Doctor Who series 13
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The thirteenth series of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who, known collectively as Flux, was broadcast from 31 October to 5 December 2021. The series is the third and last to be led by Chris Chibnall as head writer and executive producer. It is the thirteenth to air following the programme's revival in 2005, and the thirty-ninth season overall. The series, initially announced in November 2019, was the last to be broadcast on Sunday nights, continuing the trend set by the previous two series. It was followed by three associated specials, all of which aired in 2022. Jodie Whittaker returns for her third and final series as the Thirteenth Doctor, an incarnation of the Doctor, an alien Time Lord who travels through time and space in her ship, the TARDIS, which externally assumes the appearance of a British police box. The thirteenth series also stars Mandip Gill and John Bishop as the Doctor's travelling companions, playing Yasmin Khan and Dan Lewis, respectively. The series follows the Thirteenth Doctor and her companions as they navigate a universe-ending anomaly called the "Flux", while dealing with enemies and secrets from the Doctor's past. The series consists of six episodes, which form a single story across the series. The six episodes were directed by Jamie Magnus Stone and Azhur Saleem; Stone returned from directing for the previous series, with Saleem directing as a new contributor. Chibnall wrote all six episodes of the series, co-writing one episode with Maxine Alderton, who also returned after writing for the previous series. Filming commenced in November 2020, and was completed by August 2021. The series has received generally positive reviews from critics.
Infobox
Showrunner
Chris Chibnall
Starring
mw- Jodie Whittaker Mandip Gill John Bishop
No. of stories
1
No. of episodes
6
Original network
BBC One
Original release
31 October (2021-10-31) –5 December 2021 (2021-12-05)
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No.story
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No. inseries
1
Title
"The Halloween Apocalypse"
Directed by
Jamie Magnus Stone
Written by
Chris Chibnall
Original release date
31 October 2021 (2021-10-31)
UK viewers(millions)
5.81
AI
76
The Doctor and Yaz pursue Karvanista, of the Lupari species, to Liverpool, where he kidnaps tradesman Dan Lewis. The Doctor experiences a psychic vision of the mysterious Swarm, who claims to share a history with her, escaping from his imprisonment by the Time Lord Division. Before leaving Liverpool the Doctor and Yaz meet Claire, a woman from their future. Shortly after, a Weeping Angel sends Claire to 1965. On Karvanista's ship, Yaz rescues Dan while the Doctor confronts Karvanista over his connection to the Division, before addressing the Lupari's apparent invasion plan. Karvanista tells them the Lupari are actually saving humanity from Earth's destruction by the Flux, an unknown, all-consuming phenomenon that defies all laws of space and time. The Flux causes Vinder, the sole occupant of a remote space outpost, to evacuate, and catches the attention of the Sontarans. Following another psychic interaction between the Doctor and Swarm, the Flux accelerates its attack on Earth. The Doctor has Karvanista form a defensive shield with the other Lupari ships, protecting Earth from the Flux. Unable to transport behind the shield, the TARDIS is overtaken by the Flux, with the Doctor, Yaz and Dan inside.
The Doctor and Yaz pursue Karvanista, of the Lupari species, to Liverpool, where he kidnaps tradesman Dan Lewis. The Doctor experiences a psychic vision of the mysterious Swarm, who claims to share a history with her, escaping from his imprisonment by the Time Lord Division. Before leaving Liverpool the Doctor and Yaz meet Claire, a woman from their future. Shortly after, a Weeping Angel sends Claire to 1965. On Karvanista's ship, Yaz rescues Dan while the Doctor confronts Karvanista over his connection to the Division, before addressing the Lupari's apparent invasion plan. Karvanista tells them the Lupari are actually saving humanity from Earth's destruction by the Flux, an unknown, all-consuming phenomenon that defies all laws of space and time. The Flux causes Vinder, the sole occupant of a remote space outpost, to evacuate, and catches the attention of the Sontarans. Following another psychic interaction between the Doctor and Swarm, the Flux accelerates its attack on Earth. The Doctor has Karvanista form a defensive shield with the other Lupari ships, protecting Earth from the Flux. Unable to transport behind the shield, the TARDIS is overtaken by the Flux, with the Doctor, Yaz and Dan inside.
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The Doctor and Yaz pursue Karvanista, of the Lupari species, to Liverpool, where he kidnaps tradesman Dan Lewis. The Doctor experiences a psychic vision of the mysterious Swarm, who claims to share a history with her, escaping from his imprisonment by the Time Lord Division. Before leaving Liverpool the Doctor and Yaz meet Claire, a woman from their future. Shortly after, a Weeping Angel sends Claire to 1965. On Karvanista's ship, Yaz rescues Dan while the Doctor confronts Karvanista over his connection to the Division, before addressing the Lupari's apparent invasion plan. Karvanista tells them the Lupari are actually saving humanity from Earth's destruction by the Flux, an unknown, all-consuming phenomenon that defies all laws of space and time. The Flux causes Vinder, the sole occupant of a remote space outpost, to evacuate, and catches the attention of the Sontarans. Following another psychic interaction between the Doctor and Swarm, the Flux accelerates its attack on Earth. The Doctor has Karvanista form a defensive shield with the other Lupari ships, protecting Earth from the Flux. Unable to transport behind the shield, the TARDIS is overtaken by the Flux, with the Doctor, Yaz and Dan inside.
