Introducing the Doctor and Ruby Sunday, played by Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson, as the first images have been released.
Doctor Who returns in November 2023 with three special episodes to coincide with the 60th anniversary with David Tennant as the Fourteenth Doctor.
The Fifteenth Doctor, played by Ncuti Gatwa, will then take control of the TARDIS, with his first episode airing over the festive period in 2023.
Richard Osman married Ingrid Oliver in a ‘magical’ ceremony on Saturday.
The Pointless star, 52, took to Instagram today to share a picture from their big day, which showed the newlyweds beaming while walking hand in hand.
Ingrid, 44 – who is best known for her role as Petronella Osgood in Doctor Who – looked sensational in her bridal gown, which featured puffball sleeves and a mermaid hemline.
The most magical, joyful day on Saturday with my beautiful wife @ingridoliver100. Surrounded by wonderful friends and family, a day full of love and laughter. We're so, so happy
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— Richard Osman (@richardosman) December 5, 2022
Richard looked dapper by her side in a fitted navy suit with a red rose fastened on his lapel.
He shared with his followers: ‘The most magical, joyful day on Saturday with my beautiful wife. Surrounded by wonderful friends and family, a day full of love and laughter. We’re so, so happy.”
The couple reportedly tied the knot at Goodwood House, the Duke of Richmond’s West Sussex seat, known for the Glorious Goodwood horse race meeting and the annual Festival of Speed.
Last month, Richard revealed his wedding would be ‘very un-showbizzy’, stating: ‘We’re getting married in December, which is lovely and it’s going to be a very un-showbizzy wedding, just all our school friends. I can’t wait,’
The couple announced their engagement in May after two years of dating, with Richard confirming the news in an interview by stating: ‘exciting, isn’t it?!’
This triple CD set features music from the three Doctor Who Series 13 episode specials, and will be released on 13th January 2023 (available to pre-order now)
These will also be available digitally as separate volumes on the following dates:
Eve of the Daleks – 2nd December 2022
Legend of the Sea Devils – 9th December 2022
The Power of the Doctor -16th December 2022
Millie Gibson has landed the role of Ruby Sunday, the Doctor’s new companion. Starring alongside Ncuti Gatwa, Millie will make her debut over the festive season in 2023 when the Fifteenth Doctor takes control of the TARDIS. Recently, it was announced that the BBC and Disney Branded Television have joined forces to make Disney+ the new global home, outside of the UK and Ireland, for future seasons of Doctor Who.
Best known for her role as Coronation Street’s Kellie Neelan, 18 year old Millie was the recipient of the Best Young Performer Award at The British Soap Awards earlier this year. Millie has also appeared in dramas Butterfly (ITV) and Love, Lies and Records (BBC).
Speaking of her new role, Millie Gibson says:
“Whilst still being in total disbelief, I am beyond honoured to be cast as the Doctor’s companion. It is a gift of a role, and a dream come true, and I will do everything to try and fill the boots the fellow companions have travelled in before me. And what better way to do that than being by the fabulous Ncuti Gatwa’s side, I just can’t wait to get started.”
Ncuti Gatwa adds:
“Millie just is the companion. She is full of talent, strength, she has a cheeky sparkle in her eye and is sharp as a razor. From the moment she walked into the room she captured all of our attention with her effervescence and then solidified that attention with the sheer torque of her talent. This adventure is going to be so wild and so fun, I cannot WAIT to sail the universe with Millie!”
Russell T Davies, Showrunner, says:
“It’s the great honour of my job to find the next generation of talent, and Millie shines like a star already. She’s brilliant, dynamic, clever and a wonderful actor. As a Coronation Street fan, I’ve seen Millie survive chases, guns and sieges, but that’s nothing compared to what lies ahead for Ruby Sunday.”
The Doctor is faced with enemies including the Rani (Kate O’Mara) and the terrifying Tetraps in TIME AND THE RANI, Kroagnon and his cleaning robots in PARADISE TOWERS, the ruthless Bannermen in DELTA AND THE BANNERMEN and Kane (Edward Peel), the murderous ruler of Iceworld in DRAGONFIRE.
