Doctor Who - 60th Anniversary News, Series 14 Writers Announced And Series 15 Begins Filming

It really is the bestest time to be a Doctor Who fan, especially as we're less than a month away from the 60th anniversary and the news keeps trickling in.

Anyways where to begin.

First of all, the exact dates for The Star Beast, Wild Blue Yonder and The Giggle have been confirmed. Fans can see David Tennant's 14th Doctor and Catherine Tate's Donna Noble from November 25th to December 9th with a DVD box set of the specials scheduled for December 11th.

Meanwhile some further shoots were done for this year's Christmas special, which will mark the first proper debut for Ncuti Gatwa's 15th Doctor and Millie Gibson's Ruby Sunday. Filming for Series 14 has completed.

Also for a while now, I've been wondering when we were going to get confirmation of any other writers for Series 14 and this afternoon that's exactly what happened. Loki director Kate Herron and her writing partner Briony Redman will be co-writing an episode together. The episode will be the sixth one, featuring Jonathan Groff and Indira Varma.

However if that wasn't exciting enough, how about Series 15 not only being confirmed but actually filming? Yup, it started filming yesterday with Ncuti Gatwa confirmed to be returning for his second series. No word on Millie Gibson's Ruby Sunday but it's likely she will be back too.

Directors also confirmed for Series 15 are Alex Pillai and Peter Hoar for now. Series 15 will also comprise of a Christmas special for 2024 and eight episodes for 2025 respectively.

Last but not least, if you've been missing Doctor Who Confidential on BBC3, well it's coming but now it'll be known as Doctor Who Unleashed. Hosted by Steffan Powell, each episode will be 30 minutes long and will air after each new episode of Doctor Who.

Keeping with some extra goodies, a recent concert for the series 60th anniversary revealed the theme tunes for the 15th Doctor and Ruby Sunday while David Tennant will be presenting a Doctor Who documentary on BBC4 on November 1st. The same month will include a watchalong of Series 4 on the 4th. Like I said, it's the best time to be a Doctor Who fan. 

The 60th anniversary specials will air from November 25th to December 9th on both BBC1 and Disney+ while novelisations will be released from January 11th 2024.