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|series          = [[Doctor Who television stories|''Doctor Who'' television stories]]
|series          = [[Doctor Who television stories|''Doctor Who'' television stories]]
|season number  = Series 12 (Doctor Who)
|adapted into    = Fugitive of the Judoon (short story)
|season number  = Series 12 (Doctor Who 2005)
|series episode number = 5
|series episode number = 5
|story number    = 290
|story number    = 291
|doctor          = Thirteenth Doctor
|doctor          = Thirteenth Doctor
|companions      = [[Graham O'Brien|Graham]], [[Ryan Sinclair|Ryan]], [[Yasmin Khan|Yaz]]
|companions      = [[Graham O'Brien|Graham]], [[Yasmin Khan|Yaz]], [[Ryan Sinclair|Ryan]]
|featuring      = Jack Harkness{{!}}Jack Harkness
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|featuring2      = The Doctor (Fugitive of the Judoon)
|featuring2      = Fugitive Doctor
|enemy          = [[Judoon]], [[Gat]]
|enemy          = [[Gat]]
|setting        = [[Gloucester]], [[21st century]]
|setting        = [[Gloucester]]
|writer          = [[Vinay Patel]], [[Chris Chibnall]]
|writer          = Vinay Patel, Chris Chibnall
|director        = [[Nida Manzoor]]
|director        = [[Nida Manzoor]]
|producer        = [[Alex Mercer]]
|producer        = [[Alex Mercer]]
|broadcast date  = [[26 January (releases)|26 January]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]]
|broadcast date  = 26 January 2020
|network        = [[BBC One]]
|network        = BBC One
|format          = 1x50 minute episode
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'''''Fugitive of the Judoon''''' was the fifth episode of [[series 12 (Doctor Who)|series 12]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''.
'''''Fugitive of the Judoon''''' was the fifth episode of [[series 12 (Doctor Who 2005)|series 12]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''.


It featured the introduction of another incarnation of  [[The Doctor (Fugitive of the Judoon)|the Doctor]], with [[The Doctor's TARDIS (Fugitive of the Judoon)|her own TARDIS]], though neither Doctor can remember living the life of the other. This other Doctor is said to have used a [[Chameleon Arch]] to hide on [[Earth]] in her "Ruth Clayton" identity and has a history working for the [[Time Lord]]s, in an undisclosed capacity. As a result of this revelation, [[Jo Martin]] makes history by becoming the first female [[Person of colour|non-white]] person to play the Doctor and the first non-white actor to play a distinct [[incarnation]] of the character.
It featured the introduction of a [[Fugitive Doctor|new incarnation of the Doctor]], wrapped in mystery, with [[Fugitive Doctor's TARDIS|her own TARDIS]], though neither Doctor can remember living the life of the other. This other Doctor is said to have used a [[Chameleon Arch]] to hide on [[Earth]] in her "Ruth Clayton" identity, and has a history working for the [[Time Lord]]s, in an undisclosed capacity. As a result of this revelation, [[Jo Martin]] makes history by becoming the first [[Person of colour|non-white]] actor to be cast in the role of the Doctor, as well as the first to receive credit in this role.


This episode also saw the return of [[Jack Harkness|Captain Jack Harkness]], who last made a televised appearance at the end of ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'' [[Series 4 (Torchwood)|series 4]] in 2011 with ''[[The Blood Line (TV story)|The Blood Line]]''. However, it was his first appearance in televised ''Doctor Who'' in just over a decade with him last being seen in ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'' in 2010. Although Jack does not interact with the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] over the course of the story, he warns her [[companion]]s about the [[Lone Cyberman]], setting up a [[story arc]] that, for now, would go unresolved.
This episode also saw the return of [[Jack Harkness|Captain Jack Harkness]], who last made a televised appearance at the end of ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'' [[Series 4 (Torchwood)|series 4]] in 2011 with ''[[The Blood Line (TV story)|The Blood Line]]''. This was also his first appearance in televised ''Doctor Who'' in just over a decade, last having been seen in 2010's ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]''. Although Jack does not interact with the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] in this story, he warns her [[Team TARDIS|companions]] about the [[Ashad|Lone Cyberman]], setting up a [[story arc]] that came to fruition in ''[[The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)|The Haunting of Villa Diodati]]''.


As the name suggested, this story also saw the reintroduction of the [[Judoon]] who became the first monsters from the [[Russell T Davies]] era to reappear in [[Chris Chibnall]]'s. They last appeared in a cameo in 2015's ''[[Face the Raven (TV story)|Face the Raven]]'' but had not been as prominently featured in a televised story since ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' story ''[[Prisoner of the Judoon (TV story)|Prisoner of the Judoon]]'' in 2009 and not in televised ''Doctor Who'' since their introductory story, ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'' in 2007.
True to its title, this story also saw the reintroduction of the [[Judoon]], who were last seen, briefly, on ''Doctor Who'' in 2015's ''[[Face the Raven (TV story)|Face the Raven]]''.


== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
The [[Judoon]] are on the hunt for a runaway and they have narrowed their search down to modern-day [[Gloucester]]. The [[Thirteenth Doctor]] and her friends decide to step in before anyone can get hurt, but things are far more complex than they seem. A complex web is about to unfold, featuring a [[The Doctor (Fugitive of the Judoon)|surprising new face]] and a [[Lone Cyberman|worrying prophecy]] from [[Jack Harkness|an old friend]].
The [[Judoon]] are on the hunt for a runaway and they have narrowed their search down to modern-day [[Gloucester]]. The [[Thirteenth Doctor]] and her friends decide to step in before anyone can get hurt, but things are far more complex than they seem. A complex web is about to unfold, featuring a [[Fugitive Doctor|surprising new face]] and a [[Ashad|worrying prophecy]] from [[Jack Harkness|an old friend]].


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
''to be added''
In a flat in [[2020]] [[Gloucester]], a woman called [[Ruth Clayton]] wakes up on her 44th birthday and makes herself breakfast. Her husband, [[Lee Clayton]], goes to collect her cake as she heads to work. Advertising her guided tours of the city, she greets various passersby with a smile and eventually manages to hook one tourist with a mention of Harry Potter. Sitting down with an elderly acquaintance called [[Marcia (Fugitive of the Judoon)|Marcia]], they both agree that the tourist will not be coming back.
 
