Time Fracture (stage play)

Doctor Who: Time Fracture was a stage show produced by Immersive Theatre and licensed by BBC Studios, with James Goss acting as lore consultant and script editor. The staged production - billed as an "immersive experience" - was written by Daniel Dingsdale.

It featured video and audio clips, special effects, screen-used props and creatures, and music cues from the series. After being delayed from its initial opening date in 2020 due to COVID-19, it finally opened on 26 May 2021 at Davies Mews in London. The show had a length of two hours and fifteen minutes.

All of the main TV Doctors were featured in some capacity, represented in a variety of ways.

Synopsis

 * 1940 – at the height of the Blitz. A weapon of unknown origin destroys a small corner of Mayfair, and simultaneously opens a rift in space and time. For decades, UNIT have fought undetected to protect the people of Earth from the dangers it poses. Weakened and beaten back as the fracture’s multiplied out of control, they're close to defeat.

Plot
All fourteen paths to be added.

Prelude
A group of civilian volunteers, recommended by the Doctor themselves, are taken to a UNIT facility, where Dr. Harry Sullivan informs them of the threat of the Time Fracture while waiting for all volunteers to be present. Once they are all in attendance, he ushers them into the UNIT laboratory.

Introduction
After being given a quick history on the Time Fracture by a video message from Kate Stewart, the volunteers are taken into the UNIT laboratory and given an introduction to Operation: Time Fracture and the means of which they will travel through time to fix the breaking reality, with one such consequence being the President of the United States being turned into an Orange.

''Details re. the Black Archive segment to be added.''

However, the UNIT laboratory is attacked by the Daleks, though they are repelled by the First Doctor and the Thirteenth Doctor. Since neither can fully assist due to the nature of the Time Fracture, they urge the volunteers to find the pieces of the Time Disruptor that created the Time Fracture.

Act One
At a fork in the path, some volunteers go left and some go right.

''Details re. those going left to be added.''

Those who went to the right find their way to Borlls' Salvage and Import Export Imporium, but they are soon ushered into Elizabethan era England, where they can meet Elizabeth I and William Shakespeare. Missing UNIT soldier Robert Dudley is also present at the Queen's court. They also could find Time Agents, Brian the Ood and a Gallifreyan named Zoria all searching for pieces of the Time Disruptor. With the Time Fracture causing time to accelerate, a fight breaks out at Elizabeth's Court during a showing of Shakespeare's latest play, and Dudley is killed by Zoria. After the chaos dies down, the volunteers are forced to flee through the Time Fracture when the CyberMondans invade Elizabeth's Court.

Intermission
The volunteers find themselves onboard the ZZ1, where they are given refreshments while a Silurian and a Crespallion perform songs for them. Zoria abruptly appears to steal another piece of the Time Disruptor, and manages to get away with it after killing Brian. The ZZ1 is then commandeered and taken to Gallifrey.

Act Two
After escaping an attack by the Weeping Angels by running into the Gallifrey Falls No More section of the Under Gallery, the volunteers find themselves with the High Council of Gallifrey, who can't agree wither to use the Time Disruptor to fully resurrect Rassilon, until Rassilon himself commands them to do so when their debating proves fruitless. However, no sooner has he been resurrected to carry out his Ultimate Sanction with the Time Disruptor, Rassilon and the High Council are killed in a Dalek attack orchestrated by Davros, though they are still able to repel the Daleks from Gallifrey.

As the Time Fracture begins to get out of control, all thirteen Doctors, and their "fugitive" incarnation, lead the volunteers into pouring out the artron energy they had absorbed from the Time Fracture into the Time Disruptor, disabling the weapon and closing the Time Fracture.

Epilogue
With the universe saved, the volunteers are returned to UNIT laboratory, where they can have their photo taken with the Doctor's TARDIS.

Cast

 * Due to the nature of the production, the audience members themselves are active participants, but for obvious reasons of practicality, cannot be covered by the wiki. Not all characters are necessarily featured in a single individual's given experience of the story.

