50-minute<\/strong> episode.<\/p>\nThis will make the episode a fairly standard length for an episode during Whittaker and showrunner Chris Chibnall\u2019s tenure, which increased from 45 to 50 minutes in 2018 (with some episodes including season premieres and finales clocking in at an hour or longer).<\/p>\n
However, it does make it on the shorter side when compared to other specials, which usually clock in at an hour on the dot. As a guide, January\u2019s New Year\u2019s special Eve of the Daleks ran to 58 minutes, while the last Easter special (2009\u2019s Planet of the Dead) also came in at around 60 minutes.<\/p>\n