Fugitive of the Judoon (TV story)

Fugitive of the Judoon was the fifth episode of series 12 of Doctor Who.

It featured the introduction of a new incarnation of the Doctor, wrapped in mystery, with her own TARDIS, though neither Doctor can remember living the life of the other. This other Doctor is said to have used a Chameleon Arch to hide on Earth in her "Ruth Clayton" identity, and has a history working for the Time Lords, in an undisclosed capacity. As a result of this revelation, Jo Martin makes history by becoming the first non-white actor to be cast in the role of the Doctor, as well as the first to receive credit as the Doctor.

This episode also saw the return of Captain Jack Harkness, who last made a televised appearance at the end of Torchwood series 4 in 2011 with The Blood Line. This was also his first appearance in televised Doctor Who in just over a decade, last having being seen in 2010's The End of Time. Although Jack does not interact with the Thirteenth Doctor in this story, he warns her companions about the Lone Cyberman, setting up a story arc that, for now, would go unresolved.

True to its title, this story also saw the reintroduction of the Judoon, who became the first of those monsters first introduced in the Russell T Davies era to make an appearance under new showrunner Chris Chibnall.

Synopsis
The Judoon are on the hunt for a runaway and they have narrowed their search down to modern-day Gloucester. The Thirteenth Doctor and her friends decide to step in before anyone can get hurt, but things are far more complex than they seem. A complex web is about to unfold, featuring a surprising new face and a worrying prophecy from an old friend.

Plot
While her companions try to get her to talk about her search for the Master (given her assumption that he escaped the Kasaavin), the Doctor learns that a Judoon platoon has descended upon Gloucester and put a forcefield around the city in search of a fugitive. The Doctor manages to bypass the forcefield and arrive in Gloucester. Upon landing and unbeknownst to the Doctor, Graham is teleported to a stolen spaceship piloted by Captain Jack Harkness who mistook Graham for the Doctor. The Doctor intervenes when the Judoon try to attack the apartment of Lee and Ruth Clayton, and stalls them long enough to question the couple and find a hidden box. Lee refuses to answer the Doctor's questions, but he covers the group's escape, turning himself in to the Judoon before being killed by their contractor, Gat, who recognises him as the fugitive's associate.

Whilst the Doctor flees with Ruth to Gloucester Cathedral, Ryan and Yaz are teleported to Harkness' ship, which is now being attacked by its rightful owners. When Harkness learns the Judoons' forcefield prevents him from teleporting the Doctor, he is forced to ask the Doctor's companions to tell the Doctor to beware of the "Lone Cyberman" and to not give it what it wants. He is forced to teleport due to the ship's anti-theft attack system while Graham, Ryan, and Yaz are transported back to Gloucester. The Doctor and Ruth are soon surrounded by the Judoon in the cathedral. Ruth reflexively attacks them, forcing them to retreat after ripping off their commander's horn. With Ruth unable to explain herself, she reveals Lee sent her a text before his death that leads them to a lighthouse where she grew up.

There, the Doctor finds a TARDIS buried outside under a blank gravestone. Ruth, meanwhile, enters the lighthouse and, breaking an alarm box, is engulfed in energy which restores her memory. Ruth then introducing herself as the Doctor. With neither remembering the other, the Doctor assumes Ruth-Doctor to be an unknown past incarnation while Ruth-Doctor reveals that she used a chameleon arch to hide herself from her former associate Gat. Ruth-Doctor's TARDIS is then taken aboard the Judoon ship, and the Doctor and Ruth-Doctor confront Gat, who is revealed to be a Time Lord with orders to retrieve Ruth-Doctor. Against Ruth-Doctor's orders, the Doctor introduces herself, and shows Gat a vision of the destroyed Gallifrey that she saw, which she attempts to dismiss as trickery. Gat is killed when she fires a sabotaged weapon confiscated from Ruth-Doctor.

After the Doctor is dropped back to Gloucester by Ruth-Doctor, she is reunited with her companions, who relay Harkness's message. Confused by these recent events, the Doctor senses that something is coming for her.

Cast

 * The Doctor - Jodie Whittaker
 * Graham O'Brien - Bradley Walsh
 * Yasmin Khan - Mandip Gill
 * Ryan Sinclair - Tosin Cole
 * Ruth Clayton - Jo Martin
 * Captain Jack Harkness - John Barrowman
 * Lee Clayton - Neil Stuke
 * Gat - Ritu Arya
 * Judoon Captain Pol-Kon-Don - Paul Kasey
 * All Ears Allan - Michael Begley
 * Marcia - Judith Street
 * Tourist - Katie Luckins
 * Voice of Judoon Captain - Nicholas Briggs
 * Judoon - Simon Carew, Richard Highgate, Richard Price, Matthew Rohman
 * And introducing Jo Martin as The Doctor

Crew
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History

 * In 1216, Henry III was crowned at Gloucester Cathedral.
 * Harry Potter was also filmed in this cathedral.