Pre-recorded video

 * Jemma Redgrave - Kate Stewart
 * Jodie Whittaker - Thirteenth Doctor
 * David Bradley - First Doctor ''
 * Jo Martin - "Fugitive" Doctor ''

Pre-recorded audio

 * Jon Culshaw - The Brigadier
 * Daniel Dingsdale - Twelfth Doctor
 * Jacob Dudman - Eleventh Doctor, Tenth Doctor, Ninth Doctor
 * Jonathon Carley - War Doctor
 * Sylvester McCoy - Seventh Doctor
 * Colin Baker - Sixth Doctor
 * Peter Davison - Fifth Doctor
 * Tom Baker - Fourth Doctor & the Curator
 * Tim Treloar - Third Doctor
 * Michael Troughton - Second Doctor
 * Nicholas Briggs - Daleks and Cybermen

Archive audio

 * Paul McGann - Eighth Doctor

Live actors

 * Angus Brown
 * Angus Dunican - William Shakespeare
 * Anouk Chalmers
 * Becky Bassett
 * Bethany Blake
 * Charlie Burt - Queen Elizabeth I
 * Chioma Uma
 * Christina Andrews
 * Craig Hamilton
 * Daisy Winter-Taylor
 * Dare Emmanuel - UNIT Scientist
 * Efé Agwele
 * Ellamae Cieslik - Celeste Amorea [Singer]
 * Elliot Rodriguez
 * Gareth Radcliffe
 * Georgia Redgrave
 * Harry Pudwell
 * Hayden Wood
 * Howard Grater
 * Ivy Corbin
 * Jamal Renaldo - Captain Robert Dudley
 * James Bryant
 * James Byng
 * James Lawrence
 * Jenny Horsthuis
 * Jessica Elton
 * Jessica Hern - Zoria, Dr. Evelyn Yates, and Cover for Queen Elizabeth
 * John Sodiq Akanmu
 * Jon Davey - Zygon
 * Kieran Mortell
 * Liv Spencer
 * Max Krupski
 * Maxwell Tyler - Brolls/Professor Parry
 * Megan Louise Wilson
 * Michael Geary
 * Molly Walker
 * Paul Collin-Thomas - Rassilon
 * Paul Croft
 * Paul Easom
 * Ricky Hunt
 * Ricky Shah
 * Ryan Ruel
 * Sam Blythe

As of 8 June 2021, according to Daniel Dingsdale, further filming is still underway for at least one yet-to-be-added segment.

Creative Team

 * Tom Maller - Director
 * Daniel Dingsdale - Writer
 * Rebecca Brower - Production Designer
 * Hannah Postlethwaite - Associate Set Designer
 * Terry Cook - Lighting Designer (for Woodroffe Bassett Design)
 * Matt Ladkin - Associate Lighting Designer
 * Adam Povey - Lighting PM/Crew Chief
 * Luke Swaffield - Sound designer (for Autograph)
 * Novak - Video & Projection Design
 * Jon Bulleid - Illusion Design & Director
 * Carly Blackburn - Movement Director
 * Danny Nolan - Music Producer & Composer
 * Barnaby Race - Music Content Creator & Additional Songs
 * James Goss - Lore Consultant & Script Editor
 * Stuart Boother - Fight Director
 * Louise Duggan, Zands Duggan - Period Music Composers
 * Ryan O'Conner - Art Director [Misspelt as Ryan O'Connor on the website]
 * James Sutton - Prop Maker
 * Mark Jones - Costume Supervisor
 * Fiona Kingwill - Assistant Director
 * Brodie Turner - Safeguarding Consultant
 * Jodie Pritchard - Scenic Artist
 * Emily Bestow, Christianna Mason - Art Department
 * Mike Tucker, Emma Douglas, ProperlyMade Ltd., Deadline Technical Management, David Thompson, Karol Jaworski, Olivia Franklin, Amelia Reynolds, Noah Cousins, Barney Askew, Ted Harrison - Props Makers [Ted Harrison's contribution subtitled as working for Evolution Effects.]

Music from Murray Gold is also featured within the show.

