Time Fracture (stage play)

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Doctor Who: Time Fracture was a stage show produced by Immersive Theatre and licensed by BBC Studios, with James Goss acting as lore consultant and script editor. The staged production - billed as an "immersive experience" - was written by Daniel Dingsdale.

It featured video and audio clips, special effects, screen-used props and creatures, and music cues from the series[1]. After being delayed from its initial opening date in 2020 due to COVID-19[1], it finally opened on 26 May 2021 at Davies Mews in London. The show had a length of two hours and fifteen minutes.[2]

All of the main TV Doctors were featured in some capacity, represented in a variety of ways.[3]

Synopsis

1940 – at the height of the Blitz. A weapon of unknown origin destroys a small corner of Mayfair, and simultaneously opens a rift in space and time. For decades, UNIT have fought undetected to protect the people of Earth from the dangers it poses. Weakened and beaten back as the fracture’s multiplied out of control, they're close to defeat.

Plot

All fourteen paths to be added.

Cast

Not all characters are necessarily featured in a single individual's given experience of the story.

Pre-recorded video

Pre-recorded audio

Archive audio

Live actors

Crew

Creative Team

  • Tom Maller - Director[7]
  • Daniel Dingsdale - Writer[7]
  • Rebecca Brower - Production designer[7]
  • Terry Cook - Lighting Designer (for Woodroffe Bassett Design)[7]
  • Matt Ladkin - Assistant Lighting Designer[14]
  • Adam Povey - Lighting PM/Crew Chief[14]
  • Luke Swaffield - Sound designer (for Autograph)[7]
  • Novak - Video & Projection Design[7]
  • Jon Bulleid - Illusion Design & Director[7]
  • Carly Blackburn - Movement Director[7]
  • Danny Nolan - Music Producer & Composer[7]
  • Barnaby Race - Music Content Creator & Additional Songs[7]
  • James Goss - Lore Consultant & Script Editor[7]
  • Stuart Boother - Fight Director[7]
  • Louise Duggan, Zands Duggan - Period Music Composers[7]
  • Ryan O'Connor - Art Director[7]
  • Mark Jones - Costume Supervisor[7]
  • Fiona Kingwill - Assistant Director[7]
  • Brodie Turner - Safeguarding Consultant[7]

Music from Murray Gold is also featured within the show.[15]

Production Team

  • Zoe Snow - Production Manager (for Gary Beestone Events)[7]
  • Matt North - Company Manager[7]
  • Daniel Gammon - Stage Manager[7]
  • Lorna Adamson - Deputy Stage Manager[7]
  • Danielle Whitfield - Assistant Stage Manager[7]
  • Sarah Coates - Assistant Stage Manager (Book Cover)[7]
  • Peter Carrington - Assistant Stage Manager[7]
  • Debs Machin - Assistant Stage Manager[7]
  • Sophie Cairns - Assistant Stage Manager[7]
  • Amy Warren - Assistant Stage Manager[7]
  • Virna Sologaistoa - Covid Compliance Officer[7]
  • Jack Berry - Head of Lighting[7]
  • Harry Johnson - Head of Sound[7]
  • Edward Aspinall - Head of Video[7]
  • Liam Sayer - Technical Swing LX/Video[7]
  • Gabriel Maillard - Technical Swing Sound/Video[7]
  • Marta Bagnoli - Wigs, Hair and Make Up Manager[7]
  • Jen Clarke - Wardrobe Manager[7]
  • Emily Noble - Wardrobe Assistant[7]
  • Ester Mangas - Wardrobe Assistant[7]
  • Fiona Kingwill - Resident Director[7]
  • Emily Bestow - Art Standby[7]
  • Becky Craven - Operations Manager[7]
  • Iain Fraser-Barker - Front of House Manager[7]
  • Rich Penrose - Bar Manager[7]

Featured creatures/monsters

The number of creatures featured in a single individual's given experience of the story will vary based on their own choices, as well as their own decisions to explore outwith the plot.

Featured/visited locales

The number of locales featured in a single individual's given experience of the story will vary based on their own choices, as well as their own decisions to explore outwith the plot.

