Match of the Who (TV story)

Match of the Who

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Match of the Who
Doctor:	Fifteenth Doctor
Featuring:	Gary Lineker, Ian Wright
Main setting:	Match of the Day
Release details
Premiere broadcast:	4 May 2024
Premiere network:	BBC One
Doctor Who Season 1Promotional Media
Next →	Untitled

Match of the Who, also titled The Doctor takes Match of the Day on a trip through time?!!, was a short scene featuring Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor which was broadcast on Match of the Day on 4 May 2024.

Plot

Various points throughout the history of Match of the Day are shown, with transitions featuring the Doctor's TARDIS flying through the time vortex, leading up to a futuristic version of the show, where the Fifteenth Doctor, a cyborg Gary Lineker, and a holographic Ian Wright are sitting, seemingly discussing a football match.

Cast

• Fifteenth Doctor - Ncuti Gatwa
• Gary Lineker - Gary Lineker
• Ian Wright - Ian Wright

Mentioned only

• Goalkeeper

Worldbuilding

• The Doctor mentions a goalkeeper with cybernetically extendable arms.
• Match of the Day is part of BBC Sport.
• One of the football teams is New York City of Manchester.

Notes

• Ian Wright appearing in the futuristic Match of the Day studio in space as a hologram is similar to how, in the Star Wars franchise, some Jedi would sometimes attend meetings via holographic form.

Continuity

• The Fifteenth Doctor was first portrayed by Ncuti Gatwa in TV: The Giggle ^[+]Loading...["The Giggle (TV story)"].
• The Fifteenth Doctor previously appeared alongside Gary Lineker and other Match of the Day elements in GAME: Wonder Chase ^[+]Loading...["Wonder Chase (video game)"].
• Another similar story was released shortly after this, TV: Untitled ^[+]Loading...["Untitled (May 2024 TV story)"].