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word of advice : Spoilers out front forDoctor Whoseason 15 , episode 1 , " The Robot Revolution . “Doctor Whoseason 15 ’s opener , " The Robot Revolution , " operates on a complex timeline that ’s fulfil with paradox and other confusing patch devices , but there is logic to how the story move on . While there are several angles to view the result from , it makes the most sentience to follow the tale chronologically from the aerofoil of the show ’s young planet : Missbelindachandra One . That way , there ’s less zipping around through the timeline and getting lose in the handwriting . By theend ofDoctor Whoseason 15 , sequence 1 , things return to about as linear as the show is capable of being .

The second run inDoctor Who ’s Disney erakicks off with Varada Sethu ’s Belinda Chandra stepping into the brake shoe of Ruby Sunday ( Millie Gibson ) as the primary fellow traveller to the Fifteenth Doctor ( Ncuti Gatwa ) . Although theMundy Flynn / Belinda Chandra connectionis slightly speak , " The Robot Revolution " instead focuses on Sethu ’s new character and her first begrudging adventure with Fifteen . It ’s aDoctor Whoepisode thick with twists and turn , although several moments in the opening prospect prefigure some pretty cardinal elements of what ’s to come .

An Unnamed Character Delivers Belinda’s Star Certificate To The Robots In The Far Future

The Doctor knows someone gave the certificate to the Robots in the future, but not who it was

Although neither the Doctor nor Belinda seem to hump who initially birth the principal security to the planet in " The Robot Revolution , " it ’s confirmed within the instalment that this is what happened . ab initio given to Belinda by then - young man Alan Budd ( Jonny Green),the certificate is little more than a romanticistic gesture that name a star after Sethu ’s character . So , it is n’t actually legally binding at the time of leverage .

The name of Sethu ’s character becomes integrated into many things on the alien world , and she is hailed as their queen .

At some point after the livery of the certificate to the Robots in the far futurity , it ’s sent back 5,000 year and becomes the foundational myth of the society on the planet that revolve the star that ’s " own " by Belinda . By the time of the episode ’s " present day " sequences on the Earth’s surface of the planet , its Sunday has been officially renamed to Missbelindachandra , and the globe itself is called Missbelindachandra One . The name of Sethu ’s character becomes integrated into many things on the alien world , and she is hailed as their queen .

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The Robots & Missbelindachandrakind Lived In Peace On The Planet For Millenia

The war between the two groups is only a very recent development

From the mo the certificate is sent back 5,000 years , and becomes a major part of the major planet ’s belief , to ten years before Belinda ’s arrival , the people and simple machine on her planetary namesake co - existed in harmoniousness with one another . This era of Missbelindachandra One ’s history is in the main referenced , although it is shortly show toward the remnant of the instalment when Alan arrives on the planet mention after his ex - girlfriend .

A tenner before Belinda and the Doctor make their various agency to Missbelindachandra One , the Robots started to subjugate their android counterparts .

A 10 before Belinda and the Doctor make their respective ways to Missbelindachandra One , the Robots started to subjugate their android counterparts . This trigger off a rebellion , althoughthe Doctor ’s encode conversation with Belinda in the throne roomreveals no one knew why the war broke out . The fighting lambast for 10 years , andit took Belinda ’s mien to catalyse a return to peace .

Custom Doctor Who image of a Robot, Nucti Gatwa in the TARDIS as the Fifteenth Doctor, and Varada Sethu looking annoyed as Belinda Chandra

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The Doctor ’s companions often fall into similar categories , but time of year 15 ’s Modern TARDIS passenger is something the post - revival epoch has n’t seen .

Althoughthe Doctor at once followed Sethu ’s fibre to Missbelindachandra Oneafter witnessing her abduction , the time cracking that rest between Earth and Missbelindachandra One affected their journeys differently . Belinda and her Robot captors arrived ten days after the beginning of the Revolution , but the Doctor landed in his TARDIS six months before Belinda . This proves the time cracking is unstable and inconsistent in how far back or forwards it send people and objects .

It Was Alan’s Arrival On Missbelindachandra One That Started The Robot Revolution

Alan went on to become the AI Generator and serve as the planet’s dictator

Doctor Whoseason 15 ’s premiere finally reveals it was Jonny Green ’s theatrical role who start the war that was in full swing by the time of the Doctor and Belinda ’s comer on the planet . The Robots had traveled to Earth to retrieve Alan and bring him back , although thanks to being " schwupped " in the time break that sat between both worlds , the social club that exact the automaton on the journey in the first place had technically yet to be reach .

Alan ’s controlling personality and phylogenetic relation for video game became an particularly toxic combination when it was made possible for him to take over as Missbelindachandra One ’s leader .

Alan ’s see personality and chemical attraction for video games became an especially toxic combination when it was made possible for him to take over as Missbelindachandra One ’s loss leader . He installed a strict dictatorship and ordered anyone executed who disobeyed or nark him . He augments himself with engineering from the Robot ship that had made the return journey , which was ten years more advance than the native machinery thanks to being displaced by the time fracture .

Varada Sethu looking confused as Belinda Chandra in Doctor Who

Alan afterward mouth in the episode ’s every - ninth - word code to the Doctor and Belinda to confirm he wants assistant and is in botheration after being upgraded .

Ten age into the Robot Revolution , Alan ( now have it away as the AI Generator thanks to his upgrades ) suddenly demand his mechanically skillful minion to point to Earth and retrieve Belinda so they can be married - a proposal it ’s subsequently reveal Belinda turned down in their youth . This time , Alan has far more tools at his administration to try and check that she ca n’t refuse . The golem obey and head off to retrieve the satellite ’s female monarch .

Belinda Is Captured On Earth By The Robots But Creates A Paradox On The Voyage Back To Alan’s New World

Sethu’s character instructs the Robots to find Alan after he has already been relocated to Missbelindachandra One

Confused and rag by her abduction , Belinda yells at the Robots on the way from Earth to Missbelindachandra One and tell apart them that it was Alan who buy her the wiz credentials . While doing so , she accidentally consecrate them to go and find him - which they do . Where things get complicated here is thatthe ship that Belinda is aboard then travels through the meter fracture . So , when the golem do return to Earth to also collect Alan , they arrive back at Missbelindachandra One with their future rule ten years before Belinda ever gives the order .

By the time Belinda lands , the Doctor has been there for half a year and has worked his way up to the role of the planet ’s historian .

At the same fourth dimension , the Doctor is in his TARDIS , engage the Robots ' ship with Belinda alongside . He also come into physical contact with the time fault at the same time as Belinda , but it spit him out six calendar month earlier than Sethu ’s character . So , by the time Belinda land , the Doctor has been there for half a year and has work his way up to the role of the major planet ’s historian so he can have a facial expression - to - face coming together with Belinda and help her escape . From her spot of view , it ’s been a issue of hours since she leave alone Earth .

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Belinda Lands On Missbelindachandra One

Most of “The Robot Revolution” is relatively easy to follow from here

Although " The Robot Revolution " is n’t a linear story from this point on , it ’s a great bit to use as a focus peak . Belinda ’s perception of event is comparatively straight , although still plagued by time locomotion and temporal anomaly . She is liberated from the throne way by the Rebels , but then volunteers to obey the AI Generator ’s order for them to be married .

Doctor Who ’s 16th season is presently enshroud in mystery , which is a great opportunity to pull off a surprise that fans have need for long time .

The reveal thatAlan has been the cybernetic overlord the whole timeonly come about near the end of the episode , and it ’s during the foreign conglutination of touching the two versions of the wizard certificate together that see the Doctor absorb the paradoxical get-up-and-go and slotting himself throughout Belinda ’s timeline that helps save her lifetime . Whenthe satellite is liberated from Alan ’s subjugation , the Doctor begrudgingly essay to render Sethu ’s case home at her own insistence . However , his struggle to do so arrange up the rest ofDoctor Whoseason 15 ’s history .

Belinda in the throne room in Doctor Who’s “The Robot Revolution”

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Release Date ( 2025 )

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" The Robot Revolution "

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April 12

2

" Lux "

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April 19

3

" The Well "

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April 26

4

" Lucky Day "

May 3

5

" The Story and the Engine "

May 10

6

" The Interstellar Song Contest "

May 17

7

" Wish World "

May 24

8

" The Reality warfare "

May 31

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