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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* [[Rogue]]'s scan reveals a number of [[incarnation]]s of [[the Doctor]], | |||
* The Fifteenth Doctor once more uses his psychic paper, last seen in [[TV]]: [[The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)|''The Church on Ruby Road'']] <sup>[+]</sup>. | |||
* The Doctor recalls a conversation with [[Carla Sunday]] about promising to keep Ruby safe, echoing similar conversations that the [[Ninth Doctor]] had with [[Jackie Tyler]] about her daughter [[Rose Tyler|Rose's]] safety while traveling with the Doctor in [[TV]]: [[Aliens of London (TV story)|''Aliens of London'']] <sup>[+]</sup> and [[World War Three (TV story)|''World War Three'']] <sup>[+]</sup>. | |||
* Rogue wrongly mistakes the Doctor as the enemy he has been paid to kill because of his alien DNA revealing he can shape shift; the [[Tenth Doctor]] was similarly misidentified as the wrong target because of his alien origin by the [[Judoon]] in [[TV]]: [[Smith and Jones (TV story)|''Smith and Jones'']] <sup>[+]</sup>. | |||
* [[Rogue]]'s scan reveals a number of [[incarnation]]s of [[the Doctor]]; including the [[Fourteenth Doctor]], introduced in [[TV:]] ''[[The Power of the Doctor (TV story)|The Power of the Doctor]]'', [[Fugitive Doctor]], introduced in [[TV]]: {{cs|Fugitive of the Judoon (TV story)}}, the [[War Doctor]], introduced in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Name of the Doctor (TV story)}}, and [[Ninth Doctor (Scream of the Shalka)|the Ninth Doctor]] played by [[Richard E Grant]] in [[WC]]: {{cs|Scream of the Shalka (webcast)}} or [[Tenth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|the Tenth Doctor]] played by [[Richard E Grant]] in [[WC]]: [[The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)|The Curse of Fatal Death]]. | |||
* The victims of the [[Chuldur]] are reduced to a husk, much like those of [[Richard Lazarus]], as seen in {{cs|The Lazarus Experiment (TV story)}}. | * The victims of the [[Chuldur]] are reduced to a husk, much like those of [[Richard Lazarus]], as seen in {{cs|The Lazarus Experiment (TV story)}}. | ||
* It initially appears that [[Ruby Sunday|Ruby]] has inadvertently introduced the word "OK" 26 years before its first recorded use in the modern sense, but this is later revealed to have been to a [[Chuldur family]] member. | * It initially appears that [[Ruby Sunday|Ruby]] has inadvertently introduced the word "OK" 26 years before its first recorded use in the modern sense, but this is later revealed to have been to a [[Chuldur family]] member. | ||
* Rogue notes that [[Gallifrey]] is considered a long lost world in his time period, recalling remarks made by [[Jack Harkness]] on the matter of its destruction in the [[Last Great Time War]] in [[TV]]: [[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|''The Parting of the Ways'']] <sup>[+]</sup> and, more recently, its destruction in [[TV]]: [[The Timeless Children (TV story)|''The Timeless Children'']] <sup>[+]</sup>. | |||
* The Doctor kisses Rogue, something his ninth incarnation did with Jack Harkness in [[TV]]: [[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|''The Parting of the Ways'']] <sup>[+]</sup> and his [[Eleventh Doctor|eleventh incarnation]] did to [[Rory Williams]] in [[TV]]: [[Dinosaurs on a Spaceship (TV story)|''Dinosaurs on a Spaceship'']] <sup>[+]</sup>. | |||
* Ruby recalls to the Doctor that she met space babies in [[TV]]: [[Space Babies (TV story)|''Space Babies'']] <sup>[+]</sup>, that her mother is Carla Sunday, as established in [[TV]]: [[The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)|''The Church on Ruby Road'']] <sup>[+]</sup> and her ability to generate snow, as demonstrated in [[TV]]: [[The Devil's Chord (TV story)|''The Devil's Chord'']] <sup>[+]</sup> and [[Boom (TV story)|''Boom'']] <sup>[+]</sup>. | |||
== Home media releases == | == Home media releases == |
Revision as of 02:36, 8 June 2024
Rogue is the sixth episode of Season 1 of Doctor Who,[1][2] to be broadcast in 2024. It is written by Kate Herron and Briony Redman.[3][4]
Synopsis
The Doctor and Ruby visit 1813 to go to a duchess’s party, but when they meet a mysterious Rogue and a family of murderous shapeshifters, drama to rival Bridgerton ensues.
