By Patrick Cremona

Published: Thursday, 09 December 2021 at 12:00 am


With Doctor Who: Flux having reached its conclusion last weekend, the attention of Whovians now turns to the upcoming New Year’s Day Special, titled Eve of the Daleks.

The episode is the first of a trilogy of specials planned for 2022 before Jodie Whittaker and Chris Chibnall leave the show, and the outgoing showrunner has teased that the episode is an “intimate, standalone, time-loop romantic comedy”.

“The episode is basically a romantic comedy where the obstacle to the romance is not only the characters themselves, but the threat of Daleks,” he told the most recent issue of Doctor Who Magazine.

“But there’s still a big, fun, sci-fi concept at the heart of it. It’s got the range of tones, the range of scares, the range of humour, and the range of mystery that you’d want on New Year’s Day.”

The festive issue of DWM is out this week and it includes an exclusive preview of the New Year’s Day Special, Eve of the Daleks!

Plus the DWM Christmas Quiz, a giant double-sided poster and much, much more!

On sale Thursday 9 December. pic.twitter.com/GOhDCMljJ8

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