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Casio and Doctor Who countdown to Christmas with a limited edition gift package

Casio and Doctor Who countdown to Christmas with a limited edition gift package

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Give the gift of time this Christmas!

Two fan favourites; Casio and BBC Studios’ Doctor Who, have teamed up to create a limited-edition gift package for the iconic gold A159 watch, to coincide with Doctor Who’s upcoming and eagerly anticipated Christmas special, Joy to the World.

This limited-edition package comes with bespoke Doctor Who Christmas themed box sleeve, a free TARDIS pin badge and promotional contents linked to this year’s Doctor Who Christmas Special.

To make this moment even more memorable, Casio will be hosting a competition to win a bundle of catch-them-if-you-can watches and exclusive Doctor Who kit. You can enter via the Casio UK website or by scanning the QR code inside the watch box.

Warren Halliwell, Content & Campaign Manager, Casio UK, commented:

“We are so excited for this collaboration. Two icons coming together feels like the perfect way to kick off the festive celebrations.”

Vanessa Hamilton, Doctor Who Brand Director, BBC Studios, commented:

“We are thrilled to team up with Casio ahead of the Christmas special episode and look forward to seeing the limited-edition packages under trees this Christmas”

Get the Casio x Doctor Who gold A159 watch and limited edition gift package here 

FIRST LOOK CLIP FROM UPCOMING CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

FIRST LOOK CLIP FROM UPCOMING CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

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Joy To The World, written by Steven Moffat, will air on BBC One on Christmas Day and guest stars Nicola Coughlan opposite The Fifteenth Doctor Ncuti Gatwa

Joining the Christmas special, alongside Couglan and revealed in Doctor Who Magazine, are Peter Benedict and Julia Watson as Basil and Hilda. Niamh Marie Smith will play Sylvia, Phil Baxter is Edmund Hillary, Samuel Sherpa-Moore is Tenzing Norgay, Steph de Whalley is Anita and Jonathan Aris played Melnak the Silurian.

Galway born actress, Couglan, has made a huge impact in film and television having starred in standout roles such as the hilarious Clare Devlin in award-winning drama comedy series Derry Girls, Penelope Featherington in the regency-era international sensation Bridgerton, and not to forget one of the Barbies in mega-blockbuster Barbie, alongside the Fifteenth Doctor Ncuti Gatwa.

Doctor Who will then return in 2025 with Season 2, which will see The Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson) reunite alongside new companion played by Varada Sethu. Sethu made a surprise appearence in Season 1 as part of the cast of Boom.

Varada joins the Whoniverse from a galaxy far, far away after starring in the Disney+ Star Wars series Andor. Now she straps in for another journey through time and space alongside Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor and Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday.

On joining Doctor Who, Nicola Coughlan says:

“I’m excited to join the Whoniverse under the leadership of the inimitable Russell T Davies. I’ve been a fan of Ncuti Gatwa for some time and getting to share the screen with him as the Doctor has been an absolute joy”.

Christmas Special Plot Details Announced

Christmas Special Plot Details Announced

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Doctor Who: Joy To The World

Doctor Who writer Steven Moffat has revealed the first details about this year’s Christmas special.

Bridgerton‘s Nicola Coughlan will be starring in the title role of ‘Joy to the World’ as a traveler checking into a London hotel over the festive period.

Before long, Joy’s quiet holiday is interrupted by a Silurian wandering into her hotel room and the sudden arrival of The Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) to take her on a time-travelling adventure.

During an interview with BBC South East, Moffat confirmed that the special will take place “in the far, far future” where a hotel comes up with an unexpected use of time travel.

“Imagine that a hotel chain got hold of the idea of time travel,” he teased. “What’s the first thing a hotel would do if they had time travel? They’d realise they have an opportunity to sell all the unsold nights in their old hotels [throughout] history.”

The plot has a typically Moffat-style wibbly wobbly, timey wimey twist that was first seen in a teaser clip released over the summer.  The Doctor pops from the Orient Express to World War II-era London to the present day in search of someone special.

While Moffat couldn’t reveal any more plot information about ‘Joy to the World’, he did share how excited he was to be writing a new Christmas special so many years after his Doctor Who showrunner stint.

“The truth is, I actually love doing Doctor Who Christmas,” he explained. “I’m a big fan of Christmas. I absolutely adore Christmas.”

The writer confirmed that Davies initially reached out to ask for his help because he was struggling to fit in time to write a 2024 Christmas special before moving on to next year’s full season.

Earlier this year, Steven Moffat said he was conflicted while writing the 2024 Christmas special since it may be the final time he writes for Doctor Who.

“As I got to the end of ‘Boom’ and ‘Joy to the World’, I did think, ‘Is that it? Is that the final moment?’ I think they both have quite good final moments for the Doctor, [so] I was thinking, ‘Yeah, that could be goodbye’,” he told TV Choice.

Bid for Jodie Whittaker’s Actual TARDIS!

Bid for Jodie Whittaker’s Actual TARDIS!

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Bid for Jodie Whittaker’s TARDIS for BBC Children In Need 2024

Doctor Who fans have a chance to buy Jodie Whittaker’s TARDIS from Eve of the Daleks in an upcoming auction to benefit BBC Children in Need.

The episode finds the Thirteenth Doctor (Whittaker) and her companions Yaz (Mandip Gill) and Dan (John Bishop) as they attempt to escape a time loop on New Year’s Eve – while also avoiding a Dalek trapped there with them.

The auction starts on Friday 15th November at 5pm and goes on until the same time on Saturday 23rd November, (Doctor Who’s 61st anniversary) with the coveted item expected to reach between £10,000 and £20,000 for the annual fundraiser. Propstore is handling the sale.

Whittaker said:

“Doctor Who has always been about helping others and making the world a better place, so it’s wonderful that my TARDIS can go on to support BBC Children in Need and make a real difference in children’s lives.”

That’s not the only piece of Doctor Who history going under the hammer this year, with Kylie Minogue’s costume from 2007 Christmas special Voyage of the Damned also up for grabs.

Donned by the pop icon for her memorable turn as Astrid Peth, the black and white outfit will be auctioned for a shorter seven-hour period between 5pm and midnight on Friday 15th November – the night of the Children in Need telecast.

Although valued lower than the TARDIS itself, the garment is still expected to reach between £3,000 and £6,000, meaning neither will be a budget-priced early Christmas gift.

But with the work of BBC Children in Need being just as important as ever before, it’s hoped that these sales could make a hefty contribution to this year’s grand fundraising total.

This year’s Children in Need telecast will be fronted by a six-person presenting team including Vernon Kay, Rochelle Humes, Lenny Rush, Chris Ramsey, Ade Adepitan and Mel Giedroyc.

It has also been announced that a sneak preview of this year’s Doctor Who Christmas special – Steven Moffat’s Joy to the World – will be featured during the broadcast.

The festive episode stars Ncuti Gatwa and Bridgerton’s Nicola Coughlan.