Plot
In 1813 Bath two men are arguing, Lord Galpin is demanding that Lord Barton take accountability for ruining the reputation of his sister. Barton resolutely refuses, taunts Galpin and insists that the latter duel him if he wishes satisfaction. Galpin reflects and decides that Barton’s life is far, far more fun than his, gambling, affairs, insulting others. Galbin grabs Barton, electricity flashes, and a burnt husk of Barton’s body falls to the ground, another copy of Barton standing atop it.
The Doctor and Ruby Sunday dance in a ballroom, Ruby marvelling at how she’s keeping up when she doesn’t know the steps. The Doctor tells her the earrings she’s been given are psychic - they beam the information directly to her, and she can adjust the dance, so long as she stays off of battle mode. Their hostess, the Duchess of Pemberton, walks over to them and the trio become acquainted. Ruby notices some interference in her earrings, some feedback, and the Doctor endeavours to determine the source as the Duchess pulls Ruby away to find a suitable suitor.
Lord Barton approaches Ruby, and she finds him to be quite off-putting and rude, walking away. Barton latches on soon after to Emily Beckett, and Ruby, sensing drama, follows them into the library. Using his sonic screwdriver the Doctor narrows the frequencies to be coming from a strange man standing on a balcony, watching the party from above. The man introduces himself as Rogue, and after some extended verbal sparring, suggests that the two should venture outside.
The Duchess finds herself outside, and notices her housekeeper is visible to the partygoers, which she takes to be scandalous. As the Duchess tells her off, the housekeeper replies that she made a stupid mistake being staff, working all day. And the housekeeper grabs the Duchess; lightning flashes.
Ruby watches Barton and Beckett in the library, their lives a melodrama. Barton insisting that he won't marry Beckett, even as she tempts him, Beckett begging him to leave her reputation intact as she wrestles with his continued presence. Ruby stumbles into some shelves, prompting Barton to leave. Ruby tries to comfort Beckett, and ultimately the pair decide to go back to the dance floor. As they dance and after they dance, Ruby and Emily continue to bond, Ruby trying to convince Emily that there's more to life than just marrying a man and settling down - she can do whatever she wants to.
The Doctor and Rogue walk through the gardens, talking, much to Rogue's consternation, as they find the husk of the Duchess. The Doctor scans her with his screwdriver, trying to determine what's happened, and the Doctor and Rogue both come to the same conclusion - that this happened due to otherworldly technology. And each blames the other. Each insists it was the other. And then Rogue pulls a weapon on the Doctor. The pair walk back to Rogue's ship, cloaked in a field, Rogue insisting that the Doctor is a Chuldur, a shapeshifter.
As the Doctor enters Rogue's ship, he's placed inside a tri-form, stuck in place until it charges and sends him to an incinerator. Just for the paperwork, Rogue does a scan of the Doctor and determines that he's a shapeshifter, justifying his decision to incinerate him. The Doctor, desperate to hold on to life, tosses his psychic paper at the scanner, turning it back on, showing his old faces, showing that he's a Time Lord, convincing Rogue to let him free.
Free, the Doctor takes Rogue back to the TARDIS, where he modifies the tri-form to deposit its prisoner to an empty dimension rather than into an incinerator. The pair flirt as this happens, the Doctor offering to take Rogue to Gallifrey some time in the future. The Doctor and Rogue return to the ballroom to find Ruby and inform her of what they've figured out. As they talk, they realize that the reason the Chuldur are taking the forms of people is cosplay, to experience the drama and scandal of people they inhabit. The Doctor suggests that he and Rogue dance, and the pair move out onto the floor.