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No.story
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No. inseries
2
Title
"War of the Sontarans"
Directed by
Jamie Magnus Stone
Written by
Chris Chibnall
Original release date
7 November 2021 (2021-11-07)
UK viewers(millions)
5.12
AI
77
The Doctor, Yaz and Dan wake up in Crimean War–era Sevastopol, where the Sontarans have replaced the Russians throughout history, and meet Mary Seacole and General Logan. The Flux's effects send Dan back to 2021 Liverpool, and Yaz to a damaged temple full of dying priests, beside Joseph Williamson and Vinder. The Doctor deduces that the Sontarans slipped past the Lupari's defences. Dan infiltrates the Sontarans' shipyard. Swarm arrives at the temple and reveals it to be in the Atropos region on the planet Time, killing the priests and taking Yaz and Vinder hostage. The Doctor enlists Seacole to gather intelligence on the Sontaran camp, then summons the Sontarans to negotiate a retreat, only to be arrested by Logan's soldiers, who later fight a disastrous battle with them. The Doctor regroups with Seacole and Logan's men, and they disrupt the Sontarans' supplies, but Logan reneges and bombs the camp. The Sontarans discover Dan, but Karvanista rescues him before destroying the shipyard, which resets the timeline. The Doctor manages to recover the TARDIS and collect Dan, but it is hijacked and brought to the temple, where they are forced to watch as Swarm is about to kill Yaz and Vinder.
The Doctor, Yaz and Dan wake up in Crimean War–era Sevastopol, where the Sontarans have replaced the Russians throughout history, and meet Mary Seacole and General Logan. The Flux's effects send Dan back to 2021 Liverpool, and Yaz to a damaged temple full of dying priests, beside Joseph Williamson and Vinder. The Doctor deduces that the Sontarans slipped past the Lupari's defences. Dan infiltrates the Sontarans' shipyard. Swarm arrives at the temple and reveals it to be in the Atropos region on the planet Time, killing the priests and taking Yaz and Vinder hostage. The Doctor enlists Seacole to gather intelligence on the Sontaran camp, then summons the Sontarans to negotiate a retreat, only to be arrested by Logan's soldiers, who later fight a disastrous battle with them. The Doctor regroups with Seacole and Logan's men, and they disrupt the Sontarans' supplies, but Logan reneges and bombs the camp. The Sontarans discover Dan, but Karvanista rescues him before destroying the shipyard, which resets the timeline. The Doctor manages to recover the TARDIS and collect Dan, but it is hijacked and brought to the temple, where they are forced to watch as Swarm is about to kill Yaz and Vinder.
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The Doctor, Yaz and Dan wake up in Crimean War–era Sevastopol, where the Sontarans have replaced the Russians throughout history, and meet Mary Seacole and General Logan. The Flux's effects send Dan back to 2021 Liverpool, and Yaz to a damaged temple full of dying priests, beside Joseph Williamson and Vinder. The Doctor deduces that the Sontarans slipped past the Lupari's defences. Dan infiltrates the Sontarans' shipyard. Swarm arrives at the temple and reveals it to be in the Atropos region on the planet Time, killing the priests and taking Yaz and Vinder hostage. The Doctor enlists Seacole to gather intelligence on the Sontaran camp, then summons the Sontarans to negotiate a retreat, only to be arrested by Logan's soldiers, who later fight a disastrous battle with them. The Doctor regroups with Seacole and Logan's men, and they disrupt the Sontarans' supplies, but Logan reneges and bombs the camp. The Sontarans discover Dan, but Karvanista rescues him before destroying the shipyard, which resets the timeline. The Doctor manages to recover the TARDIS and collect Dan, but it is hijacked and brought to the temple, where they are forced to watch as Swarm is about to kill Yaz and Vinder.
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No.story
297c
No. inseries
3
Title
"Once, Upon Time"
Directed by
Azhur Saleem
Written by
Chris Chibnall
Original release date
14 November 2021 (2021-11-14)
UK viewers(millions)
4.70
AI
75
The Doctor jumps into the temple's time storm and stalls Swarm by hiding Dan, Yaz and Vinder in their pasts, albeit with many details changed. Vinder reluctantly relives his time assisting the dictatorial Grand Serpent, and his demotion upon revealing the Serpent's misdeeds. Bel, a survivor of the Flux, travels through its ruins in a Lupari ship, evading Daleks, Sontarans and Cybermen. The Doctor jumps into her own timestream and recovers memories of her past incarnation, the Fugitive Doctor, and her time in the Division. It is revealed that she and Karvanista had previously raided the temple to defeat Swarm and rescue the priests. The present Doctor finds the priests and encourages them to return to life and the temple, but they separate her from her past to protect her. A mysterious old entity reprimands the Doctor. Bel is revealed to be searching for Vinder as his paramour, and is carrying his child. The Doctor returns Yaz, Dan and Vinder to the present and fixes the timestreams. She returns Vinder to his Flux-ravaged home planet, after which a Weeping Angel that had been stalking Yaz intercepts the TARDIS.
