The Doctor Drops In (TV story)

Doctor:

Eleventh Doctor

Main setting:

BBC studio

Producer:

Richard Curtis

Premiere network:

BBC One

Release date:

18 March 2011

Format:

3 minutes

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The Doctor Drops In was a mini-episode of Doctor Who. Originally performed as a live scene of Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor, it was professionally filmed by the BBC and released on television and YouTube as a skit in its own right. Because stage plays are not valid sources on our Wiki, we only consider the broadcast/webcast version of this story valid, not the original live performance.

Synopsis

The Doctor materialises onto a BBC studio from five hours in the future.

Plot

to be added

Cast

Crew

Producer - Richard Curtis

Worldbuilding

The Eleventh Doctor mentions Alan Carr and Annie Lennox.
The Doctor also declares his love for Alan Partridge.

The Doctor Who series

There are screens at the back of the stage which show an individual next to the words "Doctor Who" and a TARDIS.

Story notes

The story was never named on air, but was named when the official BBC YouTube channel released the video on the same day under the title The Doctor Drops In.

Continuity

The Doctor wants tea and jammie dodgers. (TV: Victory of the Daleks)

External links

to be added

DWU Doctor Who stories

Televisual

Television

Get Off My Cloud • Untitled (Roland Rat continuity announcement) • Remembrance of the Daleks • Everything Changes • The Doctor Drops In • The Doctor Appears • In the Forest of the Night

Not considered part of the DWU	A Fix with Sontarans • The Pitch of Fear • The Kidnappers • Untitled (Tonight's the Night) • Extras: The Special • An Adventure in Space and Time • The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot • Breaking News! That Hasn't Broken Yet! • BBC One Christmas Film 2016

Webcasts

Merry Christmas 2016 from Big Finish • The Trial • Home Assistant • The Zygon Isolation • U.N.I.T. On Call • 24 Carat

Not considered part of the DWU	Monster Escape • Peter Capaldi and Simon the Shy Cyberman Invite You to Breakfast with 7 Doctors • Strax Saves the Day • Tom Baker stars in John Lloyd's lost Doctor Who adventure, The Doomsday Contract

Home videos

A Fix with Sontarans

Not considered part of the DWU	The Corridor Sketch • Who on Earth is Tom Baker • The Silurian Disruption • Oh Mummy! • Eye on... Blatchford

Prose

Novels

The Taking of Planet 5 • Twilight of the Gods • The Diary of a Dr. Who Addict • The Story of Fester Cat

Short stories

Lady Penelope Investigates the stars of the Sensational new film Dr. Who and the Daleks! • A Letter from the Doctor 1 • Extracts from the Doctor's 500 Year Diary • Bafflement and Devotion • Fanboys • A letter from the Master • The Stones of Spookiness • Contributors • A Letter from the Doctor 464 • A Letter from the Doctor 500 • The Terror of the Umpty Ums • Party Like it's 1979

Not considered part of the DWU	Verity

Comics

TV Terrors • Early Man: Dalek Invasion of Earth 2150 B.C. • A Groatsworth of Wit

Not considered part of the DWU	Introduction • A Life in the Day of a Doctor Who Production • Untitled 2 • Cut! • They Shall Not Pass • Outta Space • Secrets of the Daleks 2 • Doctor Whoah! (DWM 390) • Doctor Whoah! (DWM 500) • The Origin of Doctor Who Magazine •

Audio

Not considered
part of the DWU

Regenerations • Blue Veils and Golden Sands • Dalek, I Love You • Dalek, I Love You Too

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