{"id":51242,"date":"2024-05-11T21:03:31","date_gmt":"2024-05-11T19:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2036907"},"modified":"2024-05-11T22:13:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-11T20:13:42","slug":"doctor-who-drops-tense-trailer-for-steven-moffat-episode-boom","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/doctor-who-drops-tense-trailer-for-steven-moffat-episode-boom\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who drops tense trailer for Steven Moffat episode Boom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> The much-anticipated outing marks Moffat&#8217;s return to the series following his stint as showrunner from 2010 to 2017. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Morgan Jeffery\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Saturday, 11 May 2024 at 19:03 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>Tick, tick\u2026 boom! Following its double-bill launch, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-season-14-release-date\/\">Doctor Who<\/a> has released a teaser for its next episode and it certainly looks explosive.<\/p>\n<p>The story, simply titled Boom, is written by former Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat, who served as head writer and executive producer on the series from 2010 to 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Landing on a war-torn alien world, the Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) steps on a landmine and is unable to move \u2013 what follows looks rather tense to say the least\u2026<\/p>\n<iframe title=\"NEXT TIME | Boom | Doctor Who\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uPYmUjAYO_w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>\n<p>It\u2019s just the sort of simple, brilliant premise that Moffat always makes work so well\u2026 and frankly, we can\u2019t wait.<\/p>\n<p>Doctor Who boss Russell T Davies has promised that the episode features \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/russell-t-davies-steven-moffat-doctor-who-episode-newsupdate\/\">a masterpiece of performance<\/a>\u201d from Gatwa and Millie Gibson, playing the Doctor\u2019s companion Ruby Sunday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-handler__container image-handler__container--aspect\" style=\"padding-bottom: calc(100% \/ 1.501210653753);\"> <picture> <source media=\"(max-width: 320px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/476157-c4fdd6e.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=298%2C199, https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/476157-c4fdd6e.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=45&amp;resize=598%2C399 2x, 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image-handler__image--aspect no-wrap js-lazyload\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/476157-c4fdd6e.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=619%2C413\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" alt=\"Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday in Doctor Who, stood amongst rubble and holding her hands out\" title=\"476157,Doctor Who S1\"\/>\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div><div class=\"caption-hold\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-copy\"><i class=\"icon-arrow icon-camera-circle\"\/> Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday in Doctor Who: Boom.<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"im-image-caption\"> <i>BBC Studios\/Bad Wolf\/James Pardon<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIn terms of tension, it\u2019s just incredible,\u201d he said. \u201cPeople will be talking about that [episode] for years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Boom is Steven Moffat\u2019s first script for the series since he departed his showrunner role with 2017\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-guide\/twice-upon-a-time-doctor-who\/\">Twice Upon a Time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-chris-waites-carollers-newsupdate\">Doctor Who references first ever episode in epic Easter egg<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-finale-fifty-years-newsupdate\/\">Doctor Who boss says finale contains scenes he\u2019s been planning for 50 years<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Moffat revealed in March that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/steven-moffat-doctor-who-dynamite-russell-t-davies-newsupdate\/\">he pitched \u201cseveral ideas\u201d<\/a> when invited to return to the series by Davies, \u201cuntil I remember I sent one idea that I thought was dynamite\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got an email back within one minute saying, \u2018That\u2019s it, go write that, I want that immediately.\u2019 So I did,\u201d he recalled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a collaboration of enthusiasm\u2026 what we\u2019re doing is giggling and laughing and shouting and bounding around the room about how clever and exciting all this is.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re not doing that on a show like Doctor Who \u2013 or frankly any show \u2013 what\u2019s the point?\u201d<\/p> <p>Boom follows the first two episodes of the new season \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-season-14-episode-1-space-babies-review\/\">Space Babies<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-season-14-episode-2-devils-chord-review\/\">The Devil\u2019s Chord<\/a> \u2013 which were both dropped on BBC iPlayer at midnight on Saturday 11th May and will air as a double-bill on BBC One from 6:20pm.<\/p>\n<p>Following the episodes 73 Yards, Dot and Bubble, and the Regency era-set <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/gatwa-gibson-favourite-doctor-who-newsupdate\/\">Rogue<\/a> guest starring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-jonathan-groff-newsupdate\/\">Jonathan Groff<\/a>, the season will round off with two-part finale The Legend of Ruby Sunday and Empire of Death.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Doctor Who continues next Saturday (18th May) on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. <\/strong><strong>Previous seasons are available to stream on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/iplayer\/episodes\/b006q2x0\/doctor-who\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BBC iPlayer<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Check out more of our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sci-Fi<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/\" target=\"_blank\" 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