The Doctor jumps into the temple's time storm and stalls Swarm by hiding Dan, Yaz and Vinder in their pasts, albeit with many details changed. Vinder reluctantly relives his time assisting the dictatorial Grand Serpent, and his demotion upon revealing the Serpent's misdeeds. Bel, a survivor of the Flux, travels through its ruins in a Lupari ship, evading Daleks, Sontarans and Cybermen. The Doctor jumps into her own timestream and recovers memories of her past incarnation, the Fugitive Doctor, and her time in the Division. It is revealed that she and Karvanista had previously raided the temple to defeat Swarm and rescue the priests. The present Doctor finds the priests and encourages them to return to life and the temple, but they separate her from her past to protect her. A mysterious old entity reprimands the Doctor. Bel is revealed to be searching for Vinder as his paramour, and is carrying his child. The Doctor returns Yaz, Dan and Vinder to the present and fixes the timestreams. She returns Vinder to his Flux-ravaged home planet, after which a Weeping Angel that had been stalking Yaz intercepts the TARDIS.
No.story
The Doctor jumps into the temple's time storm and stalls Swarm by hiding Dan, Yaz and Vinder in their pasts, albeit with many details changed. Vinder reluctantly relives his time assisting the dictatorial Grand Serpent, and his demotion upon revealing the Serpent's misdeeds. Bel, a survivor of the Flux, travels through its ruins in a Lupari ship, evading Daleks, Sontarans and Cybermen. The Doctor jumps into her own timestream and recovers memories of her past incarnation, the Fugitive Doctor, and her time in the Division. It is revealed that she and Karvanista had previously raided the temple to defeat Swarm and rescue the priests. The present Doctor finds the priests and encourages them to return to life and the temple, but they separate her from her past to protect her. A mysterious old entity reprimands the Doctor. Bel is revealed to be searching for Vinder as his paramour, and is carrying his child. The Doctor returns Yaz, Dan and Vinder to the present and fixes the timestreams. She returns Vinder to his Flux-ravaged home planet, after which a Weeping Angel that had been stalking Yaz intercepts the TARDIS.
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297d
No.story
297d
No. inseries
4
Title
"Village of the Angels"
Directed by
Jamie Magnus Stone
Written by
Chris Chibnall and Maxine Alderton
Original release date
21 November 2021 (2021-11-21)
UK viewers(millions)
4.57
AI
79
The Doctor reboots the TARDIS, forcing the Angel out and stranding them in the English village of Medderton, 1967. Former soldier Professor Jericho conducts psychic experiments on Claire, who has been sent back in time by the same Angel that had hijacked the TARDIS. An Angel sends Yaz and Dan back to Medderton in 1901, where they find a missing girl named Peggy. They discover a barrier to 1967 and Peggy's future self, who had to live out the rest of her life until then. The Doctor, Claire, and Jericho barricade themselves in his basement as the Angels close in. Claire reveals she is having visions of becoming an Angel, hosting one that has taken residence in her mind. Connecting to the Angel telepathically, the Doctor discovers the Angel is hiding from the other Angels, who are after it under orders from the Division. The Doctor and Claire escape through a tunnel surrounded by Angels, whilst Jericho is sent to 1901. The Doctor learns the Angels have taken the village out of time to capture the rogue Angel, who reveals it has offered the Doctor to the Angels for its own safety. The Doctor is turned into an Angel and transported to the Division, stranding the others in 1901. Bel arrives on Puzano and sees Swarm's accomplice Azure tricking survivors into being harvested for energy. She saves a local from falling into their trap and leaves a message for Vinder.
The Doctor reboots the TARDIS, forcing the Angel out and stranding them in the English village of Medderton, 1967. Former soldier Professor Jericho conducts psychic experiments on Claire, who has been sent back in time by the same Angel that had hijacked the TARDIS. An Angel sends Yaz and Dan back to Medderton in 1901, where they find a missing girl named Peggy. They discover a barrier to 1967 and Peggy's future self, who had to live out the rest of her life until then. The Doctor, Claire, and Jericho barricade themselves in his basement as the Angels close in. Claire reveals she is having visions of becoming an Angel, hosting one that has taken residence in her mind. Connecting to the Angel telepathically, the Doctor discovers the Angel is hiding from the other Angels, who are after it under orders from the Division. The Doctor and Claire escape through a tunnel surrounded by Angels, whilst Jericho is sent to 1901. The Doctor learns the Angels have taken the village out of time to capture the rogue Angel, who reveals it has offered the Doctor to the Angels for its own safety. The Doctor is turned into an Angel and transported to the Division, stranding the others in 1901. Bel arrives on Puzano and sees Swarm's accomplice Azure tricking survivors into being harvested for energy. She saves a local from falling into their trap and leaves a message for Vinder.
