{"id":39857,"date":"2023-11-16T17:14:32","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T16:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1927876"},"modified":"2023-11-16T17:32:59","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T16:32:59","slug":"doctor-who-confirms-time-slot-for-second-special-wild-blue-yonder","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/doctor-who-confirms-time-slot-for-second-special-wild-blue-yonder\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who confirms time slot for second special Wild Blue Yonder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Russell T Davies previously described the episode as &#8220;dark&#8221; and &#8220;weird&#8221;. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Katelyn Mensah\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 16 November 2023 at 16:14 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>The time slot for the second <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-60th-anniversary-special-release-date\/\">Doctor Who 60th anniversary special<\/a>, Wild Blue Yonder, has been confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Wild Blue Yonder will air on <strong>Saturday 2nd November<\/strong> <strong>on BBC One and BBC iPlayer at 6:30pm<\/strong>, so Whovians can now add this to their calendars and prepare for a \u201cdark\u201d and \u201cweird\u201d special episode, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-russell-t-davies-weird-60th-anniversary-newsupdate\/\">as teased by showrunner Russell T Davies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Davies previously hinted at what\u2019s to come in the second episode, and suggested that \u201cit\u2019s kind of scary\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a Q&amp;A following a screening of The Star Beast, Davies said: \u201cThe next one is called Wild Blue Yonder, where the TARDIS goes further than ever before \u2013 and it\u2019s weird, the next one, it\u2019s kind of scary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not super scary, it\u2019s just weird,\u201d he continued. It\u2019s genuinely weird, it\u2019s really nice \u2013 that stretched the whole design team as to how to make it and how to get this stuff on screen.<\/p> <div class=\"ad-placement\" data-count=\"748\" data-paragraphs-left=\"9\">The 60th anniversary specials have been all anyone can talk about in recent weeks, and it will see David Tennant and Catherine Tate reunite for three episodes of Doctor Who goodness.<\/div>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-jonah-hauer-king-newsupdate\/\">Doctor Who fans spot Little Mermaid star Jonah Hauer-King on set filming<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/ncuti-gatwa-filming-doctor-who-newsupdate\/\">Ncuti Gatwa \u2018blew everyone away\u2019 filming \u201cpivotal\u201d Doctor Who scene<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The three episodes will be followed up with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-2023-christmas-special-release-date-newsupdate\/\">a Christmas special<\/a>, starring Ncuti Gatwa\u2019s Doctor, before his first season in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>While the plot of Wild Blue Yonder is yet to be revealed, Tennant has said that it\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-david-tennant-60th-special-episode-newsupdate\/\">\u201cunlike any episode ever\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Whovians, you\u2019re in for a treat!<\/p> <div class=\"brightcove embed\"> <div class=\"embed__intrinsic\"> <div class=\"brightcove__player vjs-playlist-player-container\"> <video data-video-id=\"6341180919112\" 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. Classic episodes are also available on BritBox \u2013 you can sign up for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?id=489797&amp;clickref=radiotimes-0&amp;awinmid=33021&amp;p=https%3A%2F%2Fwatch.britbox.co.uk%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\">7-day free trial here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Check out more of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sci-Fi<\/a> coverage or visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TV Guide<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Streaming Guide<\/a> to find out what\u2019s on.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Try Radio Times magazine today and get 10 issues for only \u00a310 \u2013 <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription\/?utm_term=evergreen-article\"><strong>subscribe now<\/strong><\/a> <strong>and celebrate the 60th anniversary of Doctor Who with a special issue of Radio Times. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/audio\/podcasts\/\"><strong>The Radio Times Podcast<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Russell T Davies previously described the episode as &#8220;dark&#8221; and &#8220;weird&#8221;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":39858,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/11\/doctor-who-confirms-time-slot-for-second-special-wild-blue-yonder-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/11\/doctor-who-confirms-time-slot-for-second-special-wild-blue-yonder-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/11\/doctor-who-confirms-time-slot-for-second-special-wild-blue-yonder-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/11\/doctor-who-confirms-time-slot-for-second-special-wild-blue-yonder-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/11\/doctor-who-confirms-time-slot-for-second-special-wild-blue-yonder-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/11\/doctor-who-confirms-time-slot-for-second-special-wild-blue-yonder-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/11\/doctor-who-confirms-time-slot-for-second-special-wild-blue-yonder-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Russell T Davies previously described the episode as \"dark\" and \"weird\".","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/39857"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}