Technology

 * The Judoon use a zonal enforcement field on the Earth and threaten to use a temporal isolator to capture their target.
 * The Judoon launch a final warning missile into Lee and Ruth's flat.
 * Jack is using a ship that has movement sensors that can set off laser spikes. It also has shields, an anti-theft attack system, and nanogenes.
 * Jack uses a Quantican Scoop to transport Team TARDIS to his stolen ship and back.
 * Lee sends Ruth a text from his mobile phone.
 * Gat arrives by matter transmitter.
 * Ruth uses a biodata module disguised as a fire alarm to reverse the effect of the Chameleon Arch.
 * Ruth has a laser rifle.
 * A tractor beam brings Ruth's TARDIS to the Judoon's ship, a Talwak Freighter.

Organisations

 * On reading the Doctor's psychic paper, Pol-Kon-Don assumes she is an Imperial Regulator.

Food and drink

 * Ruth makes herself a birthday breakfast of buttered toast, an egg, and orange juice.
 * Ruth buys a coffee from Allan.
 * Lee buys a birthday cake from Allan for Ruth.

Jargon, slang and colloquialisms

 * Ryan calls Jack Harkness "kind of cheesy".

Businesses

 * Lee worked at Bathrooms4U.

People

 * The Doctor flippantly says that Ruth "turned into Jackie Chan" after fighting off the Judoon.

Story notes

 * John Barrowman had to fake a house renovation in Cardiff to keep it secret that he was filming for Doctor Who. In fact, in order to keep up the ruse, Barrowman did actually carry out this renovation.
 * The Judoon Captain is named Pol-Kon-Don as a tribute to late Doctor Who fan and friend of Chris Chibnall, Paul Condon.
 * Although Nida Manzoor directed the episode, Jamie Magnus Stone directed Captain Jack Harkness' scenes.

Ratings

 * 4.21 million (BBC overnight)

Filming locations

 * West Usk Lighthouse served as a filming location for this story. Since 2012, this lighthouse-turned-bed and breakfast has had a Dalek in the foyer and a TARDIS as changing room for the hot tub on the roof.

Production errors
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Continuity

 * The Doctor has been searching for any evidence that may have escaped the realm of the Kasaavin. (TV: Spyfall)
 * The Doctor has visited Gallifrey multiple times, alone, since first finding her home in the aftermath of the Master's destruction. (TV: Spyfall)
 * The Doctor recalls that Gallifrey has been destroyed twice, by war (PROSE: The Ancestor Cell, TV: The End of the World et al.) and then by the Master. (TV: Spyfall)
 * The Doctor notes that the Judoon have no jurisdiction on Earth. (TV: Smith and Jones, Prisoner of the Judoon, PROSE: Revenge of the Judoon)
 * The Judoon execute a human for a petty act of assault and hand out compensation. (TV: Smith and Jones)
 * The Doctor attempts to rhyme the word Judoon with platoon, moon (TV: Smith and Jones) and lagoon.
 * Jack mistakes Graham for the Doctor. (TV: Spyfall, PROSE: The Good Doctor)
 * Jack kisses the man he believes to be the Doctor, as he once did with the Ninth Doctor toward the end of their initial travels. (TV: The Parting of the Ways) Before reuniting with the Tenth Doctor, (TV: Utopia) Jack once expressed his intent to first kiss the Doctor, and then "kill him", when at last they met again. (TV: Fragments)
 * Manifesting her true identity, "Ruth" refers to the Judoon as rhinoforms. (AUDIO: Judoon in Chains)
 * Captain Jack is familiar with nanogenes (TV: The Empty Child), the Judoon (WC: Monster File: Judoon) and the Cybermen. (TV: Cyberwoman, COMIC: Supremacy of the Cybermen, WC: Monster File: Cybermen)
 * "Ruth" uses a Chameleon Arch to disguise herself as a human, complete with false memories and rewritten human biology. (TV: Human Nature/The Family of Blood, Utopia, AUDIO: One Life)
 * The Doctor tells Team TARDIS that the Cybermen are on par with the Daleks. (TV: Resolution)
 * Team TARDIS notes that they were brought together by the Doctor. (TV: The Woman Who Fell to Earth, Arachnids in the UK)

Home video releases
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