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UNIT: Series One - 2025

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  UNIT would’ve been the fifth spinoff show after Earth Defence, Olympus, After Travels and the Beginning. It was ran by Pete McTighe and Tom Shankland, the series was created by Chris Clenshaw as it was seen as a unique idea to have a Doctor Who show set in the past. David Morrissey was cast in the lead role as Peter Durrell, the Commander In Chief of UNIT in the 1980s. Daniel Mays plays Michael Cleaver, Anna Maxwell-Martin as Sandra Foley, Adam James as James Drayton and Jack Franklin as David Reid. There would be six episodes throughout written by Pete McTighe and Tom Shankland, with music being composed by David Arnold, but 80s songs being present in the end credits in a similar vein to Olympus: Insurrection (2021). New Order By Pete McTighe and Tom Shankland A cold, grey morning in London, 1986. The camera tracks a high-security convoy snaking through the city, two Land Rovers flanking an unmarked military transport truck. Inside the truck, soldiers sit in tense silence, surro...

Season 58 - 2025

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Season 57 received mixed reactions, but on the whole it was a generally favourable season. Many enjoyed the new take on the show with a new feel and tone and bold storytelling ideas. Season 58 was teased in the trailer shown after “Joy To The World”. The series consisted of eight episodes with a Christmas Special at the end of the year, Showrunner and Executive Producer Chris Clenshaw described this season as a more daring one with the Doctor and Ellie facing more terrors far and wide across the universe. The writers of the season included Steven Moffat, James Goss, Scott Handcock, Sharma Angel-Walfall, Tim Foley, Charlie Brooker, Pete McTighe and Kate Herron. Brooker would write Episode 6 and the Christmas Special. It was announced early on that Anya Chalotra would not return after this season, she explained that she had such a great time on Who but her character had come full circle. Casting wise, the BBC announced that Nickolas Grace, Mark Rylance, David Thewlis, Goran Višnjić, Mich...