Doctor Who season 14 sets premiere date with two episodes launching in May

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Doctor Who is about to make its explosive return this May welcoming again Ncuti Gatwa because the Fifteenth Doctor, alongside Millie Gibson as his companion Ruby Sunday.

For the primary time ever, the hit sci-fi sequence will premiere with two new episodes debuting at midnight on 11 May.

Both instalments can be obtainable to look at on BBC One later that day, proper earlier than the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest. US viewers can watch the episodes on Disney+.

Gatwa and Gibson’s season 14 return comes after they made their extremely acclaimed debut in the present’s Christmas particular, “The Church on Ruby Road”.

“Within the upcoming series, audiences will see the Doctor and Ruby travel through time and space on adventures to unknown lands, to the Regency era in England, to outer space worlds and the sixties,” reads an official press launch.

The new season will even see the return of Michelle Greenidge as Carla Sunday, Angela Wynter as Cherry Sunday and Anita Dobson as Mrs Flood.

It will even function an array of particular visitor stars together with Jinkx Monsoon, Aneurin Barnard, Yasmin Finney, Jonathan Groff, Bonnie Langford, Jemma Redgrave, Lenny Rush, and Game of Thrones star Indira Varma with extra to be introduced quickly.

“At last, it’s my great delight to unleash a whole new season of the Doctor and Ruby’s adventures together. Monsters! Chases! Villains! Mysteries! And a terrifying secret that’s been spanning time and space for decades. Don’t miss a second!” returning showrunner Russell T Davies stated in an announcement.

Davies, a lifelong fan of the BBC present, beforehand helmed Doctor Who from 2005 to 2010, presiding over its revival following a 16-year hiatus. In 2022, it was introduced that he could be taking up showrunner duties from Chris Chibnall in time for its sixtieth anniversary the following 12 months.

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Meanwhile, Gatwa turned the present’s first Black Doctor Who in a shocking twist that few have been anticipating. He took over the position of the Time Lord from David Tennant, who portrayed the Tenth and Fourteen Doctor.