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
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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.

Cast

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

Crew
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Continuity

 * 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.
 * The Doctor recieves a message on his Psychic paper, 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.