{"id":52838,"date":"2024-06-07T12:16:36","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T10:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2052975"},"modified":"2024-06-07T12:18:10","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T10:18:10","slug":"doctor-who-confirms-new-episode-of-returning-spin-off-and-hints-at-link-to-classic-story","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/doctor-who-confirms-new-episode-of-returning-spin-off-and-hints-at-link-to-classic-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who confirms new episode of returning spin-off and hints at link to classic story"},"content":{"rendered":"

What could it mean?! <\/p>

By Louise Griffin\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 07 June 2024 at 10:11 AM<\/p>

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It\u2019s official \u2013 Doctor Who\u2019s<\/a> Tales of the TARDIS<\/a> is returning for a special episode with the Fifteenth Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson)<\/p>\n

Six episodes of the spin-off were released last year to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Doctor Who, starring classic Doctors including Sylvester McCoy, Peter Davison and Colin Baker, and fan-favourite companions from over the years in emotional additional scenes to iconic Doctor Who stories.<\/p>\n

The new episode will air at 8pm on Thursday 20th\u00a0<\/sup>June on BBC Four and BBC iPlayer \u2013 so shortly before the finale episode of season 14.<\/p>\n

Very few details about the casting and plot have been released thus far \u2013 only that Gatwa and Gibson will make their debut in the episode.<\/p>\n

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Peter Purves as Steven and Maureen O\u2019Brien as Vicki in Doctor Who\u2019s Tales of the TARDIS.<\/span><\/figcaption> BBC<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

So why is a new episode being released now? So far, Tales of the TARDIS episodes have book-ended classic Doctor Who stories with new scenes \u2013 so does that mean we\u2019ll see the return of a character from a classic story?<\/p>\n

One theory is that the villain Sutekh will return. Sutekh first appeared in the 1975 Tom Baker story The Pyramids of Mars. The god-like alien, played by Gabriel Woolf, sought to destroy all life in the cosmos.<\/p>\n

Showrunner Russell T Davies has been clear that this season features a \u201clegion\u201d of \u201cgodlike characters\u201d<\/a> after the Toymaker\u2019s<\/a> (Neil Patrick Harris) appearance in the 60th anniversary specials. We\u2019ve already seen Jinkx Monsoon\u2019s Maestro<\/a> but it seems very likely that there\u2019ll be more \u2013 and with a new episode of Tales of the TARDIS, it would make sense that there\u2019s a classic Doctor Who connection.<\/p>\n