Later, Ruth visits a café where the barista, [[Allan (Fugitive of the Judoon)|Allan]], gives her a coffee and shares his suspicions about Lee. He shows Ruth a dossier of information about Lee's strange activity, but she laughs it off. Meanwhile, in a [[Judoon]] spaceship hovering above [[Earth]], platoon captain [[Pol-Kon-Don]] targets the city.
 
In [[the Doctor's TARDIS]], [[Graham O'Brien|Graham]], [[Yasmin Khan|Yaz]], and [[Ryan Sinclair|Ryan]] gather on the steps and discuss the [[Thirteenth Doctor]]'s distant behaviour. When they confront her, she explains she is searching for {{Dhawan}}, believing he could have escaped after the [[Kasaavin]] took him, because of a message he had sent her. Just then, a Judoon warning transmission sounds. The Doctor gives her companions a brief rundown on the Judoon and notes they have put up a zonal enforcement field on Earth so nobody can enter or exit the city. She decides to try and slip the TARDIS through.
 
In Gloucester, the Judoon appear and cause mass panic, scanning the public and stamping a red X on their hands. Marcia confronts them and they scan her and translate their speech to English. As Ruth faces up to them as well, the Judoon introduce themselves. Marcia runs away, straight into the enforcement field, and is disintegrated. The Judoon explain they are searching for a fugitive in the city.
 
In the coffee shop, Lee enters to receive Ruth's birthday cake and Allan presents him with one topped with "You can do better". Annoyed, Lee mutters about humans as the TARDIS materialises in the back room. The Doctor and her friends explain the situation and Lee runs away before Allan can lock the shop. As the Doctor, Yaz, and Ryan leave, Graham stays behind to look at Lee's cake, and is teleported away. Outside, Lee meets up with Ruth and tells her they need to go home. Meanwhile, the Judoon arrive at the coffee shop and scan Allan. However, as they have made a mess of the shop, he shoves Pol-Kon-Don and is immediately sentenced to execution.
 
Back in Ruth and Lee's flat, Lee begins packing some suitcases and Ruth finds herself very suspicious of his behaviour. The Judoon gather outside the apartment block, but the Doctor faces up to Pol-Kon-Don and uses her [[psychic paper]] to convince them she is an Imperial Regulator. She tells them they do not have jurisdiction in the area and the temporal isolator they are planning to use on the flats is outlawed. Although the Judoon say that the fugitive is highly dangerous, the Doctor tells them to stand down, pretending that Earth laws state "any potential arrestee is entitled to arbitration with a third party". As they haggle to get five minutes talking time, the Doctor realises Graham is missing.
 
Graham wakes up on the floor of a very wide and light spaceship. A male American voice tells him to not move until the movement sensors are calibrated, and that he is "looking good". Finishing his preparations, the owner of the voice teleports in, revealing himself to be none other than Captain [[Jack Harkness]]. He runs up and snogs Graham, asking "how you been, Doctor?"
 
In the apartment, the Doctor, Yaz and Ryan meet Ruth and Lee. Lee tells them that he has been part of a case of mistaken identity, but they are not convinced, noting the hurriedly packed bags. However, the [[The Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]] scans both Ruth and Lee as completely human.
 
In the spaceship, Jack explains he has stolen the ship and its owners are shooting at them to get it back. As Graham explains he just travels with the Doctor, Jack says he was trying to get to "him" to warn him that the future of the universe is at stake. Finding out the Doctor is now female, Jack gets excited; saying "This I gotta see!".
 
Back in the apartment, Yaz discovers a box that is not from Earth as the Judoon prepare their final warnings. Lee asks for the box despite claiming to never have seen it before and tells the Doctor to escape with Ruth out the back while Yaz and Ryan make a diversion to prevent the Judoon from attacking him. With the time up, they split up and Ruth promises to meet Lee at the cathedral. Yaz and Ryan tell the Judoon they can come in if they are peaceful, but the two of them are teleported away. Lee begins texting Ruth and surrenders to the Judoon.
 
Yaz and Ryan appear on the spaceship with Graham and Jack. Confusing first Ryan then Yaz for the Doctor, Jack curses missing her three times. In the apartment, a woman called Commander [[Gat]] beams in next to Pol-Kon-Don. Gat squares up to Lee, revealing that they know each other and she believed him to be dead before trying to track him down, and that she found him because of his otherworldly army medal. Despairing of Lee, Gat tells the Judoon to kill him. However, they scan him and realise he is not the fugitive after all. Calling him a "faithful companion", Gat disintegrates Lee herself.
 
In Gloucester Cathedral, as the Doctor interrogates Ruth, she receives the text from Lee, reading "Follow the light. Break the glass. Happy birthday" and sees brief visions of a lighthouse. However, the Judoon reappear and surround them. Pol-Kon-Don reveals to Ruth that Lee has been killed and that she has decrypted Ruth's biological shielding and identified her as the fugitive. Acting unnaturally fast, Ruth attacks the Judoon, steals a weapon from them, and threatens Pol-Kon-Don, before tearing off her horn. Pol-Kon-Don yells in pain before Ruth activates their communicator and teleports them away.
 
Back in the spaceship, Jack realises he was unable to scoop up the Doctor due to the Judoon interference as the attacks on the ship intensify.
 
Meanwhile, the Doctor realises the Judoon have evacuated and freed the city, which she views as a bad sign. Although she is convinced both Ruth and Lee were bio-shielded, Ruth is adamant she is not hiding anything. The Doctor believes that Lee's text was some kind of activation for the real Ruth, and Ruth recalls the memory of the lighthouse, which was her childhood home and where her parents are buried. The Doctor decides they must go there immediately.
 
On the spaceship, the ship's [[nanogene]]s begin fighting back against Jack and he has one minute before having to teleport off. He sets his scoop to send the Doctor's friends back, but not before giving them a message for her. Promising to see her again, he tells them to "beware the lone [[Cyberman]]. Don't give it what it wants. At all costs." Jack then vanishes and the trio are returned to Gloucester.
 
In Ruth's car, the Doctor quizzes her on her memories. Upon arriving at the lighthouse, Ruth sets up a fire as the Doctor looks around. On the viewing platform, the Doctor notices Ruth's parents' grave and sonics it. Finding something strange, she walks down to it and realises it is not a grave at all. Inside, voices in Ruth's head urge her to break the glass as Lee said. Finding a fire alarm with strange markings on it, she smashes it and golden energy encompasses her. Outside, the Doctor collects a spade and starts digging, eventually hitting something solid. With Ruth recovered, she visibly changes personality, finding a very large alien gun in a nearby basket, and changes her outfit. Finally, the Doctor uncovers the buried object: it is the roof of the TARDIS. Utterly baffled, the Doctor is only made more confused when Ruth arrives and introduces herself as [[Fugitive Doctor|the Doctor]] as well. The Doctor can barely speak as "Ruth" explains she is a traveller in space and time and warps them onboard [[Fugitive Doctor's TARDIS|her TARDIS]].
 
