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margin: 0; text-align: left"><b><a href="/wiki/The_Doctor_(Doctor_Who)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Doctor (Doctor Who)">Doctor</a></b> <div style="padding: 0 0 0 1em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Tennant" title="David Tennant">David Tennant</a> – <a href="/wiki/Fourteenth_Doctor" title="Fourteenth Doctor">Fourteenth Doctor</a></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left"><b><a href="/wiki/Companion_(Doctor_Who)" title="Companion (Doctor Who)">Companion</a></b> <div style="padding: 0 0 0 1em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Tate" title="Catherine Tate">Catherine Tate</a> – <a href="/wiki/Donna_Noble" title="Donna Noble">Donna Noble</a></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left"><b>Others</b></div><div style="padding: 0 0 0 1em; margin: 0; text-align: left"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_De_Melo" title="Charlie De Melo">Charlie De Melo</a> – Charles Banerjee</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Patrick_Harris" title="Neil Patrick Harris">Neil Patrick Harris</a> – The Toymaker</li> <li>John Mackay – <a href="/wiki/John_Logie_Baird" title="John Logie Baird">John Logie Baird</a></li> <li>Ross Gurney-Randall – Middle Aged Man</li> <li>Alexander Devrient – Colonel Ibrahim</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruth_Madeley" title="Ruth Madeley">Ruth Madeley</a> – Shirley Bingham</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jemma_Redgrave" title="Jemma Redgrave">Jemma Redgrave</a> – <a href="/wiki/Kate_Lethbridge-Stewart" title="Kate Lethbridge-Stewart">Kate Lethbridge-Stewart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonnie_Langford" title="Bonnie Langford">Bonnie Langford</a> – <a href="/wiki/Melanie_Bush" class="mw-redirect" title="Melanie Bush">Melanie Bush</a></li> <li>Glen Fox – Pilot</li> <li>Tim Hudson – Edward Lawn Bridges</li> <li>Aidan Cook – The Vlinx</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Briggs" title="Nicholas Briggs">Nicholas Briggs</a> – Voice of the Vlinx</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lachele_Carl" title="Lachele Carl">Lachele Carl</a> – Trinity Wells</li> <li>Leigh Lothian – Voice of Stooky Sue</li> <li>Luke Featherston – The Toymaker Dance Double</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Collins" title="Karl Collins">Karl Collins</a> – Shaun Temple</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacqueline_King" title="Jacqueline King">Jacqueline King</a> – Sylvia Noble</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yasmin_Finney" title="Yasmin Finney">Yasmin Finney</a> – Rose Noble</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ncuti_Gatwa" title="Ncuti Gatwa">Ncuti Gatwa</a> – <a href="/wiki/Fifteenth_Doctor" title="Fifteenth Doctor">Fifteenth Doctor</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #D2D2FF">Production</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chanya_Button" title="Chanya Button">Chanya Button</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Written by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Russell_T_Davies" title="Russell T Davies">Russell T Davies</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Script editor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Scott_Handcock" title="Scott Handcock">Scott Handcock</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Produced by</th><td class="infobox-data">Vicki Delow</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Executive producer(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Russell T Davies</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julie_Gardner" title="Julie Gardner">Julie Gardner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jane_Tranter" title="Jane Tranter">Jane Tranter</a></li> <li>Joel Collins</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Collinson" title="Phil Collinson">Phil Collinson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Music by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Murray_Gold" title="Murray Gold">Murray Gold</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Series</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_(2023_specials)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doctor Who (2023 specials)">2023 specials</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Running time</th><td class="infobox-data">62 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First broadcast</th><td class="infobox-data">9 December 2023<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2023-12-09</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #D2D2FF">Chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width: 50%; padding: 0.2em 0.1em 0.2em 0; text-align: center;">← <b>Preceded by</b><br />"<a href="/wiki/Wild_Blue_Yonder_(Doctor_Who)" title="Wild Blue Yonder (Doctor Who)">Wild Blue Yonder</a>" </td> <td style="width: 50%; padding: 0.2em 0 0.2em 0.1em; text-align: center;"><b>Followed by</b> →<br />"<a href="/wiki/The_Church_on_Ruby_Road" title="The Church on Ruby Road">The Church on Ruby Road</a>" </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Doctor_Who_episodes_(2005%E2%80%93present)" title="List of Doctor Who episodes (2005–present)">List of episodes (2005–present)</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>"<b>The Giggle</b>" is the third and final of the <a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_(2023_specials)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doctor Who (2023 specials)">60th anniversary specials</a> of the British science fiction television programme <i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who" title="Doctor Who">Doctor Who</a></i>, written by <a href="/wiki/Russell_T_Davies" title="Russell T Davies">Russell T Davies</a>, directed by <a href="/wiki/Chanya_Button" title="Chanya Button">Chanya Button</a> and broadcast in the United Kingdom on <a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a> on 9 December 2023. It features the final regular appearances of <a href="/wiki/David_Tennant" title="David Tennant">David Tennant</a> as the <a href="/wiki/Fourteenth_Doctor" title="Fourteenth Doctor">Fourteenth Doctor</a> and <a href="/wiki/Catherine_Tate" title="Catherine Tate">Catherine Tate</a> as <a href="/wiki/Donna_Noble" title="Donna Noble">Donna Noble</a>, introduces <a href="/wiki/Ncuti_Gatwa" title="Ncuti Gatwa">Ncuti Gatwa</a> as the <a href="/wiki/Fifteenth_Doctor" title="Fifteenth Doctor">Fifteenth Doctor</a> and guest stars <a href="/wiki/Neil_Patrick_Harris" title="Neil Patrick Harris">Neil Patrick Harris</a> as the Toymaker, a character last seen in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Celestial_Toymaker" title="The Celestial Toymaker">The Celestial Toymaker</a></i> (1966). The episode also features the return of <a href="/wiki/Jemma_Redgrave" title="Jemma Redgrave">Jemma Redgrave</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bonnie_Langford" title="Bonnie Langford">Bonnie Langford</a> as <a href="/wiki/UNIT" title="UNIT">UNIT</a> commander <a href="/wiki/Kate_Lethbridge-Stewart" title="Kate Lethbridge-Stewart">Kate Lethbridge-Stewart</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mel_Bush" title="Mel Bush">Mel Bush</a>, respectively. </p><p>Set directly after the events of "<a href="/wiki/Wild_Blue_Yonder_(Doctor_Who)" title="Wild Blue Yonder (Doctor Who)">Wild Blue Yonder</a>", the episode sees the Doctor, Donna and UNIT confronting the return of the Doctor's old enemy, the Toymaker, who is behind a series of signals in a form of a "giggle" being transmitted, causing the human race to go insane over their opinions. </p><p>The episode was watched by 6.85 million viewers and received positive reviews from critics, who praised Harris’s performance and the writing, though the episode's "bi-generation" was met with a polarized response. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Giggle&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/The_Doctor" title="The Doctor">The Doctor</a> and <a href="/wiki/Donna_Noble" title="Donna Noble">Donna</a> are taken by <a href="/wiki/UNIT" title="UNIT">UNIT</a> to its headquarters, as the world's population has become inexplicably violent. The Doctor is reunited with Shirley, head of UNIT <a href="/wiki/Kate_Lethbridge-Stewart" title="Kate Lethbridge-Stewart">Kate Lethbridge-Stewart</a>, and former companion and friend <a href="/wiki/Mel_Bush" title="Mel Bush">Melanie Bush</a>. The Doctor determines the cause of the violence is a giggle from a <a href="/wiki/Stooky_Bill" title="Stooky Bill">Stooky Bill</a> film from 1925, which <a href="/wiki/John_Logie_Baird" title="John Logie Baird">John Logie Baird</a> had recorded to demonstrate his invention, <a href="/wiki/Television" title="Television">television</a>. </p><p>The Doctor and Donna travel to 1925 and discover that the <a href="/wiki/The_Celestial_Toymaker" title="The Celestial Toymaker">Toymaker</a> had sold Stooky Bill to Baird's assistant. The Toymaker traps the two in his domain and reveals that he transmitted the signal to make humanity play a never-ending game of debate, by making them aggressively convinced of the absolute correctness of all their beliefs. The Doctor and the Toymaker play a game of cards, with the latter winning. However, the Doctor states that since he won the game at their last meeting,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> they are tied. The Toymaker resolves to have one final game with him and transports himself to the present day, with the Doctor and Donna in pursuit. </p><p>The Toymaker attacks UNIT before taking control of a graviton beam cannon. He reasons that since he faced separate incarnations of the Doctor for each game, he must face another, and uses the beam to mortally injure the Doctor, triggering his <a href="/wiki/Regeneration_(Doctor_Who)" class="mw-redirect" title="Regeneration (Doctor Who)">regeneration</a>. However, to everyone's surprise, the Doctor instead splits into two incarnations via "bi-generation". Both the Fourteenth and <a href="/wiki/Fifteenth_Doctor" title="Fifteenth Doctor">Fifteenth Doctors</a> challenge the Toymaker to a basic game of catch. The Doctors emerge victorious, and the Toymaker is banished from existence. </p><p>Aboard the <a href="/wiki/TARDIS" title="TARDIS">TARDIS</a>, the Fifteenth Doctor advises his predecessor that he needs to recover from the extensive traumas that his past incarnations have accumulated across their lives. Donna suggests to the Fourteenth Doctor that his old face returned because he is emotionally exhausted and has subconsciously recognised this need. She invites him to consider retiring from travelling and staying with her and her family, but he is reluctant to leave the TARDIS behind. The Fifteenth Doctor, realising that the Toymaker's rules of play still apply –  when one wins a contest, one gets a prize –  uses a mallet from within the TARDIS to create a second identical TARDIS, in which he departs after a cheerful farewell. The Fourteenth Doctor settles down with Donna and her family, while the Fifteenth Doctor travels the universe in his predecessor's place. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Giggle&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Development">Development</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Giggle&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prior to the episode airing, several details about the sixtieth anniversary specials were leaked, including the bi-generation twist. Davies was unconcerned, believing that the general public likely wouldn't know about the leaks.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Davies was inspired to include Stooky Bill within the episode after recently working on the biographical TV series <a href="/wiki/Nolly_(TV_series)" title="Nolly (TV series)"><i>Nolly</i></a>. This caused Davies to look into puppets and puppeteers, with the idea of someone pulling the strings, which inspired Davies to use <a href="/wiki/The_Toymaker_(Doctor_Who)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Toymaker (Doctor Who)">The Toymaker</a> as the antagonist. Davies also wished to bring back the Toymaker due to the antagonist last appearing in the 1960s, with "The Giggle" itself being the show's sixtieth anniversary, stating that "all the sixties came together, and there he was."<sup id="cite_ref-Doctor_Who-2023a_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Doctor_Who-2023a-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Toymaker utilizes various different accents throughout the episode, which Davies explained was due to the fact that the Toymaker used stereotypical Chinese elements in the character's original appearance. Davies stated that he did not wish to "whitewash" the Toymaker, and thus expanded on the concept by having the Toymaker "playing with race" as a weapon in order to make the Toymaker a fundamentally evil character, without ignoring racist caricatures present in the Toymaker's original serial.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Filming">Filming</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Giggle&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Filming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:392px;max-width:392px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:178px;max-width:178px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:117px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Doctor_Who_The_Giggle_June_2022_filming_-_David_Tennant_and_Catherine_Tate_on-set_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Doctor_Who_The_Giggle_June_2022_filming_-_David_Tennant_and_Catherine_Tate_on-set_%281%29.jpg/176px-Doctor_Who_The_Giggle_June_2022_filming_-_David_Tennant_and_Catherine_Tate_on-set_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="176" height="117" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Doctor_Who_The_Giggle_June_2022_filming_-_David_Tennant_and_Catherine_Tate_on-set_%281%29.jpg/264px-Doctor_Who_The_Giggle_June_2022_filming_-_David_Tennant_and_Catherine_Tate_on-set_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Doctor_Who_The_Giggle_June_2022_filming_-_David_Tennant_and_Catherine_Tate_on-set_%281%29.jpg/352px-Doctor_Who_The_Giggle_June_2022_filming_-_David_Tennant_and_Catherine_Tate_on-set_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="2304" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:210px;max-width:210px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:117px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><video id="mwe_player_0" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Doctor_Who_The_Giggle_June_2022_filming_-_2023_London_street_scene_%282%29.webm/208px--Doctor_Who_The_Giggle_June_2022_filming_-_2023_London_street_scene_%282%29.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="208" height="117" data-durationhint="53" data-mwtitle="Doctor_Who_The_Giggle_June_2022_filming_-_2023_London_street_scene_(2).webm" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/10/Doctor_Who_The_Giggle_June_2022_filming_-_2023_London_street_scene_%282%29.webm/Doctor_Who_The_Giggle_June_2022_filming_-_2023_London_street_scene_%282%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; 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codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="426" data-height="240" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/10/Doctor_Who_The_Giggle_June_2022_filming_-_2023_London_street_scene_%282%29.webm/Doctor_Who_The_Giggle_June_2022_filming_-_2023_London_street_scene_%282%29.webm.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/10/Doctor_Who_The_Giggle_June_2022_filming_-_2023_London_street_scene_%282%29.webm/Doctor_Who_The_Giggle_June_2022_filming_-_2023_London_street_scene_%282%29.webm.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /></video></span></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption">Cast and crew on location for "The Giggle."</div></div></div></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Chanya_Button" title="Chanya Button">Chanya Button</a> directed the episode.<sup id="cite_ref-Button_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Button-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Filming for the specials commenced in May 2022, and wrapped at the end of July 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-Kingsley_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kingsley-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The initial scenes, in which the city erupts into chaos and the Doctor dances with the Toymaker, were filmed in <a href="/wiki/Old_City,_Bristol" class="mw-redirect" title="Old City, Bristol">Old City, Bristol</a>, with Bristol's film office assisting in production of the scenes. To celebrate the occasion, Bristol's film office produced a map depicting every filming location in Bristol used throughout <i>Doctor Who</i>'s run by that point.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The UNIT Headquarters set utilized a ramp, which was constructed to be <a href="/wiki/Wheelchair_accessible" class="mw-redirect" title="Wheelchair accessible">wheelchair accessible</a>. The TARDIS similarly gained a wheelchair accessibility ramp in the episode, which was the result of Davies receiving a letter from a fan who stated they wouldn't have been able to enter the TARDIS due to their wheelchair.<sup id="cite_ref-Doctor_Who-2023a_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Doctor_Who-2023a-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One scene in the episode depicts the Doctor encountering life-sized <a href="/wiki/Marionette" title="Marionette">marionettes</a> resembling himself and Baird's assistant. Puppeteer Brian Fisher puppeteered the marionette alongside multiple other people, with the marionette requiring three to four people in order to properly puppeteer. The actors would film their parts, and the production team would overlay the actors on top of the puppet, which was filmed separately.<sup id="cite_ref-Doctor_Who-2023a_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Doctor_Who-2023a-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Harris had experience puppeteering, and puppeteered the puppets himself in a scene in which the Toymaker taunts the Doctor. He talked to the team handling the puppets and worked out how best to handle the puppets for the scene, which was filmed in only half a day. After this, the team went and filmed the close-ups for the puppets, mimicking how Harris filmed them previously.<sup id="cite_ref-Doctor_Who-2023b_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Doctor_Who-2023b-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The puppets resemble three of the Doctor's past <a href="/wiki/Companion_(Doctor_Who)" title="Companion (Doctor Who)">companions</a>: <a href="/wiki/Amy_Pond" title="Amy Pond">Amy Pond</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clara_Oswald" title="Clara Oswald">Clara Oswald</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Potts_(Doctor_Who)" title="Bill Potts (Doctor Who)">Bill Potts</a>, all of whom he met after leaving Donna behind in "<a href="/wiki/Journey%27s_End_(Doctor_Who)" title="Journey's End (Doctor Who)">Journey's End</a>" (2008), with all three having died in the universe's canon.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Toymaker uses several costumes in the episode, which were constructed by costume designer Pam Downes and members of the costumes team. In one scene, the Toymaker attacks UNIT Headquarters while dancing to the song "<a href="/wiki/Spice_Up_Your_Life" title="Spice Up Your Life">Spice Up Your Life</a>" (1997) by the <a href="/wiki/Spice_Girls" title="Spice Girls">Spice Girls</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In this scene, Harris wears a band leader outfit. Downes wished to use boots with red laces to highlight the red of the costume, and thus used women's <a href="/wiki/Riding_boot" title="Riding boot">riding boots</a> to accomplish the outfit. For the musical number scene, Harris did choreography training alongside the other actors, including Jemma Redgrave. Harris additionally had to wear specially molded teeth for the episode in order to depict the Toymaker as having more teeth than he should.<sup id="cite_ref-Doctor_Who-2023b_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Doctor_Who-2023b-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The bi-generation scene was filmed with a special craned camera, which allowed for the team to overlay Tennant and Gatwa's parts of the bi-generation onto each other. To simulate a split, Tennant and Gatwa split half of Tennant's costume between themselves. Due to Tennant filming first, he got to select which parts of the outfit he wore, while Gatwa was left with the remaining parts.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The initial visual effect for the split was considered too violent by Davies and producer Phil Collinson, and it was toned down for the final episode.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Toymaker's catch scene was filmed with many individual single shots, with each one focusing on one of Tennant, Gatwa, and Harris. Various different cameras were used to film the scene, including drones. The three actors would hide the ball behind the palm of their hand and mimic catching the ball, in part due to difficulties catching the balls by the actors.