‘Doctor Who’ Christmas Special Trailer: Ncuti Gatwa, Nicola Coughlan Take on Danger and Dinosaurs
The first trailer for the Doctor Who Christmas special “Joy to the World” has dropped, and in the clip we see the Doctor, now without a companion after Millie Gibson’s Ruby Sunday said goodbye at the end of season 14, trying to save Christmas, everywhere, all at once.
The logline for the special reads: “When Joy checks into a London hotel in 2024, she opens a secret doorway to the Time Hotel — discovering danger, dinosaurs and the Doctor. But a deadly plan is unfolding across the Earth, just in time for Christmas.”
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The special stars Sex Eductation star Ncuti Gatwa, the Scottish-Rwandan actor who has portrayed the Fifteenth Doctor since 2023’s “The Giggle,” and Bridgerton‘s Nicola Coughlan as Joy. The episode also features Steph de Whalley, Jonathan Aris, Joel Fry, Peter Benedict, Julia Watson and Niamh Marie Smith.
“Joy to the World” is executive produced and written by Doctor Who and Sherlock veteran Steven Moffat and directed by Alex Sanjiv Pillai (Riverdale, Bridgerton). Russell T Davies is showrunner and executive producer. Additional executive producers are Joel Collins, Phil Collinson, Julie Gardner and Jane Tranter.
The Doctor Who Christmas Special debuts on Disney+ at 9:10 a.m. PST/12:10 p.m. EST on Dec. 25.
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