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Synopsis

“What if your planet was massacred and you were the sole survivor? What if a legendary figure out of space and time found you a place to hide? But what if the things that want to kill you have tracked you down? And worst of all, what if you haven’t studied for your A-Levels…? Coal Hill School has been a part of the Doctor Who universe since the very beginning, but that has come at a price. All the time travelling over the years has caused the very walls of space and time to become thin. There’s something pressing in on the other side, something waiting for its chance to kill everyone and everything, to bring us all into Shadow.”

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Produced by BBC Wales, Class features the sixth form pupils of Coal Hill School in Shoreditch and their adventures as incredible dangers break through the walls of time and space. With darkness coming, London is unprotected.

Described as having all the action, heart and adrenalin of the best YA fiction such as Buffy and The Hunger Games, this will be Coal Hill School like you’ve never seen it before.

Filming for the series commenced in April of this year and wrapped in September.

Writer Patrick Ness says:

“I can’t wait for people to meet the heroes of Class, to meet the all-new villains and aliens, to remember that the horrors of the darkest corners of existence are just about on par with having to pass your A-Levels.”

Ness also says that the best Young Adult fiction should be aimed at teenagers but also reach beyond it’s boundaries:

“That’s who it should be for first, but the best YA reaches beyond that. The best of anything reaches beyond its boundaries… The idea is to take everything that I love about YA, which is the great breadth of it and the great depth of it and its fearlessness… and the way that it takes teenage characters seriously as complex human beings, and just put that on television in the Doctor Who universe and that sounded very, very exciting to me.”

Cast and Crew

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Greg Austin as Charlie
Fady Elsayed
Sophie Hopkins as April
Vivian Oparah
Katherine Kelly as Miss Quill
Nigel Betts as Season 8’s Mr. Armitage
Paul Marc Davis
Anna Shaffer as Rachel
Cyril Nri as Chair

With a special guest performance by Peter Capaldi as The Doctor

“The main thing I just wanted to say, guys, is how excited I am to get started and how nervous I am to do it justice. I just really hope I can do justice to the whole ‘Doctor Who’ universe and especially to you guys.” – Gregory Austin

Written by: Patrick Ness
Produced by: Derek Ritchie
Executive Producers: Patrick Ness, Brian Minchin, Steven Moffat.
Directors: Ed Bazalgette, Philippa Lansdale, Wayne Yip, Julian Holmes (finale).

“‘Class’ is dark and sexy and right now. I’ve always wondered if there could be a British ‘Buffy’ — it’s taken the brilliant Patrick Ness to figure out how to make it happen.” – Steven Moffat

Episodes

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The series will consist of eight 45 minute episodes, commencing with The Prom this October.

“I want to show the world new stuff. I want to have new things that maybe we haven’t seen before. That’s my goal. That’s what I’m aiming for — shock you with something new. Something like the Weeping Angels, which I think are great, are brand new. Steven Moffat invented them a couple seasons ago. There’s not going to be any weeping angels on ‘Class,’ but I’m just saying that they’re something new to the ‘Doctor Who’ universe that are just awesome, and I would like to do that.” – Patrick Ness

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Merchandise

Three tie-in novels will be published on October 27,

  • The Stone House by A.K. Benedict
  • Joyride by Guy Adams
  • What She Does Next Will Astound You by James Goss
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Albert DePetrillo, Senior Editorial Director at BBC Books says:

“Patrick Ness is simply one of the finest writers working today – in any genre – and his new television series has all the hallmarks of his dazzling fiction. Class is a hugely exciting new brand for the BBC list, and we’re delighted to be working with Patrick and the production team at BBC Wales on these official tie-ins.”

Airdates

https://twitter.com/Patrick_Ness/status/649838025648771073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Class will air first on BBC3 before airing on BBC1, the series debuting this October. BBC America will also air the series, with no confirmation on a timeframe.

Everything We Know About New Doctor Who Spin-Off Class

Synopsis “What if your planet was massacred and you were the sole survivor? What if a legendary figure out of space and time found you a place to hide?