According to a BBC one listing for the programme, the fifth Doctor Who Season Two episode The Story & The Engine will air on BBC One Saturday 10 May at 7:10pm.
In Lagos, the mysterious Barber reigns supreme. The Doctor discovers a world where stories have power, but can he stop the Spider and its deadly web of revenge?
Lagos, Nigeria in 2019 is an ideal spot to get a bearing on the Vindicator ‒ a vital step to returning Belinda home. The Doctor decides to drop in on his old friend Omo who runs a barber shop in the city called Omo’s Palace.
But when the TARDIS arrives, Omo seems to have a new master. Men have gone missing. Something vast and hungry is demanding to be fed.
Blissfully unaware that he’s falling into a trap, the Doctor soon finds himself embroiled in a plot for revenge that spans centuries and discovers a universe he has never even guessed at before.
The Cast:
Ncuti Gatwa: The Doctor
Varada Sethu: Belinda Chandra
Ariyon Bakare: The Barber
Sule Rimi: Omo Esosa
Michelle Asante: Abena
Stefan Adegbola: Rashid Abubakar
Jordan Adene: Tunde Adebayo
Michael Balogun: Obioma Okoli
Simon Bailey: Paramedic
Adrian Pang: Consultant
Tessa Bell-Briggs: Patient
Anita Dobson: Mrs Flood
Inua Ellams: Market Seller
Funmi James: Security Guard
• Ariyon Bakare played Leandro in the Doctor Who Series 9 episode The Woman Who Lived.
• Writer Inua Ellams has a cameo in his own episode
• In West African storytelling, there is trickster figure typically depicted as a spider called Anansi
Written by Inua Ellams and directed by Makalla McPherson, the 47-minute The Story & The Engine transmits on Saturday 10 May at 8am on BBC iPlayer and 7:10pm on BBC One in the UK. Those outside of the UK can stream The Story & The Engine on Disney+ where available simultaneously starting at 3am ET/12am PT. The remaining three episodes of Doctor Who Season Two will transmit on subsequent Saturdays.
Directly after the BBC One broadcast, Steffan Powell goes behind the scenes of The Story & The Engine in Doctor Who: Unleashed on BBC Three and on the official YouTube channel where available at 8:00pm.