According to the Radio Times, the BBC has announced three cast members for the Doctor Who New Year’s Special. The guest cast list and the names of their characters: Charlotte Ritchie: Lin Nikesh Patel: Mitch Daniel Adegboyega: Aaron Cultbox had previously reported that Daniel Adegboyega’s CV on his agent’s website listed his character’s name as Isaac Sinclair. This discrepancy … >
BBC One viewers in Northern Ireland were accidentally treated to the next week’s BBC1NI Continuity Announcement toward the end of the premiere airing of the penultimate Doctor Who Series 11 episode It Takes You Away. “Get a first glimpse of the seasonal special right after this.” While the voiced announcement was a week early, a trailer … >
According to Mandip Gill, as interviewed in Radio Times magazine, the plot of the Doctor Who New Year’s Day Special doesn’t explicitly revolve around the new year. “When we were filming, we didn’t know when it was going to air. We found out the same time as the rest of you!” Curiously, the synopsis released … >
In a closeup of a publicity image for the Doctor Who 2019 New Year’s Day Special, a title of a book is visible. An Archaeology of the Early Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms by C. J. Arnold is a genuine book on early British history. The special will not focus specifically on British history but Earth history, according to … >
New images from the Doctor Who new Year’s Day Special were released. Aside from the Doctor’s new festive rainbow scarf, a translucent cube, some human remains and a book on early Anglo-Saxon archaeology, there’s not much to go on. The Doctor Who 2019 New Year’s Day Special is written by Chris Chibnall and directed by Wayne … >
Contrary to what BBC Entertainment Correspondent Lizo Mzimba heard from his sources in Doctor Who production, STARBURST magazine reached out to the BBC and heard a very different story. Mzimba had cited sources from the production team who were “adamant” that the quality of the series not be compromised by a set transmission date goal. … >
On November 1, The Mirror reported that the Doctor Who special for Series 11 will air on New Year’s Day of 2019 rather than on Christmas day. “Doctor Who will not have a Christmas Day outing this year for the first time since the reboot in 2005. Instead, 13th Time Lord Jodie Whittaker will have an … >