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The Doctor reboots the TARDIS, forcing the Angel out and stranding them in the English village of Medderton, 1967. Former soldier Professor Jericho conducts psychic experiments on Claire, who has been sent back in time by the same Angel that had hijacked the TARDIS. An Angel sends Yaz and Dan back to Medderton in 1901, where they find a missing girl named Peggy. They discover a barrier to 1967 and Peggy's future self, who had to live out the rest of her life until then. The Doctor, Claire, and Jericho barricade themselves in his basement as the Angels close in. Claire reveals she is having visions of becoming an Angel, hosting one that has taken residence in her mind. Connecting to the Angel telepathically, the Doctor discovers the Angel is hiding from the other Angels, who are after it under orders from the Division. The Doctor and Claire escape through a tunnel surrounded by Angels, whilst Jericho is sent to 1901. The Doctor learns the Angels have taken the village out of time to capture the rogue Angel, who reveals it has offered the Doctor to the Angels for its own safety. The Doctor is turned into an Angel and transported to the Division, stranding the others in 1901. Bel arrives on Puzano and sees Swarm's accomplice Azure tricking survivors into being harvested for energy. She saves a local from falling into their trap and leaves a message for Vinder.
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297e
No.story
297e
No. inseries
5
Title
"Survivors of the Flux"
Directed by
Azhur Saleem
Written by
Chris Chibnall
Original release date
28 November 2021 (2021-11-28)
UK viewers(millions)
4.87
AI
77
The Weeping Angels transport the Doctor to the Division where she meets the entity that had previously chastised her, revealed to be her adoptive mother, Tecteun. She reveals that the Division orchestrated the Flux, an antimatter wave, to kill the Doctor for interfering with their plans, and that they have knowledge of the multiverse. In 1904, Yaz, Dan, and Jericho search the world for artifacts and psychics to decipher when the world will end. They meet Williamson, who had discovered several doorways that led to various other places while excavating tunnels under Liverpool. Over many years, the Grand Serpent infiltrates UNIT as an officer, eliminating those who pose a threat to him. After being threatened by Kate Stewart, he deactivates all UNIT defences, allowing the Sontarans to enter Earth. Vinder discovers Swarm harvesting energy from Flux survivors, but he is caught and trapped in a device called a Passenger, where he meets Dan's friend Diane, who had been kidnapped earlier by Swarm and Azure. The Doctor watches helplessly as Swarm arrives, disintegrating Tecteun and threatening to do the same to her.
The Weeping Angels transport the Doctor to the Division where she meets the entity that had previously chastised her, revealed to be her adoptive mother, Tecteun. She reveals that the Division orchestrated the Flux, an antimatter wave, to kill the Doctor for interfering with their plans, and that they have knowledge of the multiverse. In 1904, Yaz, Dan, and Jericho search the world for artifacts and psychics to decipher when the world will end. They meet Williamson, who had discovered several doorways that led to various other places while excavating tunnels under Liverpool. Over many years, the Grand Serpent infiltrates UNIT as an officer, eliminating those who pose a threat to him. After being threatened by Kate Stewart, he deactivates all UNIT defences, allowing the Sontarans to enter Earth. Vinder discovers Swarm harvesting energy from Flux survivors, but he is caught and trapped in a device called a Passenger, where he meets Dan's friend Diane, who had been kidnapped earlier by Swarm and Azure. The Doctor watches helplessly as Swarm arrives, disintegrating Tecteun and threatening to do the same to her.
No.story
The Weeping Angels transport the Doctor to the Division where she meets the entity that had previously chastised her, revealed to be her adoptive mother, Tecteun. She reveals that the Division orchestrated the Flux, an antimatter wave, to kill the Doctor for interfering with their plans, and that they have knowledge of the multiverse. In 1904, Yaz, Dan, and Jericho search the world for artifacts and psychics to decipher when the world will end. They meet Williamson, who had discovered several doorways that led to various other places while excavating tunnels under Liverpool. Over many years, the Grand Serpent infiltrates UNIT as an officer, eliminating those who pose a threat to him. After being threatened by Kate Stewart, he deactivates all UNIT defences, allowing the Sontarans to enter Earth. Vinder discovers Swarm harvesting energy from Flux survivors, but he is caught and trapped in a device called a Passenger, where he meets Dan's friend Diane, who had been kidnapped earlier by Swarm and Azure. The Doctor watches helplessly as Swarm arrives, disintegrating Tecteun and threatening to do the same to her.
