After an explosive first season because the fifteenth Physician, Ncuti Gatwa will return for a one-off festive particular in 2024 earlier than his second full outing.
The Physician Who Christmas Particular was introduced again final 12 months and was Ncuti’s first journey with Ruby Sunday. However what’s in retailer for 2024? Because of the most recent (bonkers) trailer, we all know a bit extra about what to anticipate.
Right here’s all you have to know in regards to the Physician Who Christmas Particular, the episode of which is titled Pleasure to the World.
What’s the air date and time of the Physician Who Christmas Particular?
Within the UK, Pleasure to the World will air on Wednesday 25 December (Christmas Day) at 5:10pm GMT on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
The US will get it on Disney+ additionally on Christmas Day on the identical time it airs within the UK – that’s 9:10am PT / 12:10pm ET.
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Who’s the companion for the Physician Who Christmas Particular?
Becoming a member of Gatwa within the TARDIS would be the good Nicola Coughlan because the companion – she’s had an enormous 12 months, main the most recent season of the steamy romance Netflix hit Bridgerton as Penelope Featherington. Earlier than that, she was greatest identified for her position as Clare Devlin in Derry Women.
She is taking part in Pleasure Almondo, the titular character of the episode. Coughlan describes her character as “a decided lady whose life is modified endlessly when she meets the Physician”, whereas author Steven Moffat stated that her efficiency will “break your coronary heart” (through Radio Instances).
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Is there a trailer for the Physician Who Christmas Particular?
You’re in luck, as a result of there are a number of!
Right here’s the most recent full trailer, revealing an odd lodge that Pleasure finds herself in, in addition to double Medical doctors…
This clip from Youngsters in Want reveals we’ll be going pre-historic on this episode:
This video begins with a message from Nicola for Corridor H at Comedian-Con, after which exhibits a clip from the episode, with Pleasure checking in and assembly the Physician for the primary time:
What’s the Physician Who Christmas Particular about?
Pleasure to the World is about in a mysterious lodge in London. As Pleasure tries to settle into her room, a Silurian and the Physician interrupt her night. She finally ends up travelling via time, the place she encounters dinosaurs and discovers a risk that is able to overtake Earth.
In accordance with Digital Spy, the lodge is utilizing time journey to promote nights all through historical past to make more cash.
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The official description for the episode says:
“The place has the Physician been? What’s going on in Pleasure’s lodge room? An previous enemy of the Physician’s is lurking within the wings and all of human historical past hangs within the stability. Can the Physician save Christmas, in all places, all of sudden?”
This episode follows the departure of Ruby, and Moffat informed the Radio Instances the next: “You possibly can return to that Time Resort and do an precise farce. However I simply thought that for Christmas Day you want one thing a bit extra emotional.
“And he’s simply misplaced a companion [with Ruby (Millie Gibson) having departed last season], which is at all times a trouble. We’ve acquired to truly undergo that, in any other case it simply seems like, ‘Oh, properly, you’re gone. You’ll do.’ Which is roughly what he does, however we attempt to disguise that.”
The newest trailer exhibits that we get double the Medical doctors, with one being very ominous – to the frustration of his doppelganger. We additionally see the Physician using on the highest of the Orient Categorical, so this lodge will little question take them all through time and house to a variety of areas.
Who’s starring within the Physician Who Christmas Particular?
Right here is the total forged checklist for the episode… that we all know up to now, in fact. If there’s any shock cameos, they’ll have little question been omitted:
- The Physician – Ncuti Gatwa
- Pleasure Almondo – Nicola Coughlan
- Trev Simpkins – Joel Fry
- Anita Benn – Steph de Whalley
- Resort Supervisor – Jonathan Aris
- Hilda Flockhart – Julia Watson
- Basil Flockhart – Peter Benedict
- Sylvia Trench – Niamh Marie Smith
- Edmund Hillary – Phil Baxter
- Tenzing Norgay – Samuel Sherpa-Moore
- Receptionist – Ruchi Rai
- Mr Single – Joshua Leese
- Server – Ell Potter
- Barman – Liam Prince-Donnelly
When will Physician Who return after the Christmas Particular?
After Pleasure to the World, Physician Who is predicted to return in Could 2025 for season 15 (or season two, for those who take heed to the official Disney branding).
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