Redemption (audio story)

Redemption
Main character(s):	Cleo, Shawna, Abby
Featuring:	Rani, Mr Smith
Main enemy:	Honour Bray
Main setting:	London, 2023
Key crew
Publisher:	BBC Sounds
Writer:	Juno Dawson
Director:	Bethany Weimers
Producer:	James Goss
Sound:	Rob Harvey
Release details
Story number:	6
Release date:	18 September 2023
Format:	Podcast, 31 minutes
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Redemption was the sixth and final story in the second series of Doctor Who: Redacted, published by BBC Sounds and written by Juno Dawson.

It starred Charlie Craggs as Cleo Proctor, Lois Chimimba as Abby McPhail and Holly Quin-Ankrah as Shawna Thompson. It also featured Anjli Mohindra and Alexander Armstrong as Rani Chandra and Mr Smith.

Publisher's summary

Cleo is in a race against time to defeat Honour and save the alien refugees of the London Underground. She needs all the help she can get – Abby, Shawna and the Doctor would be useful too. But which side is Apex on?

Plot

to be added

Cast

• Cleo Proctor - Charlie Craggs
• Abby McPhail - Lois Chimimba
• Shawna Thompson - Holly Quin-Ankrah
• Apex Costa - Freddy Carter
• Honour Bray - Dervla Kirwan
• Rani Chandra - Anjli Mohindra
• Mr Smith - Alexander Armstrong
• Rume - Teri Ann Bobby-Baxter
• Drone - Wilf Scolding

Crew

• Written by Juno Dawson
• Produced by James Goss
• Directed by Bethany Weimers
• Executive Producer: James Robinson
• Sound design by Rob Harvey
• Original Composition by David Devereux

A BBC Studios Production for BBC Sounds

Worldbuilding

• Honour claims anti-alien sentiment is higher than ever after the Flux.

Notes

to be added

Continuity

• The trio discuss giant animals in the podcast, including giant rats, (AUDIO: Regrets) spiders (TV: Arachnids in the UK) and maggots. (TV: The Green Death)
• The ending leads into The Star Beast ^[+]Loading...["The Star Beast (TV story)"], the first episode in the 2023 specials.

External links

• Official Redemption page on the Doctor Who website