The BBC and Disney Branded Television have set premiere dates for three Doctor Who 60th anniversary specials, and launched a one-minute teaser trailer starring fan-favorites David Tennant and Catherine Tate. The special anniversary celebration kicks off with “The Star Beast” streaming on Disney+ on November 25, 2023. “Wild Blue Yonder” follows on December 2nd, with “The Giggle” debuting on December 9th.
Disney+ offers this tantalizingly short description of the Doctor Who specials:
“‘The Star Beast,’ ‘Wild Blue Yonder,’ and ‘The Giggle’ will reunite the Fourteenth Doctor (David Tennant) and Donna Temple-Noble (Catherine Tate) as they come face-to-face with their most terrifying villain yet: the Toymaker (played by Neil Patrick Harris in his Doctor Who debut).”
The specials also star Yasmin Finney as Rose Temple-Noble, Miriam Margolyes as the voice of the Meep, and Ruth Madeley as Shirley Anne Bingham. Returning players include Jacqueline King as Sylvia Noble, Karl Collins as Shaun Temple, and Jemma Redgrave as Kate Lethbridge-Stewart.
The new season of Doctor Who starring Ncuti Gatwa (Sex Education) as the Fifteenth Doctor is targeting a 2024 premiere.
The Doctor Who Plot, Courtesy of BBC and Disney+:
Doctor Who is the longest-running science fiction television series in the world. The very first episode “An Unearthly Child” aired back in 1963, and this much-beloved brand has been inspiring and entertaining audiences globally for an incredible 60 years.
The show follows the adventures of a Time Lord “The Doctor” who is able to regenerate, and the Doctor’s human friend (s). The Doctor and companion’s journey through time and space in the TARDIS – a time-traveling ship shaped like a police box – saving the universe with a combination of wit, bravery and kindness. Orbiting around them is the wider Whoniverse – infinite galaxies and countless civilizations filled with incredible friends and dangerous foes.
These are worlds ripe for exploration. Worlds full of surprising stories, characters, emotions, and entertainment.