"Ruth" gets into action to wake the TARDIS up and prepares to stand up to Gat. The Doctor introduces herself as the Doctor as well and the pair speculate why neither can remember the other, a scan from the sonic screwdriver revealing that they are definitely the same person. The Fugitive Doctor explains she used to work for Gat, and the Thirteenth Doctor realises she hid on Earth, using an [[Chameleon Arch]] to disguise herself as a human, to escape her. Suddenly the Judoon ship grabs the TARDIS and drags it onboard, and the Fugitive Doctor orders the Thirteenth Doctor to not get involved.
 
Approaching Gat and the Judoon onboard the ship, the Fugitive Doctor hands her rifle back to its original owner. Gat wants to be finished with the Doctor but Pol-Kon-Don insists she must be delivered to their contractee, indicating that someone higher than Gat is after her. Although the Fugitive Doctor urges the Thirteenth Doctor to be quiet, she reveals her identity to Gat anyway and the Judoon scan her to confirm it. Gat states it is impossible, as they could not return to Gallifrey together, leading the Thirteenth Doctor to realise they must be from her past, as Gallifrey is destroyed in her time. The Thirteenth Doctor makes psychic contact with Gat to prove it, but she does not believe it and goes to shoot the Doctors. However, the gun backfires, disintegrating her. The Fugitive Doctor reveals she knew that would happen and the Judoon prepare to arrest her, but she calculates their ship just entered interstellar space where there are no laws. Returning to her TARDIS, the Fugitive Doctor warns the Judoon to never come for her again.
 
The Fugitive Doctor homes in on the Thirteenth Doctor's TARDIS and drops her off at the Gloucester docks. They part ways knowing that they cannot both be wrong about their pasts. Eventually, the Thirteenth Doctor meets back up with her friends, who share the news about Jack, baffling the Doctor even further.
 
Back in her TARDIS, the Doctor listens to Jack's message and explains her history with him and the Cybermen. She also tells them about what she discovered with "Ruth" and figures that with her, the Master, and Jack all appearing, something is centring on her. Ryan tries to reassure her, but she snaps at him, pointing out that he barely knows her. However, her friends band together to say that she is the best person they know and that they are family, which is all that matters. Suddenly, an alarm sounds, alerting the Doctor to major separate events on three continents of Earth. They decide to have a quick look and spring into action.


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
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* [[Yasmin Khan]] - [[Mandip Gill]]
* [[Yasmin Khan]] - [[Mandip Gill]]
* [[Ryan Sinclair]] - [[Tosin Cole]]
* [[Ryan Sinclair]] - [[Tosin Cole]]
* [[Ruth Clayton]] - [[Jo Martin]]
* [[Fugitive Doctor|Ruth Clayton]] - [[Jo Martin]]
* [[Jack Harkness|Captain Jack Harkness]] - [[John Barrowman]]
* [[Jack Harkness|Captain Jack Harkness]] - [[John Barrowman]]
* [[Lee Clayton]] - [[Neil Stuke]]
* [[Lee Clayton]] - [[Neil Stuke]]
* [[Gat]] - [[Ritu Arya]]
* [[Gat]] - [[Ritu Arya]]
* [[Pol-Con-Don|Judoon Captain Pol-Con-Don]] - [[Paul Kasey]]
* [[Pol-Kon-Don|Judoon Captain Pol-Kon-Don]] - [[Paul Kasey]]
* [[Allan (Fugitive of the Judoon)|All Ears Allan]] - [[Michael Begley]]
* [[Allan (Fugitive of the Judoon)|All Ears Allan]] - [[Michael Begley]]
* [[Marcia (Fugitive of the Judoon)|Marcia]] - [[Judith Street]]
* [[Marcia (Fugitive of the Judoon)|Marcia]] - [[Judith Street]]
* [[Tourist (Fugitive of the Judoon)|Tourist]] - [[Katie Luckins]]
* [[Tourist (Fugitive of the Judoon)|Tourist]] - [[Katie Luckins]]
* Voice of [[Pol-Con-Don|Judoon Captain]] - [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* Voice of [[Judoon Captain]] - [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* [[Judoon]] - [[Simon Carew]], [[Richard Highgate]], [[Richard Price]], [[Matthew Rohman]]
* [[Judoon]] - [[Simon Carew]], [[Richard Highgate]], [[Richard Price]], [[Matthew Rohman]]
: And introducing [[Jo Martin]] as [[The Doctor (Fugitive of the Judoon)|The Doctor]]
* [[Ruth Clayton]]/[[Fugitive Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Jo Martin]]


== Crew ==
== Crew ==
''to be added''
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== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Locations ===
* Ruth is a [[tour guide]] at [[Gloucester Cathedral]].
* Yasmin notes that the [[Kasaavin]] trapped {{Dhawan}} in their [[Kasaavin realm|world]].
* The Doctor sees, and later shows [[Gat]], a [[flashback]] of the destroyed [[Gallifrey]].
* Lee claims to be from [[Stroud]].
* [[Jack Harkness]] got the [[Quantican Scoop]] from a [[fourple]] on [[Ibiza XIII]].
* Ruth owns a [[lighthouse]], which in reality is a hide-out for [[Fugitive Doctor's TARDIS|her TARDIS]] and the trigger for her [[Fugitive Doctor|real memories]].
 
=== Events ===
* In [[1216]], [[Henry III]] was [[coronation|crowned]] at [[Gloucester Cathedral]].
* In [[1216]], [[Henry III]] was [[coronation|crowned]] at [[Gloucester Cathedral]].
** ''[[Harry Potter]]'' was also filmed in this cathedral.
** ''[[Harry Potter]]'' was also filmed in the cathedral.
* Lee once received an [[honour|army]] [[medal]] made of [[chronotelluric alloy]].
* Gat cites the [[Blinovitch Limitation Effect]] as an "abomination".
* The Thirteenth Doctor remembers the [[Last Great Time War]].
* The Ruth Doctor names the [[temporal feedback loop]] as an event that happens when two TARDISes get too close to each other.
* It is [[Monday]], and Ruth celebrates her alleged [[birthday]].
 
