggs and his work by visiting his website here https://nicholasbriggs.com/ You can hear Nick's work as a producer, director and actor for Big Finish here https://www.bigfinish.com/ Listen out for more Dex Legacy Season Three bonus content including directors' commentaries and bloopers here very soon. If you'd like to find out more about our cast and crew or about the world of The Dex Legacy please visit our website at thedexlegacy.com If you'd prefer to listen without the ads, why not join our Patreon? You'll get our entire back-catalogue of episodes ad-free, plus new episodes 2-days early, plus bonus content and more for The Dex Legacy and all our shows, including Wasteland - A Dex Legacy Story, Burnout, Spec Fic Radio Theatre and Writing Worlds.  Just follow this link to choose your membership tier: https://www.patreon.com/AltStories If you've enjoyed this episode please give us a like, rating or review in your favourite podcast app.  It helps other people to find the show and means the world to our cast and crew.  You can also leave us messages and comments on Spotify, and we love to hear from you. Listen to more shows by Alternative Stories including our cyberpunk thriller Burnout, our audio drama anthology Spec Fic Radio Theatre, our podcast about writing and world building Writing Worlds and of course, our spin-off series, Wasteland: A Dex legacy Story here https://linktr.ee/AlternativeStories Follow The Dex Legacy on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/thedexlegacy1/ And follow Alternative Stories on  Bluesky here https://bsky.app/profile/storiesalt.bsky.social It would not have been possible to make season 3 of The Dex Legacy without the help of our generous kickstarter backers. Thank you to everyone who backed and supported our campaign. Thank you for listening to this Dex Legacy bonus episode and for being a member of our patreon.  Your help and support is hugely appreciated and helps us to make more of the content you love.  Stay tuned for more exciting upcoming content, including directors commentaries on key season three episodes.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nick and Benji present... Sherlock Holmes Untold - The Aftershow... The Chat: Hallowe'en... Drama Tease and Behind-the-scenes: Doctor Who - Halloween: Sea Smoke.

Nick and Benji present... Sherlock Holmes Untold - The Aftershow... The Chat: Film is Fabulous and missing Doctor Who episodes... Behind-the-scenes and Drama Tease: Third Doctor - Operation Vengeance... Also Available: Bernice Summerfield - The Dalek Eternity 2.

Nick and Benji present... Sherlock Holmes Untold - The Aftershow... The Chat: Chimes of Midnight and Jubilee and Rob Shearman... Behind-the-scenes and Drama Tease: The War Master - His Latest Trick.

In this edition of The Echo Chamber, James and Michele talk about Sword of Orion by Nicholas Briggs, released in February 2001 - the seventeenth story in Big Finish's Main Range but the first to feature the return of the Cybermen! Listening instructions are very straightforward - Buy Sword of Orion from Big Finish Productions for just a few pounds (if you don't own it already of course!) Listen to it! Join us in the Echo Chamber, listen to what we thought and join in the discussion! Enjoy the show!

Nick and Benji present... Sherlock Holmes Untold - The Aftershow... Special Brunch... Drama Tease and Behind-the-scenes: Seventh Doctor - Wicked!

Nick and Benji present... Catch-up with Dalek Eternity and Call Me Master... Preview: Sherlock Holmes Untold... Behind-the-scenes and Drama Tease: Ninth Doctor Adventures - The Last Days of the Powell Estate.

Nick and Benji present... The Chat: Sleeping Bags... Behind-the-scenes: 13th Doctor, Alixion, Torchwood - Salvage, Dark Gallifrey Master! Part 3... Drama Tease: The Lost Stories - Alixion.

Nick and Benji present... The Chat: Movies... Good Review Guy: Survivors New Dawn 4... Behind-the-scenes and Drama Tease: The Last Queen of the Nile... Also Available: First Doctor Unbound.

