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Doctor Who: The Interstellar Song Contest cast

The Doctor returns to Earth on May 24, 2025, during the 803rd Interstellar Song Contest, while Kid hijacks the show’s security drones on a space station watched by three trillion viewers.
Kid and Wynn, from the burned and exploited planet Hellia owned by the contest’s corporate sponsor, seek revenge by threatening the vast audience using a lethal Delta Wave broadcast.
During the crisis, the Doctor channels the station’s power through his hologram to shock Kid, while Cora, a Hellion survivor, shares a song about her destroyed culture amid heckling and blocked transmissions.
The episode explores themes such as capitalism, racism, revenge, and identity, culminating in the revelation that Mrs. Flood is an elusive and morally ambiguous Time Lady who opposes the Doctor and engages in ruthless scientific experimentation.
Following Earth’s destruction and the arrest of Kid and Wynn, the Doctor promises to save Belinda’s home planet, signaling ongoing conflict with the corporation and the Rani in upcoming episodes.

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