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No.story
297f
No. inseries
6
Title
"The Vanquishers"
Directed by
Azhur Saleem
Written by
Chris Chibnall
Original release date
5 December 2021 (2021-12-05)
UK viewers(millions)
4.68
AI
76
The Doctor is split into three copies due to time distortion, as Azure reveals that she and Swarm plan to engineer the Flux into a vehicle of constant universal destruction. Yaz, Dan, Jericho, and Williamson travel to 2021 and meet Kate Stewart and the second copy, who tells Claire and Jericho to infiltrate the Sontarans and takes her TARDIS from Kate. The third crashes Bel's ship into the Sontaran command. The Sontarans remove the third copy, whom the second rescues, and commit genocide against the Lupari. They offer an alliance with the Cybermen and Daleks, a ruse to sacrifice them to the Flux while the Lupari shield protects the Sontarans. Claire escapes the Sontarans; Jericho cannot. The two copies rescue Vinder and Diane, and reform the Lupari shield behind the Sontarans, leaving the Flux to consume the Sontarans, Jericho, Daleks and Cybermen, and be absorbed by the Passenger. Azure and Swarm bring the first copy to Atropos to sacrifice her to Time, but Time destroys the duo and reunifies the Doctor, telling her to beware the forces that mass against her, and their master. Using the tunnel doors, Kate and Vinder maroon the Grand Serpent on a small asteroid. Vinder and Bel decide to travel with Karvanista. Diane refuses Dan's date offer, as the Doctor invites Dan to join her and Yaz. She deposits her lost memories deep into the TARDIS interior.
The Doctor is split into three copies due to time distortion, as Azure reveals that she and Swarm plan to engineer the Flux into a vehicle of constant universal destruction. Yaz, Dan, Jericho, and Williamson travel to 2021 and meet Kate Stewart and the second copy, who tells Claire and Jericho to infiltrate the Sontarans and takes her TARDIS from Kate. The third crashes Bel's ship into the Sontaran command. The Sontarans remove the third copy, whom the second rescues, and commit genocide against the Lupari. They offer an alliance with the Cybermen and Daleks, a ruse to sacrifice them to the Flux while the Lupari shield protects the Sontarans. Claire escapes the Sontarans; Jericho cannot. The two copies rescue Vinder and Diane, and reform the Lupari shield behind the Sontarans, leaving the Flux to consume the Sontarans, Jericho, Daleks and Cybermen, and be absorbed by the Passenger. Azure and Swarm bring the first copy to Atropos to sacrifice her to Time, but Time destroys the duo and reunifies the Doctor, telling her to beware the forces that mass against her, and their master. Using the tunnel doors, Kate and Vinder maroon the Grand Serpent on a small asteroid. Vinder and Bel decide to travel with Karvanista. Diane refuses Dan's date offer, as the Doctor invites Dan to join her and Yaz. She deposits her lost memories deep into the TARDIS interior.
No.story
The Doctor is split into three copies due to time distortion, as Azure reveals that she and Swarm plan to engineer the Flux into a vehicle of constant universal destruction. Yaz, Dan, Jericho, and Williamson travel to 2021 and meet Kate Stewart and the second copy, who tells Claire and Jericho to infiltrate the Sontarans and takes her TARDIS from Kate. The third crashes Bel's ship into the Sontaran command. The Sontarans remove the third copy, whom the second rescues, and commit genocide against the Lupari. They offer an alliance with the Cybermen and Daleks, a ruse to sacrifice them to the Flux while the Lupari shield protects the Sontarans. Claire escapes the Sontarans; Jericho cannot. The two copies rescue Vinder and Diane, and reform the Lupari shield behind the Sontarans, leaving the Flux to consume the Sontarans, Jericho, Daleks and Cybermen, and be absorbed by the Passenger. Azure and Swarm bring the first copy to Atropos to sacrifice her to Time, but Time destroys the duo and reunifies the Doctor, telling her to beware the forces that mass against her, and their master. Using the tunnel doors, Kate and Vinder maroon the Grand Serpent on a small asteroid. Vinder and Bel decide to travel with Karvanista. Diane refuses Dan's date offer, as the Doctor invites Dan to join her and Yaz. She deposits her lost memories deep into the TARDIS interior.