=== TARDIS ===
* The Doctor matches the [[TARDIS rotation]] to the Judoons' [[zonal enforcement field]]'s [[refresh rate]].
* Ruth's TARDIS has a classic retro-design [[Outer plasmic shell|exterior]] and a modified classic [[TARDIS control room|interior]].
 
=== Organisations ===
* Ruth wears an [[SKMEI]] watch.
* On reading the Doctor's [[psychic paper]], Pol-Kon-Don assumes she is an [[Imperial Regulator]].
* Lee worked at [[Bathrooms4U]].
* Lee and Ruth have a [[Gorenje]] [[fridge]].
* Jack mentions [[The Alliance (Fugitive of the Judoon)|the Alliance]] sent something back through [[time]] across [[space]].
* The Judoon state their [[contract]] says to hand over the [[fugitive]] at [[the Division]].
 
=== Food and drink ===
* Ruth makes herself a birthday [[breakfast]] of [[butter]]ed [[toast]], an [[egg]], and [[orange juice]].
* Ruth buys a [[coffee]] from Allan.
* The coffee shop serves [[pancake]]s.
* Lee buys a [[birthday cake]] from Allan for Ruth and mentions he usually comes to get a [[latte]].
* Graham takes a [[muffin]].
* Gat likens the Judoon's noisiness to using a [[sledgehammer]] to crack a [[nut]].
 
=== Jargon, slang and colloquialisms ===
* The Doctor calls the infiltration a "[[Judoon]] platoon near the [[The Moon|moon]]" and "...near that [[lagoon]]". Yaz calls the latter "more of a [[canal]]".
* Jack calls Graham "[[Silver Fox]]".
* The Fugitive Doctor calls the [[sonic screwdriver]] a "cute little [[gizmo]]".
* The Thirteenth Doctor calls her ruse as an Imperial Regulator a "[[fib]]".
* The Thirteenth Doctor hatches a plan she calls "the [[curveball]] and the Judoon".
 
=== Individuals ===
* Ruth has a [[swan]]-friend that she calls [[Reggie (Fugitive of the Judoon)|Reggie]].
* [[Marcia (Fugitive of the Judoon)|Marcia]] is an old lady that [[knitting|knits]].
* [[Allan (Fugitive of the Judoon)|Allan]] works at the [[coffee shop]]. He has a [[Lee dossier|dossier]] on [[Lee Clayton]].
* The Doctor is looking for {{Dhawan}}.
* The Doctor and Yaz note that the arrestee is entitled to [[arbitration]] with a third party under the "made-up" local Earth law [[Earth Rule 12|Rule 12]]. They get away with it due to Yaz being a [[Liaison Officer]].
* The Doctor flippantly says that Ruth "turned into [[Jackie Chan]]" after fighting off the Judoon.
* Jack tells Graham, Yaz and Ryan to tell the Doctor to beware the [[Ashad|Lone Cyberman]].
* The Thirteenth Doctor gets offended when the "Fugitive" Doctor gives her [[Point (score)|points]], claiming it as her thing.
 
=== The Judoon ===
* The Doctor notes the Judoon use a [[Level Seven Enforcement Field]].
* [[Judoon Captain]] [[Pol-Kon-Don]] cites [[Judoon Engagement Article 163B]].
* The Judoon cite [[Subsection 951]] when finding out both the Doctors are the same fugitive.
 
=== Species ===
* The Doctor says the [[Cybermen]] are just as deadly as the [[Dalek]]s.
 
=== Technology ===
* The Doctor mentions the Master's [[hologram]] message to her [[companion]]s.
* The Judoon use a [[zonal enforcement field]] on the Earth and threaten to use a [[Temporal Isolator]], a [[Temporal Blast]], to capture their target.
* The Judoon launch a [[Final Warning Missile]] into Lee and Ruth's flat.
* Jack is using a ship that has [[movement sensor]]s that can set off [[laser spike]]s. It also has [[shield]]s, an [[anti-theft attack system]], and [[nanogene]]s.
* Jack uses a [[Quantican]] [[Scoop]] to transport Team TARDIS to his stolen ship and back.
* Lee sends Ruth a text from his [[mobile phone]].
* Gat arrives by [[matter transmission|matter transmitter]].
* Ruth has [[biological shield]]ing which later is revealed to be the use of the [[Chameleon Arch]].
* Ruth uses a [[biodata module]] disguised as a [[fire alarm]] to reverse the effect of the Chameleon Arch.
* Ruth has a [[laser rifle]].
* A [[tractor beam]] brings the "Fugitive" Doctor's TARDIS to the Judoon's ship, a [[Judoonese]] [[Talwak Freighter]].


