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Ncuti Gatwa
The Robot Revolution
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Synopsis


The Great AI
The Great AI
 Robots from the planet Missbelindachandra One want their queen back.

 And so, when nurse Belinda Chandra finds herself kidnapped, The Doctor embarks on an epic intergalactic quest to get his new friend back home to Earth.

 But can The Doctor rescue Belinda, and quash the robot revolution?



General Information

Season: Forty Two (New Series 15)
Production Code: 15-1
Story Number: 313 (New Series: 157)
Episode Number:885 (New Series: 189)
Number of Episodes: 1
Percentage of Episodes Held:100%
Working Titles:"Belinda and the Robots"
Production Dates: October - December 2023
Broadcast Date: 12 April 2025
Colour Status: HD Colour
Studio: Wolf Studios (Cardiff, Wales)
Location:
Writer:Russell T Davies
Director:Peter Hoar
Producer:Vicki Delow
Executive Producers:Jane Tranter, Joel Collins, Julie Gardner, Phil Collinson and Russell T Davies
Brand Director for BBC Studios:Vanessa Hamilton
Production Executive for BBC Studios:John Hamer
Executive Producer for the BBC:Nick Lambon
Co-Producer:Sharon King
Director's Assistant:Abdoul Razak Ceesay
Script Supervisors:Nicki Coles and Ines Mayorga (Assistant)
Script Editors:David Cheung and Rosheed Bello (Assistant)
Editors:Ben Drury, Emily Lawrence (Assistant), Joseph Keirle (Assistant), Yas Downess (Assistant), Freddie Hepwell (VFX) and Catrin Rees (VFX Assistant)
Colourist:Gareth Spensley
Production Executive:Steffan Morris
Junior Production Executive:Charlotte Cox
Production Manager:Jenny Morgan
Post Production Producer:Ceres Doyle
Post Production Supervisor:Louise Sutton
Location Managers:Alex Moore and Shuaib Said (Assistant)
Supervising Location Manager:Iwan Roberts
Studio Managers:Richard Balshaw and Lloyd Di Mauro (Assistant)
Unit Manager:Kyle Yates
Production Designer:Phil Sims
Director of Production:Emily Russell
Director of Photography:Sam Care
Casting Director:Andy Pryor CDG/CSA
Online Editors:Christine Kelly and Monika Bednarczyk (Assistant)
Line Producer:Angela Phillips
Costume Designer:Pam Downe
Hair & Make-Up Designer:Julie Kendrick
Cameramen:Andrea Jovanovska (Clapper Loader), Sarah MacLeod (Clapper Loader), James Chesterton ACO (Operator), Steve Rees (Operator), Chai Lee Tan (Trainee) and Salma Salah (Trainee)
Visual Effects:Untold Studios
VFX Producer:Anne Akande
VFX Supervisor:Dave Houghton
Additional VFX:BBC Wales Graphics
Special Effects:Real SFX
Creature Design:Painting Practice
Creature FX:Millennium FX
Stunt Co-ordinators:Adam Collins and Derek Lea
Stunt Performers:Anna Stephenson, Eldredd Wolf, Mike Denton, Nadia Hansell, Ross Upton and Stevie Parker
Puppeteers:Eliot Gibbins and Josh Elwell
Creature Choreographer:Paul Kasey
Incidental Music:Murray Gold
Sound Recordist:Alex Thompson
Re-recording Mixer:Paul McFadden
Music Performed By:BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Music Conducted By:Alastair King
Assistant to Composer:Sam Dinley
Music Mixed By:Jake Jackson
Score Preperation By:Dave Foster
Music Supervisors:Ollie White and Estera Dabrowska (Assistant)
Music Editor:Marnie Davidge
Title Sequence:Painting Practice & Realtime Visualisation
Title Music:Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Arranged by Murray Gold
Medical Advisor: Saleyha Ahsan
Number of Doctors: 1
The Doctor:
Ncuti Gatwa (The Fifteenth Doctor)
Number of Companions: 1
The Companion:
Varada Sethu (Belinda Chandra) (Joins)
Guest Cast:
Anita Dobson (Mrs Flood)
Additional Cast:
Jonny Green (Alan Budd), Thalia Dudek (Kirby Blake), Jeffin Kunjumon (Stefan Haines), Belinda Owusu (Receptionist), Tom Storey (Tombo), Stephen Love (Robot 1), Robert Strange (Robot 2), Nicholas Briggs (Voice of the Robots), Evelyn Miller (Sasha 55), Charles Sandford (Robot 3), Lucas Edwards (Robot 4), Max Parker (Manny), Caleb Hughes (Scoley), Nadine Higgin (Shago), William Ellis (Prime Minister)
Setting:
Earth (24th May 2025 & 2008) and Planet Missbelindachandra One
Villain:Alan Budd


The Episodes

No. Episodes Broadcast
(UK)
Duration Viewers
(Millions)
In Archive
885The Robot Revolution12 April 202545'57"3.6Yes

Total Duration 46 Minutes


Audience Appreciation

Average Viewers (Millions) 3.6


Archives


 This story exists and is held in the BBC's Film and Videotape Library.



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Story Images

 
Alan Budd and Belinda Chandra
Alan Budd and Belinda Chandra
The Doctor
The Doctor
A Robot
A Robot
Belinda Surrenders
Belinda Surrenders
 
Mrs Flood
Mrs Flood
Robot Escort
Robot Escort
Sasha 55
Sasha 55
Queen Belinda Chandra
Queen Belinda Chandra
 
The Historian
The Historian
Robot War
Robot War
Cyborg Alan
Cyborg Alan
Inside the TARDIS
Inside the TARDIS




Quote of the Story


 'I am not one of your adventures. Now I'm asking you, Doctor, to do the right thing.'

Belinda Chandra



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Release Information

No Video or Audio Release


In Print

FormatTitleRelease Date (UK)PublisherAuthorCover ArtRemarks
Novel
Novel
The Robot RevolutionDue: July 2025BBC BooksUna McCormackTarget Collection. ISBN: 978-1-52997-027-2 (Paperback)
CD
CD
The Robot RevolutionDue: July 2025BBC AudioUna McCormackAudio version of the BBC Books Novel
Doctor Who Magazine - PreviewIssue 615 (Released: April 2025)

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