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Looking for Pudsey was a one-part 2016 minisode on Children in Need that featured the Twelfth Doctor as played by Peter Capaldi. The programme was later added to BBC iPlayer in a whole story format.
Synopsis
Eddie Redmayne is searching for Pudsey so he gets into contact, assisted by Mel and Sue, with many famous individuals, the Twelfth Doctor being one of them.
Plot
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Cast
- Peter Capaldi - Twelfth Doctor
- Eddie Redmayne - himself
- Mel Giedroyc - herself
- Sue Perkins - herself
- Alan Sugar - himself
- Mary Berry - herself
- Paul Hollywood - himself
- Tess Daly - herself
- Jonnie Peacock - himself
- Simon Cowell - himself
- Craig David - himself
- Graham Norton - himself
- Tim Peake - himself
- Bruno Tonioli - himself
- Len Goodman - himself
- Sophie Raworth - herself
- Gary Lineker - himself
- Alan Shearer - himself
- Jamie Dornan - himself
- Nick Grimshaw - himself
- Britney Spears - herself
- Jenny Agutter - Sister Julienne
Crew
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References
- The Twelfth Doctor appears on the TARDIS phone.
- The Doctor mentioned several different Pudseys: Pudsey - a green fellow with five tentacles that's always screaming, Pudsey a semi-invisible, bearded and squirts ink out of his belly button and Pudsey a Gelatinous with a large hat and loves custard. As well as a yellow, fury, spotty eye patch wearing Pudsey that destroyed three galaxies with his mega sonic death ray.
Story notes
- During the Doctor Who scene, the intro theme can be heard playing.
- This is the first freshly filmed Children in Need special since 2012's The Great Detective.
- The appearance of the Doctor in the sketch was not publicised.
- This is the second non-Class television story broadcast in 2016.
- Pudsey was originally the Twelfth Doctor's companion in Doctor Who Game Maker.