== Story notes ==
== Story notes ==
* [[John Barrowman]] had to fake a house renovation in [[Cardiff]] to keep it secret that he was filming for ''[[Doctor Who]]''. In fact, in order to keep up the ruse, Barrowman did actually carry out this renovation.<ref>https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2020-01-26/john-barrowman-fake-renovation-doctor-who/</ref>
* [[John Barrowman]] had to fake a house renovation in [[Cardiff]] to keep it secret that he was filming for ''[[Doctor Who]]''. In fact, in order to keep up the ruse, Barrowman did actually carry out this renovation.<ref>[https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/john-barrowman-fake-renovation-doctor-who/ Doctor Who's John Barrowman faked a flat redecoration to secretly film - Radio Times]</ref>
* The [[Judoon Captain]] is named [[Pol-Con-Don]] as a tribute to late ''Doctor Who'' fan and friend of [[Chris Chibnall]], [[Paul Condon]].<ref>https://cultbox.co.uk/news/judoon-captain-named-for-doctor-who-fan-paul-condon</ref>
** Additionally, to preserve the surprise of his return, Barrowman's name and character name were listed as 'Roy Lester', an anagram of [[Rose Tyler]]. ([[DWM 570]] supplement)
* The [[Judoon Captain]] is named [[Pol-Kon-Don]] as a tribute to late ''Doctor Who'' fan and friend of [[Chris Chibnall]], [[Paul Condon]].<ref>[https://cultbox.co.uk/news/judoon-captain-named-for-doctor-who-fan-paul-condon Judoon captain named for Doctor Who fan Paul Condon]</ref>
* Although [[Nida Manzoor]] directed the episode, [[Jamie Magnus Stone]] directed [[Captain]] [[Jack Harkness]]' scenes.<ref>[https://cultbox.co.uk/news/doctor-who-fugitive-of-the-judoon-behind-the-scenes Doctor Who, Fugitive of the Judoon: behind the scenes]</ref>
* The events of this Earth-based story are closely followed by the next episode, ''[[Praxeus (TV story)|Praxeus]]'', which is set "early in the [[2020s|third decade]] of the [[21st century]]".
* "Ruth" celebrates what she believes to be her 44th birthday. The broadcast date of this episode, January 26, 2020, marks 44 years and 2 days since the January 24, 1976 broadcast of the final episode of [[TV]]: ''[[The Brain of Morbius (TV story)|The Brain of Morbius]]'', the last episode to explicitly suggest pre-Hartnell incarnations of the Doctor.
* This story is meant to take place in [[January]]<ref group="note" name="January">[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Tourist (short story)|The Tourist]]'' from ''[[Adventures in Lockdown]]'' reveals that the [[Judoon]] invasion of [[Gloucester]] took place in the month of [[January]].</ref>[[2020]].
* This is the first television episode of ''Doctor Who'' featuring Jack Harkness since his introduction in [[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]''/''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]'' to not be written by [[Russell T Davies]].
* This story was one of the first planned for [[Jodie Whittaker]]'s era of ''Doctor Who'', as far back as March 2016. This early version would have included scenes in a Spanish vineyard and a Zumba class. ([[DWM 570]] supplement)
** Later drafts of this story were titled ''Semper Fidelis'', the motto of [[Exeter]], where it was originally set. Ruth would have been a ghost tour guide in her late 50s with a son called Tony, who would be revealed as a future Doctor and a member of her warrior squad, respectively. Gat was named Gax and the Judoon were replaced by a race called the Karreg. ([[DWM 570]] supplement)


=== Ratings ===
=== Ratings ===
''to be added''
* 4.21 million (BBC overnight)<ref>[http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2020/01/judoon-overnight-viewing-figures.html Fugitive of the Judoon - Overnight Viewing Figures]</ref>
* 5.57 million (BBC final)<ref>[http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2020/02/fugitive-of-judoon-official-ratings.html Fugitive of the Judoon - Official Ratings]</ref>


=== Filming locations ===
=== Filming locations ===
''to be added''
* [[Gloucester]]
* [[Gloucester Cathedral]]
* Gloucester Docks
* Ocean House, [[Cardiff]] - [[Ruth Clayton|Ruth]] and [[Lee Clayton]]'s flat
* St German's Church, Cardiff - Gloucester Cathedral interior
* The Little Man Coffee Company, Cardiff - [[Allan Hogan]]'s café
* Spillers and Bakers, Cardiff - block of flats
* Dock Feeder Canal, Cardiff - Gloucester Docks
* West Usk Lighthouse, [[Newport]] - Ruth's lighthouse. Since 2012, this lighthouse-turned-bed and breakfast has had a Dalek in the foyer and a TARDIS as changing room for the hot tub on the roof.<ref>[https://www.westusklighthouse.co.uk West Usk Lighthouse | Accommodation & Wedding Venue | Newport]</ref>
* Clifton Cathedral, [[Bristol]] - [[Jack Harkness]]' ship
 
(All [[DWM 570]] supplement)


=== Production errors ===
=== Production errors ===
{{Discontinuity}}
{{Discontinuity}}
''to be added''
 
