The local Disney+ shows the brand new Doctor Who season from May 10, 2024, even a day before the BBC premiere in the series’ British homeland. This is technically the 14th season of New Who. But as you can see from the announcement teaser, the count has been reset, so now it’s back season 1 the speech is. Timey-wimey stuff.
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Former showrunner Russell T. Davies, who brought Doctor Who back from its long break in 2005, took over the helm again during the last few specials for the series. David Tennant returned as the 10th and 14th Doctors respectively and ceremonially passed the baton to the 15th Doctor. The latest incarnation of the Time Lord is played by Ncuti Gatwa (Sex Education), who brings a lot of energy and charm to the role.
In the Christmas special The Church on Ruby Road, the newly minted Doctor met his new companion Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson), with whom he started dating Rush through space and time in the TARDIS becomes. Adventures, monsters and of course lots of villains await you. One of them is played by drag queen Jinkx Monsoon, who you might know from RuPaul’s Drag Race. Another antagonist called The Duchess is Game of Thrones queen Indira Varma.
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Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson in Doctor Who
The other cast includes Jemma Redgrave as UNIT boss Kate Stewart, Mindhunter star Jonathan Groff in a mystery role from the Regency era, Bonnie Langford as ex-companion Mel Bush, Yasmin Finney, known from Heartstopper, in the role of Donna’s daughter Rose Noble and Michelle Greenidge as Carla Sunday.
Who? Open questions and mysteries in the new season
Since his return, head author RTD has already established some new puzzles that invite speculation. The Meep (Miriam Margolyes), for example, said it would tell “the boss” about the Doctor. The Toymaker (Neil Patrick Harris) similarly ominously mentioned someone called The One Who Waits, threatening humanity with his legions on the way. It remains to be seen whether this or the Master, whom the toy villain had sealed in his gold tooth, will be the first to cause trouble.
And then there’s Ruby’s mysterious neighbor Mrs. Flood (Anita Dobson), who broke the fourth wall at the end of the Christmas episode to ask us as an audience if we’d never seen a TARDIS before. According to Davies, who spoke to Radio Times, we will find out more about her at some point.
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How many episodes will the new Doctor Who season have?
The 14th or 1st season of Doctor Who will go online on Disney+ in the spring with eight episodes. At the start of the season you can see two of them at once.