<sup id="cite_ref-Doctor_Who-2023a_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Doctor_Who-2023a-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Casting">Casting</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Giggle&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Casting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:292px;max-width:292px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:89px;max-width:89px"><div class="thumbimage" 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anniversary specials.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tennant and Tate makes their final regular appearances as the <a href="/wiki/Fourteenth_Doctor" title="Fourteenth Doctor">Fourteenth Doctor</a> and <a href="/wiki/Donna_Noble" title="Donna Noble">Donna Noble</a> respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Ncuti_Gatwa" title="Ncuti Gatwa">Ncuti Gatwa</a> made his first appearance as the <a href="/wiki/Fifteenth_Doctor" title="Fifteenth Doctor">Fifteenth Doctor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though Bernard Cribbins wished to film more scenes for the episode in his role of Wilfred Mott, his health was not well enough to do more than his scene in the prior episode, "<a href="/wiki/Wild_Blue_Yonder_(Doctor_Who)" title="Wild Blue Yonder (Doctor Who)">Wild Blue Yonder</a>" (2023).<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An uncredited double stood in as Wilfred for "The Giggle", which featured usage of an archival audio recording of Cribbins from "<a href="/wiki/The_Poison_Sky" title="The Poison Sky">The Poison Sky</a>" (2008).<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Neil_Patrick_Harris" title="Neil Patrick Harris">Neil Patrick Harris</a> appears as the Toymaker, last seen in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Celestial_Toymaker" title="The Celestial Toymaker">The Celestial Toymaker</a></i> (1966), then portrayed by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Gough" title="Michael Gough">Michael Gough</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Trailer_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Trailer-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Harris was asked directly by Davies to play the part via an <a href="/wiki/Instagram" title="Instagram">Instagram</a> <a href="/wiki/Direct_message" class="mw-redirect" title="Direct message">direct message</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Doctor_Who-2023a_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Doctor_Who-2023a-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Harris had never heard of the show prior to taking on the part.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Harris described the role of the Toymaker as "an incredibly exciting and exhausting role."<sup id="cite_ref-Doctor_Who-2023b_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Doctor_Who-2023b-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Colorized footage depicting <a href="/wiki/William_Hartnell" title="William Hartnell">William Hartnell</a> and Michael Gough as the First Doctor and the Toymaker from the original serial is used in a flashback when the Doctor encounters the Toymaker.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The episode features the return of <a href="/wiki/Jemma_Redgrave" title="Jemma Redgrave">Jemma Redgrave</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Kate_Lethbridge-Stewart" title="Kate Lethbridge-Stewart">Kate Lethbridge-Stewart</a>, last seen in "<a href="/wiki/The_Power_of_the_Doctor" title="The Power of the Doctor">The Power of the Doctor</a>" (2022) and <a href="/wiki/Bonnie_Langford" title="Bonnie Langford">Bonnie Langford</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Mel_Bush" title="Mel Bush">Mel Bush</a> who made her last major appearance in <i><a href="/wiki/Dragonfire_(Doctor_Who)" title="Dragonfire (Doctor Who)">Dragonfire</a></i> (1987).<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Langford briefly reprised her role prior to the episode in a <a href="/wiki/Cameo_appearance" title="Cameo appearance">cameo</a> in "The Power of the Doctor" and was directly asked to come back to the series by Davies.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Doctor_Who-2023a_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Doctor_Who-2023a-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Lachele_Carl" title="Lachele Carl">Lachele Carl</a> briefly reprised her role as <a href="/wiki/Trinity_Wells" class="mw-redirect" title="Trinity Wells">Trinity Wells</a>, an American news anchor who appeared frequently during Davies's first era.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> John MacKay played the role of <a href="/wiki/John_Logie_Baird" title="John Logie Baird">John Logie Baird</a> in the episode, a role he had previously portrayed in Davies's series <i>Nolly</i>. Other actors include <a href="/wiki/Charlie_De_Melo" title="Charlie De Melo">Charlie De Melo</a> as Charles Bannerjee, Baird's assistant, and Alexander Devrient, who portrayed UNIT Colonel Ibrahim.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Davies originally planned on including <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Cribbins" title="Bernard Cribbins">Bernard Cribbins</a> in the episode as <a href="/wiki/Wilfred_Mott" title="Wilfred Mott">Wilfred Mott</a>, Donna's grandfather.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of these scenes near the end of the episode would have involved Mott shooting moles in Donna's backyard.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to the poor health of Cribbins during filming, Davies made changes to the script. He initially wrote a scene where the Doctor would discuss Wilf's death in-universe. Davies was eventually convinced by producer <a href="/wiki/Phil_Collinson" title="Phil Collinson">Phil Collinson</a> to keep Wilf alive in-universe in order to keep Cribbins's memory alive.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Broadcast_and_reception">Broadcast and reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Giggle&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Broadcast and reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable floatright" style="float:right;clear:right;width:24.2em;font-size:88%;text-align:center;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em;padding:0;border-spacing:0"><caption style="font-size:115%">Professional ratings</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background:#CCCCFF;font-size:100%">Aggregate scores</th></tr><tr><th scope="col">Source</th><th scope="col">Rating</th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><a href="/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes" title="Rotten Tomatoes">Rotten Tomatoes</a> (Tomatometer)</td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle">100%<sup id="cite_ref-RT_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RT-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background:#CCCCFF;font-size:100%">Review scores</th></tr><tr><th scope="col">Source</th><th scope="col">Rating</th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/Empire_(film_magazine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Empire (film magazine)">Empire</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="4/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="4/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/22px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Independent" title="The Independent">The Independent</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="4/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="4/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/22px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-The_Independent_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Independent-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="4/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="4/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/22px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-The_Guardian_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Guardian-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph" title="The Daily Telegraph">The Daily Telegraph</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="4/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="4/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/22px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/I_(newspaper)" title="I (newspaper)">i</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="5/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="5/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Broadcast">Broadcast</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Giggle&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Broadcast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>"The Giggle" was broadcast on 9 December 2023 as the third and final of the three <a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_specials_(2023)" title="Doctor Who specials (2023)">2023 specials</a>, released for the 60th anniversary of <i>Doctor Who</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-NovDec2023AirDates_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NovDec2023AirDates-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The episode aired on <a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a>, and was later released on <a href="/wiki/BBC_iPlayer" title="BBC iPlayer">BBC iPlayer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The episode was released internationally on <a href="/wiki/Disney%2B" title="Disney+">Disney+</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ratings">Ratings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Giggle&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Ratings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>"The Giggle" was watched by 4.62 million viewers overnight.<sup id="cite_ref-TV_Zone_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TV_Zone-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hibbs_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hibbs-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was the third most watched programme of the day.<sup id="cite_ref-TV_Zone_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TV_Zone-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The consolidated ratings figures for the episode were 6.85 million viewers,<sup id="cite_ref-Hibbs_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hibbs-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> making it the third most watched programme of the night behind episodes of <i><a href="/wiki/I%27m_a_Celebrity...Get_Me_Out_of_Here!