{"id":36818,"date":"2022-10-26T00:07:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T23:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/?p=36818"},"modified":"2022-10-24T19:10:38","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T18:10:38","slug":"doctor-who-returns-for-three-60th-anniversary-specials-in-november-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/2022\/10\/26\/doctor-who-returns-for-three-60th-anniversary-specials-in-november-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who Returns for Three 60th Anniversary Specials in November 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ttr_start\"><\/div>\n<p>Missing <em>Doctor Who<\/em> already? The BBC has now confirmed that three specials will air to celebrate the show&#8217;s 60th anniversary in November 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And indeed, all three will screen in that month on BBC1 and BBC America. That means we&#8217;ve got just a little more than a year before a new era of the series properly kicks off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that the Thirteenth Doctor has regenerated, we wait to see what happens with the new incarnation of the Time Lord &#8212; who looks a lot like the Tenth Doctor! New showrunner, Russell T Davies has also confirmed that Ncuti Gatwa will be the Fifteenth Doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Although, seeing the forced regeneration in <em>The Power of the Doctor<\/em>, isn&#8217;t Jodie the Thirteenth and Fifteenth Doctor, Sacha Dhawan the Fourteenth, David Tennant the Sixteenth, and Gatwa the Seventeenth? Oh, who knows anymore?!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Talking about the future, Davies, said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>\u201cIf you thought the appearance of David Tennant was a shock, we\u2019ve got plenty more surprises on the way! The path to Ncuti\u2019s Fifteenth Doctor is laden with mystery, horror, robots, puppets, danger, and fun! And how is it connected to the return of the wonderful Donna Noble? How, what, why? We\u2019re giving you a year to speculate, and then all hell lets loose!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>(Puppets, eh&#8230;?)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yep, Catherine Tate is also back as Donna Noble. Here&#8217;s our first very brief look at Tennant&#8217;s and Tate&#8217;s return, and Gatwa as the new Doctor&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Doctor Who Returns 2023... | Doctor Who\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i5CAsSzUxzU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We expect the 60th anniversary to be a massive event, and David&#8217;s comeback will no doubt bring even more viewers in. Exciting times ahead&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ttr_end\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plus: our first look at Ncuti Gatwa&#8217;s new Doctor!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36819,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"#DoctorWho Returns for Three 60th Anniversary Specials in November 2023","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[205],"tags":[4871,44,6987,5741,2848,4677,711,12,49,6959,2264],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/14th-Doctor-Fourteenth-TARDIS-60th-Anniversary-David-Tennant.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":37190,"url":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/2022\/12\/07\/doctor-who-series-14-begins-filming\/","url_meta":{"origin":36818,"position":0},"title":"Doctor Who Series 14 Begins Filming","author":"Philip Bates","date":"7 December 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Can we expect to see Ncuti Gatwa's Doctor Who outfit soon?","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Doctor-Who-Series-14.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Doctor-Who-Series-14.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Doctor-Who-Series-14.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Doctor-Who-Series-14.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Doctor-Who-Series-14.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":36958,"url":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/2022\/11\/12\/runtimes-revealed-for-the-doctor-who-60th-anniversary-specials-and-festive-special-teased\/","url_meta":{"origin":36818,"position":1},"title":"Runtimes Revealed for the Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Specials (and Festive Special Teased)","author":"Philip Bates","date":"12 November 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Will Doctor Who get the Christmas Day slot back as well? 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