The Final Battle (webcast)
The Final Battle was a promotional mini-episode first broadcast on 11 January 2024[1] by BBC Studios and written by Pete McTighe, to coincide with the release of Doctor Who: The Collection — Season 15 Blu-ray boxset.
Publisher's summary
Even a warrior as brave as Leela knows when it's time to leave the battlefield...
Plot
On the Last Day of the Time War, Leela watches the Fall of Gallifrey from a ledge. Axton, addressing, her as "Commander" comes to her. She tells him that Gallifrey has fallen, but they will face the end with courage. Axton offers her a Wayfinder, which will enable her to escape. She refuses. Axton explains that it is "his" wish that she survives - Leela asks who "he" is, and Axton explains that it is the Doctor, and that she is his only hope. He implores her to use the device, but is killed by a Dalek. Using a Dalek gunstick, she destroys it along with another Dalek. Four more Daleks surround her, including a commanding officer, who declares the Daleks victorious. She identifies herself, announcing herself to be a friend of the Doctor. The Daleks assure her that the Doctor and his allies will be destroyed, but she denies this, activating the Wayfinder. Detecting the transport, the Daleks attempt to exterminate her, without success.
Leela materialises inside the Doctor's TARDIS, much to the Fourth Doctor's surprise.
Cast
- Leela - Louise Jameson
- Axton - Dushane Keogh-Grenade
- Voice of the Daleks - Nicholas Briggs
- Voice-over - John Leeson
Uncredited cast
- Fourth Doctor - Tom Baker (archive footage)
Crew
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Worldbuilding
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Notes
- This is the first live-action appearance of Leela since Dimensions in Time [+]Loading...["Dimensions in Time (TV story)"], although Louise Jameson did play a fictionalised version of herself in Home Assistant [+]Loading...["Home Assistant (webcast)"], which implied she had portrayed a fictional version of Leela.
Filming locations
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Production errors
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Continuity
As per Forum:Non-valid Continuity sections, categories, and prefixes#Continuity sections, this section needs to be written from an out-of-universe perspective.
- The Doctor participated in the Fall of Gallifrey. (TV: The Day of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)"])
- Leela refers to herself as a "Warrior of the Sevateem". (TV: The Face of Evil [+]Loading...["The Face of Evil (TV story)"])
Home media releases
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Gallery
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Footnotes
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