This weekend the Doctor and his companion Ruby Sunday are back in a new season of BBC science fiction show Doctor Who. Viewers were first introduced to the Fifteenth Doctor, played by Ncuti Gatwa, last year during the show’s 60th anniversary specials.
On Christmas Day last year the new Doctor met Ruby, a young woman who was abandoned as a baby outside a church on Ruby Road. The pair faced off against goblins who proceeded to try and erase the Time Lord’s new friend from history.
At the end of the adventure the Doctor showed Ruby the TARDIS, and now the new duo are set to travel across time and space.
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But who’s in the cast of the new season of Doctor Who, what’s the plot, which locations were used and how can you watch? Here’s everything you need to know. Try WalesOnline Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features.
Who’s in the cast of the new season of BBC Doctor Who?
Ncuti Gatwa (Sex Education) and Millie Gibson (Coronation Street) lead the cast of the new season of Doctor Who as the Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby Sunday, respectively. Also joining the cast in guest roles is Jinkx Monsoon, Michelle Greenidge, Angela Wynter, Anita Dobson, Aneurin Barnard, Yasmin Finney, Jonathan Groff, Gwïon Morris Jones, Bonnie Langford, Genesis Lynea, Jemma Redgrave, Lenny Rush and Indira Varma.
Callie Cooke, Dame Siân Phillips, Alexander Devrient, Bhav Joshi, Majid Mehdizadeh-Valoujerdy, Tachia Newall and Caoilinn Springall, are all in the cast too.
What’s the plot of the new season of BBC Doctor Who?
Within the upcoming series – of which there will be eight episodes – 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 '60s. The episode titles are:
Space Babies: Written by Russell T Davies, directed by Julie Anne Robinson
The Devil’s Chord: Written by Russell T Davies, directed by Ben Chessell
Boom: Written by Steven Moffat, directed by Julie Anne Robinson
73 Yards: Written by Russell T Davies, directed by Dylan Holmes Williams
Dot and Bubble: Written by Russell T Davies, directed by Dylan Holmes Williams
Rogue: Written by Kate Herron and Briony Redman, directed by Ben Chessell
The Legend of Ruby Sunday: Written by Russell T Davies, directed by Jamie Donoughue
Empire of Death: Written by Russell T Davies, directed by Jamie Donoughue
Which locations are used in the new season of BBC Doctor Who?
The new season of Doctor Who has once again been filmed in and around Wales. Various locations have been used throughout Ncuti Gatwa’s first series as the Time Lord, with the studio work taking place at Bad Wolf Studios in Cardiff.
For the second episode of the new season, The Devil’s Chord, filming took place in Cardiff and Newport. A Cardiff location doubled for Abbey Road in The Beatles-themed adventure.
A regency episode, now known to be titled Rogue, was shot at Tredegar House in Newport. American actor Jonathan Groff joined Ncuti and Millie for filming. He is set to play a mysterious character called Rogue in the episode.
Cardiff city centre, just outside the Media Wales offices, were also used with Ncuti and Bonnie Langford, who returns as Melanie Bush, riding an orange motorbike. See pictures from filming here.
How can you watch the new season of BBC Doctor Who?
The series will kick things off with a two-episode premiere on Saturday, May 11, with episodes available at midnight on BBC iPlayer, in line with the global release on Disney+. If you don't want to stay up late, the series will continue to get a primetime Saturday slot on BBC One. The first two episodes will air on BBC One back-to-back at 6.20pm and 7.05pm on May 11, right before the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. This pattern will continue for the rest of the season, with a new episode dropping at midnight on iPlayer before the Saturday night TV slot. .
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