The Doctor Who Podcast News Special – Schrodinger’s Xmas Special

About this episode

The episode discusses the latest rumors surrounding the Doctor Who Christmas Special and the uncertainty about its production.

This ol’ internetty thing has been positively *alive* with Doctor Who rumours over last few weeks. What’s happening with this year’s Christmas edition of our beloved show?! After Ncuti Gatwa’s fleeting incarnation morphed into Billie Piper at the end of The Reality War last year, the BBC shared their post-Disney+ masterplan for Christmas 2026 and beyond. Journey back to October last year to hear our coverage of that news . However, silence has since fallen. Russell T Davies didn’t even mention the special in his recent interview with James O’Brien when discussing his future, and event went as far as to say, he’s “not filming again until next year”! But did he actually mean Doctor Who? IT’S ALL SO CONFUSING! So, Christmas Special, or no Christmas Special?! Join Ashley , Phil and Ian as they try to make sense of it all! Enjoy the show.

People in this episode

Hosts: Ashley, Phil, Ian

Topics covered

• Doctor Who
• Christmas Special
• rumors
• TV news
• Ncuti Gatwa
• Russell T Davies

Keywords

• Doctor Who
• Christmas Special
• Ncuti Gatwa
• Russell T Davies
• Billie Piper
• rumors
• TV news

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BBC

Books & works: The Reality War

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