Parts: 2 (45-minute)
Writer: Russell T Davies
Airdate: 24 – 31 May 2025
Production Code: n/a

Doctors: fifteenth
Companions: Ruby, Belinda, Mel

Megalomaniacs of the Week: the Rani, Omega
Special Guests: UNIT

Story: The Rani visits Bavaria in 1865 for one very specific purpose: to track down Jonas Zufall, the newborn seventh son of a seventh son of a seventh son. Unbeknownst to his parents, Jonas is no ordinary child — as the Rani demonstrates when she snatches the baby and wishes his family out of existence.

In 2025 London, Belinda Smith makes breakfast for her husband John and their daughter Poppy, as morning broadcaster Conrad Clark regales them with the day's story, Doctor Who and the Deadly Wish. But on his way to his job at the Unified National Insurance Team, John finds his happy life and total lack of doubts momentarily shaken when a strange woman named Ruby appears on his doorstep, insisting that Poppy isn't his child, and asking if his name is "the Doctor"...