| No.story | No. inseries | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | UK viewers(millions) | AI | |
| 297a | 1 | "The Halloween Apocalypse" | Jamie Magnus Stone | Chris Chibnall | 31 October 2021 (2021-10-31) | 5.81 | 76 | |
| The Doctor and Yaz pursue Karvanista, of the Lupari species, to Liverpool, where he kidnaps tradesman Dan Lewis. The Doctor experiences a psychic vision of the mysterious Swarm, who claims to share a history with her, escaping from his imprisonment by the Time Lord Division. Before leaving Liverpool the Doctor and Yaz meet Claire, a woman from their future. Shortly after, a Weeping Angel sends Claire to 1965. On Karvanista's ship, Yaz rescues Dan while the Doctor confronts Karvanista over his connection to the Division, before addressing the Lupari's apparent invasion plan. Karvanista tells them the Lupari are actually saving humanity from Earth's destruction by the Flux, an unknown, all-consuming phenomenon that defies all laws of space and time. The Flux causes Vinder, the sole occupant of a remote space outpost, to evacuate, and catches the attention of the Sontarans. Following another psychic interaction between the Doctor and Swarm, the Flux accelerates its attack on Earth. The Doctor has Karvanista form a defensive shield with the other Lupari ships, protecting Earth from the Flux. Unable to transport behind the shield, the TARDIS is overtaken by the Flux, with the Doctor, Yaz and Dan inside. | ||||||||
| 297b | 2 | "War of the Sontarans" | Jamie Magnus Stone | Chris Chibnall | 7 November 2021 (2021-11-07) | 5.12 | 77 | |
| The Doctor, Yaz and Dan wake up in Crimean War–era Sevastopol, where the Sontarans have replaced the Russians throughout history, and meet Mary Seacole and General Logan. The Flux's effects send Dan back to 2021 Liverpool, and Yaz to a damaged temple full of dying priests, beside Joseph Williamson and Vinder. The Doctor deduces that the Sontarans slipped past the Lupari's defences. Dan infiltrates the Sontarans' shipyard. Swarm arrives at the temple and reveals it to be in the Atropos region on the planet Time, killing the priests and taking Yaz and Vinder hostage. The Doctor enlists Seacole to gather intelligence on the Sontaran camp, then summons the Sontarans to negotiate a retreat, only to be arrested by Logan's soldiers, who later fight a disastrous battle with them. The Doctor regroups with Seacole and Logan's men, and they disrupt the Sontarans' supplies, but Logan reneges and bombs the camp. The Sontarans discover Dan, but Karvanista rescues him before destroying the shipyard, which resets the timeline. The Doctor manages to recover the TARDIS and collect Dan, but it is hijacked and brought to the temple, where they are forced to watch as Swarm is about to kill Yaz and Vinder. | ||||||||
| 297c | 3 | "Once, Upon Time" | Azhur Saleem | Chris Chibnall | 14 November 2021 (2021-11-14) | 4.70 | 75 | |
| The Doctor jumps into the temple's time storm and stalls Swarm by hiding Dan, Yaz and Vinder in their pasts, albeit with many details changed. Vinder reluctantly relives his time assisting the dictatorial Grand Serpent, and his demotion upon revealing the Serpent's misdeeds. Bel, a survivor of the Flux, travels through its ruins in a Lupari ship, evading Daleks, Sontarans and Cybermen. The Doctor jumps into her own timestream and recovers memories of her past incarnation, the Fugitive Doctor, and her time in the Division. It is revealed that she and Karvanista had previously raided the temple to defeat Swarm and rescue the priests. The present Doctor finds the priests and encourages them to return to life and the temple, but they separate her from her past to protect her. A mysterious old entity reprimands the Doctor. Bel is revealed to be searching for Vinder as his paramour, and is carrying his child. The Doctor returns Yaz, Dan and Vinder to the present and fixes the timestreams. She returns Vinder to his Flux-ravaged home planet, after which a Weeping Angel that had been stalking Yaz intercepts the TARDIS. | ||||||||
| 297d | 4 | "Village of the Angels" | Jamie Magnus Stone | Chris Chibnall and Maxine Alderton | 21 November 2021 (2021-11-21) | 4.57 | 79 | |
| The Doctor reboots the TARDIS, forcing the Angel out and stranding them in the English village of Medderton, 1967. Former soldier Professor Jericho conducts psychic experiments on Claire, who has been sent back in time by the same Angel that had hijacked the TARDIS. An Angel sends Yaz and Dan back to Medderton in 1901, where they find a missing girl named Peggy. They discover a barrier to 1967 and Peggy's future self, who had to live out the rest of her life until then. The Doctor, Claire, and Jericho barricade themselves in his basement as the Angels close in. Claire reveals she is having visions of becoming an Angel, hosting one that has taken residence in her mind. Connecting to the Angel telepathically, the Doctor discovers the Angel is hiding from the other Angels, who are after it under orders from the Division. The Doctor and Claire escape through a tunnel surrounded by Angels, whilst Jericho is sent to 1901. The Doctor learns the Angels have taken the village out of time to capture the rogue Angel, who reveals it has offered the Doctor to the Angels for its own safety. The Doctor is turned into an Angel and transported to the Division, stranding the others in 1901. Bel arrives on Puzano and sees Swarm's accomplice Azure tricking survivors into being harvested for energy. She saves a local from falling into their trap and leaves a message for Vinder. | ||||||||
