Friend from the Future (TV story)

 was a webcast released in 2016 which introduced the character of Bill Potts. While it was initially unclear how the short webcast would fit into the show itself, TV: The Pilot would meticulously set-up the continuity between the two products.

Synopsis
The Daleks are following the Doctor and Bill through a war zone. Will they get out alive?

Plot
The Twelfth Doctor and Bill Potts are running from a Dalek. They hide behind a wall, and Bill repeatedly questions the Doctor as to what a Dalek is. He hurriedly explains to her, then they run away, intent on going back to the TARDIS, convinced that 2017 needs them. However, they are cornered by the Dalek.

As they turn around a text hits the screen that says "Introducing Pearl Mackie as Bill".

Cast

 * The Doctor - Peter Capaldi
 * Bill - Pearl Mackie
 * Voice of the Daleks - Nicholas Briggs

Species

 * Bill mentions the Daleks' standard weapons and their standard catchphrase.

Popular culture

 * The Doctor says they must get back to the future.

Story notes

 * The clip was originally supposed to just be an introduction to Bill Potts, but ended up being included in the final product of the first series 10 episode TV: The Pilot.
 * Only a small bit of this clip was kept in The Pilot. This left out the entire explanation of what a Dalek is, as well as their argument about their design. Also left out was the Doctor saying they must "get back to the future" and that "2017 needs [them]" (leaving it out exactly what year The Pilot is set).
 * The first few seconds are re-used clips from TV: Into the Dalek.

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Continuity

 * The Doctor explains what a Dalek is.
 * The Doctor mention the Kaled mutant inside the machinery.
 * The Doctor recieves a message on his Psychic paper (TV: The End of the World onwards), and notes that the future (2017) is in danger. In TV: The Pilot, the Doctor explains that this alarm was caused by a student puking near a safe which the Doctor had been guarding during the episode.
 * A Dalek corners Bill and the Doctor. In TV: The Pilot, it is revealed that they travelled to the Dalek-Movellan War to try to escape from the sentient oil.