The new special has been written by Steven Moffat<\/a> and will guest star Nicola Coughlan, and Davies has called it \u201cone of the maddest Christmas specials you\u2019ll ever see\u201d.<\/p>\n Speaking in a behind the scenes video on YouTube<\/a> for Empire of Death, Davies said: \u201cNow the Doctor voyages forward, and guess what always happens to the Doctor every so often \u2013 Christmas! Here comes Christmas.<\/p>\n \u201cI can\u2019t give away much more but work has begun on it already, and it\u2019s mad, it\u2019s one of the maddest Christmas specials you\u2019ll ever see. It\u2019s epic, it goes to so many different places. And it\u2019s a great story of who the Doctor is when he\u2019s alone.\u201d<\/p>\n Moffat, who was showrunner on Doctor Who between 2010 and 2017, returned to guest write the season 14 episode Boom<\/a> which aired earlier this year, but has said he isn\u2019t returning for season 15 beyond writing the upcoming Christmas special.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n He previously told TV Choice: \u201cI should probably introduce that one from an armchair, \u2018Here we are \u2014 number 50.\u2019 But I\u2019m not involved in next year\u2019s series. There are other things coming for me, so I might never write for Doctor Who again.<\/p>\n Moffat\u2019s previous episode, Boom, featured the surprise appearance of future companion star Varada Sethu<\/a>, playing a character called Mundy Flynn.<\/p>\n While Mundy survived the episode, it is expected that she will play a different role in season 15 \u2013 although Moffat has teased a \u201cplan\u201d<\/a> regarding her mysterious double appearance.<\/p>\n Doctor Who will return at Christmas on BBC iPlayer and BBC One.<\/strong>\u00a0Previous seasons are available to stream on\u00a0BBC iPlayer<\/a>\u00a0with episodes of the classic series also available on BritBox \u2013 you can sign up for a\u00a07-day free trial here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Check out more of our\u00a0Sci-Fi<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/a> to see what\u2019s on tonight. <\/strong>For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0<\/strong>The Radio Times Podcast<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n The special will also be “a great story of who the Doctor is when he’s alone”. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":53672,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/doctor-who-boss-says-christmas-special-is-maddest-ever-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/doctor-who-boss-says-christmas-special-is-maddest-ever-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/doctor-who-boss-says-christmas-special-is-maddest-ever-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/doctor-who-boss-says-christmas-special-is-maddest-ever-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/doctor-who-boss-says-christmas-special-is-maddest-ever-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/doctor-who-boss-says-christmas-special-is-maddest-ever-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/doctor-who-boss-says-christmas-special-is-maddest-ever-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":"The special will also be \"a great story of who the Doctor is when he's alone\".","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/53671"}],"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\/53672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Steven](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2024\/05\/steven-moffat-doctor-who-boom-fb27b10-e1715951039658.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413\" "\\"Steven")
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