Empire of Death (Doctor Who episode)

311b – "Empire of Death"
Doctor Who episode
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Cast
Doctor Ncuti Gatwa – Fifteenth Doctor
Companion Millie Gibson – Ruby Sunday
Guest Gabriel Woolf – Voice of Sutekh Susan Twist – Susan Triad Bonnie Langford – Melanie Bush Jemma Redgrave – Kate Lethbridge-Stewart Yasmin Finney – Rose Noble Genesis Lynea – Harriet Arbinger Lenny Rush – Morris Gibbons Aidan Cook – The Vlinx Nicholas Briggs – Voice of the Vlinx Alexander Devrient – Colonel Christofer Ibrahim Jasmine Bayes – Corporal Alice Sullivan Anita Dobson – Mrs Flood Michelle Greenidge – Carla Sunday Angela Wynter – Cherry Sunday Sian Clifford – Kind Woman Amol Rajan – Himself Aneurin Barnard – Roger ap Gwilliam Tachia Newall – Colonel Winston Chidozie Fela Lufadeju – Bailey Sinclair Faye McKeever – Louise Miller
Production
Directed by	Jamie Donoughue
Written by	Russell T Davies
Script editor	Scott Handcock
Produced by	Vicki Delow
Executive producer(s)	Russell T Davies Julie Gardner Jane Tranter Joel Collins Phil Collinson
Music by	Murray Gold
Series	Series 14
Running time	2nd of 2-part story, 54 minutes
First broadcast	22 June 2024 (2024-06-22)
Chronology
← Preceded by "The Legend of Ruby Sunday" Followed by → "Joy to the World"
List of episodes (2005–present)

"Empire of Death" is the eighth and final episode of the fourteenth series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The episode was simultaneously released on BBC iPlayer in the United Kingdom on 22 June 2024 and released on Disney+ in the United States on 21 June. It was broadcast on BBC One later on the same day. The episode was written by Russell T Davies and directed by Jamie Donoughue. It is the second part of a two-part story, following "The Legend of Ruby Sunday". The combined story was also given a limited theatrical release.

In this episode the Fifteenth Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and his companion Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson) attempt to stop the god-like being Sutekh (Gabriel Woolf) from destroying all life in the universe. Filming for the story took place in June and July 2023.