Russell T Davies is putting Doctor Who back on the Christmas schedule.
New and exciting are the watchwords.
For the first time ever, Im writing a Christmas Special… at Christmas!
Davies said in an interview withDoctor Who Magazinelast December.
And this isnt for next year, no, the 2023 script has been long since signed-off.
The new one is for end-of-year 2024!
But beyond that, Christmas Day just hasnt been the same since it stopped having a TARDIS in it.
It will appear on BBC One and iPlayer in the UK, and Disney+ everywhere else.
The special will also feature a guest appearance froma character first seen in 2005.
We dont know who yet but are crossing our fingers for a dramatic Clive resurrection.
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)-part Hartnell serial, The Dalek Master Plan.
and a climax that referenced Thatcher ordering the sinking of the Belgrano during the Falklands War.
I had a good notion of that.
So I said, probably four glasses of red wine in, Ill do Christmas!
and then had to persuade Peter [Capaldi] thats how we were leaving.
He was done with Christmas altogether.
Sherlock would play there, Dracula would play there, Happy Valley plays there now, Chibnall said.
So its like, well, lets try that the first year and see what happens.
And actually Spyfall was going to go out on Christmas Day, and then it was too scary.
It was the editorial policy.
It was heavily Dalek-based, basically.
But the fact is that a giant TARDIS shaped-hole still remained in Christmas Day.
And had Christmas-themed Doctor Who episodes well really run dry?
Its true that weve seen the Doctor do all the Christmas staples.
But there is also so much more that remains untapped.
Give us the Doctor versus the Nutcracker Prince.
The Doctor doesA Wonderful Life.