As they dance, the entire room's eyes draw towards them, the room growing still and silent, only the band continuing to make noise. When enough attention is focused on them, the pair fake an argument, mock disagreement and a mock proposal, leading to the Doctor storming out and Rogue following. The Chuldur are enraptured and follow, determined to play them. Four Chuldur follow them outside, Rogue and the Doctor only having planned for one. The Doctor and Rogue run and hide, the Chuldur family chasing after them, failing to find them among the carriages in the courtyard. As the Chuldur leave, they contemplate the wedding later that night, and then their next moves - to London, to plot wars against the rest of Europe, cosplay on a massive scale. Watching them depart, the Doctor boosts the output on the tri-form, it now can carry 6 people at once, but it will be one time use, there'll only be one shot.
Emily is in the library, stressing herself out as to what's going on. Ruby tries again to comfort her, and eventually decides to tell her that she's from the future. As she hears this, Emily reveals that she's a Chuldur and grabs Ruby, saying that she wants to be Ruby as lighting flashes.
The Chuldur return to the ballroom in their true forms, surprising the guests, declaring that a wedding will be taking place, as the Doctor and Rogue watch from above. The Chuldur who played Barton entered, someone who appears to be Ruby on his arm. As the wedding commences, the Doctor walks downstairs and bursts in on the proceedings, objecting to the affair. He places the tri-form around the Chuldur wedding party as they threaten him, trapping them in place. Ruby asks him how long she has until the transport activates, insisting that she's the real Ruby Sunday, naming her mother and grandmother. The Doctor is skeptical at first, but accepts it as he hears more details - Ruby used battle mode on her earrings to escape from Emily.
The Chuldur who played Emily runs into the room behind the Doctor, attacking him, but Rogue picks her up and places her in the tri-form. Rogue insists that he press the button, sending them to the barren dimension. But the Doctor refuses, he won't abandon Ruby. Ruby says it's fine. Rogue insists. But the Doctor is unable. Rogue kisses the Doctor, steals the trigger, and dives into the tri-form, shoving Ruby out. He tells the Doctor to find him, pressing the button, and the six vanish.
Cast
- The Doctor - Ncuti Gatwa[5]
- Ruby Sunday - Millie Gibson
- Lord Barton - Paul Forman
- Lord Galpin - Maxim Ays
- Duchess of Pemberton - Indira Varma
- Rogue - Jonathan Groff
- Emily Beckett - Camilla Aiko
- Housekeeper - Debra Baker
- Butler - Ashley Campbell
- Miss Talbot - Nancy Brabin-Platt
- Carla Sunday - Michelle Greenidge
- Mr Price - David Charles
Crew
Executive Producers Russell T Davies, Julie Gardner and Jane Tranter with Joel Collins and Phil Collinson |
Series Producer Vicki Delow |
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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. |
This episode was produced with the support of incentives for the Irish film industry provided by the Government of Ireland. |
Worldbuilding
to be added
Notes
- Since the Doctor Who crew, as of 2022, with the 60th Anniversary Specials, began filming content far in advance, the fanbase would become aware of bits of information about episodes before their announcement, with this episode becoming known among fans as "Regency" as a result of a comment from Ncuti Gatwa. This eventually led to Russell T Davies himself calling it that in DWM 598.[2]
- The episode's official title was first revealed on the official Doctor Who Twitter account on 31 March 2024.[1]
- In his column for DWM 602, Davies said that Rogue had less FX than other episodes in the season, and that he and his team had recently watched and enjoyed the episode's final cut, describing it as having "one of the best monsters ever". He also revealed a line of dialogue from the episode: "Live vivisection!"[6]
- Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson considered it their favourite episode of the season.[7]
- This episode is the first with multiple credited writers since the show's return in 2005 in which neither writer is the current showrunner. It is also the first since The Haunting of Villa Diodati in which neither credited writer had previously written for the series.