| 297e | 5 | "Survivors of the Flux" | Azhur Saleem | Chris Chibnall | 28 November 2021 (2021-11-28) | 4.87 | 77 | |
| The Weeping Angels transport the Doctor to the Division where she meets the entity that had previously chastised her, revealed to be her adoptive mother, Tecteun. She reveals that the Division orchestrated the Flux, an antimatter wave, to kill the Doctor for interfering with their plans, and that they have knowledge of the multiverse. In 1904, Yaz, Dan, and Jericho search the world for artifacts and psychics to decipher when the world will end. They meet Williamson, who had discovered several doorways that led to various other places while excavating tunnels under Liverpool. Over many years, the Grand Serpent infiltrates UNIT as an officer, eliminating those who pose a threat to him. After being threatened by Kate Stewart, he deactivates all UNIT defences, allowing the Sontarans to enter Earth. Vinder discovers Swarm harvesting energy from Flux survivors, but he is caught and trapped in a device called a Passenger, where he meets Dan's friend Diane, who had been kidnapped earlier by Swarm and Azure. The Doctor watches helplessly as Swarm arrives, disintegrating Tecteun and threatening to do the same to her. | ||||||||
| 297f | 6 | "The Vanquishers" | Azhur Saleem | Chris Chibnall | 5 December 2021 (2021-12-05) | 4.68 | 76 | |
| The Doctor is split into three copies due to time distortion, as Azure reveals that she and Swarm plan to engineer the Flux into a vehicle of constant universal destruction. Yaz, Dan, Jericho, and Williamson travel to 2021 and meet Kate Stewart and the second copy, who tells Claire and Jericho to infiltrate the Sontarans and takes her TARDIS from Kate. The third crashes Bel's ship into the Sontaran command. The Sontarans remove the third copy, whom the second rescues, and commit genocide against the Lupari. They offer an alliance with the Cybermen and Daleks, a ruse to sacrifice them to the Flux while the Lupari shield protects the Sontarans. Claire escapes the Sontarans; Jericho cannot. The two copies rescue Vinder and Diane, and reform the Lupari shield behind the Sontarans, leaving the Flux to consume the Sontarans, Jericho, Daleks and Cybermen, and be absorbed by the Passenger. Azure and Swarm bring the first copy to Atropos to sacrifice her to Time, but Time destroys the duo and reunifies the Doctor, telling her to beware the forces that mass against her, and their master. Using the tunnel doors, Kate and Vinder maroon the Grand Serpent on a small asteroid. Vinder and Bel decide to travel with Karvanista. Diane refuses Dan's date offer, as the Doctor invites Dan to join her and Yaz. She deposits her lost memories deep into the TARDIS interior. | ||||||||
· Production › Filming
1
1
Block
1
Episodes
Episode 1: "The Halloween Apocalypse"
Director
Jamie Magnus Stone
Writer(s)
Chris Chibnall
Producer
Nikki Wilson
Episode 2: "War of the Sontarans"
Episode 2: "War of the Sontarans"
Block
Episode 2: "War of the Sontarans"
Episode 4: "Village of the Angels"
Episode 4: "Village of the Angels"
Block
Episode 4: "Village of the Angels"
Episodes
Chris Chibnall and Maxine Alderton
2
2
Block
2
Episodes
Episode 3: "Once, Upon Time"
Director
Azhur Saleem
Writer(s)
Chris Chibnall
Producer
Pete Levy
Episode 5: "Survivors of the Flux"
Episode 5: "Survivors of the Flux"
Block
Episode 5: "Survivors of the Flux"
Episode 6: "The Vanquishers"
Episode 6: "The Vanquishers"
Block
Episode 6: "The Vanquishers"
| Block | Episodes | Director | Writer(s) | Producer |
| 1 | Episode 1: "The Halloween Apocalypse" | Jamie Magnus Stone | Chris Chibnall | Nikki Wilson |
| Episode 2: "War of the Sontarans" | ||||
| Episode 4: "Village of the Angels" | Chris Chibnall and Maxine Alderton | |||
| 2 | Episode 3: "Once, Upon Time" | Azhur Saleem | Chris Chibnall | Pete Levy |
| Episode 5: "Survivors of the Flux" | ||||
| Episode 6: "The Vanquishers" |
· Release › Home media
Doctor Who: The Complete Jodie Whittaker Years (DVD includes "Twice Upon a Time")
Doctor Who: The Complete Jodie Whittaker Years (DVD includes "Twice Upon a Time")
Series → 13
11, 12, 13, 2022 specials
Story no. → 297
277–300
Episode name → Doctor Who – Flux : The Complete Thirteenth Series
Doctor Who: The Complete Jodie Whittaker Years (DVD includes "Twice Upon a Time")
Number and durationof episodes → 3 × 50 min.1 × 55 min.2 × 60 min.
20 × 50 min.1 × 55 min.7 × 60 min.2 × 65 min.1 × 70 min.1 × 90 min.