* When the two Doctors exit the [[Fugitive Doctor]]'s [[Fugitive Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]], as they open the door, the backside of the [[police box]] prop is visible.
** This is the first such error since the early days of the Classic era of the show.
* When in the "Fugitive" Doctor's TARDIS, the wide shots with the "Fugitive" and Thirteenth Doctors show that the doors in the background appear to be slightly open.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor has been searching for any evidence that {{Dhawan}} may have escaped the [[Kasaavin realm|realm]] of the [[Kasaavin]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spyfall (TV story)|Spyfall]]'')
* The Doctor has been searching for any evidence that {{Dhawan}} may have escaped the [[Kasaavin realm|realm]] of the [[Kasaavin]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spyfall (TV story)|Spyfall]]'')
* She has visited [[Gallifrey]] multiple times, alone, since making first finding her home in the aftermath of the Master's destruction. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spyfall (TV story)|Spyfall]]'')
* The Doctor has visited [[Gallifrey]] multiple times, alone, since first seeing her home in the aftermath of the Master's destruction. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spyfall (TV story)|Spyfall]]'')
* The Doctor recalls that [[Gallifrey]] has been destroyed twice, by war ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ancestor Cell (novel)|The Ancestor Cell]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'' et al.) and then by the Master. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spyfall (TV story)|Spyfall]]'')
* The Doctor recalls that Gallifrey has been destroyed twice, by war ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ancestor Cell (novel)|The Ancestor Cell]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'' et al.) and then by the Master. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spyfall (TV story)|Spyfall]]'')
* The Doctor notes that the [[Judoon]] have no jurisdiction on [[Earth]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'', ''[[Prisoner of the Judoon (TV story)|Prisoner of the Judoon]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Revenge of the Judoon (novel)|Revenge of the Judoon]]'')
* The Doctor notes that the [[Judoon]] have no jurisdiction on [[Earth]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'', ''[[Prisoner of the Judoon (TV story)|Prisoner of the Judoon]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Revenge of the Judoon (novel)|Revenge of the Judoon]]'')
* The Judoon execute a [[human]] for a petty act of [[assault]] and hand out compensation. ([[TV]]: ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'')
* The Judoon execute a [[human]] for a petty act of [[assault]] and hand out compensation. ([[TV]]: ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'')
* The Doctor attempts to rhyme the word Judoon with [[platoon]], [[moon]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'') and [[lagoon]].
* The Doctor attempts to rhyme the word Judoon with [[platoon]], [[moon]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'') and [[lagoon]].
* Jack mistakes Graham for the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spyfall (TV story)|Spyfall]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Good Doctor (novel)|The Good Doctor]]'')
* Jack mistakes Graham for the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spyfall (TV story)|Spyfall]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Good Doctor (novel)|The Good Doctor]]'')
* Jack [[kiss]]es the man he believes to be the Doctor, as he once did with the [[Ninth Doctor]] toward the end of their initial travels. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') Before reuniting with the [[Tenth Doctor]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'') Jack once expressed his intent to first kiss the Doctor, and then "kill him", when at last they meet again. ([[TV]]: ''[[Fragments (TV story)|Fragments]]'')
* Jack [[kiss]]es the man he believes to be the Doctor, as he once did with the [[Ninth Doctor]] towards the end of their initial travels. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') Before reuniting with the [[Tenth Doctor]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'') Jack once expressed his intent to first kiss the Doctor, and then "kill him", when they met again. ([[TV]]: ''[[Fragments (TV story)|Fragments]]'')
* Ryan refers to Jack as "kind of cheesy", [[Mickey Smith]] also referred to Jack as "cheesy" upon first meeting him, ([[TV]]: ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'') and later called him "Captain Cheesecake". ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'')
* Manifesting her true identity, "Ruth" refers to the Judoon as [[rhinoform]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Judoon in Chains (audio story)|Judoon in Chains]]'')
* Manifesting her true identity, "Ruth" refers to the Judoon as [[rhinoform]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Judoon in Chains (audio story)|Judoon in Chains]]'')
* Captain Jack is familiar with [[nanogene]]s ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'') and the [[Cybermen]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Cyberwoman (TV story)|Cyberwoman]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)|Supremacy of the Cybermen]]'', [[WC]]: ''[[Monster File: Cybermen (webcast)|Monster File: Cybermen]]'')
* The Doctor has previously awarded points to her companions. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tsuranga Conundrum (TV story)|The Tsuranga Conundrum]]'')
* Captain Jack is familiar with [[nanogene]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'') the Judoon ([[WC]]: ''[[Monster File: Judoon (webcast)|Monster File: Judoon]]'') and the [[Cybermen]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Cyberwoman (TV story)|Cyberwoman]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)|Supremacy of the Cybermen]]'', [[WC]]: ''[[Monster File: Cybermen (webcast)|Monster File: Cybermen]]'')
* "Ruth" uses a [[Chameleon Arch]] to disguise herself as a human, complete with false [[memory|memories]] and rewritten human [[biology]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]''/''[[The Family of Blood (TV story)|The Family of Blood]]'', ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[One Life (audio story)|One Life]]'')
* "Ruth" uses a [[Chameleon Arch]] to disguise herself as a human, complete with false [[memory|memories]] and rewritten human [[biology]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]''/''[[The Family of Blood (TV story)|The Family of Blood]]'', ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[One Life (audio story)|One Life]]'')
* The Doctor tells Team TARDIS that the Cybermen are on par with the [[Dalek]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Resolution (TV story)|Resolution]]'')
* The Doctor tells Team TARDIS that the Cybermen are as dangerous as the [[Dalek]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Resolution (TV story)|Resolution]]'')
* Team TARDIS notes that they were brought together by the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)|The Woman Who Fell to Earth]]'', ''[[Arachnids in the UK (TV story)|Arachnids in the UK]]'')
* Team TARDIS notes the Doctor brought them together. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)|The Woman Who Fell to Earth]]'', ''[[Arachnids in the UK (TV story)|Arachnids in the UK]]'')
* The Doctor picks up multiple alerts across three continents on Earth. ([[TV]]: ''[[Praxeus (TV story)|Praxeus]]'')
* The Doctor and Team TARDIS later learn that the thing the Lone Cyberman wants is the [[Cyberium]], which the Doctor is forced to relinquish. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)|The Haunting of Villa Diodati]]'')


== Home video releases ==
== Home video releases ==
''to be added''
===DVD and Blu-ray releases===
 
* This story was released as part of the Complete Twelfth Series boxset on DVD and Blu-ray in region 1/A on [[9 June (releases)|9 June]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]], in region 2/B on [[4 May (releases)|4 May]] 2020 and in region 4/B on [[3 June (releases)|3 June]] 2020.
 
===Digital releases===
 
* In the United Kingdom, this story is available on [[BBC iPlayer]]''.''


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Fugitive of the Judoon was the fifth episode of series 12 of Doctor Who.

It featured the introduction of a new incarnation of the Doctor, wrapped in mystery, with her own TARDIS, though neither Doctor can remember living the life of the other. This other Doctor is said to have used a Chameleon Arch to hide on Earth in her "Ruth Clayton" identity, and has a history working for the Time Lords, in an undisclosed capacity. As a result of this revelation, Jo Martin makes history by becoming the first non-white actor to be cast in the role of the Doctor, as well as the first to receive credit in this role.

This episode also saw the return of Captain Jack Harkness, who last made a televised appearance at the end of Torchwood series 4 in 2011 with The Blood Line. This was also his first appearance in televised Doctor Who in just over a decade, last having been seen in 2010's The End of Time. Although Jack does not interact with the Thirteenth Doctor in this story, he warns her companions about the Lone Cyberman, setting up a story arc that came to fruition in The Haunting of Villa Diodati.

True to its title, this story also saw the reintroduction of the Judoon, who were last seen, briefly, on Doctor Who in 2015's Face the Raven.

Synopsis[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Judoon are on the hunt for a runaway and they have narrowed their search down to modern-day Gloucester. The Thirteenth Doctor and her friends decide to step in before anyone can get hurt, but things are far more complex than they seem. A complex web is about to unfold, featuring a surprising new face and a worrying prophecy from an old friend.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

In a flat in 2020 Gloucester, a woman called Ruth Clayton wakes up on her 44th birthday and makes herself breakfast. Her husband, Lee Clayton, goes to collect her cake as she heads to work. Advertising her guided tours of the city, she greets various passersby with a smile and eventually manages to hook one tourist with a mention of Harry Potter. Sitting down with an elderly acquaintance called Marcia, they both agree that the tourist will not be coming back.

Later, Ruth visits a café where the barista, Allan, gives her a coffee and shares his suspicions about Lee. He shows Ruth a dossier of information about Lee's strange activity, but she laughs it off. Meanwhile, in a Judoon spaceship hovering above Earth, platoon captain Pol-Kon-Don targets the city.

In the Doctor's TARDIS, Graham, Yaz, and Ryan gather on the steps and discuss the Thirteenth Doctor's distant behaviour. When they confront her, she explains she is searching for the Spy Master, believing he could have escaped after the Kasaavin took him, because of a message he had sent her. Just then, a Judoon warning transmission sounds. The Doctor gives her companions a brief rundown on the Judoon and notes they have put up a zonal enforcement field on Earth so nobody can enter or exit the city. She decides to try and slip the TARDIS through.

