The episode will see the Doctor stand on a landmine – and get stuck there!
Doctor Who has confirmed the BBC One schedule for the new season’s third episode, Boom, written by former showrunner Steven Moffat.
We already knew that Doctor Who’s 14th season will premiere with Space Babies on Saturday (11th May) at 6:20pm on BBC One, followed by the second episode The Devil’s Chord at 7:05pm, with fans also able to watch them early on BBC iPlayer from midnight.
But now we know the broadcast time for episode 3, with Boom set to air on Saturday 18th May at 6:50pm on BBC One, following its midnight iPlayer release earlier that day.
While details of what exactly the episode will include are few and far between, the BBC has previously released images which showed Ncuti Gatwa’s Doctor and Millie Gibson’s Ruby Sunday standing among what appears to be flaming rubble.
We’ve also seen clips of the episode in the show’s trailers, including one in which the Doctor utters the line: “I will shatter this silly little battlefield into dust. In a heartbeat. Into dust.”
Showrunner Russell T Davies gave an insight into what to expect from Boom during a recent Q&A.
“At the very start of that, the Doctor stands on a landmine and can’t move for the entire episode – that is absolutely a masterpiece of performance from [Ncuti and Millie], and in terms of tension, it’s just incredible,” he said.
He added that he “can’t wait” for people to see the instalment, calling it “amazing” and promising that “people will be talking about that for years to come”.
Doctor Who returns to BBC One and iPlayer on Saturday 11th May 2024.
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