{"id":40289,"date":"2023-11-22T11:36:35","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T10:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1931430"},"modified":"2023-11-22T16:21:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T15:21:13","slug":"strictly-stars-land-guest-roles-on-doctor-who-russell-t-davies-reveals","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/strictly-stars-land-guest-roles-on-doctor-who-russell-t-davies-reveals\/","title":{"rendered":"Strictly stars land guest roles on Doctor Who, Russell T Davies reveals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> This is a crossover no one was expecting! <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Katelyn Mensah\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 22 November 2023 at 10:36 AM<\/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>In a crossover no one saw coming, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/strictly-come-dancing-2023-release-date\/\">Strictly Come Dancing<\/a> head judge Shirley Ballas and the show\u2019s professional dancers will be guest-starring in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-60th-anniversary-special-release-date\/\">Doctor Who<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>The news was confirmed during BBC Morning Live, in which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/people\/russell-t-davies\/\">Russell T Davies<\/a> revealed that Shirley Ballas has a guest role in the upcoming series.<\/p>\n<p>During the segment, Gethin Jones teased that there is someone else in the studio who could \u201cpotentially\u201d be on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-60th-anniversary-shoot-behind-scenes-comment\/\">Doctor Who<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Davies then joked: \u201cDo you mean the top secret information that Shirley Ballas is going to appear?\u201d<\/p> <p>As the camera then panned to Ballas, she confirmed the exciting news.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, I can tell you the filming was one of the best days of my life,\u201d she revealed.<\/p>\n<p>Ballas continued: \u201cWe\u2019re doing a guest appearance with Jojo (Johannes Radebe), where I actually get to perform with Jojo and so many other dancers on the show. I\u2019m very excited for people to watch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Teasing what viewers could expect, Davies explained he was on set the day they were filming as there was \u201cno way\u201d he was going to miss it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDame Shirley Ballas on Doctor Who, it was great,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-unleashed-ncuti-gatwa-david-tennant-exclusive-newsupdate\/\">Doctor Who: Unleashed star on Confidential changes and \u201cremarkable\u201d Ncuti Gatwa<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-actors-radio-times-exclusive-newsupdate\/\">Doctor Who at 60: When the Time Lords assembled for Radio Times<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The first episode of the 60th anniversary Doctor Who special, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-time-slot-60th-special-star-beast-newsupdate\/\">The Star Beast<\/a>, airs on Saturday 25th November at 6:30pm, which will then be followed by another two episodes, titled Wild Blue Yonder and The Giggle, over the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>While it isn\u2019t confirmed what episode the Strictly Come Dancing stars will appear in, it\u2019ll be a treat for all when they do.<\/p> <div class=\"brightcove embed\"> <div class=\"embed__intrinsic\"> <div class=\"brightcove__player vjs-playlist-player-container\"> <video data-video-id=\"6341235821112\" 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\u2019s first 60th anniversary special The Star Beast airs at 6:30pm on Saturday 25th November on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. Classic episodes are 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> This is a crossover no one was expecting! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":40290,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/11\/strictly-stars-land-guest-roles-on-doctor-who-russell-t-davies-reveals-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/11\/strictly-stars-land-guest-roles-on-doctor-who-russell-t-davies-reveals-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/11\/strictly-stars-land-guest-roles-on-doctor-who-russell-t-davies-reveals-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/11\/strictly-stars-land-guest-roles-on-doctor-who-russell-t-davies-reveals-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/11\/strictly-stars-land-guest-roles-on-doctor-who-russell-t-davies-reveals-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/11\/strictly-stars-land-guest-roles-on-doctor-who-russell-t-davies-reveals-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/11\/strictly-stars-land-guest-roles-on-doctor-who-russell-t-davies-reveals-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":"This is a crossover no one was expecting!","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/40289"}],"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\/40290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}