Message from the Doctor was a webcast featuring the Thirteenth Doctor.
Designed to urge viewers — in particular, 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.
Cast
References
- The TARDIS has detected an upsurge in psychological signals from "somewhere in space and time".
- The Doctor is "self-isolating" from an army of Sontarans.
Notes
- Jodie Whitaker filmed the webcast at home inside a wardrobe.
- The words "COVID-19" and "coronavirus" are not mentioned during the webcast.
- The webcast appeared on both the Doctor Who and the CBBC Newsround pages on the BBC website — the latter for the benefit of children who were left feeling anxious about the situation.
- In the case of 'in-character' appearances of the Doctor, this is the second time an actor has recorded footage from the role from home, the first time was in 1973 when a shot on the monitor of the timelords in The Three Doctors showed the First Doctor in a flower garden, which is rumoured to be shot in William Hartnell's own garden.
External links
- Official Message from the Doctor page on the Doctor Who website
