Tales of the TARDIS (2023)

Original title

Tales of the Tardis

Genre

sci-fi & fantasy, action & adventure, drama

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 7 episodes

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This series re-releases classic Doctor Who episodes with new wraparound scenes. In those scenes, actors return as their old characters inside a memory TARDIS. They share memories and tell stories to power the ship.

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What happens

Tales of the TARDIS is a companion series to the television series Doctor Who which features re-releases of stories from the show's original run, enclosed by additional material featuring actors reprising their roles. The series is produced by Bad Wolf and BBC Studios, and executive produced by Russell T Davies, Jane Tranter, Julie Gardner, Phil Collinson, and Joel Collins. The series is set within a location known as the Memory TARDIS, which brings people from throughout time and space into itself in order for them to tell stories, which it uses to power itself. The series was conceived of by Davies, who envisioned it as a way to help newer fans start watching the show's original 1963–1989 television run. Written by Davies, Pete McTighe, and Phil Ford, the first six episodes were released in November 2023. A further episode which recapped 1975 serial Pyramids of Mars was released in June 2024 to tie into the airing of 2024 episode "Empire of Death", which featured the return of Pyramids of Mars's main antagonist, Sutekh. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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