_(British_TV_series)" title="I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (British TV series)">I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Strictly_Come_Dancing" title="Strictly Come Dancing">Strictly Come Dancing</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-TV_Zone_38-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TV_Zone-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The episode was the lowest viewed of the three specials, with slightly less than both "<a href="/wiki/The_Star_Beast_(Doctor_Who_episode)" title="The Star Beast (Doctor Who episode)">The Star Beast</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Wild_Blue_Yonder_(Doctor_Who)" title="Wild Blue Yonder (Doctor Who)">Wild Blue Yonder</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Critical_reception">Critical reception</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Giggle&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Critical reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The special received positive reviews, with praise for Harris's performance and the writing.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Guardian_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Guardian-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-The_Independent_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Independent-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On <a href="/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes" title="Rotten Tomatoes">Rotten Tomatoes</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Review_aggregator" title="Review aggregator">review aggregator</a> website, 100% of 7 critics gave "The Giggle" a positive review. The site's consensus reads "Capping off David Tennant's encore run, 'The Giggle' puts a twist on <i>Doctor Who</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s regenerative conceit and gives fans the best of both worlds."<sup id="cite_ref-RT_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RT-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a review for <i><a href="/wiki/Den_of_Geek" title="Den of Geek">Den of Geek</a></i>, Chris Allcock praised the returning characters, though he felt disappointed that Mel did not have more to do comparing her to <a href="/wiki/Ace_(Doctor_Who)" title="Ace (Doctor Who)">Ace</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tegan_Jovanka" title="Tegan Jovanka">Tegan</a> in "<a href="/wiki/The_Power_of_the_Doctor" title="The Power of the Doctor">The Power of the Doctor</a>", and believed the introduction of Kate in the episode was out of place. He enjoyed the episode, though found the Toymaker's plot to not align well with the character's motivations.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Samantha Coley of <i><a href="/wiki/Collider_(website)" class="mw-redirect" title="Collider (website)">Collider</a></i> praised the episode, highlighting its performances, plot, and the menace of the Toymaker as an antagonist. She additionally praised the ending and Gatwa's introduction.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Will Salmon of <i><a href="/wiki/Total_Film" title="Total Film">Total Film</a></i> praised the episode, highlighting the cast performances and overall production, but criticized the lack of attention on the titular Giggle, as well as the introduction of The Vlinx, which he felt "strikes an oddly goofy note in the episode."<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jordan King of <i><a href="/wiki/Empire_(magazine)" title="Empire (magazine)">Empire</a></i> praised the episode, highlighting the episode's ideas and execution, but criticized the episode for being "a tad unwieldy" at times with the amount of ideas utilized at once.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Louise Griffin of <i><a href="/wiki/Radio_Times" title="Radio Times">The Radio Times</a></i> highlighted the episode's writing, visuals, and musical score, believing that it allowed the show to harken back to Davies's first run while feeling "fresh and bigger" in the process.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The "bi-generation" plot twist was met with a polarizing reaction from fans of the series,<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with some praising it as an interesting concept,<sup id="cite_ref-DOGbigen_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DOGbigen-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while others felt it would undermine Gatwa's role as the Fifteenth Doctor in the upcoming fourteenth series.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Writing for <i><a href="/wiki/Vox_(website)" title="Vox (website)">Vox</a></i>, Constance Grady felt that the twist was unnecessary and went against the point of regeneration.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In an article for <i><a href="/wiki/Den_of_Geek" title="Den of Geek">Den of Geek</a></i>, Andrew Blair felt that the bi-generation offered a clean slate for <i>Doctor Who</i> to continue.<sup id="cite_ref-DOGbigen_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DOGbigen-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/2024_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2024 British Academy Television Awards">2024</a>, the scene was nominated for a <a href="/wiki/British_Academy_of_Film_and_Television_Arts" title="British Academy of Film and Television Arts">BAFTA</a> award for most memorable TV moment.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It lost to <i><a href="/wiki/Happy_Valley_(TV_series)" title="Happy Valley (TV series)">Happy Valley</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Home_media">Home media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Giggle&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Home media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title" style="font-size:125%; font-style:italic; padding-bottom:0.2em;">The Giggle <span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Giggle&rft.author=%5B%5BJames+Goss+%28producer%29%7CJames+Goss%5D%5D&rft.date=14+December+2023+%28eBook%29%3Cbr+%2F%3E11+January+2024+%28paperback+and+audiobook%29&rft.pub=%5B%5BBBC+Books%5D%5D&rft.pages=224&rft.series=%27%27%5B%5BDoctor+Who%5D%5D%27%27+book%3A%3Cbr%3E%5B%5BList+of+Doctor+Who+novelisations%7CTarget+novelisations%5D%5D"></span></caption><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Author</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_Goss_(producer)" title="James Goss (producer)">James Goss</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Series</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who" title="Doctor Who">Doctor Who</a></i> book:<br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_Doctor_Who_novelisations" title="List of Doctor Who novelisations">Target novelisations</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publisher</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/BBC_Books" title="BBC Books">BBC Books</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Publication date</div></th><td class="infobox-data">14 December 2023 (eBook)<br />11 January 2024 (paperback and audiobook)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Pages</th><td class="infobox-data">224</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px 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a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781785948473" title="Special:BookSources/9781785948473">9781785948473</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>"The Giggle", along with the other two specials "<a href="/wiki/Wild_Blue_Yonder_(Doctor_Who)" title="Wild Blue Yonder (Doctor Who)">Wild Blue Yonder</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/The_Star_Beast_(Doctor_Who_episode)" title="The Star Beast (Doctor Who episode)">The Star Beast</a>", were released together on <a href="/wiki/DVD" title="DVD">DVD</a> and <a href="/wiki/Blu-ray" title="Blu-ray">Blu-ray</a> on 18 December 2023 as part of the "60th Anniversary Collection".<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_print">In print</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Giggle&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: In print"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Doctor_Who_novelisations" title="List of Doctor Who novelisations">List of Doctor Who novelisations</a></div> <p>A novelisation of the episode, written by <a href="/wiki/James_Goss_(producer)" title="James Goss (producer)">James Goss</a>, was released as an eBook 14 December 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-Goss-2023_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goss-2023-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The paperback edition was made available for pre-order in July 2023 and was released on 11 January 2024 as part of the <i><a href="/wiki/Target_Books" title="Target Books">Target</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Doctor_Who_novelisations#Target_Books" title="List of Doctor Who novelisations">Collection</a>.</i><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Goss-2023_58-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goss-2023-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was released as an audiobook read by <a href="/wiki/Dan_Starkey_(actor)" title="Dan Starkey (actor)">Dan Starkey</a> on the same day.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Starkey had previously appeared as various <a href="/wiki/Sontaran" title="Sontaran">Sontarans</a>, most notably <a href="/wiki/Paternoster_Gang" title="Paternoster Gang">Strax</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Giggle&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output 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class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGraham-Lowery2023" class="citation web cs1">Graham-Lowery, Nathan (13 December 2023). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://screenrant.com/doctor-who-60th-anniversary-leaks-showrunner-response/">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>"That's Just Fans": Doctor Who Showrunner Wasn't Worried About 60th Anniversary Leaks"</a>. <i>ScreenRant</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20231217044838/https://screenrant.com/doctor-who-60th-anniversary-leaks-showrunner-response/">Archived</a> from the original on 17 December 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/List_of_Doctor_Who_episodes_(1963%E2%80%931989)" title="List of Doctor Who episodes (1963–1989)">Original series (1963–1989, 1996)</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_season_1" title="Doctor Who season 1">Season 1</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_season_2" title="Doctor Who season 2">2</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_season_3" title="Doctor Who season 3">3</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_season_4" title="Doctor Who season 4">4</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_season_5" title="Doctor Who season 5">5</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_season_6" title="Doctor Who season 6">6</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_season_7" title="Doctor Who season 7">7</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_season_8" title="Doctor Who season 8">8</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_season_9" title="Doctor Who season 9">9</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_season_10" title="Doctor Who season 10">10</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_season_11" title="Doctor Who season 11">11</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_season_12" title="Doctor Who season 12">12</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_season_13" title="Doctor Who season 13">13</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_season_14" title="Doctor Who season 14">14</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_season_15" title="Doctor Who season 15">15</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_season_16" title="Doctor Who season 16">16</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_season_17" title="Doctor Who season 17">17</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_season_18" title="Doctor Who season 18">18</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_season_19" title="Doctor Who season 19">19</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_season_20" title="Doctor Who season 20">20</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_season_21" title="Doctor Who season 21">21</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_season_22" title="Doctor Who season 22">22</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_season_23" title="Doctor Who season 23">23</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_season_24" title="Doctor Who season 24">24</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_season_25" title="Doctor Who season 25">25</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_season_26" title="Doctor Who season 26">26</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_(film)" title="Doctor Who (film)">Film</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_missing_episodes" title="Doctor Who missing episodes">Missing episodes</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/List_of_Doctor_Who_episodes_(2005%E2%80%93present)" title="List of Doctor Who episodes (2005–present)">Revived series (2005–present)</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_series_1" title="Doctor Who series 1">Series 1</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_series_2" title="Doctor Who series 2">2</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_series_3" title="Doctor Who series 3">3</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_series_4" title="Doctor Who series 4">4</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_specials_(2008%E2%80%932010)" title="Doctor Who specials (2008–2010)">2008–2010 specials</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_series_5" title="Doctor Who series 5">5</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_series_6" title="Doctor Who series 6">6</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_series_7" title="Doctor Who series 7">7</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_specials_(2013)" title="Doctor Who specials (2013)">2013 specials</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_series_8" title="Doctor Who series 8">8</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_series_9" title="Doctor Who series 9">9</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_series_10" title="Doctor Who series 10">10</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_series_11" title="Doctor Who series 11">11</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_series_12" title="Doctor Who series 12">12</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_series_13" title="Doctor Who series 13">13</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_specials_(2022)" title="Doctor Who specials (2022)">2022 specials</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_specials_(2023)" title="Doctor Who specials (2023)">2023 specials</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_series_14" title="Doctor Who series 14">14</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_series_15" title="Doctor Who series 15">15</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_specials_(2023)" title="Doctor Who specials (2023)">2023 specials</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8%"><abbr title="Supplementary">Supp.</abbr></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Destination:_Skaro" title="Destination: Skaro">Destination: Skaro</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8%">Specials</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Star_Beast_(Doctor_Who_episode)" title="The Star Beast (Doctor Who episode)">The Star Beast</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wild_Blue_Yonder_(Doctor_Who)" title="Wild Blue Yonder (Doctor Who)">Wild Blue Yonder</a>"</li> <li>"<a class="mw-selflink selflink">The Giggle</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Links_to_related_articles" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" 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Davies</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ninth_Doctor" title="Ninth Doctor">Ninth Doctor</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Series_1" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8%"><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_series_1" title="Doctor Who series 1">Series 1</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Rose_(Doctor_Who_episode)" title="Rose (Doctor Who episode)">Rose</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_End_of_the_World_(Doctor_Who)" title="The End of the World (Doctor Who)">The End of the World</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Aliens_of_London" title="Aliens of London">Aliens of London</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/World_War_Three_(Doctor_Who)" title="World War Three (Doctor Who)">World War Three</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Long_Game" title="The Long Game">The Long Game</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Boom_Town_(Doctor_Who)" title="Boom Town (Doctor Who)">Boom Town</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bad_Wolf" title="Bad Wolf">Bad Wolf</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/The_Parting_of_the_Ways" title="The Parting of the Ways">The Parting of the Ways</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Tenth_Doctor" title="Tenth Doctor">Tenth Doctor</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8%"><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_series_2" title="Doctor Who series 2">Series 2</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Christmas_Invasion" title="The Christmas Invasion">The Christmas Invasion</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/New_Earth_(Doctor_Who)" title="New Earth (Doctor Who)">New Earth</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Tooth_and_Claw_(Doctor_Who)" title="Tooth and Claw (Doctor Who)">Tooth and Claw</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Love_%26_Monsters_(Doctor_Who)" title="Love & Monsters (Doctor Who)">Love & Monsters</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Army_of_Ghosts" title="Army of Ghosts">Army of Ghosts</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/Doomsday_(Doctor_Who)" title="Doomsday (Doctor Who)">Doomsday</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8%"><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_series_3" title="Doctor Who series 3">Series 3</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Runaway_Bride_(Doctor_Who)" title="The Runaway Bride (Doctor Who)">The Runaway Bride</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Smith_and_Jones_(Doctor_Who)" title="Smith and Jones (Doctor Who)">Smith and Jones</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Gridlock_(Doctor_Who)" title="Gridlock (Doctor Who)">Gridlock</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Utopia_(Doctor_Who)" title="Utopia (Doctor Who)">Utopia</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/The_Sound_of_Drums" title="The Sound of Drums">The Sound of Drums</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/Last_of_the_Time_Lords" title="Last of the Time Lords">Last of the Time Lords</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8%"><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_series_4" title="Doctor Who series 4">Series 4</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Voyage_of_the_Damned_(Doctor_Who)" title="Voyage of the Damned (Doctor Who)">Voyage of the Damned</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Partners_in_Crime_(Doctor_Who)" title="Partners in Crime 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Who)">Wild Blue Yonder</a>"</li> <li>"<a class="mw-selflink selflink">The Giggle</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Fifteenth_Doctor" title="Fifteenth Doctor">Fifteenth Doctor</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Series_14" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8%"><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_series_14" title="Doctor Who series 14">Series 14</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Church_on_Ruby_Road" title="The Church on Ruby Road">The Church on Ruby Road</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Space_Babies" title="Space Babies">Space Babies</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Devil%27s_Chord" 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Doctor">Fifteenth Doctor</a> television stories</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_specials_(2023)" title="Doctor Who specials (2023)">2023 specials</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a class="mw-selflink selflink">The Giggle</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_series_14" title="Doctor Who series 14">Series 14</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Church_on_Ruby_Road" title="The Church on Ruby Road">The Church on Ruby Road</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Space_Babies" title="Space Babies">Space Babies</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Devil%27s_Chord" title="The