- During the scene where the Doctor first speaks with Rogue, the music playing in the background is an instrumental version of Bad Guy, released in 2019. It's unclear whether this is meant to imply that the music has been brought by other time travelling characters or if it is purely for the television audience.
Myths
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Filming locations
Ratings
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Production errors
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Continuity
- The Fifteenth Doctor once more uses his psychic paper, last seen in TV: The Church on Ruby Road [+].
- The Doctor recalls a conversation with Carla Sunday about promising to keep Ruby safe, echoing similar conversations that the Ninth Doctor had with Jackie Tyler about her daughter Rose's safety while traveling with the Doctor in TV: Aliens of London [+] and World War Three [+].
- Rogue wrongly mistakes the Doctor as the enemy he has been paid to kill because of his alien DNA revealing he can shape shift; the Tenth Doctor was similarly misidentified as the wrong target because of his alien origin by the Judoon in TV: Smith and Jones [+].
- Rogue's scan reveals a number of incarnations of the Doctor; including the Fourteenth Doctor, introduced in TV: The Power of the Doctor, Fugitive Doctor, introduced in TV: Fugitive of the Judoon [+]Loading...["Fugitive of the Judoon (TV story)"], the War Doctor, introduced in TV: The Name of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Name of the Doctor (TV story)"], and the Ninth Doctor played by Richard E Grant in WC: Scream of the Shalka [+]Loading...["Scream of the Shalka (webcast)"] or the Tenth Doctor played by Richard E Grant in WC: The Curse of Fatal Death.
- The victims of the Chuldur are reduced to a husk, much like those of Richard Lazarus, as seen in The Lazarus Experiment [+]Loading...["The Lazarus Experiment (TV story)"].
- It initially appears that Ruby has inadvertently introduced the word "OK" 26 years before its first recorded use in the modern sense, but this is later revealed to have been to a Chuldur family member.
- Rogue notes that Gallifrey is considered a long lost world in his time period, recalling remarks made by Jack Harkness on the matter of its destruction in the Last Great Time War in TV: The Parting of the Ways [+] and, more recently, its destruction in TV: The Timeless Children [+].
- The Doctor kisses Rogue, something his ninth incarnation did with Jack Harkness in TV: The Parting of the Ways [+] and his eleventh incarnation did to Rory Williams in TV: Dinosaurs on a Spaceship [+].
- Ruby recalls to the Doctor that she met space babies in TV: Space Babies [+], that her mother is Carla Sunday, as established in TV: The Church on Ruby Road [+] and her ability to generate snow, as demonstrated in TV: The Devil's Chord [+] and Boom [+].
Home media releases
to be added
Gallery
- Main article: Rogue (TV story)/Gallery
External links
- Official Rogue page on doctorwho.tv
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 @bbcdoctorwho (2024-03-31). ROGUE
Writer: Kate Herron and Briony Redman
Director: Ben Chessell
#DoctorWho. Archived from the original on 2024-05-29. - ↑ 2.0 2.1 DWM 598 - Alien Superstar, Page 24
- ↑ @herronthatkate on Instagram (2023-10-24). And here's our episode with some regency Jonathan Groff
💙💙#doctorwho
Showrunner: @russelltdavies63
Director: @benchessell
🔥 provided by: @ncutigatwa @milliegibbo & Jonathan Groff
Written by Briony Redman and me. Archived from the original on 2024-04-30. - ↑ DWM 598 - A Letter from the Showrunner, Page 10
- ↑ Doctor Who, Season 1, Rogue. bbc.co.uk. BBC. Archived from the original on 2024-04-29.
- ↑ DWM 602 - Russell T Davies
- ↑ James Hibbs; Morgan Jeffery (2024-05-02). Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson reveal favourite episode from Doctor Who season 14. RadioTimes.com. Archived from the original on 2024-05-02.
- ↑ NTM 160 - Through space and time, Page 28