Doctor Who’s New Season Promises Timey-Wimey Treats Galore

Can you hear the TARDIS shifting itself into focus? Doctor Who has merely dropped a model new trailer for its latest season—the first to attribute Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth Doctor, along with Millie Gibson’s companion Ruby Sunday. Whereas we did meet this nice duo as part of Doctor Who’s Christmas special ultimate 12 months, that’s the main precise glimpse of their episodic adventures.

Formally, proper right here’s what we’ll depend on, courtesy of Disney+: “This season of Doctor Who follows the Doctor and Ruby Sunday through infinite adventures all through time and space throughout the TARDIS. From the Regency interval in England to war-torn futures, the duo champion the forces of fantastic whereas encountering unimaginable buddies and dangerous foes.” Sounds pretty customary for Doctor Who, nevertheless going by that trailer, and having glimpsed the crackling vitality Gatwa and Gibson delivered to “The Church on Ruby Road,” it should be a wild expertise. We already know there’ll be a Hitchcock-inspired episode written by old pal of the show Steven Moffat; in an earlier Disney+ press launch teasing the season, showrunner, govt producer, and writer Russell T Davies promised “monsters! Chases! Villains! Mysteries! And a terrifying secret that’s been spanning time and space for a few years.”

Beforehand launched additional stable members embody Aneurin Barnard, Anita Dobson, Yasmin Finney, Michelle Greenidge, Jonathan Groff, Bonnie Langford, Jinkx Monsoon, Genesis Lynea, Jemma Redgrave, Lenny Rush, Indira Varma (get your first glimpse of her character, the Duchess, throughout the above trailer), and Angela Wynter. Furthermore, Disney+ revealed instantly that Callie Cooke has joined the stable.

Doctor Who returns Friday, Would possibly 10 at 7 p.m. to Disney+ worldwide, besides you reside throughout the UK—the place you’ll be capable of catch it Saturday, Would possibly 11 at 12 a.m. GMT on BBC iPlayer and BBC One.

Substitute: This put up was updated with the YouTube mannequin of the trailer, along with additional stable particulars when provided by Disney+.

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