The Final Battle (webcast)

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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 CollectionSeason 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

Uncredited cast

Crew

Little Shop Props Ltd Crew:

Thanks to Jonathan Davies, Gallagher Aggregates LTD, Hermitage Quarry Kent, Stephen Gallagher, Vikki Edwards, Julie Martin, Lee Binding, Bill Bowley, Rick Warbuton and Dave Scanlan

Worldbuilding

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Notes

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 minisode is essentially a sidequel to TV: The Day of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)"], building off that episode's depiction of the Fall of Gallifrey on the final day of the Time War. The minisode also uses the Time Lord armour which was introduced for the episode and first appeared in the TV: The Last Day.
  • Leela refers to herself as a "Warrior of the Sevateem", harking back to her debut in 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