The Doctor may be able to watch his television shows whenever he likes—the benefits of having a time-traveling police box—but the rest of us are subject to the whims of linear time (and massive corporations). Disney has just announced the premiere date for the extremely anticipated new season of Doctor Who—the first season with Russell T. Davies back at the helm, and Ncuti Gatwa starring as the Fifteenth Doctor.
In the US and most of the world, the Doctor arrives on May 10th at 7 pm EDT, on Disney+. Somewhat confusingly, a press release says “audiences will return to ‘The Church on Ruby Road,’ which premiered last December, and journey through two all-new episodes.” (“The Church on Ruby Road” is already on Disney+, so I’m unclear why we will “return” to it then.) In the UK, the season begins on BBC iPlayer at 12 am GMT on Saturday, May 11, and appears on BBC One “later that day.”
A very brief summary of the coming season says:
This season of Doctor Who follows the Doctor and Ruby Sunday through infinite adventures across time and space in the TARDIS. From the Regency era in England to war-torn futures, the duo champion the forces of good while encountering incredible friends and dangerous foes.
This season stars Gatwa as the Doctor and Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday; Gibson will spend only a season on the TARDIS, as Andor’s Varada Sethu will step in as companion for Gatwa’s second go-round. This season also has quite the list of guest stars, including Aneurin Barnard, Anita Dobson, Yasmin Finney, Michelle Greenidge, Jonathan Groff, Bonnie Langford, Genesis Lynea, Jemma Redgrave, Lenny Rush, Indira Varma and Angela Wynter.
