Titled Doctor Who: Redacted, the new audio series will launch alongside new TV episode Legend of the Sea Devils on Sunday 17th April. And RadioTimes.com<\/a> can now unveil exclusive imagery showing Whittaker with series creator Juno Dawson and the main series cast, taken near the BBC\u2019s New Broadcasting House.<\/p>\n \u201cDoctor Who was my first love, and it\u2019s an absolute thrill to add to the ever-expanding mythology in podcast form for the first time ever,\u201d Dawson said. \u201cWhat a total privilege to write for something so beloved, and put my own little flag on the landscape.\u201d<\/p>\n In its main cast, the series will star Charlie Craggs, Lois Chimimba (Vigil, The One) and Holly Quin-Ankrah (Coronation Street, Grange Hill), with Whittaker joined by other Who veterans like Jemma Redgrave, Ingrid Oliver and Anjli Mohindra as their characters Kate Stewart, Osgood and Rani Chandra (Silurian Madame Vastra will also appear, played by Doon Mackichan instead of original actor Neve McIntosh).<\/p>\n According to the BBC, the story follows a group of friends called Cleo, Abby and Shawna, connected by a paranormal conspiracy podcast called \u2018The Blue Box Files,\u2019 which tracks the path of a mysterious object through history.<\/p>\n An official synopsis reads:<\/p>\n What if this random police public call box was actually an alien ship?<\/em><\/p>\n They don\u2019t 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\u2019s ever met the Doctor is disappearing and being forgotten. <\/em><\/p>\n Essentially, they\u2019re 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\u2019s only hope. Now it\u2019s a race against time to uncover the truth.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Set in the same universe as the main Doctor Who series, Redacted apparently \u201centangles past and current storylines, cameos from the Doctor\u2019s friends and allies,\u201d and will also feature familiar monsters and aliens from the show\u2019s history. However, it will also deal with the personal lives of its lead characters, factoring in controlling boyfriends, romance, the trans experience and other issues that will weave into the sci-fi storyline.<\/p>\n Or, in the BBC\u2019s words: \u201cThe audio drama primarily explores the relationships between ordinary people unknowingly immersed in the Doctor Who universe.\u201d<\/p>\n Dawson is joined on writing duties by Catherine Brinkworth, Sasha Sienna, Ken Cheng, \u00c0jok\u00e9 Ibironke, Doris V Sutherland and David K Barnes. Other cast members include This is Going to Hurt<\/a>\u2019s Ambika Mod, Two Doors Down\u2019s Kieran Hodgson, Natasha Hodgson, Siena Kelly, Clare Perkins, Alasdair Beckett-King and comedian Jacob Hawley.<\/p>\n Altogether, it\u2019s a mass of new characters, stories and details to get our heads around just when Doctor Who fans might have expected to be entering a quiet period. But of course, with Doctor Who the story never really ends\u2026<\/p> Read more about Doctor Who:<\/strong><\/p>\n Doctor Who: Redacted begins on BBC Sounds<\/a> on Sunday 17th April. For more, check out our dedicated Sci-Fi<\/a>\u00a0page or our full\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n The\u00a0new issue of Radio Times magazine<\/a>\u00a0is on sale now.\u00a0Subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0to get each issue delivered to your door, and for more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0Radio Times podcast<\/a>\u00a0with Jane Garvey.<\/b><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By Huw Fullerton Published: Friday, 08 April 2022 at 12:00 am If you thought you\u2019d have a long wait for official Doctor Who stories after the upcoming Easter special, then we have some good news \u2013 the BBC have announced that a new 10-part audio drama based on the long-running sci-fi series is coming to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":13535,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/04\/jodie-whittaker-to-star-in-new-doctor-who-audio-drama-spin-off.jpg",800,533,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/04\/jodie-whittaker-to-star-in-new-doctor-who-audio-drama-spin-off-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/04\/jodie-whittaker-to-star-in-new-doctor-who-audio-drama-spin-off-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/04\/jodie-whittaker-to-star-in-new-doctor-who-audio-drama-spin-off-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/04\/jodie-whittaker-to-star-in-new-doctor-who-audio-drama-spin-off.jpg",800,533,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/04\/jodie-whittaker-to-star-in-new-doctor-who-audio-drama-spin-off.jpg",800,533,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/04\/jodie-whittaker-to-star-in-new-doctor-who-audio-drama-spin-off.jpg",800,533,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Huw Fullerton Published: Friday, 08 April 2022 at 12:00 am If you thought you\u2019d have a long wait for official Doctor Who stories after the upcoming Easter special, then we have some good news \u2013 the BBC have announced that a new 10-part audio drama based on the long-running sci-fi series is coming to…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/13534"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"""\"](\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/RT-Juno-Dawson_Jodie-Whittaker_Charlie-Craggs_104-d7cd3a4.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413"\" "\\"\"\"\\"\/")
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