R2 release date → 24 January 2022 (D,B)
—
R4 release date → 16 March 2022 (D,B)
—
R1 release date → 15 February 2022 (D,B)
25 April 2023 (D) 5 November 2024 (B)
| Series | Story no. | Episode name | Number and durationof episodes | R2 release date | R4 release date | R1 release date |
| 13 | 297 | Doctor Who – Flux : The Complete Thirteenth Series | 3 × 50 min.1 × 55 min.2 × 60 min. | 24 January 2022 (D,B) | 16 March 2022 (D,B) | 15 February 2022 (D,B) |
| 11, 12, 13, 2022 specials | 277–300 | Doctor Who: The Complete Jodie Whittaker Years (DVD includes "Twice Upon a Time") | 20 × 50 min.1 × 55 min.7 × 60 min.2 × 65 min.1 × 70 min.1 × 90 min. | — | — | 25 April 2023 (D) 5 November 2024 (B) |
· Reception › Ratings
Viewers(millions)
Viewers(millions)
No.
Viewers(millions)
Title
Viewers(millions)
Air date
Rank
1
1
No.
1
Title
"The Halloween Apocalypse"
Air date
31 October 2021
Overnight ratings
4.43
Consolidated ratings
1.38
Consolidated ratings
8
Totalviewers(millions)
5.813
28-dayviewers(millions)
6.386
AI
76
2
2
No.
2
Title
"War of the Sontarans"
Air date
7 November 2021
Overnight ratings
3.96
Consolidated ratings
1.17
Consolidated ratings
13
Totalviewers(millions)
5.127
28-dayviewers(millions)
5.504
AI
77
3
3
No.
3
Title
"Once, Upon Time"
Air date
14 November 2021
Overnight ratings
3.76
Consolidated ratings
0.94
Consolidated ratings
19
Totalviewers(millions)
4.696
28-dayviewers(millions)
5.230
AI
75
4
4
No.
4
Title
"Village of the Angels"
Air date
21 November 2021
Overnight ratings
3.45
Consolidated ratings
1.12
Consolidated ratings
18
Totalviewers(millions)
4.572
28-dayviewers(millions)
5.014
AI
79
5
5
No.
5
Title
"Survivors of the Flux"
Air date
28 November 2021
Overnight ratings
3.82
Consolidated ratings
1.01
Consolidated ratings
21
Totalviewers(millions)
4.833
28-dayviewers(millions)
5.320
AI
77
6
6
No.
6
Title
"The Vanquishers"
Air date
5 December 2021
Overnight ratings
3.58
Consolidated ratings
1.06
Consolidated ratings
23
Totalviewers(millions)
4.637
28-dayviewers(millions)
5.140
AI
76
| No. | Title | Air date | Overnight ratings | Consolidated ratings | Totalviewers(millions) | 28-dayviewers(millions) | AI | Ref(s) | |
| Viewers(millions) | Viewers(millions) | Rank | |||||||
| 1 | "The Halloween Apocalypse" | 31 October 2021 | 4.43 | 1.38 | 8 | 5.813 | 6.386 | 76 | |
| 2 | "War of the Sontarans" | 7 November 2021 | 3.96 | 1.17 | 13 | 5.127 | 5.504 | 77 | |
| 3 | "Once, Upon Time" | 14 November 2021 | 3.76 | 0.94 | 19 | 4.696 | 5.230 | 75 | |
| 4 | "Village of the Angels" | 21 November 2021 | 3.45 | 1.12 | 18 | 4.572 | 5.014 | 79 | |
| 5 | "Survivors of the Flux" | 28 November 2021 | 3.82 | 1.01 | 21 | 4.833 | 5.320 | 77 | |
| 6 | "The Vanquishers" | 5 December 2021 | 3.58 | 1.06 | 23 | 4.637 | 5.140 | 76 | |
· Reception › Awards and nominations
2022
2022
Year
2022
Award
Critics Choice Super Awards
Category
Best Actress in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Series
Nominee(s)
Jodie Whittaker
Result
Nominated
Saturn Awards
Saturn Awards
Year
Saturn Awards
Award
Best Fantasy Series: Network or Cable
Category
Doctor Who
Nominee(s)
Nominated
TV Quick Awards
TV Quick Awards
Year
TV Quick Awards
Award
Best Family Drama
Category
Nominated
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref(s) |
| 2022 | Critics Choice Super Awards | Best Actress in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Series | Jodie Whittaker | Nominated | |
| Saturn Awards | Best Fantasy Series: Network or Cable | Doctor Who | Nominated | ||
| TV Quick Awards | Best Family Drama | Nominated |
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- Colliderhttps://collider.com/doctor-who-flux-images-new-companion-dan/
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- Deadline Hollywoodhttps://deadline.com/2021/10/doctor-who-season-13-trailer-jodie-whittaker-finale-1234853340/
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