Additional cast includes Yasmin Finney (Heartstopper) as Rose Temple-Noble, Miriam Margolyes (Call the Midwife) as the voice of the Meep and Ruth Madeley (The Watch) as Shirley Anne Bingham, as well as recurring characters Jacqueline King (Coronation Street) as Sylvia Noble, Karl Collins (Hollyoaks) as Shaun Temple and Jemma Redgrave (Holby City) as Kate Lethbridge-Stewart.
Doctor Who is the longest-running action-adventure television series in the world spanning 60 years and winning over 100 awards. This quintessentially British show has a huge global following, with 9.6m fans across social platforms/channels and 100m video views on YouTube in the last year alone.
Doctor Who is produced by Bad Wolf and BBC Studios. Russell T. Davies returns as showrunner, and also serves as a writer and executive producer. Additional executive producers include Phil Collinson, Joel Collins, Julie Gardner and Jane Tranter. The 60th anniversary specials are written by Davies and directed by Rachel Talalay, Tom Kingsley, and Chanya Button, respectively. BBC Studios is handling global distribution.
Ncuti Gatwa (Sex Education) takes control of the TARDIS as the 15th Doctor in the new season, streaming globally on Disney+ in 2024 and on the BBC in the UK and Ireland.
We also get an extended look at the specials in a new trailer. You can view this below.
