Doctor: Ncuti Gatwa
Companion: Millie Gibson – Ruby Sunday
Guests
Paul Forman – Lord Barton
Maxim Ays – Lord Galpin
Indira Varma – Duchess of Pemberton
Jonathan Groff – Rogue
Camilla Aiko – Emily Beckett
Debra Baker – Housekeeper
Ashley Campbell – Butler
Nancy Brabin-Platt – Miss Talbot
Michelle Greenidge – Carla Sunday
David Charles – Mr Price
Susan Twist – The Portrait (uncredited)[1]
Production
Directed by Ben Chessell
Written by Kate Herron and Briony Redman
Script editor: Scott Handcock
Produced by Chris May
Executive producer(s): Russell T Davies, Julie Gardner, Jane Tranter, Joel Collins, Phil Collinson
Music by Murray Gold
Series 14
Running time: 44 minutes
First broadcast 8 June 2024
In 1813, the Doctor and Ruby visit Bath, England to attend a ball. The Doctor encounters a mysterious bounty hunter named Rogue, and the pair go outside to talk to each other. Ruby meanwhile finds a woman named Emily, and accidentally interrupts a love confession between her and another man. Ruby comforts Emily, while the Doctor and Rogue discover the dead body of the Duchess. Rogue captures the Doctor and traps him in a sealing device on his ship.
Rogue scans the Doctor, believing him to be a Chuldur, a member of a race of shape-shifting avian humanoids. Rogue threatens to send the Doctor to an incinerator, but he is able to convince Rogue to spare him by showing him his Time Lord biology and past incarnations. The Doctor reconfigures Rogue's sealing device to send the Chuldur to an alternate dimension so that Rogue will not kill it, while also offering Rogue the opportunity to travel with him.
Ruby and Emily discover the dead body of a housekeeper and meet up with the Doctor and Rogue. The Doctor deduces that, like Ruby, the Chuldur are fans of Bridgerton and can be lured away by scandal. The Doctor accordingly asks Rogue to dance and stages an argument with him, with Rogue professing love and offering a ring. The pair storm off as part of the act, causing the Duchess to follow. The Doctor and Rogue realize there are actually four Chuldur and not just one, and flee from them. They reconfigure Rogue's sealing device to account for more Chuldur. Emily reveals herself to be a Chuldur and apparently kills and shapeshifts into Ruby.
The Doctor interrupts the Chuldur's mock wedding and uses the sealing device on them. Ruby reveals she was able to escape Emily, but is unable to escape the seal. Rogue arrives and knocks Emily into the seal. Rogue kisses the Doctor, but also steals the device used to activate the seal from him while doing so. Rogue jumps into the seal and throws Ruby out. Rogue asks the Doctor to find him as he and the Chuldur are sent to an unknown alternate dimension.
The Doctor sends Rogue's ship into an orbit around the Moon and tells Ruby that it wouldn't be possible to find Rogue due to the infinite number of alternate dimensions. He puts on Rogue's ring before departing.
Rogue