Stacey Dooley will take a spin in the TARDIS in a gender-swapped tribute to Doctor Who for Strictly Come Dancing‘s Halloween show.

It definitely looked as if some kind of homage to the sci-fi show was in the works when the BBC confirmed that Stacey and professional partner Kevin Clifton would get into the spooky spirit this Saturday (October 27) by dancing a tango to the iconic Doctor Who theme.

Stacey and Kevin spilled even more details on It Takes Two on Wednesday (October 24), telling Zoe Ball that their routine will indeed pay homage to Jodie Whittaker’s groundbreaking debut in Doctor Who.

“This Saturday, Zoe, I’m gonna be Doctor Who,” she beamed. “It’s nice as as well because we’re playing with the routine a little bit because we’re looking at the fact that she’s the first female Doctor.

“She’s fierce. She’s her own independent woman. She’s got it going on! We’re trying to incorporate that. It’s exciting.”

Kevin jumped in to elaborate: “It’s a bit of role reversal. Because [Jodie] is the first female to play what has been a male role for so many years, we’re actually playing with that within our tango. Stacey is going to be dancing the typical male role and I’ll be dancing the female.

While we’re sure many fans would love to see the duo fully carry through the gender-swapped theme by having Kevin playing Rose, Clara or even Yaz, but the couple revealed that the dance pro will instead be one of The Doctor’s most notorious foes… a Cyberman!

Saturday is still a few days away, so have a look back at one of the show’s previous tributes to Doctor Who below, featuring Jay McGuiness and Aliona Vilani:

Strictly Come Dancing airs on Saturdays and Sundays on BBC One. Doctor Who continues on Sunday on BBC One, too.