Kerblam! (TV story)
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Kerblam! was the seventh episode in the eleventh series of Doctor Who produced by BBC Wales.
Synopsis
When the Thirteenth Doctor finds a mysterious call for help packaged with a delivery from the galaxy's largest retailer, she and her friends get to work in finding out the cause of the distress. However, is the human 10% of the workforce rebelling against the robots, or is there a much more complicated plot going on?
Plot
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Cast
- The Doctor - Jodie Whittaker
- Graham O'Brien - Bradley Walsh
- Ryan Sinclair - Tosin Cole
- Yasmin Khan - Mandip Gill
- Judy Maddox - Julie Hesmondhalgh
- Dan Cooper - Lee Mack
- Jarva Slade - Callum Dixon
- Kira Arlo - Claudia Jessie
- Charlie Duffy - Leo Flanagan
- Voice of Kerblam - Matthew Gravelle
Crew
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References
- The Doctor has two hearts.
- The Doctor describes prejudice against robots as robophobia.
- Ryan used to work at the SportStack warehouse in South Yorkshire.
- Graham gives his age as 310.
- Missing Kerb!am employees include Rhys Fenjh, Arien Elgyum, Jax Harkall, Irsa Moyner, Zoff Pillax, Ra Mon Sheshter, Bagola Thotum, Basog Thotum, Kamel Wmoyna and Chirzello Zoogul.
Story notes
- This marks the first Doctor Who television story to have an exclamation mark in its title. Just over 100 stories in other mediums had already utilised the exclamation mark, such as PROSE: Byzantium! and COMIC: Doctor Conkerer!, or even multiple, as in COMIC: Flood!!!.
- A sneak preview of the episode was broadcast two days prior during the Children in Need telethon.
Ratings
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Filming locations
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Production errors
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.
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Continuity
- The Doctor receives a fez. (TV: The Big Bang)
- The Doctor previously visited a warehouse which also contained a mystery in her seventh incarnation, with Melanie Bush. (AUDIO: The Warehouse)
- Ryan mentions once working in a warehouse. (TV: The Woman Who Fell to Earth)
- Ryan mentions his difficulty with co-ordination. (TV: The Woman Who Fell to Earth, The Ghost Monument)
- The Doctor mentions meeting Agatha Christie, in an encounter with wasps. (TV: The Unicorn and the Wasp)
- Graham calls the Doctor "Doc" (TV: Rosa, et al.)
- The Doctor uses the same Venusian aikido single finger stun move as she had done before. (TV: The Ghost Monument)
Home video releases
DVD releases
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Blu-ray releases
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Digital releases
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External links
- Official Kerblam! page on the Doctor Who website
