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Doctor Who: Redacted – Whittaker, BBC Sounds Team for Podcast Spinoff

With only nine days to go until The Doctor (Jodie Whittaker), Yaz (Mandip Gill), and Dan (John Bishop) return to confront the "Legend of the Sea Devils," the BBC is giving Doctor Who fans another reason to get excited about April 17th. Earlier today, BBC Sounds announced that the long-running series would be getting a 10-part audio drama podcast spinoff entitled Doctor Who: Redacted. Scripted by bestselling author Juno Dawson along with an impressive team of writers and set in the Doctor Who universe, the series entangles past and current storylines, cameos from the Doctor's friends and allies, as well as appearances from monsters and aliens, identifiable to fans and non-fans alike. And some of those familiar faces you can expect include Rani Chandra, Kate Stewart, Petronella Osgood, Madame Vastra… and, of course, Jodie Whittaker's Doctor. Joining Whittaker for Doctor Who: Redacted are Charlie Craggs, Jacob Hawley, Lois Chimimba (Doctor Who, Vigil), Holly Quin-Ankrah (Coronation Street, Grange Hill), Ken Cheng, Jemma Redgrave (Doctor Who), Ingrid Oliver (Doctor Who), Doon Mackichan (Good Omens, Smack The Pony), and others. Now here's a look at the official overview:

Doctor Who: Redacted follows Cleo Proctor (Charlie Craggs), Abby McPhail (Lois Chimimba), and Shawna Thompson (Holly Quinn-Ankrah) – three broke university drop-outs from different cities across the UK who remain connected via their paranormal conspiracy podcast, 'The Blue Box Files'. The trio speculate over Abby's favourite conspiracy theory – intent on finding out the truth behind the mysterious 'Blue Box' that keeps cropping up across history. What if this random police public call box was actually an alien ship?

They don't know who the Doctor is, or if aliens are real, but soon find themselves caught in a supernatural conspiracy as they learn that everyone who's ever met the Doctor is disappearing and being forgotten. Essentially, they're being redacted from reality. The Blue Box Files is so unsuccessful that our heroes are the last ones to be affected by the redaction, making Cleo, Abby and Shawna the world's only hope. Now it's a race against time to uncover the truth.

When Cleo's brother Jordan, (played by comedian Jacob Hawley), gets redacted, they spend the rest of the series trying to find him. In the meantime Cleo is dealing with a mother who kicked her out for being trans when she was 16, whilst trying to find out what happened to her Dad – who mysteriously 'disappeared' when she was a kid. As the series unfolds we find Abby – the resident believer and Shawna – the sceptic, grapple with their own tribulations on the edge of a will-they, won't-they romance, despite Abby's controlling boyfriend.

"'Doctor Who' was my first love, and it's an absolute thrill to add to the ever-expanding mythology in podcast form for the first time ever. What a total privilege to write for something so beloved, and put my own little flag on the landscape," said Dawson in a statement when the news was first announced. Doctor Who: Redacted is available first on BBC Sounds weekly from April 17th, with the first episode available following "Legend of the Sea Devils" on Easter Sunday.

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