Today, Disney+ released the official trailer for the eagerly awaited âDoctor Whoâ Christmas Special, âJoy to the World,â ahead of the December 25 premiere Dec. 25, 2025 (9:10 a.m. PST / 12:10 p.m. EST).
Synopsis: When Joy checks into a London hotel in 2024, she opens a secret doorway to the Time Hotel â discovering danger, dinosaurs and the Doctor. But a deadly plan is unfolding across the Earth, just in time for Christmas.
Cast: The special stars Ncuti Gatwa (âSex Educationâ) as the Doctor and Nicola Coughlan (âBridgertonâ) as Joy. Additional cast includes Steph de Whalley as Anita, Jonathan Aris as Melnak, Joel Fry as Trev, Peter Benedict as Basil, Julia Watson as Hilda and Niamh Marie Smith as Sylvia.
Creative Team: âJoy to the Worldâ is executive produced and written by Steven Moffat (âDoctor Who,â âSherlockâ) and directed by Alex Sanjiv Pillai (âRiverdale,â âBridgertonâ). Russell T Davies is showrunner and executive producer. Additional executive producers are Joel Collins, Phil Collinson, Julie Gardner and Jane Tranter.
Production: âDoctor Whoâ is produced by Bad Wolf, with BBC Studios for Disney Branded Television and BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
Season two of âDoctor Whoâ will premiere in 2025 on Disney+ in Canada.
Disney Branded Television and BBC jointly announced âThe War Between The Land And The Sea,â an all-new âDoctor Whoâ spinoff, today at San Diego Comic-Con. Leading the five-part series is Russell Tovey (âFeud,â âAmerican Horror Story: NYCâ) and Gugu Mbatha-Raw (âSurface,â âLokiâ), alongside returning âDoctor Whoâ cast members Jemma Redgrave (as Kate Lethbridge-Stewart) and Alexander Devrient (as Colonel Ibrahim).
When a fearsome and ancient species emerges from the ocean, dramatically revealing themselves to humanity, an international crisis is triggered. With the entire population at risk, UNIT steps into action as the land and sea wage war. Created by âDoctor Whoâ showrunner and executive producer Russell T Davies, who wrote the spinoff with Pete McTighe (âA Discovery of Witches,â âThe Pact,â âDoctor Whoâ), the series features the triumphant return of the Sea Devils, classic âDoctor Whoâ villains first seen in 1972.
Davies said: âIâm so lucky to work with such a magnificent cast. And this is a huge, muscular, thrilling drama which will shake The Whoniverse to its foundations. When the Doctorâs not in town, the whole of humanity is in trouble.â
Filming begins next month and will be directed by Dylan Holmes-Williams, director of two âDoctor Whoâ season one episodes: â73 Yardsâ and âDot and Bubble.â The series will premiere exclusively on Disney+ in Canada.
âThe War Between The Land And The Seaâ is produced by Bad Wolf, with BBC Studios for Disney Branded Television and BBC. In addition to Davies, executive producers include Phil Collinson, Joel Collins, Julie Gardner and Jane Tranter.
Calling across the Whoniverse! Today, Disney Branded Television and BBC jointly announced the premiere date for the next âDoctor Whoâ installment, the first-ever season to launch on Disney+ and release simultaneously worldwide. Beginning May 10, 2024 on Disney+ in Canada, audiences will return to âThe Church on Ruby Road,â which premiered last December, and journey through two all-new episodes. Today we get a brand new Trailer!
Accompanying the news, Disney+ released new key art and a gallery image featuring the Fifteenth Doctor, played by Ncuti Gatwa, and his companion Ruby Sunday, portrayed by Millie Gibson. A brand-new trailer from Disney+ will debut next Friday, March 22.
This season of âDoctor Whoâ follows the Doctor and Ruby Sunday through infinite adventures across time and space in the TARDIS. From the Regency era in England to war-torn futures, the duo champion the forces of good while encountering incredible friends and dangerous foes.
Showrunner, executive producer and writer Russell T Davies said: âAt last, itâs my great delight to unleash a whole new season of the Doctor and Rubyâs adventures together. Monsters! Chases! Villains! Mysteries! And a terrifying secret thatâs been spanning time and space for decades. Donât miss a second!â
The previously announced guest cast includes Aneurin Barnard, Anita Dobson, Yasmin Finney, Michelle Greenidge, Jonathan Groff, Bonnie Langford, Genesis Lynea, Jemma Redgrave, Lenny Rush, Indira Varma and Angela Wynter.
âDoctor Whoâ is produced by Bad Wolf, with BBC Studios for Disney Branded Television and BBC. Under the creative vision of Davies, the additional executive producers include Phil Collinson, Joel Collins, Julie Gardner and Jane Tranter. The new season features episodes directed by Ben Chessell, Jamie Donoughue, Julie Anne Robinson and Dylan Holmes Williams.
The holidays came early as Disney+ released a teaser for the highly anticipated âDoctor Whoâ Christmas Special, âThe Church on Ruby Road,â ahead of the December 25, 2023 premiere (available at 9:55 a.m. PT / 12:55 p.m. ET).
The Christmas Special welcomes Ncuti Gatwa as The Fifteenth Doctor and Millie Gibson as his new companion, Ruby Sunday.
Additional cast in the special includes: Davina McCall (herself), Michelle Greenidge (Carla Sunday), Angela Wynter (Cherry Sunday) and Anita Dobson (Mrs. Flood).
About the special: Long ago on Christmas Eve, a baby was abandoned in the snow. Today, Ruby Sunday meets the Doctor, stolen babies, goblins and perhaps the secret of her birth.
Yesterday, Gatwa and Gibson pushed the button to light the London Eye landmark in the colors of the iconic âDoctor Whoâ Time Vortex to celebrate the premiere (photo above).
Additionally, a blue carpet world premiere screening of the Christmas Special and Q&A with Gatwa, Gibson and showrunner Russell T Davies took place at the British Film Institute, Southbank yesterday.
âDoctor Whoâ is produced by Bad Wolf with BBC Studios, for BBC and Disney Branded Television. Executive producers include Davies (writer and showrunner), Jane Tranter, Julie Gardner, Joel Collins and Phil Collinson.
“Doctor Who” 60th Anniversary Specials “The Star Beast,” “Wild Blue Yonder,” and “The Giggle” are now streaming on Disney+.
New episodes of âDoctor Whoâ will stream on Disney+ in Canada.
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