Send us a textBen and Mark throw open the doors of the On the Timelash bookshop for a boozy book launch with Dylan Rees, author of the fabulous book, Myths and Legends: The Reeltime Pictures Story. The lads chat about how Keith Barnfather, Nicholas Briggs, and many more have created a massive people's history of Doctor Who, courtesy of the Myth Makers interviews, deep dive documentaries and spinoff dramas. And then, in the second half, Dylan chooses a "classic" and "new" Myth Makers for the three of us to discuss; Sylvester McCoy's 1994 interview and Eric Saward's 2005 interview. How has the range changed in the intervening 11 years?You can buy Dylan's book here.You can rent or buy the whole Reeltime Pictures catalogue from here.Support the showFollow us on TwitterLike us on FacebookBuy us a pint

Nick and Benji present... The Chat: More Doomwatch... Good Review Guy: Rose Tyler Dimension Cannon - Trapped... Behind-the-scenes and Drama Tease: V UK Occupation... Also Available: Out of Time.

Nick and Benji present… The Chat: Sky, Doomwatch, Bond and The Sweeney… Good Review Guy: Torchwood - Dog Hop… Behind-the-Scenes and Drama Tease: Sky: Before the Chaos… Also Available: The Death and Life of River Song: The Dissolution of Time.

In this episode of the Who's He? Podcast.... Review - The Last Day At Work In what they are calling Troughton Month, Scott & Phil listened to a second Doctor Short Trips audio story, The Last Day at Work written by Harry Draper and read by Nicholas Briggs. With policeman Bernard Whittam about to retire and the Doctor and Jamie dropping in to his retirement party, can the Doctor explain why Bernard can hear a certain wheezing and groaning noise in his head? But what has Julian Clary and Donaldsons Dairy have to do with anything? But to kick things off, the lads have a quick chat about the Patrick Troughton era and try to pick their favourite three stories. And if you want to listen to The Last Day at Work, you can download it for free from the Big Finish website: The Last Day At Work You can currently find us on X, Threads, Mastodon, Bluesky and Facebook.  Don't miss an episode by subscribing to our show on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Podcasts, plus many other podcatchers of your choice. 

Send us a textOn the latest Too Hot For TV Dylan is joined by Joe McLachlan aka Mad Paddington of The Pagiarist podcast. Together they look at 2 9th Doctor Big Finish stories 'Salvation 9' and 'The Seas of Titan' and as always answer the burning questions:Who eats an entire mango? Are monsters iconic or just returning? What would the best Sontaran spin off be? Please check out Joe's brilliant podcast The Pagiarist, available where you get your podcasts. https://podcastaddict.com/podcast/doctor-who-the-pagiarist/5600985

Nick and Benji present… The Chat: Penny Gold… Good Review Guy: Doom's Day - Dying Hours… Behind-the-Scenes and Drama Tease: Sixth Doctor Adventures - Bad Terms: Saoirse of the Seven Seas… Also Available: Dark Gallifrey: Master! Part 2.

Nick and Benji present… The Chat: Don't call me sir… Good Review Guy: Once and Future - The Martian Invasion of Planetoid 50… Behind-the-Scenes and Drama Tease: Ninth Doctor - Snare… Also Available: Torchwood - Child Free.

Nick and Benji present… The Chat: San Diego, Scott Walker and dinosaurs… Good Review Guy: The Fifth Doctor Adventures: In the Night… Behind-the-Scenes and Drama Tease: Smith and Sullivan: Reunited - The Caller.

Nick and Benji present… The Chat: Custard and desserts… Good Review Guy: The Sixth Doctor Adventures: Purity Unbound… Behind-the-Scenes and Drama Tease: The Fugitive Doctor - Dead or Alive… Also Available: The Audio Novels - The Mirror Matter

Nick and Benji present… The Chat: BF Day highlights… Good Review Guy: Timeslip: The Time of the Tipping Point and Torchwood Sigil… Behind-the-Scenes and Drama Tease: Dark Gallifrey: Master! Part 1.

What happens when you take the SF out of The Stranger and turn it into an episode of The Bill featuring Caroline John & Nicholas Briggs? Will Colin have a happy ending with Miss Frump?

  ig Finish Productions, in association with the Whoovers and Derby QUAD, presents Big Finish Day 2025, a one-day convention bringing listeners of our audio productions together with cast and crew.  This year, the event is themed as The Big Finish Podcast: Live, with Nicholas Briggs and Benji Clifford hosting a mix of chat and audio drama exclusives.  There will be opportunities to meet, greet and quiz the people behind Doctor Who and other ranges, with interview panels, autograph opportunities, and the photo studio. And, you'll be able to pick up new releases and special offers from across all our productions at the Big Finish stall. Tickets are strictly limited to just 350 attendees (including concessions and essential companions) and may only be purchased from the official site at  

Nick and Benji present… The Chat: BF Day that was… Good Review Guy: The Diary of River Song: The Orphan Quartet… Behind-the-Scenes and Drama Tease: 13th Doctor Adventures: 1.1 Vampire Weekend.

