April 2025

SYNOPSIS, TIMESLOT AND CAST LIST REVEALED FOR THE ROBOT REVOLUTION

3 April 2025 admin Comments 0 Comment

In the new series, audiences join The Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and Belinda Chandra (Varada Sethu) on an epic quest to get Belinda back to Earth. But a mysterious force is stopping their return and the time-travelling TARDIS team must face great dangers, ferocious enemies and wilder terrors than ever before.

The BBC have confirmed that the first episode, The Robot Revolution written by Russell T Davies, will air at 6:50pm on BBC One, with the episode available on iPlayer the same day from 8am in the UK and Disney+ internationally. The run time is 46 minutes.

The synopsis for the episode reads:

“Under a starlit sky, two teenage sweethearts share a moment: he presents her with a star – her star – named in her honour. Miss Belinda Chandra. It’s cute, it’s quirky, it’s… just a certificate. But then Robots rock up at Belinda’s. They’re from Missbelindachandra One – and they want their queen back. Can The Doctor rescue Her Majesty Queen Belinda, and quash the robot revolution?”

Cast list

The Doctor	Ncuti Gatwa
Belinda Chandra	Varada Sethu
Alan Budd	Jonny Green
Manny	Max Parker
Mrs Flood	Anita Dobson
Kirby Blake	Thalia Dudek
Stefan Haines	Jeffin Kunjumon
Receptionist	Belinda Owusu
Tombo	Tom Storey
Robot 1	Stephen Love
Robot 2	Robert Strange
Voice of the Robots	Nicholas Briggs
Sasha 55	Evelyn Miller
Robot 3	Charles Sandford
Robot 4	Lucas Edwards
Scoley	Caleb Hughes
Shago	Nadine Higgin
Prime Minister	William Ellis
Writer	Russell T Davies

Doctor Who continues Saturdays on BBC One, with each episode available from 8am on BBC iPlayer.

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Speaking during a Q&A for the new run, Davies said:

“The most exciting week of all is the Eurovision week, because that afternoon is the FA Cup Final live on BBC One. At 8 o’clock at night is Eurovision live across Europe.

“We’re in the middle. If the football has lots of goals and things, going into extra time and penalties, we get crushed in the middle.”

He continued:

“It’s like we cannot move – the football can’t move, Eurovision can’t move. So we genuinely don’t know if we’ll be transmitted that day. It’ll be on the iPlayer, but you’ll have to sit there that day.

“I’ll have to sit through a f**king football match to find out whether Doctor Who’s going out that night.

“They said to us, ‘Do you want to move it?’ and I said, ‘That’s the most exciting thing I’ve ever heard. Let’s find out if we’re transmitting. Let’s feel alive.’ So that Saturday is going to be fun.”

Season 15’s scheduling is slightly different than the previous run – episodes will now stream on iPlayer from 8am UK time, rather than midnight.

Ncuti Gatwa joins Brian May and his wife Anita Dobson at the star-studded Series 15 premiere

1 April 2025 admin Comments 0 Comment

Ncuti Gatwa, 32, who plays Time Lord, led the stars arriving on the red carpet to celebrate the Doctor Who season two — Ncuti Gatwa, 32, who plays the Time Lord, led the stars arriving on the red carpet.

The stars were out in force for the premiere of the 15th series of Doctor Who in London on Monday.

Ncuti Gatwa, 32, who plays Time Lord, led the stars arriving on the red carpet to celebrate the show’s new series.

Other celebs who showed up to lend their support to the sci-fi show included Queen guitarist Brian May, his wife Anita Dobson.

Queen guitarist Brian May and Eastenders actress Anita Dobson looked delighted to be watching the new season of Doctor Who ahead of the general public.

Doctor Who follows the character’s continued adventures around time and space.

The 15th series is said to feature more dangers to planet Earth, with the trailer suggesting that the whole of reality is also at risk.

Ncuti, who wore one of the doctor’s characteristic blue jackets, was joined at Leicester Square by a host of famous faces.

These included Varada Sethu, also 32, who plays the doctor’s latest companion in the long-running show.

Doctor Who Season Two premieres in London — Varada Sethu and Ncuti Gatwa at the Doctor Who series 15 premier in London.

The star-studded premiere comes amid rumours that the show, which has been an on-and-off staple of British TV since 1963, could soon be shelved.

Rumours circulated claiming that Ncuti, who rose to fame in Netflix’s Sex Education, was planning a move stateside to focus on other acting projects.

A source told The Sun:

‘Ncuti doesn’t want to be tied to the series beyond this and plans to relocate to Los Angeles with several Hollywood projects standing by for him.

‘His team also see a lot of fan backlash from the series, and don’t want the perception of him still being The Doctor to get in the way of any future work.’

They continued:

‘The show has been poorly managed in recent years.

‘There’s a lot of people who’ve been working on this show for years and now being cast aside due to poor leadership.

‘People warned some episodes were getting too caught up on an agenda rather than telling a story and those people got shouted down, ignored.’

This prompted the BBC to issue a statement denying the possibility that Doctor Who could once again be shelved, as it was between 1989 and 2005.

A spokeswoman for Doctor Who said:

‘Doctor Who has not been shelved.

‘As we have previously stated, the decision on series 16 will be made after series 15 airs.

‘The deal with Disney+ was for 26 episodes – and exactly half of those still have to transmit.’