In Gloucester, the Judoon appear and cause mass panic, scanning the public and stamping a red X on their hands. Marcia confronts them and they scan her and translate their speech to English. As Ruth faces up to them as well, the Judoon introduce themselves. Marcia runs away, straight into the enforcement field, and is disintegrated. The Judoon explain they are searching for a fugitive in the city.

In the coffee shop, Lee enters to receive Ruth's birthday cake and Allan presents him with one topped with "You can do better". Annoyed, Lee mutters about humans as the TARDIS materialises in the back room. The Doctor and her friends explain the situation and Lee runs away before Allan can lock the shop. As the Doctor, Yaz, and Ryan leave, Graham stays behind to look at Lee's cake, and is teleported away. Outside, Lee meets up with Ruth and tells her they need to go home. Meanwhile, the Judoon arrive at the coffee shop and scan Allan. However, as they have made a mess of the shop, he shoves Pol-Kon-Don and is immediately sentenced to execution.

Back in Ruth and Lee's flat, Lee begins packing some suitcases and Ruth finds herself very suspicious of his behaviour. The Judoon gather outside the apartment block, but the Doctor faces up to Pol-Kon-Don and uses her psychic paper to convince them she is an Imperial Regulator. She tells them they do not have jurisdiction in the area and the temporal isolator they are planning to use on the flats is outlawed. Although the Judoon say that the fugitive is highly dangerous, the Doctor tells them to stand down, pretending that Earth laws state "any potential arrestee is entitled to arbitration with a third party". As they haggle to get five minutes talking time, the Doctor realises Graham is missing.

Graham wakes up on the floor of a very wide and light spaceship. A male American voice tells him to not move until the movement sensors are calibrated, and that he is "looking good". Finishing his preparations, the owner of the voice teleports in, revealing himself to be none other than Captain Jack Harkness. He runs up and snogs Graham, asking "how you been, Doctor?"

In the apartment, the Doctor, Yaz and Ryan meet Ruth and Lee. Lee tells them that he has been part of a case of mistaken identity, but they are not convinced, noting the hurriedly packed bags. However, the sonic screwdriver scans both Ruth and Lee as completely human.

In the spaceship, Jack explains he has stolen the ship and its owners are shooting at them to get it back. As Graham explains he just travels with the Doctor, Jack says he was trying to get to "him" to warn him that the future of the universe is at stake. Finding out the Doctor is now female, Jack gets excited; saying "This I gotta see!".

Back in the apartment, Yaz discovers a box that is not from Earth as the Judoon prepare their final warnings. Lee asks for the box despite claiming to never have seen it before and tells the Doctor to escape with Ruth out the back while Yaz and Ryan make a diversion to prevent the Judoon from attacking him. With the time up, they split up and Ruth promises to meet Lee at the cathedral. Yaz and Ryan tell the Judoon they can come in if they are peaceful, but the two of them are teleported away. Lee begins texting Ruth and surrenders to the Judoon.

Yaz and Ryan appear on the spaceship with Graham and Jack. Confusing first Ryan then Yaz for the Doctor, Jack curses missing her three times. In the apartment, a woman called Commander Gat beams in next to Pol-Kon-Don. Gat squares up to Lee, revealing that they know each other and she believed him to be dead before trying to track him down, and that she found him because of his otherworldly army medal. Despairing of Lee, Gat tells the Judoon to kill him. However, they scan him and realise he is not the fugitive after all. Calling him a "faithful companion", Gat disintegrates Lee herself.

In Gloucester Cathedral, as the Doctor interrogates Ruth, she receives the text from Lee, reading "Follow the light. Break the glass. Happy birthday" and sees brief visions of a lighthouse. However, the Judoon reappear and surround them. Pol-Kon-Don reveals to Ruth that Lee has been killed and that she has decrypted Ruth's biological shielding and identified her as the fugitive. Acting unnaturally fast, Ruth attacks the Judoon, steals a weapon from them, and threatens Pol-Kon-Don, before tearing off her horn. Pol-Kon-Don yells in pain before Ruth activates their communicator and teleports them away.

Back in the spaceship, Jack realises he was unable to scoop up the Doctor due to the Judoon interference as the attacks on the ship intensify.

Meanwhile, the Doctor realises the Judoon have evacuated and freed the city, which she views as a bad sign. Although she is convinced both Ruth and Lee were bio-shielded, Ruth is adamant she is not hiding anything. The Doctor believes that Lee's text was some kind of activation for the real Ruth, and Ruth recalls the memory of the lighthouse, which was her childhood home and where her parents are buried. The Doctor decides they must go there immediately.

On the spaceship, the ship's nanogenes begin fighting back against Jack and he has one minute before having to teleport off. He sets his scoop to send the Doctor's friends back, but not before giving them a message for her. Promising to see her again, he tells them to "beware the lone Cyberman. Don't give it what it wants. At all costs." Jack then vanishes and the trio are returned to Gloucester.

In Ruth's car, the Doctor quizzes her on her memories. Upon arriving at the lighthouse, Ruth sets up a fire as the Doctor looks around. On the viewing platform, the Doctor notices Ruth's parents' grave and sonics it. Finding something strange, she walks down to it and realises it is not a grave at all. Inside, voices in Ruth's head urge her to break the glass as Lee said. Finding a fire alarm with strange markings on it, she smashes it and golden energy encompasses her. Outside, the Doctor collects a spade and starts digging, eventually hitting something solid. With Ruth recovered, she visibly changes personality, finding a very large alien gun in a nearby basket, and changes her outfit. Finally, the Doctor uncovers the buried object: it is the roof of the TARDIS. Utterly baffled, the Doctor is only made more confused when Ruth arrives and introduces herself as the Doctor as well. The Doctor can barely speak as "Ruth" explains she is a traveller in space and time and warps them onboard her TARDIS.

"Ruth" gets into action to wake the TARDIS up and prepares to stand up to Gat. The Doctor introduces herself as the Doctor as well and the pair speculate why neither can remember the other, a scan from the sonic screwdriver revealing that they are definitely the same person. The Fugitive Doctor explains she used to work for Gat, and the Thirteenth Doctor realises she hid on Earth, using an Chameleon Arch to disguise herself as a human, to escape her. Suddenly the Judoon ship grabs the TARDIS and drags it onboard, and the Fugitive Doctor orders the Thirteenth Doctor to not get involved.

