Series 15, Episode 4 | 1 part | First broadcast: 3 May 2025 | Writer: Pete McTighe | Director: Peter Hoar
Cast
- Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday
- Jonah Hauer-King as Conrad Clark
- Jemma Redgrave as Kate Lethbridge-Stewart
- Ruth Madeley as Shirley Bingham
Summary
A year after leaving the Doctor, Ruby Sunday begins dating podcaster Conrad Clark, who claims to have once encountered an alien creature called the Shreek while investigating UNIT, but the “Shreek” turn out to be actors in costume as part of Conrad’s scheme to discredit UNIT publicly, and when his hoax collapses live on his own broadcast, a real Shreek, drawn by the trauma and lies surrounding the incident, attacks him, leaving Ruby traumatized by the entire ordeal.
Interesting Facts
- The Doctor barely appears in this episode, which centers almost entirely on Ruby Sunday’s life after departing the TARDIS, marking the first of three Series 15 appearances by Millie Gibson.
- The episode set an overnight ratings low at the time it aired, at just 1.5 million viewers.
- Writer Pete McTighe based the Shreek’s design on his own childhood fear of dog-like creatures in the dark.
- Jonah Hauer-King’s character, Conrad Clark, later reappears as a key figure in the false reality depicted in the Series 15 finale.
- The episode received a more divisive 70% score on Rotten Tomatoes, making it one of the more polarizing installments of the season.
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