{"id":39240,"date":"2023-11-06T17:33:21","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T16:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1921077"},"modified":"2023-11-07T11:09:31","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T10:09:31","slug":"disney-plus-reveals-doctor-who-2023-christmas-special-release-date-and-title","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/disney-plus-reveals-doctor-who-2023-christmas-special-release-date-and-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney Plus reveals Doctor Who 2023 Christmas special release date and title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Looks like we all got an early Christmas present today&#8230; <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By James Hibbs\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 06 November 2023 at 16:30 PM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>It hasn\u2019t been long since we finally got news of the air date for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-60th-anniversary-special-release-date\/\">Doctor Who<\/a> 60th anniversary specials, but now fans have received another for the diary, courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/disneyplus\/\">Disney Plus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The official Disney Plus account on Twitter, which has recently been rebranded as X, posted a list of dates for festive new releases, including \u201cDoctor Who Holiday Special: The Church on Ruby Road\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>From the 60th anniversary onwards, new episodes of Doctor Who will be debuting on Disney Plus internationally, while in the UK they will continue to arrive on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.<\/p>\n<p>This post seems to confirm not only the special\u2019s air date, which is set for <strong>25th December, Christmas Day<\/strong> (at least in the US), but also the special\u2019s title, which hints towards a certain upcoming companion.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Making a watchlist, c\u0336h\u0336e\u0336c\u0336k\u0336i\u0336n\u0336g\u0336 \u0336i\u0336t\u0336 streaming everything twice! \ud83c\udf81 What are you crossing off the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SeasonsStreamings?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SeasonsStreamings<\/a> list first? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fDnmVDIgMj\">pic.twitter.com\/fDnmVDIgMj<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Disney+ (@DisneyPlus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DisneyPlus\/status\/1721544215069593912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 6, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"\/>\n<p>While <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-new-character-posters-newsupdate\/\">Ncuti Gatwa\u2019s Fifteenth Doctor<\/a> is expected to debut during the 60th anniversary specials, this is likely the first time fans will meet Millie Gibson\u2019s companion, Ruby Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Other than this newly released title and air date, we still know little about the special, with the BBC yet to confirm transmission times in the UK.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/russell-t-davies-marvel-series-newsupdate\/\">Doctor Who\u2019s Russell T Davies was asked to be showrunner on a Marvel series<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/david-tennant-doctor-who-return-future-newsupdate\/\">David Tennant won\u2019t rule out another return to Doctor Who<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"editor-content mb-lg hidden-print js-piano-preview-content\" data-placement=\"Body\">\n<div>\n<p>A rumoured storyline was revealed earlier this year, with The Sun reporting that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-davina-mccall-christmas-special-newsupdate\/\">Davina McCall would be playing herself<\/a>, as part of a storyline which sees Ruby taking part in a genealogy show.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>We also got a glimpse of at least <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-another-costume-christmas-filming-newsupdate\/\">one of the Doctor\u2019s costumes<\/a> in the special, with Gatwa seen filming in a traditional tartan kilt, a black leather jacket, black socks and brown boots.<\/p> <p>If the special does indeed air in the UK on Christmas Day, it will be the first Doctor Who episode to arrive on the big day itself since 2017\u2019s Twice Upon a Time.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, each of Doctor Who\u2019s festive specials have arrived on New Year\u2019s Day, with Resolution, Revolution of the Daleks and Eve of the Daleks all airing on 1st January.<\/p>\n<p>Spyfall Part 1, the first episode of season 12, also aired on New Year\u2019s Day.<\/p> <div class=\"brightcove embed\"> <div class=\"embed__intrinsic\"> <div class=\"brightcove__player vjs-playlist-player-container\"> <video data-video-id=\"6340359249112\" data-account=\"69912529001\" data-player=\"ByeOf0VZEl\" data-embed=\"default\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"video-js\"> <\/video> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js\"\/> <p><strong>Doctor Who is available to stream on BBC iPlayer. 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