Series 1 (Class)

Series 1 of Class ran between 22 October 2016 and 3 December 2016. It starred Katherine Kelly as Miss Quill, Greg Austin as Charlie Smith, Sophie Hopkins as April MacLean, Fady Elsayed as Ram Singh, Vivian Oparah as Tanya Adeola and Jordan Renzo as Matteusz Andrzejewski. The Twelfth Doctor, who was previously a caretaker at Coal Hill in Doctor Who, also appeared in the first episode, For Tonight Me Might Die, and was played by Peter Capaldi.

Overview
It consisted of seven stories and eight episodes. Class was created by Patrick Ness, who previously wrote the tie-in short story, Tip of the Tongue, for the fiftieth anniversary of Doctor Who. Ness revealed there would be "no Clara" and that Class would "definitely air in America". In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Ness said he has been asked to bring various parts of Doctor Who back since the series was announced, but he wants to create something new. He also confirmed the Weeping Angels would not feature in the series. However, a Weeping Angel made an appearance on the last episode of the series.

The series was streamed on BBC Three in 2016 and later aired on BBC One in 2017. This was the fifth Doctor Who television spinoff after K9 and Company, Torchwood, The Sarah Jane Adventures, and K9 and the first spinoff to premiere online rather than on a traditional television channel.

The first episode was shown at the Class World Premiere in Shoreditch in London on 20 October 2016.

Class was first uploaded to BBC Three's streaming service on 22 October 2016, with its first two episodes, exactly 10 years after the airdate of Torchwood's first two episodes, Everything Changes and Day One. A BBC One airing followed in the United Kingdom in January 2017.

Cast

 * Charlie Smith - Greg Austin
 * April MacLean - Sophie Hopkins
 * Ram Singh - Fady Elsayed
 * Tanya Adeola - Vivian Oparah
 * Miss Quill - Katherine Kelly
 * Matteusz Andrzejewski - Jordan Renzo
 * The Twelfth Doctor - Peter Capaldi

Recurring

 * Corakinus - Paul Marc Davies
 * Varun Singh - Aaron Neil
 * Jackie MacLean - Shannon Murray
 * Vivian Adeola - Natasha Gordon
 * Mr Armitage - Nigel Betts
 * Dorothea Ames - Pooky Quesnel
 * Coach Dawson - Ben Peel
 * Miss Shah - Pooja Shah
 * Huw MacLean - Con O'Neill

Guest

 * Rachel Chapman - Anna Shaffer
 * Kevin Williams - Alex Leak
 * The Inspector - Jami Reid-Quarrell
 * Jasper Adeola - Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
 * Rannus/Kharrus - Kelly Gough
 * Voice of Rannus - Neil McCaul
 * Voice of the Prisoner - Ferdy Roberts
 * Ballon - Chiké Okonkwo
 * Quill Goddess - Spencer Wilding
 * Chair of the Governors - Cyril Nri

Production
The series began filming on 4 April 2016 and wrapped on 2 September 2016. The three first episodes in the series were directed by Ed Bazalgette, who directed the Doctor Who episodes The Girl Who Died and The Woman Who Lived. Philippa Langdale and Wayne Che Yip directed two episodes each, whilst Julian Holmes directed the finale.

Blair Mowat composed the score for the series.

The working title of the first episode of the series was The Prom.

Future of the show
On 7 September 2017, Radio Times spoke to BBC3 controller Damian Kavanagh about a future return of Class, in which Kavanagh said: "No, no. There was nothing wrong with it, I thought Patrick [Ness] did a great job, he explored an amazing world. In honesty it didn’t really land for us on BBC3; some shows don’t and I have to make decisions about what we’re going to do from a drama point of view, and what we did after Class was Clique which worked really well for us."

Two years following the cancellation, Big Finish Productions decided to take control of the spin-off and has created, due to release in August 2018, taking place during the TV series and sees the return of Seventh Doctor companion Ace and the Daleks.

Digital distribution
Simultaneously with more traditional channels of distribution, series 1 of Class was made available for purchase on several online streaming platforms, also in some countries outside the initial broadcast range. Generally, the episodes were made available online on the same day they were premiered on BBC Three. Series 1 was available on: The release of Series 1 in US digital stores was postponed until the BBC America broadcast of the show, due for 2017.
 * iTunes in Australia, Canada, France, Germany and the UK
 * Amazon Video in Austria, Germany and the UK

Aliens and enemies

 * Shadow Kin
 * Corakinus
 * Rannus
 * Kharrus
 * Coach Dawson
 * The Inspector
 * Leaf Dragons
 * Lankin
 * Killer petals
 * The Prisoner
 * Arn
 * Miss Quill's arn
 * Lorr
 * Ballon
 * God of the Lorr
 * Quill
 * Quill Goddess
 * Weeping Angels

Novels

 * Joyride by Guy Adams
 * The Stone House by A.K. Benedict
 * What She Does Next Will Astound You by James Goss