Production Team

 * Zoe Snow - Production Manager (for Gary Beestone Events)
 * Matt North - Company Manager
 * Daniel Gammon - Stage Manager
 * Lorna Adamson - Deputy Stage Manager
 * Danielle Whitfield - Assistant Stage Manager
 * Sarah Coates - Assistant Stage Manager (Book Cover)
 * Peter Carrington - Assistant Stage Manager
 * Debs Machin - Assistant Stage Manager
 * Sophie Cairns - Assistant Stage Manager
 * Amy Warren - Assistant Stage Manager
 * Virna Sologaistoa - Covid Compliance Officer
 * Jack Berry - Head of Lighting
 * Harry Johnson - Head of Sound
 * Edward Aspinall - Head of Video
 * Liam Sayer - Technical Swing LX/Video
 * Gabriel Maillard - Technical Swing Sound/Video
 * Marta Bagnoli - Wigs, Hair and Make Up Manager
 * Jen Clarke - Wardrobe Manager
 * Emily Noble - Wardrobe Assistant
 * Ester Mangas - Wardrobe Assistant
 * Fiona Kingwill - Resident Director
 * Emily Bestow - Art Standby
 * Becky Craven - Operations Manager
 * Iain Fraser-Barker - Front of House Manager
 * Rich Penrose - Bar Manager

Featured creatures/monsters

 * The number of creatures featured in a single individual's given experience of the story will vary based on their own choices, as well as their own decisions to explore outwith the plot.


 * Daleks
 * Cybermen
 * Kerb!am Man
 * Weeping Angels
 * Zygons
 * Silents
 * Davros
 * Time Lords
 * Brian the Ood

Featured/visited locales

 * The number of locales featured in a single individual's given experience of the story will vary based on their own choices, as well as their own decisions to explore outwith the plot.

There are 17 different worlds :
 * Torchwood Hub
 * Leonardo da Vinci's workshop
 * UNIT HQ
 * Cyberman tomb
 * London, 1940
 * Gallifrey
 * Kasaavin realm
 * Queen Elizabeth's court
 * Shakespeare's study
 * Borlls' Salvage and Import Export Imporium (reached by going right at a forked path)
 * A cellar of mannequins
 * The National Gallery
 * An area marked ZZ1
 * The Black Archive

Story notes

 * Easter eggs in The Lonely Assassins video game reference this stage play's plot.
 * To research for writing Time Fracture, Dingsdale watched over 400 episodes of Doctor Who.
 * John Barrowman reprised his role as Captain Jack Harkness in a pre-recorded video segment, but it was removed from the show shortly before the opening date. According to Daniel Dingsdale, "when that decision was made there were changes made within the story to fill that – that section – and there’s something very exciting that’s happening – that is indeed at this moment happening. We’ve got some more filming to do, which I think people will be very excited about."
 * Some of the set dressing was original screen-used props, whilst other items were replicas.
 * During the interval, a Silurian and a blue woman named Celeste sing several songs to entertain the audience members.
 * The initial printing of the Time Fracture show companion guide omitted several crew members' credits. This was fixed by 6 June 2021 in subsequent printings since.

Easter eggs

 * In one of the areas, there were several walls of graffiti containing numerous references including; "Bad Wolf", "Torchwood", "When I Say Run" (in reference to dialogue in The Invasion), "Mr Smith I Need You" (in reference to The Sarah Jane Adventures), "Hello Sweetie", "Geronimo", "Are You My Mummy?", and "The Doctor Donna".
 * William Shakespeare is a featured character that audience members may encounter.
 * Posters for Vitex, Kerb!am and the "Vote Saxon" campaign are featured in areas.
 * Queen Elizabeth wears the Coronet of Rassilon at one point in the production.
 * Both a Torchwood Institute agent and a Time Agent are featured within paths of the story.
 * Props featured in the Black Archive area include; Clockwork Droid masks, Handles, the Tunguska Scroll, Amy Pond's sonic probe, a Dalek "tommy gun" (from Evolution of the Daleks), a Betamax recorder (from The Idiot's Lantern) and the Osgood boxes.
 * Props featured in Da Vinci's study include; the Chinese Puzzle Box (from Mona Lisa's Revenge).
 * Props featured in the Torchwood Hub include; Owen Harper's labcoat and Object 1.
 * Props featured in the Borlls' Imporium include; a chair from the Eleventh Doctor's first TARDIS console room, parts of the Lazarus Machine, Cassandra's frame.
 * Props featured in the 1940s London area include; a miniature version of the gates from 76 Totter's Lane and a clock from Sardicktown.
 * Malcolm Taylor's office is also featured prior to entering the story.