Devil's Chord">The Devil's Chord</a>"</li> <li>"<a 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href="/wiki/The_Master_(Doctor_Who)" title="The Master (Doctor Who)">The Master</a> stories</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible uncollapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Television" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Television</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Third Doctor</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Terror_of_the_Autons" title="Terror of the Autons">Terror of the Autons</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mind_of_Evil" title="The Mind of Evil">The Mind of Evil</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Claws_of_Axos" title="The Claws of Axos">The Claws of Axos</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Colony_in_Space" title="Colony in Space">Colony in Space</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_D%C3%A6mons" title="The Dæmons">The Dæmons</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sea_Devils" title="The Sea Devils">The Sea Devils</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Time_Monster" title="The Time Monster">The Time Monster</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Frontier_in_Space" title="Frontier in Space">Frontier in Space</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Fourth Doctor</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Deadly_Assassin" title="The Deadly Assassin">The Deadly Assassin</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Keeper_of_Traken" title="The Keeper of Traken">The Keeper of Traken</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Logopolis" title="Logopolis">Logopolis</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Fifth Doctor</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Castrovalva_(Doctor_Who)" title="Castrovalva (Doctor Who)">Castrovalva</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Time-Flight" title="Time-Flight">Time-Flight</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_King%27s_Demons" title="The King's Demons">The King's Demons</a></i></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Five_Doctors" title="The Five Doctors">The Five Doctors</a>"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Planet_of_Fire" title="Planet of Fire">Planet of Fire</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sixth Doctor</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mark_of_the_Rani" title="The Mark of the Rani">The Mark of the Rani</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_season_23" title="Doctor Who season 23">The Trial of a Time Lord</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ultimate_Foe" title="The Ultimate Foe">The Ultimate Foe</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Seventh Doctor</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Survival_(Doctor_Who)" title="Survival (Doctor Who)">Survival</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Eighth Doctor</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_(film)" title="Doctor Who (film)">Doctor Who</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tenth Doctor</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Utopia_(Doctor_Who)" title="Utopia (Doctor Who)">Utopia</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/The_Sound_of_Drums" title="The Sound of Drums">The Sound of Drums</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/Last_of_the_Time_Lords" title="Last of the Time Lords">Last of the Time Lords</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_End_of_Time_(Doctor_Who)" title="The End of Time (Doctor Who)">The End of Time</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Twelfth Doctor</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Dark_Water_(Doctor_Who)" title="Dark Water (Doctor Who)">Dark Water</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/Death_in_Heaven" title="Death in Heaven">Death in Heaven</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Magician%27s_Apprentice_(Doctor_Who)" title="The Magician's Apprentice (Doctor Who)">The Magician's Apprentice</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/The_Witch%27s_Familiar" title="The Witch's Familiar">The Witch's Familiar</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/World_Enough_and_Time_(Doctor_Who)" title="World Enough and Time (Doctor Who)">World Enough and Time</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/The_Doctor_Falls" title="The Doctor Falls">The Doctor Falls</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Thirteenth Doctor</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Spyfall_(Doctor_Who)" title="Spyfall (Doctor Who)">Spyfall</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ascension_of_the_Cybermen" title="Ascension of the Cybermen">Ascension of the Cybermen</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/The_Timeless_Children" title="The Timeless Children">The Timeless Children</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Power_of_the_Doctor" title="The Power of the Doctor">The Power of the Doctor</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Minor appearances</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Caves_of_Androzani" title="The Caves of Androzani">The Caves of Androzani</a></i></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Deep_Breath_(Doctor_Who)" title="Deep Breath (Doctor Who)">Deep Breath</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Into_the_Dalek" title="Into the Dalek">Into the Dalek</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Caretaker_(Doctor_Who)" title="The Caretaker (Doctor Who)">The Caretaker</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Flatline_(Doctor_Who)" title="Flatline (Doctor Who)">Flatline</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/In_the_Forest_of_the_Night" title="In the Forest of the Night">In the Forest of the Night</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Extremis_(Doctor_Who)" title="Extremis (Doctor Who)">Extremis</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Lie_of_the_Land" title="The Lie of the Land">The Lie of the Land</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Empress_of_Mars" title="Empress of Mars">Empress of Mars</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Eaters_of_Light" title="The Eaters of Light">The Eaters of Light</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Curse_of_Fatal_Death" title="The Curse of Fatal Death">The Curse of Fatal Death</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Scream_of_the_Shalka" title="Scream of the Shalka">Scream of the Shalka</a></i></li> <li>"<a class="mw-selflink selflink">The Giggle</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Audio" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Audio</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who:_The_Fourth_Doctor_Adventures" title="Doctor Who: The Fourth Doctor Adventures">The Fourth Doctor Adventures</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Trail_of_the_White_Worm" title="Trail of the White Worm">Trail of the White Worm</a> / <a href="/wiki/The_Oseidon_Adventure" title="The Oseidon Adventure">The Oseidon Adventure</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who:_The_Monthly_Adventures" title="Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures">The Monthly Adventures</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_Unbound" title="Doctor Who Unbound">Unbound</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who:_The_Eighth_Doctor_Adventures" title="Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor Adventures">The Eighth Doctor Adventures</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/UNIT:_Dominion" title="UNIT: Dominion">Dominion</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who:_The_Companion_Chronicles#Series_8_(2013–14)" title="Doctor Who: The Companion Chronicles">Mastermind</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sixth_Doctor:_The_Last_Adventure#The_End_of_the_Line" title="The Sixth Doctor: The Last Adventure">The End of the 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style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Missing_Adventures" title="Virgin Missing Adventures">Missing Adventures</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Dark_Path_(McIntee_novel)" title="The Dark Path (McIntee novel)">The Dark Path</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Verdigris_(novel)" title="Verdigris (novel)">Verdigris</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/Eighth_Doctor_Adventures" title="Eighth Doctor Adventures">Eighth Doctor Adventures</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Eight_Doctors" title="The Eight Doctors">The Eight Doctors</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Legacy_of_the_Daleks" 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Doctors</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Last_of_the_Gaderene" title="Last of the Gaderene">Last of the Gaderene</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Prime_Time_(novel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime Time (novel)">Prime Time</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Quantum_Archangel" title="The Quantum Archangel">The Quantum Archangel</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Deadly_Reunion" class="mw-redirect" title="Deadly Reunion">Deadly Reunion</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Who_Killed_Kennedy" title="Who Killed Kennedy">Who Killed Kennedy</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Happy_Endings_(novel)" title="Happy Endings (novel)">Happy Endings</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Harvest_of_Time" title="Harvest of Time">Harvest of Time</a></i></li> <li><i><a 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Three_Doctors_(Doctor_Who)" title="The Three Doctors (Doctor Who)">The Three Doctors</a></i></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Five_Doctors" title="The Five Doctors">The Five Doctors</a>"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Two_Doctors" title="The Two Doctors">The Two Doctors</a></i></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Day_of_the_Doctor" title="The Day of the Doctor">The Day of the Doctor</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Twice_Upon_a_Time_(Doctor_Who)" title="Twice Upon a Time (Doctor Who)">Twice Upon a Time</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Fugitive_of_the_Judoon" title="Fugitive of the Judoon">Fugitive of the Judoon</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Power_of_the_Doctor" title="The Power