| The following article is written from an Out of Universe perspective. |
Series 1 of Doctor Who: The Time Meddlers was produced by WhoStudios, for BBC Studios and CBS Studios. It was aired on BBC Three concurrently with its Paramount+ release in the United States. It starred Jo Brand as the Monk, Ray Fearon as Eric Brotane, Sally Bretton as Astrid, Adrian Lukis as Glala and Nina Wadia as Ruksana.
Overview
Origins
Doctor Who: The Time Meddlers was perhaps the most innovative spinoff for the Doctor Who franchise yet, tackling a completely different genre to ever before - a sitcom. The show was commissioned as part of a programming need for pre-watershed content aimed at young adult audiences on the newly-relaunched BBC Three. Although Paramount did contribute to the budget, as usual, they weren’t as interested in this as other projects and mostly left this to the BBC to produce.
The series starred a range of comedy actors, playing mostly new characters to the Doctor Who universe. They were joined by Jo Brand, reprising her role as the Monk which she debuted the previous year in The Daleks’ Master Plan. The general concept was the Monk and some other rogues have hijinks meddling with historical events in their own TARDIS. The entire show was shot at WhoStudios’ Lambert Centre in front of a live studio audience.
Style
The show lacked a title sequence, instead just featured a short title card which read “Doctor Who: The Time Meddlers” and “Created by Ronald D. Moore”, before cutting to the unified title card for the episode title. The theme tune was a short sting featuring the motif introduced in Bear McCreary’s theme for the Monk. While Ronald D. Moore did create the show, all episodes, apart from the pilot, were written by Steven Moffat, while the entire series was directed by Tom Kingsley.
The six part series was structured with an episode focusing on each character, while the pilot focused on everyone. The general structure of an episode saw the first half take place on the Monk’s TARDIS, while the second half took place in a historical location.
Cast
Regular
- The Monk - Jo Brand
- Eric Brotane - Ray Fearon
- Astrid - Sally Bretton
- Glala - Adrian Lukis
- Ruksana - Nina Wadia
Recurring
Guest
- To be added.
Television Stories
| # | Title | Writer | Director | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Incursio Britannica | Ronald D. Moore | Tom Kingsley | 10 January 2023 |
| 2 | Yakety Sax | Steven Moffat | Tom Kingsley | 17 January 2023 |
| 3 | Mincemeat | Steven Moffat | Tom Kingsley | 24 January 2023 |
| 4 | Axe Fight | Steven Moffat | Tom Kingsley | 31 January 2023 |
| 5 | Regency Night Fever | Steven Moffat | Tom Kingsley | 7 February 2023 |
| 6 | Vienna | Steven Moffat | Tom Kingsley | 14 February 2023 |
Production
Crew
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Filming
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Home Media
Physical Media
To be added.