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New pics of next Doctor Who

Only a year to wait for Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson in the TARDIS.

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BBC has released first pics of the Doctor and Ruby Sunday, played by Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson, for the next adventures of Doctor Who.

Doctor Who returns in November 2023 with three special episodes to coincide with the 60th anniversary with David Tennant as the Fourteenth Doctor.

The Fifteenth Doctor, played by Ncuti Gatwa, will then take control of the TARDIS, with his first episode airing over the festive period in 2023.

On Disney+ in Australia.

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  1. Probably one of many drawbacks of aging is a developing intolerance for change, and to some degree the more recent Dr Who series have been subject to a fair amount of criticism, mostly from aging Whovian’s reminiscing about Dr Who’s classic early era and its main stars. The BBC is not alone in deconstructing intellectual property, the BBC have been gradually changing the Dr Who canon since 1963, like DC and Marvel the original Dr Who creators made studio deals to own their characters and sci-fi writers like Terry Nation even refused the BBC using the Dalek’s until a suitable editorial agreement was reached, and perhaps it is good thing Mr Nation’s Estate did what they did for the sake of themselves and the Dalek brand. It’s a fact of life, at least for the present, that TV and movie studios are steadily subverting classic character and franchise driven story arcs with their own IP creations, mostly due to merchandise copyright issues, how long this will last is anyone’s guess.

    1. As an aging Whovian, I love the casting and the costume. I think the forced use of question marks in the 80’s had far more to do with marketing than an unmarked orange top. However, RTD is the master of marketing compared to Chibnall. I expect that the reveals over the next year will continue to build the increasing buzz towards the specials.

      1. Well I suppose as a Whovian you must take note that this coming new season will be on Disney+, which right now is Hollywood’s hub of financial strife and self inflicted melodrama. It will also be a sad day for BBC America too, which will lose Dr Who along with Killing Eve, though as a joint venture with AMC Networks, BBC America will continue to have a linear license for several prior seasons of Dr Who, however, it seems that in the U.S. the Dr Who ratings had been dwindling for years, and Whittaker’s 3rd season as the Doctor was down sharply from season one providing a good reason for the Disney+ deal. Overall, it probably wont matter for BBC America as it is the least watched of the AMC Networks channels, the only way is up.

    2. I’ve actually been finding quite the opposite around the various Movie and TV Chat boards including IMDb, where it’s the younger 18-49 folk that are talking up changes they don’t like more than the older 50+ folk. Have seen many older folk defending not only Doctor Who but shows like the new Quantum Leap especially against the “it’s woke” outcries and the like complaints.

      Many times I’ve read older folk who watched those shows as they aired call out others as incorrect, like Doctor Who and how there was a bit of angst about there being more Doctor’s than we knew of and them pointing out the 1976 Brain of Morbius hinted there was ones before the the first Doctor we saw so it’s no surprise. Again to me it comes across as those who started watching in 2005 that are the ones complaining the loudest and most, then maybe as a 62 year old and it not bothering me means I’m biased towards picking up on those older 50+ people defending it (some sort of brain filter to it).

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