Episode 5 - The History of Sadness
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Content Warning: Discussion of suicide and grief.
Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/192M4b7l0O5Bj0rU3OlPqavzc1mZ41QUXjxzJNMeTDso/edit?usp=sharing
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“I leave Sisyphus at the foot of the mountain…The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy." -- Albert Camus. Getting better isn't linear, and neither's history: as a newly permanent resident of the TARDIS, Ella is about to learn just that. Confronted with a sudden realisation about her place in the world, the Doctor and Ella must follow the history of her sadness from Saturn in the 28th Century, to Greece in 480 BC. They'll meet ghosts, space pilots, ancient Spartan warriors, and a delivery boy from the inter-galactic postal service. For Ella, it's a journey about learning to bear the weight of things, and for the Doctor, about learning to accept someone can be happy and sad at the same time.
The Doctor - Guillaume Babey
Ella Fitzallen and Ella's Mother - Laura Selwood
Retz/ Alicia - Lydia May-Cooney
Johnson/ Alexis - Daru McAleece
Yeng/ Egan - Jeremmiah Trim
Grace - Riley Silverman
Sophia - Laine Ferio
Bandit - Rob Shade
The Messenger - Lee Madrigal
Director - Elizabeth Smith
Sound Editors - Christa Mactire, Andrew Davis, and Kevin Burnard
Composers - Terry Fairchild, Dillon O'Hara, and Studio Gallifrey
Sonic Screwdriver and TARDIS effects sourced from TARDIS SFX and the Doctor Who Music Project Other SFX sourced from Freesound, Zapsplat, and BBC rewind.