It's been a while I've talked about Doctor Who but a few things have emerged. It's gonna be a fun blog.
Now the next series - Series 15 or Season 2 finished filming months ago but yesterday, a lot of interesting rumours emerged. Most were debunked but peas some could be true?
Something that does seem to have to merit would be the casting announcement of Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife, The Fall). It appears that she will be a villain for next season and possibly a very prominent one. However the BBC have yet to confirm her casting for the upcoming season.
Then there's upcoming spin off series, The War Between The Land And The Sea. Back in July, both Jemma Redgrave and Alexander Devrient were confirmed as Kate Stewart and Colonel Christofer Ibrahim along with Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Russell Tovey in still undisclosed roles. Also confirmed were Ruth Madaley and Colin McFarlane, reprising their roles as Shirley Anne Bingham and General Pierce. The Sea Devils were also confirmed and filming began last month. The five episode spin off is written by Russell T. Davies and Pete McTighe and directed by Dylan Holmes. The show will be released on BBC1, iPlayer and Disney+ in 2025.
Meanwhile Reddit lit a bit of a fuse among fans with a series of rumours, which since then have been debunked by scoopers but what ones were likely true? I mean it's obvious that Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson) is in only some of the episodes for next season with one of them being a Doctor lite episode. Belinda Chandra (Varada Sethu) will be the main companion for the 15th Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) along with the second episode being in 1950s Miami. There's also spoilers for both Russell Tovey and Gugu Mbatha-Raw's characters that might be true but I'm not sure if they will. They're kind of exciting in one case tbh.
As for the rest of the spoilers, I'm not sure if the show should keep leaning too heavily into fantasy and not having Ncuti's Doctor encounter either Daleks or Cybermen in his second season does seem unwise to me. There's also a spoiler about Melanie Bush (Bonnie Langford) I'm not entirely keen on but the stuff about Mrs Flood (Anita Dobson) and Conrad (Jonah Hauer-King) does intrigue me. I'll provide to the Reddit spoilers but read them at your own risk. Don't say I didn't warn you.
Last but by no means least, Big Finish only had a live reading of The Stuff Of Legend with the 8th Doctor (Paul McGann) and Charley Pollard (India Fisher) and a respective guest cast. I'm hoping at some point Big Finish are able to release this for everyone else to see. Maybe even a BBC4 screening in November.
Series 15 Leaks: https://www.reddit.com/r/gallifrey/comments/1fic2sr/series_15_leaks_some_small_some_major_so/
Doctor Who: Joy To The World will air on Christmas Day on BBC1, iPlayer and Disney+ with Series 15 to be released in 2025 along with The War Between The Land And The Sea.
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