There are 17 different worlds[20]:

Notes

  • "Bad Wolf" and "Torchwood" are both referenced by graffiti in one of the areas.[26] "Mr Smith I Need You" is also featured in the same corridor, in reference to The Sarah Jane Adventures.[25]
  • Professor Parry is either a reference to Tomb of the Cybermen's Professor Parry, or is directly intended to be the same character.
  • William Shakespeare is also a featured character that audience members may encounter.[27]
  • Posters for Vitex, Kerb!am and the Vote Saxon campaign are featured in areas.[15]
  • Queen Elizabeth wears the Coronet of Rassilon at one point in the production.
  • During the interval, a Silurian and an unidentified blue woman sing several songs to entertain the audience members.
  • Both a Torchwood agent and a Time Agent are featured within paths of the story.
  • Borlls has an emm of Tararinum on the stall, which he may choose to hand over to audience members on a certain track.
  • Some of the set dressing was original screen-used props, whilst other items were replicas.[1]

Trivia

  • To research for writing Time Fracture, Dingsdale watched over 400 episodes of Doctor Who.[1]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 BBC Breakfast, 28 May 2021
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-time-fracture-preview/
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 https://www.doctorwho.tv/news/?article=the-doctors-join-immersive-west-end-show-time-fracture#_
  4. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/DWtimefracture/posts/498501564924541
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://twitter.com/dwtimefracture/status/1393144499715592199
  6. ↑ https://twitter.com/im_atardis_man/status/1396881670888906755
  7. ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14 7.15 7.16 7.17 7.18 7.19 7.20 7.21 7.22 7.23 7.24 7.25 7.26 7.27 7.28 7.29 7.30 7.31 7.32 7.33 7.34 7.35 7.36 7.37 7.38 7.39 7.40 7.41 7.42 7.43 7.44 7.45 7.46 7.47 7.48 7.49 7.50 7.51 7.52 7.53 7.54 7.55 7.56 7.57 7.58 7.59 7.60 7.61 7.62 7.63 7.64 7.65 7.66 7.67 7.68 7.69 7.70 7.71 7.72 7.73 7.74 7.75 7.76 7.77 7.78 7.79 7.80 7.81 7.82 https://web.archive.org/web/20210528002142/https://www.immersivedoctorwho.com/cast-creative
  8. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210528013142/https://www.spotlight.com/0456-8976-2876
  9. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210528012535/https://www.spotlight.com/7977-5618-3046
  10. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210528011941/http://www.spotlight.com/2610-1201-9749
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 https://www.facebook.com/115103476597687/videos/272337747791034
  12. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210528014615/https://www.spotlight.com/1017-1273-9257
  13. ↑ Time Fracture show companion guide
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 https://www.facebook.com/WoodroffeBassett/posts/158884226242597
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WhSaiioZsY
  16. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/DWtimefracture/photos/bc.AbpoqzRCtTAGyGwzxu2x1493hRTexDQXzN9kZ0z_22N8J3jxSdIK2rhgGUdQVDuaqP_qBzYYoFfj0uSYsrt8Y1Fgye99vhe-rwububFqKO0EMX-IYlKph7lMkj_vu42aPe5ShlnOYYDNEdatkNwctvImTYUvS6qnQMLL1jA-i21_hg/490644445710253/?opaqueCursor=Abp-sJoOXUQl2WhOr64tesxRYSsaryeAzOKDfWMJyBGdUWzPO9BLIsn6JhZPb2_GfW9mgAROLkfY-tDk9jO_QwuJib4P8gJU7G-8t7o3BxZv2IKPkyR0Ui9gfj_tkeQsl0sSGE9WBOEySV9ETXqNeajutlJr37BDsSBZLnL1v6dj1vzMeh0ULjcXMeXyeKANdsA_RjdvgwOV1HxhQP39n21mW4SPUWBvfYnjoQP7WfJZMIYakOz08izIx9gVHEcYdAz_XvDikv-1d2YMe-8MyUnt597evNP9AqETAvzPnHx5lRQlZpYAJQ_vAIM3pwUq3yz_YwvJAaS2eMLQNSw-_xzMfSgVMJBHUWWl-bK92p8RKmMR9JCI1H0kHxXoiqPqx-RQF-Gw7NRDoN8FAv_Gew2zB33k0CHuMV4t6Br_yWBFpftoctk5SvpU1YBc2GVJVxbZXkiOEDw6SFm2hIYW7eDQBhh9dCaWmah_tq_J6tFrBMbENVlWbtd4BlHLbGJ9zn0
  17. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/115103476597687/videos/474726280345247
  18. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/115103476597687/videos/2760075767581585
  19. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/115103476597687/videos/759422837937068
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 https://www.facebook.com/DoctorWho/posts/5543830182297630
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-time-fracture-secret-villain-location-newsupdate/
  22. ↑ https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/first-look-doctor-who-time-fracture-newsupdate/
  23. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210528000703/https://twitter.com/GerardGroves/status/1398067619937259521
  24. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=158883462909340&set=pcb.158884226242597
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 https://www.instagram.com/p/CPV2EtdlgJj/
  26. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/Rebecca-Brower-Production-Stage-Design-197923063568420/photos/pcb.4496215567072460/4496195500407800/
  27. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p09gxgj5

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