While fans may still be left waiting for the resolution of last year’s agonizing Doctor Who cliffhanger, there’s a new adventure coming their way this summer that may sate their appetites. One of the Doctor’s most mysterious incarnations is set to return, and fans will be able to follow her across time, space, and multimedia. Doctor Who: Circuit Breaker is a wildly ambitious crossover that will send the Doctor into almost every form of media there is.
Jo Martin returns as the Fugitive Doctor in Circuit Breaker; recruited by UNIT’s Petronella Osgood (Ingrid Oliver) and her assistant Andrew (Omari Douglas) to investigate the mysteries of the Black Archive, she’s thrown into an adventure that pits her against some of the Doctor’s deadliest foes, including the Daleks, the Cybermen, the Sontarans, and the Weeping Angels. Unfortunately for her, while they’ve all sworn vengeance on her, she hasn’t met them yet. The multimedia storyline will hop across all manner of games, comics, audio stories, and prose, as it crosses over into Doctor Who licensees Titan Comics, Doctor Who Magazine, BBC Audiobooks, East Side Games, Puffin, Penguin Random House and Big Finish. It kicks off on June 25 on UNIT’s website and continues with new updates all summer. The full list of chapters is below:
Date
Story
June 25
Calling the Doctor – UNIT website written by Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson
July 8
Adversary of the Daleks – Titan Comics, written by Dulce M. Montoya and Dan Watters, with art by Roberta Ingranata and Sami Kivelä
July 23
The Honourable Society – Doctor Who Magazine issue 632, written by Jason Quinn and illustrated by Anthony Williams
July 30
The Deadliest Weapon – BBC Audiobooks Audio Original written by Steve Lyons, narrated by Jo Martin with David Banks as the Cyber-Leader
August 4
Dawn of the Daleks –Titan Comics, written by Dulce M. Montoya and Dan Watters, with art by Roberta Ingranata and Sami Kivelä
August 6
Castling – East Side Games written by Mario Mentasti
August 17
Don’t Blink! – UNIT website written by Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson
August 20
The Doctor and the Three Witches – Puffin book written by Janelle McCurdy
August 27
Memento Mori – East Side Games written by Mario Mentasti
August 31
The Black Archive Files – Circuit Breaker DVD release
September 3
The Kaleidoscope– Penguin Random House book written by Jo Martin
September 22
The Full Circuit – Big Finish audio story written by Robert Valentine
September 24
The Short Circuits – Big Finish audio story written by Robert Valentine
Who Is the Fugitive Doctor?
The event order of the Doctor Who multimedia storyline Circuit Breaker.Image via the BBC.
Members of the Doctor’s species “regenerate” into a different individual at the moment of death; thus, the various actors to have played the character over the years are considered to be his (or sometimes her) various incarnations. It was generally believed that the first incarnation of the Doctor seen on-screen when the show premiered in 1963, who was played byWilliam Hartnell, was the character’s first incarnation. That, however, was thrown into question in the 2020 episode “Fugitive of the Judoon,” when the then-current Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) met a woman (Martin) who was apparently a past incarnation she had no memory of. It was later explained that the Doctor had previously led many lives that she was unaware of; Martin has since reappeared several times in the role...................
Members of the Doctor’s species “regenerate” into a different individual at the moment of death; thus, the various actors to have played the character over the years are considered to be his (or sometimes her) various incarnations. It was generally believed that the first incarnation of the Doctor seen on-screen when the show premiered in 1963, who was played byWilliam Hartnell, was the character’s first incarnation. That, however, was thrown into question in the 2020 episode “Fugitive of the Judoon,” when the then-current Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) met a woman (Martin) who was apparently a past incarnation she had no memory of. It was later explained that the Doctor had previously led many lives that she was unaware of; Martin has since reappeared several times in the role......
The future of the TV side ofDoctor Who is somewhat up in the air at the moment. After the show’s latest season premiered last year, it lost its international streaming partner Disney+, while also leaving it on a massive cliffhanger. A Christmas special is planned to air later this year, which will presumably solve why the Doctor’s latest incarnation (Ncuti Gatwa) seemingly regenerated into Rose Tyler (Billie Piper), who was once a companion to bothChristopher EcclestonandDavid TennantDoctors.
Members of the Doctor’s species “regenerate” into a different individual at death’s moment; thus, various actors have played this character over time are considered his (or sometimes her) various incarnations. It was generally believed that first incarnation seen on-screen when show premiered in 1963 played byWilliam Hartnellwas character’s first incarnation. That however was thrown into question in 2020 episode “Fugitive Judoon,” when then-current Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) met woman (Martin) who apparently past incarnation she had no memory of. It later explained that Doctor had previously led many lives she unaware of Martin has since reappeared several times role.
The future TV sideDoctor Whois somewhat up air at moment After show’s latest season premiered last year lost international streaming partner Disney+ while also leaving it on massive cliffhanger A Christmas special planned air later this year which presumably solve mystery why Doctor’s latest incarnation (Ncuti Gatwa) seemingly regenerated into Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) onetime companionChristopher EcclestonDavid Tennant
Members of Doctor’s species “regenerate” into different individual at moment death thus various actors have played character over years considered be his (or sometimes her) various incarnations It generally believed first incarnation seen screen when show premiered in 1963 playedWilliam Hartnellwas character first incarnation That however thrown into question in episode “Fugitive Judoon” when then current doctor (Jodie Whittakermet woman (Martin) who apparently past incarnation she had no memory It later explained that doctor previously led many lives she unaware Martin since reappeared several times role.
The future TV sideDoctor Whois somewhat up air at moment After show’s latest season premiered last year lost international streaming partner Disney+ while also leaving it on massive cliffhanger A Christmas special planned air later this year which presumably solve mystery why doctor’s latest incarnation (Ncuti Gatwa) seemingly regenerated into Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) onetime companionChristopher EcclestonDavid Tennant
Members of Doctor’s species “regenerate” into different individual at moment death thus various actors have played character over years considered be his (or sometimes her) various incarnations It generally believed first incarnation seen screen when show premiered in 1963 playedWilliam Hartnellwas character first incarnation That however thrown into question in episode “Fugitive Judoon” when then current doctor (Jodie Whittakermet woman (Martin) who apparently past incarnation she had no memory It later explained that doctor previously led many lives she unaware Martin since reappeared several times role.
The future TV sideDoctor Whois somewhat up air at moment After show’s latest season premiered last year lost international streaming partner Disney+ while also leaving it on massive cliffhanger A Christmas special planned air later this year which presumably solve mystery why doctor’s latest incarnation (Ncuti Gatwa) seemingly regenerated into Rose Tyler (Bille Piper) onetime companion
The event order of multimedia storyline Circuit Breaker.. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates.
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