{"id":8462,"date":"2021-12-09T14:23:47","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T13:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1534721"},"modified":"2021-12-09T14:40:08","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T13:40:08","slug":"mandip-gill-teases-confusing-doctor-who-new-years-day-special","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/mandip-gill-teases-confusing-doctor-who-new-years-day-special\/","title":{"rendered":"Mandip Gill teases \u201cconfusing\u201d Doctor Who New Year\u2019s Day special"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Patrick Cremona\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 09 December 2021 at 12:00 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>The final episode of <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-flux-series-13-review\/&quot;\">Doctor Who: Flux<\/a> might have aired last weekend, but there\u2019s not too much longer to wait before the Doctor and co are back with this year\u2019s festive special on New Year\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n<p>It was recently revealed that the episode will be titled Eve of the Daleks, and star Mandip Gill has teased that it could be rather a confusing instalment of the beloved sci-fi show.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">The festive issue of DWM is out this week and it includes an exclusive preview of the New Year&#8217;s Day Special, Eve of the Daleks! <br\/><br\/>Plus the DWM Christmas Quiz, a giant double-sided poster and much, much more!<br\/><br\/>On sale Thursday 9 December. <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/GOhDCMljJ8&quot;\">pic.twitter.com\/GOhDCMljJ8<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Doctor Who Magazine (@DWMtweets) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/DWMtweets\/status\/1467838933451132928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">December 6, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>\u201cWe did a lot of running, and it got quite confusing at times,\u201d she explained in the most recent issue of <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/doctorwhomagazine.com\/&quot;\">Doctor Who Magazine<\/a>. \u201cBeing trapped in a time loop, repeating the same scenes as it gets closer and closer to midnight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut Annetta [Laufer], our director, was amazing. I kept having to ask her, \u2018Which version\u2019s this again?\u2019, and she just knew straight away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She continued: \u201cI\u2019m excited to see it. When you read it on paper, it\u2019s hard to imagine what it\u2019s going to look like. But it was good fun to film. It was great having Aisling Bea with us. She\u2019s so funny. So funny. We had such a good time. Plus we get to fight the Daleks again!\u201d<\/p> <p>A teaser trailer for the special debuted on BBC One following Flux finale <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-the-vanquishers-review\/&quot;\">The Vanquishers<\/a>, offering fans a first look at guest stars Aisling Bea and Adjani Salmon, who take on the roles of ELF storage owner Sarah and her customer Nick.<\/p>\n<p>The short clip also included a brief look at an upgraded Dalek, while the Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) and companions Yaz (Gill) and Dan (John Bishop) appear to be exterminated \u2013 so it certainly promises to be an exciting episode.<\/p>\n<p>The 2022 special will mark the third consecutive year that the Daleks have played a prominent role in a New Year\u2019s Day epsidoe, following 2020\u2019s <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-guide\/doctor-who-resolution\/&quot;\">Resolution<\/a>\u00a0and 2021\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-revolution-of-the-daleks-review\/&quot;\">Revolution of the Daleks<\/a> \u2013 with showrunner Chris Chibnall making good use out of the Doctor\u2019s biggest foe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more about Doctor Who:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-jodie-whittaker-regeneration-hint\/&quot;\">Doctor Who finale hints at Jodie Whittaker regeneration<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-master-sacha-dhawan-return\/&quot;\">Doctor Who teases Sacha Dhawan Master return<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-vinder-return-exclusive-newsupdate\/&quot;\">Jacob Anderson wants Vinder to return after Doctor Who: Flux<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-finale-the-vanquishers-questions\/&quot;\">Doctor Who: The Vanquishers\u2019 16 biggest questions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-karvanista-spin-off-exclusive-newsupdate\/&quot;\">Doctor Who\u2019s Craige Els has hopes for a Karvanista spin-off<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><p><strong>Doctor Who returns to BBC One on 1st January. Visit our\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/&quot;\">Sci-fi<\/a>\u00a0hub for more news and features, or find something to watch with our\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\">TV Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Patrick Cremona Published: Thursday, 09 December 2021 at 12:00 am The final episode of Doctor Who: Flux might have aired last weekend, but there\u2019s not too much longer to wait before the Doctor and co are back with this year\u2019s festive special on New Year\u2019s Day. 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