Approaching Gat and the Judoon onboard the ship, the Fugitive Doctor hands her rifle back to its original owner. Gat wants to be finished with the Doctor but Pol-Kon-Don insists she must be delivered to their contractee, indicating that someone higher than Gat is after her. Although the Fugitive Doctor urges the Thirteenth Doctor to be quiet, she reveals her identity to Gat anyway and the Judoon scan her to confirm it. Gat states it is impossible, as they could not return to Gallifrey together, leading the Thirteenth Doctor to realise they must be from her past, as Gallifrey is destroyed in her time. The Thirteenth Doctor makes psychic contact with Gat to prove it, but she does not believe it and goes to shoot the Doctors. However, the gun backfires, disintegrating her. The Fugitive Doctor reveals she knew that would happen and the Judoon prepare to arrest her, but she calculates their ship just entered interstellar space where there are no laws. Returning to her TARDIS, the Fugitive Doctor warns the Judoon to never come for her again.

The Fugitive Doctor homes in on the Thirteenth Doctor's TARDIS and drops her off at the Gloucester docks. They part ways knowing that they cannot both be wrong about their pasts. Eventually, the Thirteenth Doctor meets back up with her friends, who share the news about Jack, baffling the Doctor even further.

Back in her TARDIS, the Doctor listens to Jack's message and explains her history with him and the Cybermen. She also tells them about what she discovered with "Ruth" and figures that with her, the Master, and Jack all appearing, something is centring on her. Ryan tries to reassure her, but she snaps at him, pointing out that he barely knows her. However, her friends band together to say that she is the best person they know and that they are family, which is all that matters. Suddenly, an alarm sounds, alerting the Doctor to major separate events on three continents of Earth. They decide to have a quick look and spring into action.

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Not every person who worked on this adventure was credited. The absence of a credit for a position doesn't necessarily mean the job wasn't required. The information above is based solely on observations of the actual end credits of the episodes as broadcast, and does not relay information from IMDB or other sources.


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  • The Doctor calls the infiltration a "Judoon platoon near the moon" and "...near that lagoon". Yaz calls the latter "more of a canal".
  • Jack calls Graham "Silver Fox".
  • The Fugitive Doctor calls the sonic screwdriver a "cute little gizmo".
  • The Thirteenth Doctor calls her ruse as an Imperial Regulator a "fib".
  • The Thirteenth Doctor hatches a plan she calls "the curveball and the Judoon".

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  • John Barrowman had to fake a house renovation in Cardiff to keep it secret that he was filming for Doctor Who. In fact, in order to keep up the ruse, Barrowman did actually carry out this renovation.[1]
    • Additionally, to preserve the surprise of his return, Barrowman's name and character name were listed as 'Roy Lester', an anagram of Rose Tyler. (DWM 570 supplement)
  • The Judoon Captain is named Pol-Kon-Don as a tribute to late Doctor Who fan and friend of Chris Chibnall, Paul Condon.[2]
  • Although Nida Manzoor directed the episode, Jamie Magnus Stone directed Captain Jack Harkness' scenes.[3]
  • The events of this Earth-based story are closely followed by the next episode, Praxeus, which is set "early in the third decade of the 21st century".
  • "Ruth" celebrates what she believes to be her 44th birthday. The broadcast date of this episode, January 26, 2020, marks 44 years and 2 days since the January 24, 1976 broadcast of the final episode of TV: The Brain of Morbius, the last episode to explicitly suggest pre-Hartnell incarnations of the Doctor.
  • This story is meant to take place in January[note 1]2020.
  • This is the first television episode of Doctor Who featuring Jack Harkness since his introduction in TV: The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances to not be written by Russell T Davies.
  • This story was one of the first planned for Jodie Whittaker's era of Doctor Who, as far back as March 2016. This early version would have included scenes in a Spanish vineyard and a Zumba class. (DWM 570 supplement)
    • Later drafts of this story were titled Semper Fidelis, the motto of Exeter, where it was originally set. Ruth would have been a ghost tour guide in her late 50s with a son called Tony, who would be revealed as a future Doctor and a member of her warrior squad, respectively. Gat was named Gax and the Judoon were replaced by a race called the Karreg. (DWM 570 supplement)

Ratings[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • 4.21 million (BBC overnight)[4]
  • 5.57 million (BBC final)[5]

Filming locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Gloucester
  • Gloucester Cathedral
  • Gloucester Docks
  • Ocean House, Cardiff - Ruth and Lee Clayton's flat
  • St German's Church, Cardiff - Gloucester Cathedral interior
  • The Little Man Coffee Company, Cardiff - Allan Hogan's café
  • Spillers and Bakers, Cardiff - block of flats
  • Dock Feeder Canal, Cardiff - Gloucester Docks
  • West Usk Lighthouse, Newport - Ruth's lighthouse. Since 2012, this lighthouse-turned-bed and breakfast has had a Dalek in the foyer and a TARDIS as changing room for the hot tub on the roof.[6]
  • Clifton Cathedral, Bristol - Jack Harkness' ship

(All DWM 570 supplement)

Production errors[[edit] | [edit source]]

If you'd like to talk about narrative problems with this story — like plot holes and things that seem to contradict other stories — please go to this episode's discontinuity discussion.
  • When the two Doctors exit the Fugitive Doctor's TARDIS, as they open the door, the backside of the police box prop is visible.
    • This is the first such error since the early days of the Classic era of the show.
  • When in the "Fugitive" Doctor's TARDIS, the wide shots with the "Fugitive" and Thirteenth Doctors show that the doors in the background appear to be slightly open.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Home video releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

DVD and Blu-ray releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This story was released as part of the Complete Twelfth Series boxset on DVD and Blu-ray in region 1/A on 9 June 2020, in region 2/B on 4 May 2020 and in region 4/B on 3 June 2020.

Digital releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • In the United Kingdom, this story is available on BBC iPlayer.

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ PROSE: The Tourist from Adventures in Lockdown reveals that the Judoon invasion of Gloucester took place in the month of January.
  1. ↑ Doctor Who's John Barrowman faked a flat redecoration to secretly film - Radio Times
  2. ↑ Judoon captain named for Doctor Who fan Paul Condon
  3. ↑ Doctor Who, Fugitive of the Judoon: behind the scenes
  4. ↑ Fugitive of the Judoon - Overnight Viewing Figures
  5. ↑ Fugitive of the Judoon - Official Ratings
  6. ↑ West Usk Lighthouse | Accommodation & Wedding Venue | Newport
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