of the Doctor">The Power of the Doctor</a>"</li> <li>"<a class="mw-selflink selflink">The Giggle</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Minor instances</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Name_of_the_Doctor" title="The Name of the Doctor">The Name of the Doctor</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Deep_Breath_(Doctor_Who)" title="Deep Breath (Doctor Who)">Deep Breath</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Listen_(Doctor_Who)" title="Listen (Doctor Who)">Listen</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Doctor_Falls" title="The Doctor Falls">The Doctor Falls</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Timeless_Children" title="The Timeless Children">The Timeless Children</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Once,_Upon_Time" title="Once, Upon Time">Once, Upon Time</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Audio</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sirens_of_Time" title="The Sirens of Time">The Sirens of Time</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Zagreus_(audio_drama)" title="Zagreus (audio drama)">Zagreus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/100_(audio_drama)" title="100 (audio drama)">100</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Four_Doctors" title="The Four Doctors">The Four Doctors</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Doom_Coalition" class="mw-redirect" title="Doom Coalition">The Eleven</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cold_Fusion_(novel)#Adaptation" title="Cold Fusion (novel)">Cold Fusion</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Books</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Timewyrm:_Genesys" title="Timewyrm: Genesys">Timewyrm: Genesys</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Timewyrm:_Revelation" title="Timewyrm: Revelation">Timewyrm: Revelation</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Who_Killed_Kennedy" title="Who Killed Kennedy">Who Killed Kennedy</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cold_Fusion_(novel)" title="Cold Fusion (novel)">Cold Fusion</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Eight_Doctors" title="The Eight Doctors">The Eight Doctors</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Players_(Dicks_novel)" title="Players (Dicks novel)">Players</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Interference_%E2%80%93_Book_One" class="mw-redirect" title="Interference – Book One">Interference – Book One</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Interference_%E2%80%93_Book_Two" class="mw-redirect" title="Interference – Book Two">Interference – Book Two</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Colony_of_Lies" title="The Colony of Lies">The Colony of Lies</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wolfsbane_(novel)" title="Wolfsbane (novel)">Wolfsbane</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Comics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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Dimensions">Lego Dimensions</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Regeneration_(Doctor_Who)" class="mw-redirect" title="Regeneration (Doctor Who)">Regeneration</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Brain_of_Morbius" title="The Brain of Morbius">The Brain of Morbius</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Trial_of_a_Time_Lord" class="mw-redirect" title="The Trial of a Time Lord">The Trial of a Time Lord</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dimensions_in_Time" title="Dimensions in Time">Dimensions in Time</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Curse_of_Fatal_Death" title="The Curse of Fatal Death">The Curse of Fatal Death</a></i></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Time_Crash" title="Time Crash">Time Crash</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Journey%27s_End_(Doctor_Who)" title="Journey's End (Doctor Who)">Journey's End</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Big_Bang_(Doctor_Who)" title="The Big Bang (Doctor Who)">The Big Bang</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Space_and_Time_(Doctor_Who)" title="Space and Time (Doctor Who)">Time</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Rebel_Flesh" title="The Rebel Flesh">The Rebel Flesh</a> / "<a href="/wiki/The_Almost_People" title="The Almost People">The Almost People</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Night_and_the_Doctor#"Last_Night"" title="Night and the Doctor">Last Night</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Journey_to_the_Centre_of_the_TARDIS" title="Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS">Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Vanquishers" title="The Vanquishers">The Vanquishers</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Template"><img alt="" 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href="/wiki/Time_and_the_Rani" title="Time and the Rani">Time and the Rani</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_(film)" title="Doctor Who (film)">Doctor Who</a></i></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Parting_of_the_Ways" title="The Parting of the Ways">The Parting of the Ways</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Stolen_Earth" title="The Stolen Earth">The Stolen Earth</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_End_of_Time_(Doctor_Who)" title="The End of Time (Doctor Who)">The End of Time</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Night_of_the_Doctor" title="The Night of the Doctor">The Night of the Doctor</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Day_of_the_Doctor" title="The Day of the Doctor">The Day of the Doctor</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Time_of_the_Doctor" title="The Time of the Doctor">The Time of the Doctor</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Twice_Upon_a_Time_(Doctor_Who)" title="Twice Upon a Time (Doctor Who)">Twice Upon a Time</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Power_of_the_Doctor" title="The Power of the Doctor">The Power of the Doctor</a>"</li> <li>"<a class="mw-selflink selflink">The Giggle</a>"</li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Post-regeneration" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Post-regeneration</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Power_of_the_Daleks" title="The Power of the Daleks">The Power of the Daleks</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Spearhead_from_Space" title="Spearhead from Space">Spearhead from Space</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Robot_(Doctor_Who)" title="Robot (Doctor Who)">Robot</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Castrovalva_(Doctor_Who)" title="Castrovalva (Doctor Who)">Castrovalva</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Twin_Dilemma" title="The Twin Dilemma">The Twin Dilemma</a></i></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Christmas_Invasion" title="The Christmas Invasion">The Christmas Invasion</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Journey%27s_End_(Doctor_Who)" title="Journey's End (Doctor Who)">Journey's End</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Eleventh_Hour_(Doctor_Who)" title="The Eleventh Hour (Doctor Who)">The Eleventh Hour</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Deep_Breath_(Doctor_Who)" title="Deep Breath (Doctor Who)">Deep Breath</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Woman_Who_Fell_to_Earth" title="The Woman Who Fell to Earth">The Woman Who Fell to Earth</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Star_Beast_(Doctor_Who_episode)" title="The Star Beast (Doctor Who episode)">The Star Beast</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Church_on_Ruby_Road" title="The Church on Ruby Road">The Church on Ruby Road</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other characters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Destiny_of_the_Daleks" title="Destiny of the Daleks">Destiny of the Daleks</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shada_(Doctor_Who)" title="Shada (Doctor Who)">Shada</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mawdryn_Undead" title="Mawdryn Undead">Mawdryn Undead</a></i></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Five_Doctors" title="The Five Doctors">The Five Doctors</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Utopia_(Doctor_Who)" title="Utopia (Doctor Who)">Utopia</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Day_of_the_Moon" title="Day of the Moon">Day of the Moon</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Let%27s_Kill_Hitler" title="Let's Kill Hitler">Let's Kill Hitler</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hell_Bent_(Doctor_Who)" title="Hell Bent (Doctor Who)">Hell Bent</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Timeless_Children" title="The Timeless Children">The Timeless Children</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Deadly_Assassin" title="The Deadly Assassin">The Deadly Assassin</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Curse_of_Fatal_Death" title="The Curse of Fatal Death">The Curse of Fatal Death</a></i></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who:_Children_in_Need" class="mw-redirect" title="Doctor Who: Children in Need"><i>Doctor Who</i> : Children in Need</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Impossible_Astronaut" title="The Impossible Astronaut">The Impossible Astronaut</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Wedding_of_River_Song" title="The Wedding of River Song">The Wedding of River Song</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Angels_Take_Manhattan" title="The Angels Take Manhattan">The Angels Take Manhattan</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Witch%27s_Familiar" title="The Witch's Familiar">The Witch's Familiar</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Lie_of_the_Land" title="The Lie of the Land">The Lie of the Land</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/World_Enough_and_Time_(Doctor_Who)" title="World Enough and Time (Doctor Who)">World Enough and Time</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/The_Doctor_Falls" title="The Doctor Falls">The Doctor Falls</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Destination:_Skaro" title="Destination: Skaro">Destination: Skaro</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Doctor_Who:_UNIT_stories" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Television" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Television</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Second