Nick and Benji present… The Chat: BF Day and Rocky Taylor… Good Review Guy: Once and Future: Two's Company… Behind-the-Scenes and Drama Tease: UNIT: Brave New World - Fractures… Also Available: Dark Gallifrey - Missy Part 3.

Send us a textIn this latest episode of Too Hot For TV Dylan is joined by Dan Pinn to witness the 7th Doctor revisiting some old foes. First up its the comic strip 'Pureblood' featuring the Sontarans and then its the Big Finish audio 'Robophobia' featuring the Voc Robots. As always they answer the burning questions:How do you insure a Doctor Who collection? Why is Dylan so so wrong?What is wrong with everyone who ever wrote Doctor Who?

Nick and Benji present… The Chat: Third Doctor Preview… Good Review Guy: The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Travel in Hope… Drama Tease and Behind-the-Scenes: The Eighth Doctor: Time War - Uncharted 2: Pursuit - Spoil of War.

Nick and Benji present… The Chat: PDF-gate and Pod-date… Good Review Guy: James Robert McCrimmon… Drama Tease and Behind-the-Scenes: Doctor Who: The Seventh Doctor: Past Forward… Also Available: Space Security Service: The Voord in London.

    from tardi wiki   was the eighth and final episode of Series 15 of Doctor Who. It premiered on 31 May 2025. The story featured the return of Omega in an active role as an antagonist for the first time since the Fifth Doctor story Arc of Infinity [+], now voiced by Nicholas Briggs, with this story revealing Omega's time spent trapped in the Under-Universe had physically altered and deformed him into a monstrous corpse like being. The story also shows the apparent fate of the bi-generated Rani at Omega's hands, while the Mrs Flood incarnation of the Rani escapes shortly after witnessing her successor's apparent demise. The Rani reveals how she survived the Spy Master's genocide of Gallifrey, and that the genetic explosion caused by the Spy Master had rendered any surviving Time Lords and Time Ladies completely sterile, which was why she enacted her plan to find Omega in order to save their race, though with the purpose of creating a new Gallifrey she could rule over. In addition, her ability to follow the Doctor throughout time and space is revealed to be accomplished by use of a Time Ring rather than a TARDIS. Steph de Whalley also returns as Anita Benn, where it's revealed she began working in the Time Hotel after Joy to the World [+] and had been looking for the Fifteenth Doctor, in doing so archive footage from The Wedding of River Song [+] and Day of the Daleks [+] respectfully would be used to have Anita see the Eleventh and Third Doctors when visiting the events of those stories, before archive footage of Rogue [+] is used when Anita finds an early version of the Fifteenth Doctor during the events of that story. Before departing, Anita would mention "the Boss" who was previously mentioned by Beep the Meep in The Star Beast [+]. In addition to the Doctor's previous incarnations appearing through archive footage, Jodie Whittaker makes a surprise appearance as the Thirteenth Doctor near the end of this story, marking her first appearance since The Power of the Doctor [+]. Most notably, this story was the final chronological appearance of Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor, with the story ending with his regeneration, caused by him sacrificing his current incarnation in order to bring Poppy back into existence, the Doctor's regeneration in this story was also the first time since The Parting of the Ways [+] in 2005 that the Doctor had regenerated at the end of the current series; in the revived run of the series, starting from The End of Time [+] up to The Giggle [+], the Doctor would be seen regenerating in either Christmas or New Year's specials set in between numbered series. In a twist however, The Reality War and the Fifteenth Doctor's regeneration would end with Billie Piper, having previously portrayed Ninth and Tenth Doctor companion Rose Tyler, being introduced in the final moments of the story, and with her role being left uncredited. The Doctor - Ncuti Gatwa The Doctor - Jodie Whittaker Belinda Chandra - Varada Sethu Ruby Sunday - Millie Gibson The Rani - Archie Panjabi Mrs Flood - Anita Dobson Anita Benn - Steph de Whalley Winnie Petheridge - Sam Lawton Shirley Bingham - Ruth Madeley Carla Sunday - Michelle Greenidge Conrad Clark - Jonah Hauer-King Poppy - Sienna-Robyn Mavanga-Phipps Kate Stewart - Jemma Redgrave Susan Triad - Susan Twist Christofer Ibrahim - Alexander Devrient The Vlinx - Aidan Cook Rose Noble - Yasmin Finney Melanie Bush - Bonnie Langford Cherry Sunday - Angela Wynter Voice of Omega / The Vlinx / Dalek - Nicholas Briggs Lakshmi Chandra - Nila Aalia And introducing Billie Piper Uncredited First Doctor - William Hartnell (archive footage) Second Doctor - Patrick Troughton (archive footage) Fourth Doctor - Tom Baker (archive footage) Fifth Doctor - Peter Davison (archive footage) Sixth Doctor - Colin Baker (archive footage) Seventh Doctor - Sylvester McCoy (archive footage) Guardian of the Edge - Paul McGann (archive footage) War Doctor - John Hurt (archive footage) Ninth Doctor - Christopher Eccleston (archive footage) Tenth Doctor / Fourteenth Doctor - David Tennant (archive footage) Twelfth Doctor - Peter Capaldi (archive footage) Fugitive Doctor - Jo Martin (archive footage) Crew To be added... Worldbuilding Omega and the Rani The Doctor reveals that Omega is viewed as the Original Sin of the Time Lords who has discovered time travel. He was cast out from Gallifrey because he was insane. Omega has two hearts like all Time Lords. The Underverse is a world of legends, causing Omega to change into the Mad God Titan and become his own legend. After his escape, Omega wanted to become the God of Time and feast upon Time Lords. He also immediately recognises the Doctor. The Rani has her own Time Ring and Sonic Screwdriver. The Mrs. Flood Rani later escapes with the Time Ring. UNIT Susan Triad has build her own Zero Room at UNIT floor minus 10 to use as an escape pod. UNIT can also fight using Parallax Cannons. There are a few glitches in the new world: the border between Norway and Sweden has moved seven miles east. The colour teal is more blue and actor Ernest Borgnine is still alive. Belinda and her family Belinda mentions she has an uncle named Roo living in Kerala. Her mother's name is Lakshmi. She plays a concert in Manchester. Belinda wanted to see the planet Neptune and the Big Bang before departing from the Doctor. Belinda makes the Doctor an uncle to Poppy. She reveals she met Poppy's real father when she was 21 and is named Ritchie Akingbola, though they are separated. Ruby and her family Ruby mentions that during their time together, Conrad never revealed who his father is. Cherry reveals that she likes to play poker and that Joseph is the name of her late husband. The Doctor and the TARDIS The Fifteenth Doctor mentions he can turn the TARDIS into anything. The Doctor has never been to Kerala. He also reveals that in the year 60,000, there is a planet called New New Delhi. The Fifteenth Doctor can punch regeneration energy from his hands into the Time Vortex to alter reality. However this causes him to regenerate. He can still stall the regeneration itself for a short time. The Thirteenth Doctor is unaware of what bi-generation is. The Thirteenth Doctor mentions the TARDIS having "a third strand of phenotype markers that can turn a micro-spasm". Both Doctors hope that they will always wish they had more time before regenerating. The TARDIS remembers the Fugitive Doctor, revealing her on the TARDIS console screen between the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Doctors. The Fifteenth Doctor is surprised to see the Thirteenth, joking that "normally the other guy shows up". References The Doctor gives The Upside Down from Stranger Things and Narnia as examples about the world hidden below, or "the Underverse". Notes Jodie Whittaker revealed that one of her regrets from her tenure was that she didn't get to interact with Peter Capaldi or David Tennant during the regeneration handovers, as their scenes were filmed separately. So getting to interact with Ncuti Gatwa during his own regeneration handover was special and a highlight of coming back for her cameo. A promotional image of the Doctor and Belinda dancing with a "Happy May Day" banner in the background was released for the episode, but no such scene exists in the final episode. Jodie Whittaker wore a wig for her cameo, as she had long brown hair at the time. Russell T Davies revealed that Jodie Whittaker's codename onset was "Petrol", because he might use it as a companion name in the future. This two-parter formed Block Five of Series 15.

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