Message from the Doctor (webcast)

Message from the Doctor was a webcast featuring the Thirteenth Doctor.

Designed to urge viewers — particularly children — to remain calm during the COVID-19 worldwide outbreak, it took the form of a video message from the Doctor about what to do in a crisis.

Summary
The TARDIS detects an upsurge in psychological signals from somewhere in space and time and sends out an emergency transmission. In this transmission, the Thirteenth Doctor is self-isolating, or hiding, from an army of Sontarans. The Doctor then describes what to do in a worrying situation before saying that she'll see the person watching the transmission very soon and ending the message.

Cast

 * The Doctor - Jodie Whittaker

Crew

 * Writer - Chris Chibnall (DWM 551)

Worldbuilding

 * The Doctor's TARDIS has detected an upsurge in psychological signals from "somewhere in space and time".
 * The Doctor is "self-isolating" from an army of Sontarans.

Continuity

 * The TARDIS has detected that "someone, somewhere, might be a little bit worried". (TV: Night Terrors)
 * The Thirteenth Doctor hiding in a wardrobe from a Sontaran served as her profile picture when speaking to all her previous selves during a different crisis. (WC: Doctors Assemble!)