The Final Battle (webcast)

The Final Battle was a promotional mini-episode first broadcast on 11 January 2024 by BBC Studios and written by Pete McTighe, to coincide with the release of Doctor Who: The Collection — Season 15 Blu-ray boxset.

	Leela
	Fourth Doctor
	Daleks
	Gallifrey, the final days of the Time War
	BBC Studios
	Pete McTighe
	Pete McTighe
	Science fiction
	14
	11 January 2024
	YouTube
	Mini-episode
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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.
• This story seemingly takes place shortly after The Last Day and during the events of The Day of the Doctor.

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

This section needs a cleanup.

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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