In his regular column in Doctor Who Magazine, showrunner Russell T Davies took readers on a written tour of the filming sets at Wolf Studios Wales.

“For me, that space to right will always be the Robo-chamber, where Belinda Chandra [played by Varada Sethu] faces astonishing revelations. Over there, the mysterious Palace from the finale. There, once the Time Hotel foyer, then transformed into a wartime hospital in the North Zone. And over there, oh, a unique and terrifying shop from this year’s Episode 5.”

Davies also gave some insight into some of the scenes from the Season Two teaser trailer.

“That shot you saw in the Christmas trailer, the last shot of all, the Doctor flying or falling or tumbling…? That’s just one shot in the middle of the most astonishing sequence.”

“The cartoon man you saw? His voice is an old friend of the show, guess who?!”

Episode Five, directed by Makalla McPherson and rumoured to be written by Inua Ellams, contains a compelling symphonic piece.

“…I’ve just heard the final six minutes of music for this year’s Episode 5, and I’ve played it over and over again, maybe six, seven, eight times, I love it so much. Murray Gold has written the most epic symphony and I can’t wait for you to hear it.”

“The show in 2025 is going to be bigger and madder and darker, taking wilder swings than ever,” Davies concluded.

Davies also shared his hopes for future Doctor Who Season Two publicity filming coming very soon.

“And now the TARDIS sits in shadow. Like a secret. The studio will flare into life, briefly, I hope, in February for a few days — I’m writing this in early January so plans aren’t confirmed yet, but we will probably shoot material for publicity, and those thousand Electronic Press Kits that you have to do. And maybe [specially-shot] trailers.”

Doctor Who Season Two, starring Ncuti Gatwa, Millie Gibson and Varda Sethu, will transmit in the first half of 2025 on BBC One, BBC iPlayer and Disney+ where available.

Doctor Who Magazine 613 is available from Panini and at WH Smith. Also available as a digital edition from Pocketmags.