Doctor Who ‘Lucky Day’ cast and BBC One airtime

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According to a BBC one listing for the programme, the fourth Doctor Who Season Two episode Lucky Day will air on BBC One Saturday 3 May at 7:10pm.

Ruby Sunday faces life back on earth without the Doctor. But when a dangerous new threat emerges, can Ruby and UNIT save her new boyfriend, Conrad, from the terrifying Shreek?

TheCast:

Ncuti Gatwa: The Doctor
Millie Gibson: Ruby Sunday
Varada Sethu: Belinda Chandra
Jonah Hauer-King: Conrad Clark
Jemma Redgrave: Kate Lethbridge-Stewart
Ruth Madeley: Shirley Anne Bingham
Alexander Devrient: Colonel Christofer Ibrahim
Michelle Greenidge: Carla Sunday
Angela Wynter: Cherry Sunday
Faye McKeever: Louise Miller
Benjamin Chivers: Young Conrad
Kirsty Hoiles: Moira Clark
Gethin Alderman: The Shreek
Kareem Alexander: Jordan Lang
Madison Stock: Elsa
Paddy Stafford: Sparky
Blake Anderson: Jack
Aoife Gaston: Michelle
Paul Jerricho: Alfie
Michael Woodford: Derek
Tina Gray: Audrey
Reeta Chakrabarti: Herself
Joel Dommett: Himself
Alex Jones: Herself
Selorm Adonu: Influencer 1
Calypso Cragg: Influencer 2
James Craven: Influencer 3
Aidan Cook: The Vlinx
Nicholas Briggs: Voice of the Vlinx
Anita Dobson: Mrs Flood

Notable things about the cast list:

• Ruby’s family is in this episode, including her birth mother, Louise
• UNIT regulars Kate, Shirley, Colonel Ibrahim and The Vlinx are back
• Conrad is depicted as a boy meeting the Doctor and Belinda in 2007
• Paul Jerricho played the Castellan in the 1983 Doctor Who stories Arc of Infinity and The Five Doctors
• Journalist Reeta Chakrabarti, comedian Joel Dommett and presenter Alex Jones portray themselves
• Three actors portray influencers
• Anita Dobson continues her mysterious role

Written by Pete McTighe and directed by Peter Hoar, the 46-minute Lucky Day transmits on Saturday 3 May at 8am on BBC iPlayer and 7:10pm on BBC One in the UK. Those outside of the UK can stream Lucky Day on Disney+ where available simultaneously starting at 3am ET/12am PT. The remaining five episodes of Doctor Who Season Two will transmit on subsequent Saturdays.

Directly after the BBC One broadcast, Steffan Powell goes behind the scenes of Lucky Day in Doctor Who: Unleashed on BBC Three and on the official YouTube channel where available at 7:55pm.