By Disney+ and BBC have finally set premiere dates for the three 60th anniversary “Doctor Who” specials set to debut later this year.
The first of them, “The Star Beast,” premieres November 25th. That will be followed by “Wild Blue Yonder” on December 2nd and “The Giggle” on December 9th. All will premiere on Disney+ globally except in the UK and Ireland where they air on the BBC.
The three specials will reunite the Fourteenth Doctor (David Tennant) and Donna Temple-Noble (Catherine Tate) as they come face-to-face with their most terrifying villain yet in the form of The Toymaker (Neil Patrick Harris).
The synopsis finally confirms Harris is taking on the role of Second Doctor villain The Celestial Toymaker previously played by Burton’s “Batman” alum Michael Gough.
Other cast for the specials include Yasmin Finney as Rose Temple-Noble, Miriam Margolyes as the voice of the Meep, Ruth Madeley as Shirley Anne Bingham, Jacqueline King as Sylvia Noble, Karl Collins as Shaun Temple and Jemma Redgrave as Kate Lethbridge-Stewart.
The next full season, starring “Sex Education” breakout Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor, will stream in 2024. Check out the new trailer below which is mostly just the prior ones recut but with one or two new shots.
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