Nicola Coughlan

FIRST LOOK CLIP FROM UPCOMING CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

16 November 2024 admin Comments 0 Comment

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

13 November 2024 admin Comments 0 Comment

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.

Joy To The World – Advanced Preview!

26 July 2024 admin Comments 0 Comment

First Official Look at Nicola Coughlan in Doctor Who's 2024 Christmas ...

The Bridgerton star has an awkward hotel room encounter with Ncuti Gatwa’s Doctor in an exclusive clip shown at San Diego Comic-Con.

Doctor Who fans at this weekend’s San Diego Comic-Con were treated to an exclusive clip from the upcoming Christmas special, guest-starring Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton, Derry Girls) as Joy. Debuting at the Hall H panel on Friday 26th July, the clip was introduced with a special video message from Nicola.

“I am thrilled to be joining Doctor Who for the Christmas special this year, and I am so excited for you to meet my character, Joy.”

In the exclusive 3-minute clip, we see Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth Doctor appearing in random points through Earth’s history – offering a ham and cheese toastie and pumpkin spice latte to the bewildered people he meets – before eventually meeting Joy at her hotel room in London, 2024. Meanwhile, Joy, who has just checked in, finds herself much less alone in her single hotel room than previously anticipated…

Where has the Doctor been? What did Joy see in her room? And who is the ham and cheese toastie really for? We’ll have to find out when Doctor Who returns this Christmas…

First Look images of Nicola Coughlan as she takes on an exciting undisclosed role

14 November 2023 admin Comments 0 Comment

Nicola Coughlan (Image: James Pardon/Bad Wolf/BBC Studios)

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.

— Nicola Coughlan