What you need to know about this year's Doctor Who Christmas Special, "The Return of Doctor Mysterio."
Doctor Who Christmas Special 2016 Latest News
The Doctor Who Christmas special, which arrives next weekend, has a brand new, superhero-y trailer. Check it out below:
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Doctor Who Christmas Special 2016 Release Date
The 2016 Doctor Who Christmas Special, "The Return of Doctor Mysterio," will air on Christmas Day on the BBC. The special will also have a limited run in U.S. theaters on Dec. 27-29.
According to the official Doctor WhoTwitter account, "The Return of Doctor Mysterio" will air on Christmas Day at 5:45 pm in the UK.
No air time has been revealed for the U.S.
Doctor Who Christmas Special 2016 Trailer
Another trailer has arrived for the Doctor Who Christmas Special, with a few bits of new footage, including the superheroic Ghost taking flight as well as Nardole delivering some funny quips. Check out the trailer below:
The advent calendars are out, gradually being devoured, meaning that the countdown to new Doctor Who is continuing in earnest. The BBC has teased Steven Moffat and Peter Capaldi's festive outing by featuring a few brief clips from the episode in its 'Christmas 2016 on BBC One' trailer video thingy...
The first clip from the Doctor Who Christmas Special arrived earlier in the fall, featuring the first appearance of Justin Chatwin, who plays a superhero named the Ghost! Also, the Doctor eats sushi...
Check out the clip below:
The trailer for U.S. cinematic showings of this year's Doctor Who Christmas special, "The Return of Doctor Mysterio," has arrived. Check it out below:
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A promo for this year's Doctor Who Christmas special, "The Return of Doctor Mysterio," arrived from the BBC in October. Showrunner Steven Moffat talks a bit about how the episode is really inspired by the story of Superman/Clark Kent. Check it out below:
Here's the sneak peek of "The Return of Doctor Mysterio" from New York Comic Con:
Doctor Who Christmas Special 2016 Story
Here's the official synopsis of the special:
This Christmas sees The Doctor join forces with a masked Superhero for an epic New York adventure.
With brain-swapping aliens poised to attack, the Doctor and Nardole link up with an investigative reporter and a mysterious figure known only as The Ghost. Can the Doctor save Manhattan? And what will be revealed when we see behind the mask?
Doctor Who Christmas Special 2016 Cast
Doctor Mysterio will be played by Justin Chatwin (Orphan Black, War of the Worlds). He comments on joining the Doctor Who team for the special:
“Working with the amazing people at Doctor Who has been one of the most fun and rewarding projects I’ve ever had the pleasure of being involved with.”
Charity Wakefield (Wolf Hall), Adetomiwa Edun (Lucifer, Bates Motel), Aleksandar Jovanovic, and Logan Hoffman are also in the special.
Last month, we heard that Matt Lucas will return to Doctor Who as Nardole in the 2016 Christmas special. The official BBC YouTube channel Doctor Who: The Fan Show has shared some further info.
“Nardole is quite different from your normal companion", Christel Dee said in the video below, after listening in on a script read for this year's Christmas special. (Credit to CultBox for spotting the video and reporting its contents online.)
"Most companions are, like, impressed by everything – and it’s not that Nardole’s not impressed – but what I like about him is he’s almost like an anti-companion. He’s kinda like ‘can we not? Doctor, don’t do that. No.’
“But not in a horrible way – in a really, really funny way. They make such a great double act that’s going to make for a really funny Christmas special.”
Doctor Who Christmas Special 2016 Story
This year's Doctor Who Christmas special will team the Doctor up with a superhero! The special is called "The Return of Doctor Mysterio," and it's written by departing showrunner Steven Moffat.
Said Moffat of the episode: "I’ve always loved superheroes and this Christmas Doctor Who dives into that world. My favourite superhero is Clark Kent. Not Superman, Clark Kent."
Mark Gatiss spoke publically about the 2016 Christmas special a few weeks ago, describing it as "one of Steve[n Moffat]’s best ever scripts, absolutely beautiful". He later added, "It made me cry."
Pushed for details, Gatiss said, "What can you expect? The Doctor is in it. It’s great!"
Doctor Who Christmas Special 2016 Poster
The advent calendars are out, as of today, meaning that the Doctor Who Christmas special is getting rather close. To mark the first day of December, the BBC has released this new poster for "The Return of Doctor Mysterio":
There's also a new motion poster, which is basically the same image as the above but, you know, moving: