5.1. Dark Gallifrey: The Meddling Monks Part 1

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Dark Gallifrey

Available April 2026

Written by John Dorney

Starring Rufus Hound Gemma Whelan

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The Meddling Monk and the Meddling Nun are stranded on Earth with a broken TARDIS and find themselves involved in a series of odd escapades. Buying a house; getting a job; having a dinner party... all of these and others prove more onerous than expected. But the greatest challenge is still to come...

Monky House
A Blinovitch based accident with the TARDIS has curtailed the Meddling Monk and the Meddling Nun’s travels together. Now they're trapped on Earth with no means of escape. Or are they? The Nun has a mysterious plan and the first step is for them to buy a house. What could possibly go wrong?

Monky Business
Our Meddlesome heroes need money to help their plan and so opt to get a job with a local business. But there’s only one role available so they soon find themselves at loggerheads competing for the position. What could possibly go wrong?

Recorded on: TBC

Recorded at: TBC

Producer Robert Valentine said: "Dark Gallifrey continues, and this time John Dorney is serving us not one but two incredible incarnations of the Meddling Monk in one bumper story. Rufus Hound is back as the eponymous Monk, and Gemma Whelan returns as the Nun... and this time they’ve got their own theme song!

"The two Time Lord tricksters are trapped on Earth in what sounds suspiciously like a radio sitcom, but they're not alone. Supporting (and thwarting) them are three mysterious recurring characters, John, Carrie and Simon, played by Radio 4 comedy luminaries John Finnemore, Carrie Quinlan and Simon Kane. This is an absolutely brilliant and bonkers story by John Dorney, impeccably directed by Jonathan S. Powell, and I was there too."