With all episodes newly remastered, this Blu-ray box set also contains extensive and exclusive special features including:
Doctor Who: The Collection – Season 24 includes the following stories from 1987:
You can pre-order the standard packaging edition of Season 24 from our GNR store NOW.
The most-watched boxsets and live events on iPlayer between July and September* are:
|
Rank |
Programme |
Streams |
|
1 |
Commonwealth Games |
52.5m |
|
2 |
Wimbledon |
28.2m |
|
3 |
The Capture |
24.0m |
|
4 |
Celebrity MasterChef |
18.5m |
|
5 |
Women’s Euro 2022 |
15.7m |
|
6 |
The Secrets She Keeps |
15.2m |
|
7 |
Top Gear |
14.2m |
|
8 |
Shetland |
12.4m |
|
9 |
Doctor Who |
11.1m |
|
10 |
Match of the Day |
10.9m |
*Excluding continuing series like EastEnders, news and children’s content
Moore said “the fact that the Doctor himself regenerates is a great symbol for the whole of the BBC”.
This episode was the last of three specials that aired this year, and marked Jodie Whittaker’s final adventure as the Thirteenth Doctor.
Written by Chris Chibnall and directed by Jamie Magnus Stone, the feature-length special also starred Mandip Gill, John Bishop, Sophie Aldred, Janet Fielding and Sacha Dhawan.
The overnight rating for its broadcast on Sunday 23 October was 3.6m (21.7%) on BBC One. It peaked with just over 4m towards 9pm with the regeneration scene and David Tennant’s shock return.
Today (Monday 30 October), BARB have released the 7-day consolidated ratings for the episode. It has consolidated to 5.3M. This includes all that watched live, online, on devices within seven days of first broadcast. It was the 5th most watched programme of the week across all channels.
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For context, Doctor Who was the second highest rating show of the day, only behind the Strictly Come Dancing results show. This also makes it the best performing Sunday night drama – out rating both Bloodlands (3.8m) on BBC One and The Larkins (3.75m) on ITV.
Comparing to other BBC dramas, recent four-part series Inside Man, written by former Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat and starring the new(ish) Doctor David Tennant, averaged 3.4m across its four episodes and less than 2m overnight.
The Power Of The Doctor was the most watched episode of Doctor Who this year. The Spring special Legend Of The Sea Devils consolidated to 3.67m (7-days) and the New Year’s Day special Eve Of The Daleks consolidated to 4.4m (7-days).
Season 2 is the biggest release yet – a limited edition nine disc box set from the early years of the programme, which sees William Hartnell’s First Doctor take centre-stage.
Across a jam-packed season of 37 episodes, the Doctor is joined by faithful companions Susan (Carole Ann Ford), Ian (William Russell), Barbara (Jacqueline Hill), Vicki (Maureen O’Brien) and Steven (Peter Purves). Together they face off against the dreaded Daleks, the marauding Mechanoids, the ant-like Zarbi and the Meddling Monk, while visiting fantastic alien worlds and turbulent times in the Earth’s history.
The missing two episodes of THE CRUSADE have been reconstructed using off-air photographs and the original broadcast soundtrack, while remaining episodes have been newly remastered from the best available sources – these classic adventures have never looked or sounded so good on home media.
The Collection: Season 2 Blu-ray box set also includes extensive Special Features including:
The nine-disc box set also includes hours of special features previously released on DVD.
A specially shot announcement trailer has debuted on the Doctor Who YouTube channel, written by new series contributor Pete McTighe (KERBLAM! and PRAXEUS) and featuring Maureen O’Brien back as Vicki.
You can pre order Doctor Who: The Collection Season 2 NOW
Legend of the Sea Devils is the second in a trio of Doctor Who specials airing in 2022.
The BBC has confirmed that Legend of the Sea Devils – the second in a trio of Doctor Who specials airing in 2022 – will land on BBC One and BBC iPlayer on Sunday April 17.
In a swashbuckling special adventure, the Doctor (Jodie Whittaker), Yaz (Mandip Gill) and Dan (John Bishop) come face to fin with one of the Doctor’s oldest adversaries: the Sea Devils. Why has legendary pirate queen Madam Ching come searching for a lost treasure? What terrifying forces lurk beneath the oceans of the nineteenth century? And did Yaz really have to dress Dan up as a pirate?
Further transmission details will be announced in due course.
