Doctor Who fans will be treated to four festive specials this Christmas. December 23: The War Games – new colourisation BBC Four and BBC iPlayer from 9pm The 1969 second Doctor serial The War Games features the TARDIS team, including companions Zoe and Jamie, as they discover that soldiers from different historical periods have been … >
The Doctor Who 2024 Christmas special, Joy to the World, will air on BBC One, BBC iPlayer and Disney+ at 17:10 GMT on December 25, according to the BBC. The announced cast list: Ncuti Gatwa: The Doctor Nicola Coughlan: Joy Almondo Jonathan Aris: Melnak (Silurian Hotel Manager) Joel Fry: Trev Simpkins (Time Hotel security) Peter … >
In Doctor Who Magazine 611, writer Steven Moffat previews the Doctor Who Christmas special Joy to the World, starring Ncuti Gatwa and Nicola Coughlan. Issue 611 also includes: • Four exclusive art cards • Russell T Davies’ traditional Twelve Days of Christmas column • Phil Collinson and the team behind the colourisation of Second Doctor … >
Character Options offers fans pink variant of the Fifteenth Doctor’s sonic screwdriver — as seen in the 2024 Doctor Who Christmas special Joy to the World. The festive variant offers all the functions of the online exclusive released in September. This two-toned Chrome Edition comes with an iridescent magenta-rose and subtle green finish. As with … >
There’s a moment in the Doctor Who episode The Devil’s Chord where Ncuti Gatwa’s Doctor suggests in passing that some companions want to see the Bethlehem nativity. “People always say, the Titanic, or Mars, or Bethlehem, but the Beatles?!? Why have I never done that before?, come ON!” In an interview with The Times, Doctor … >
If there was any doubt, official media has announced that the Doctor Who Christmas special Joy to the World will transmit on Christmas Day, 25 December, 2024 on BBC One, BBC iPlayer and Disney+. In Joy to the World, after parting with his best pal Ruby Sunday, the Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) is lonely, bored and … >
Escape Hunt has revamped its A Dalek Awakens escape room game to include the voice, image and sonic screwdriver of Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth Doctor. A Dalek Awakens escape room opened on March 9, 2020 at Escape Hunt in Reading. It featured the voice, image and sonic screwdriver of Jodie Whittaker’s Thirteenth Doctor. A Dalek Awakens … >
During the BBC Children in Need charity live entertainment extravaganza, a clip was released from the Doctor Who Christmas special Joy to the World. The clip features characters seen in the previously released clip featuring the pre-titles sequence from the special — the Fifteenth Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa), Joy (Nicola Coughlan) and Silurian Melnak (Jonathan Aris). … >
The BBC’s annual fundraiser Children in Need, kicks off on BBC One at 7pm. Presenting the usual mix of sketches and performances, the show’s presenters are Ade Adepitan MBE, Mel Giedroyc, Rochelle Humes, Vernon Kay, Chris Ramsey and Lenny Rush. Among the contributions from Strictly Come Dancing and Graham Norton, a few things have caught … >
In a new interview with BBC South East, Steven Moffat revealed the reason why, in the clip of the pre-titles sequence of the Doctor Who Christmas special Joy to the World shared at San Diego Comic Con, the Doctor jumps all over history, landing in two hotel rooms, offering offering a ham and cheese toastie … >