Recorded on: 28 March, 4 April, 7 and 14 May, and 4 June 2025
Recorded at: The Soundhouse
Producer David Richardson said: "It’s been many years since the Eighth Doctor encountered the Zygons, and so we felt that the time was right for a rematch. And what a rematch it is - Roy Gill's two-parter is brilliant, a characterful thriller that touches upon the nature of identity. It's a story that has definitely been worth waiting for."
Writer Roy Gill added: "Matt Fitton, the script editor, asked if I'd like to do a Zygon story, and I answered very quickly, yes please. When I was a kid, I had the Terror of the Zygons VHS and I must have watched it... I don’t want to admit how many times! The Zygons are really distinctive, unusual, interesting monsters. Their ability to duplicate and to copy people can be very unnerving."
Paul McGann said: "Back with Nicola and Hattie, and not before time! I've missed them. There's an ease, we can just get straight to it, but in the stories, it feels like we’re still finding out about one another."
Hattie Morahan added: "Matt's script for Eos Falling is really haunting and very moving. Helen's starting to think, where do I end up? I'm planetless now and sort of timeless, but I am mortal. So it must end up somewhere, what's in store for me?"
Nicola Walker commented on the second story: "The Zygons are quite disturbing - huge, fleshy, suckered, evil, whispery, strange blob creatures. Lure of the Zygons is about the ability to replicate human emotion and memory. And just because something looks like it's human, presents as human, at what point does it reveal itself to not be human?"
And Nicholas Briggs, who voices the Zygons, said: "I think the reason the Zygons are so popular with Doctor Who fans is because Terror of the Zygons, made back in 1975, was such a corking story. It was so beautifully directed and beautifully played. And they're always fun to use because of their ability of assuming other people’s appearance, which is a handy sci-fi plot device!"
Maddison Bulleyment, Nisha Nayar, Ben Arogundade
Matt Fitton, Orlessa Altass, Molly Harris, Thomas Michaelson, Hattie Morahan, Holly Jackson Walters
