Tales of the TARDIS
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Tales of the TARDIS is a Doctor Who spin-off series created to celebrate Doctor Who’s 60th anniversary and beyond. The series is exclusively available on the Whoniverse, a new home on BBC iPlayer for all DWU content.
The original six-episode series released on 1 November 2023 consists of six classic Doctor Who serials, with each serial edited together to form a single episode. Newly filmed material with the serials' original cast bookends each episode, with the Doctor and their companions telling tales within "a remembered TARDIS". An additional seventh episode was released on 20 June 2024 as a tie-in between Season 1 finale two-parter The Legend of Ruby Sunday [+]Loading...["The Legend of Ruby Sunday (TV story)"] / Empire of Death [+]Loading...["Empire of Death (TV story)"] in light of the revelation of the big bad. Unlike previous instalments, this episode featured "as of 2024"-current cast members rather than the original cast.
The spin-off was executive-produced by current Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies along with Julie Gardner and Jane Tranter, and was written by Davies, Pete McTighe and Phil Ford. Sam Watts, the composer for The Sarah Jane Adventures, returned to score the series.
Overview
In DWM 596, Doctor Who script editor Scott Handcock cryptically referred to an August kick-off meeting for something called "TOTT". Tales of the TARDIS was then officially announced on 30 October, 2023.
Russell T Davies clarified on Instagram[1] that, though the BBC and Bad Wolf had struck a production and distribution deal with Disney Branded Television for new episodes of Doctor Who, there are currently no plans to bring TOTT to Disney+, with "no Disney money" being involved in the production. For the time being, the series will be exclusively available in the UK via BBC iPlayer.
Episodes
| # | Title | Writer | Director | Doctor | Featuring | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Earthshock | Russell T Davies | Joshua M.G. Thomas | 5th | Tegan | 1 November 2023 |
| 2 | The Mind Robber | Pete McTighe | - | Jamie, Zoe | ||
| 3 | Vengeance on Varos | Phil Ford | 6th | Peri | ||
| 4 | The Three Doctors | - | Jo, Clyde | |||
| 5 | The Time Meddler | 1st[nb 1] | Vicki, Steven | |||
| 6 | The Curse of Fenric | Pete McTighe | 7th | Ace | ||
| 7 | Pyramids of Mars | Russell T Davies | Jamie Donoughue | 15th | Ruby | 20 June 2024 |
External links
- Tales of the TARDIS via the BBC website
- Tales of the TARDIS via the Doctor Who website
- Six-part series ‘Tales of the TARDIS’ to land on iPlayer via CultBox
- Why the Doctor Who team made Tales of the TARDIS via Radio Times
- Doctor Who confirms new episode of returning spin-off and hints at link to classic story on Radio Times
- Doctor Who - The Doctor and Ruby journey to the Pyramids Of Mars in an all new Tales Of The TARDIS via BBC Media Centre
- Join the Doctor and Ruby in an all new 'Tales of the TARDIS' via the Doctor Who website
- New ‘Tales of the TARDIS’ episode features Ncuti Gatwa, Millie Gibson and ‘Pyramids of Mars’ via CultBox
Footnotes
Notes
- ↑ The First Doctor doesn’t appear himself, but his chuckle is heard in the closing moments of The Time Meddler.
