Doctor Who and the micro:bit (TV story)

	Twelfth Doctor
	Bill, Nardole
	Daleks
	The Doctor's TARDIS
	BBC Live Lesson
	28 March 2017
	50 minute interactive story
	DWATMB
BBC Live Lessons
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Doctor Who and the micro:bit was the first of a series of interactive Doctor Who television stories. It starred Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor

Two versions of this exist. A version with an accompanying live show and another version with just the pre filmed scenes released online.

Synopsis

Earth is about to be destroyed, unless you can help the Doctor defeat the Daleks.

Plot

Pre-recorded Segment One

UNIT has an incoming message from the Twelfth Doctor.

The TARDIS is in distress and the Doctor is sending a message to you, asking for your help. The Daleks have engineered a supernova that has damaged the TARDIS and is now heading towards Earth. Due to the damage, he doesn't know where he has materialised and need you to locate him.

UNIT message ends.

Live Show

Ian Stirling and Julia Hardy introduce themselves to an audience at the Black Archive. TBA

Pre-recorded Segment Two

Incoming UNIT message from the Doctor.

The TARDIS is now repaired, congratulations from the Doctor. It is now time to stop a supernova. The Doctor needs you back in your micro:bits.

UNIT message ends.

New incoming UNIT message from the Doctor.

The supernova has been prevented, and the Daleks have been stopped. The Doctor congratulates you on your skills and admires what micro:bits are capable of doing. He thanks you again and is then off to pick up Nardole.

UNIT message ends.

Nardole and Bill Potts than thank everyone for helping the Doctor.

Cast

Filmed scenes

• Twelfth Doctor - Peter Capaldi
• Bill Potts - Pearl Mackie
• Nardole - Matt Lucas

Live scenes

• Iain Stirling - himself
• Julia Hardy - herself
• Laura Lowenthal - herself
• Sam Adamson - himself
• Gabrielle Kent - herself
• Daleks - Nicholas Briggs (voice)

Crew

• Composer - Murray Gold

References

• When the TARDIS was damaged, the backlit roundels turned off.
• A micro:bit can fit into a TARDIS.
• The Cloister Bell is heard.

Story notes

• This story went out live and was then released on the official BBC website.

Live scenes

• In the live scenes A Good Man? and This is Gallifrey are heard.
• In the live scenes wibbly wobbly, timey wimey, Hacker the Dog and "unlimited rice pudding" are mentioned.

External links

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3ydvd6mvhl89cHVJ7F2nmzf/doctor-who-and-the-micro-bit-live-lesson