Jodie Whittaker’s Doctor Gets One More Story in a New Doctor Who Podcast

If you’re unhappy that Jodie Whittaker has solely two extra outings because the Thirteenth Doctor left earlier than she regenerates into a brand new (and as but undisclosed) incarnation, I’ve some solace for you: there’s truly yet another story coming very quickly, it’s simply not on TV.

The collection shall be titled Doctor Who: Redacted, and follows three younger girls related by a shared fascination with sightings of a mysterious girl in a Blue Police Box. The BBC’s official synopsis for the collection reads as follows:

“Doctor Who: Redacted follows Cleo, Abby, and Shawna—three broke university drop-outs from different cities across the UK who remain connected via their paranormal conspiracy podcast, ‘The Blue Box Files’. The trio speculate over Abby’s favourite conspiracy theory – intent on finding out the truth behind the mysterious ‘Blue Box’ that keeps cropping up across history. What if this random police public call box was actually an alien ship?

“They don’t know who the Doctor is, or if aliens are real, but soon find themselves caught in a supernatural conspiracy as they learn that everyone who’s ever met the Doctor is disappearing and being forgotten. Essentially, they’re being redacted from reality. The Blue Box Files is so unsuccessful that our heroes are the last ones to be affected by the redaction, making Cleo, Abby, and Shawna the world’s only hope. Now it’s a race against time to uncover the truth.”

I need to admit my eyes rolled a bit on the thought of a TARDIS-centric conspiracy podcast, however the concept the trio are at the moment protected from being erased from existence as a result of nobody listens to their podcast has charmed me. But the synopsis continues (and is edited barely for readability)!

“When Cleo’s brother Jordan (played by comedian Jacob Hawley) gets redacted, they spend the rest of the series trying to find him. In the meantime, Cleo is dealing with a mother who kicked her out for being trans when she was 16, whilst trying to find out what happened to her Dad who mysteriously ‘disappeared’ when she was a kid. As the series unfolds we find Abby (the resident believer) and Shawna (the skeptic) grapple with their own tribulations on the edge of a will-they, won’t-they romance, despite Abby’s controlling boyfriend.”

Redacted will star trans activist Charlie Craggs as Cleo, Lois Chimimba as Abby, and Holly Quin-Ankrah as Shawna, in addition to previous Who stars Jemma Redgrave as Kate Lethbridge-Stewart, Ingrid Oliver as Petronella Osgood, and Anjli Mohindra as The Sarah Jane Adventures’ Rani Chandra. The Silurian detective Madame Vastra may also make an look however shall be voiced by Good Omens’ Doon Mackichan as an alternative of the TV actor Neve McIntosh. The first a part of the 10-episode collection will premiere on April 17, simply after the second particular, Legend of the Sea Devils, premieres on BBC America.

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