Apex (audio story)

Apex
Main character(s):	Cleo, Shawna, Abby
Main setting:	London Docklands and Glasgow, 2023
Key crew
Publisher:	BBC Sounds
Writer:	Juno Dawson
Director:	Bethany Weimers
Producer:	James Goss
Sound:	Rob Harvey
Release details
Story number:	2
Release date:	18 September 2023
Format:	Podcast, 26 minutes
Doctor Who: Redacted
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Regrets was the second story in the second series of Doctor Who: Redacted, published by BBC Sounds and was written by Juno Dawson.

It starred Charlie Craggs as Cleo Proctor, Lois Chimimba as Abby McPhail and Holly Quin-Ankrah as Shawna Thompson.

Publisher's summary

Attacked by giant rats, Cleo’s expecting the Doctor to turn up – but instead she encounters a different enigmatic alien. Apex Costa explains he needs Cleo’s help - the Doctor’s missing. Meanwhile Abby and Shawna investigate a mysterious organisation called Torchwood.

Plot

to be added

Cast

• Cleo Proctor - Charlie Craggs
• Abby McPhail - Lois Chimimba
• Shawna Thompson - Holly Quin-Ankrah
• Apex Costa - Freddy Carter
• 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

• Torchwood owns a sound studio in Glasgow.
• Abby finds a dormant Auton hand at the sound studio.

Notes

to be added

Continuity

• Abby found records suggesting Archie has lived at Torchwood House as far back as 1897. (AUDIO: The Torchwood Archive)
• Apex’s records know of a similar incident to the overgrown rats involving spiders. (TV: Arachnids in the UK)
• Abby recalls what Morag told them about the break-in at Torchwood House. (AUDIO: Regrets)
• Cleo tells Apex about her encounter with the Doctor and dealing with the psychic virus. (AUDIO: Salvation)

External links

• Official Apex page on the Doctor Who website