Doctor</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Invasion_(Doctor_Who)" title="The Invasion (Doctor Who)">The Invasion</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Third Doctor</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Spearhead_from_Space" title="Spearhead from Space">Spearhead from Space</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_and_the_Silurians" title="Doctor Who and the Silurians">Doctor Who and the Silurians</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ambassadors_of_Death" title="The Ambassadors of Death">The Ambassadors of Death</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Inferno_(Doctor_Who)" title="Inferno (Doctor Who)">Inferno</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Terror_of_the_Autons" title="Terror of the Autons">Terror of the Autons</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mind_of_Evil" title="The Mind of Evil">The Mind of Evil</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Claws_of_Axos" title="The Claws of Axos">The Claws of Axos</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_D%C3%A6mons" title="The Dæmons">The Dæmons</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Day_of_the_Daleks" title="Day of the Daleks">Day of the Daleks</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Time_Monster" title="The Time Monster">The Time Monster</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Three_Doctors_(Doctor_Who)" title="The Three Doctors (Doctor Who)">The Three Doctors</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Green_Death" title="The Green Death">The Green Death</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_the_Dinosaurs" title="Invasion of the Dinosaurs">Invasion of the Dinosaurs</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Planet_of_the_Spiders" title="Planet of the Spiders">Planet of the Spiders</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Fourth Doctor</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Robot_(Doctor_Who)" title="Robot (Doctor Who)">Robot</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Terror_of_the_Zygons" title="Terror of the Zygons">Terror of the Zygons</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Android_Invasion" title="The Android Invasion">The Android Invasion</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Seeds_of_Doom" title="The Seeds of Doom">The Seeds of Doom</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Seventh Doctor</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Battlefield_(Doctor_Who)" title="Battlefield (Doctor Who)">Battlefield</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tenth Doctor</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Christmas_Invasion" title="The Christmas Invasion">The Christmas Invasion</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Sontaran_Stratagem" title="The Sontaran Stratagem">The Sontaran Stratagem</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/The_Poison_Sky" title="The Poison Sky">The Poison Sky</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Planet_of_the_Dead" title="Planet of the Dead">Planet of the Dead</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Eleventh Doctor</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Power_of_Three_(Doctor_Who)" title="The Power of Three (Doctor Who)">The Power of Three</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Day_of_the_Doctor" title="The Day of the Doctor">The Day of the Doctor</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Twelfth Doctor</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Death_in_Heaven" title="Death in Heaven">Death in Heaven</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Zygon_Invasion" title="The Zygon Invasion">The Zygon Invasion</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/The_Zygon_Inversion" title="The Zygon Inversion">The Zygon Inversion</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Thirteenth Doctor</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_series_13" title="Doctor Who series 13">Flux</a></i> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Survivors_of_the_Flux" title="Survivors of the Flux">Survivors of the Flux</a>"</li></ul></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Power_of_the_Doctor" title="The Power of the Doctor">The Power of the Doctor</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Fourteenth Doctor</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Star_Beast_(Doctor_Who_episode)" title="The Star Beast (Doctor Who episode)">The Star Beast</a>"</li> <li>"<a class="mw-selflink selflink">The Giggle</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Fifteenth Doctor</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Legend_of_Ruby_Sunday" title="The Legend of Ruby Sunday">The Legend of Ruby Sunday</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Death_(Doctor_Who_episode)" title="Empire of Death (Doctor Who episode)">Empire of Death</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other appearances</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Major</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Enemy_of_the_Bane" title="Enemy of the Bane">Enemy of the Bane</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Death_of_the_Doctor" title="Death of the Doctor">Death of the Doctor</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Minor</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Colony_in_Space" title="Colony in Space">Colony in Space</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mutants" title="The Mutants">The Mutants</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Time_Warrior" title="The Time Warrior">The Time Warrior</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Seeds_of_Doom" title="The Seeds of Doom">The Seeds of Doom</a></i></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Five_Doctors" title="The Five Doctors">The Five Doctors</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Aliens_of_London" title="Aliens of London">Aliens of London</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/World_War_Three_(Doctor_Who)" title="World War Three (Doctor Who)">World War Three</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Sound_of_Drums" title="The Sound of Drums">The Sound of Drums</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/Last_of_the_Time_Lords" title="Last of the Time Lords">Last of the Time Lords</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Fragments_(Torchwood)" title="Fragments (Torchwood)">Fragments</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Turn_Left" title="Turn Left">Turn Left</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Stolen_Earth" title="The Stolen Earth">The Stolen Earth</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/Journey%27s_End_(Doctor_Who)" title="Journey's End (Doctor Who)">Journey's End</a>"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Torchwood:_Children_of_Earth" title="Torchwood: Children of Earth">Children of Earth</a></i></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_End_of_Time_(Doctor_Who)" title="The End of Time (Doctor Who)">The End of Time</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Bells_of_Saint_John" title="The Bells of Saint John">The Bells of Saint John</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Magician%27s_Apprentice_(Doctor_Who)" title="The Magician's Apprentice (Doctor Who)">The Magician's Apprentice</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Return_of_Doctor_Mysterio" title="The Return of Doctor Mysterio">The Return of Doctor Mysterio</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/73_Yards" title="73 Yards">73 Yards</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Spin-offs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Wartime_(film)" title="Wartime (film)">Wartime</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Downtime_(Doctor_Who)" title="Downtime (Doctor Who)">Downtime</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auton_(film_series)" title="Auton (film series)"><i>Auton</i></a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_War_Between_the_Land_and_the_Sea" title="The War Between the Land and the Sea">The War Between the Land and the Sea</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Web_of_Fear" title="The Web of Fear">The Web of Fear</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mawdryn_Undead" title="Mawdryn Undead">Mawdryn Undead</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dimensions_in_Time" title="Dimensions in Time">Dimensions in Time</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Scream_of_the_Shalka" title="Scream of the Shalka">Scream of the Shalka</a></i></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Resolution_(Doctor_Who)" title="Resolution (Doctor Who)">Resolution</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Audio" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Category:UNIT_audio_plays" title="Category:UNIT audio 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title="UNIT: The Coup">The Coup</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/UNIT:_Time_Heals" class="mw-redirect" title="UNIT: Time Heals">Time Heals</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/UNIT:_Snake_Head" class="mw-redirect" title="UNIT: Snake Head">Snake Head</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/UNIT:_The_Longest_Night" class="mw-redirect" title="UNIT: The Longest Night">The Longest Night</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/UNIT:_The_Wasting" class="mw-redirect" title="UNIT: The Wasting">The Wasting</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/UNIT:_Dominion" title="UNIT: Dominion">Dominion</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i>Torchwood</i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Lost_Souls_(Torchwood)" title="Lost Souls (Torchwood)">Lost Souls</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Torchwood:_The_Lost_Files" title="Torchwood: The Lost Files">Submission</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who:_The_Fourth_Doctor_Adventures" title="Doctor Who: The Fourth Doctor Adventures">The Fourth Doctor Adventures</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Trail_of_the_White_Worm" title="Trail of the White Worm">Trail of the White Worm</a> / <a href="/wiki/The_Oseidon_Adventure" title="The Oseidon Adventure">The Oseidon Adventure</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Spectre_of_Lanyon_Moor" class="mw-redirect" title="The Spectre of Lanyon Moor">The Spectre of Lanyon Moor</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Death_Comes_to_Time" 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