This Doctor Who Short Sends a Classic Companion to the Time War's Front Lines

The announcement trailers for new entries in ’s just keep getting more and more involved. At first, it was just a cute way to bring back for or a short skit, but now they’ve gotten so big the latest gives us a whole new look at the final days of . Made to announce that season 15 of classic is the latest to get the Collection treatment, “The Final Battle” brings back Louise Jameson’s Leela, the former warrior of the Sevateem who travelled with the fourth Doctor before eventually deciding to settle down on Gallifrey and start a life together with the Time Lord guardsman Andred.

A life Leela sees torn apart as the Daleks lay waste to the Time Lords at the climax of their long, bloody conflict. It’s a brilliant spotlight for Jameson, who gets to play Leela’s grief at her adopted home being laid to waste, her warrior fury standing up to the Daleks, and, of course, the elation of being reunited with the Doctor as she escapes Gallifrey’s fate.

But it’s also absolutely wild that this is a trailer for a home release box set at this point! Now that is more willing to do as the BBC tries to make the “Whoniverse”—its for in the UK and Ireland—a thing, it honestly feels like we’re not too far away from these announcement trailers becoming some kind of companion focused short anthology series.

Imagine if we got something akin to again, but it was these moments looking at companions lives after their time with the Doctor, new adventures and touching reminisces? And that’s even before you get to what it’s actually advertising! The version of season 15 collects all six stories from the 1977 season—“The Horror of Fang Rock,” “The Invisible Enemy,” “Image of the Fendahl,” “The Sun Makers,” “Underworld,” and “The Invasion of Time”—fully remastered for release on blu ray, as well as a host of new behind the scenes features, including audio commentary for each serial, rare footage from conventions, new documentaries, and more, on top of the included features already made for these stories’ prior DVD releases.

doesn’t have a set release date just yet, but like Leela, we’ll keep waiting. , and.