Doctor Who fans have got even more to look forward to for 2023, as returning showrunner Russell T. Davies has confirmed that we're getting more festive specials in the near future.
In a chat in the latest issue of Doctor Who magazine, Davies said: "For the first time ever, I'm writing a Christmas Special... at Christmas!"
He went on to clarify that he was actually working on the special set to air in 2024, meant we were getting at least two new festive specials. He added: "The 2023 script has been long since signed-off. The new one is for end-of-year 2024!"
Whilst he didn't clarify whether these two new episodes would be airing on Christmas Day or New Year's Day, this is still bound to be welcome news for Whovians for two big reasons.
For a start, we already knew that this forthcoming special would be the 15th Doctor's first proper outing as he takes control of the TARDIS, so we're looking forward to finding out what he has in store for Ncuti Gatwa's first official episode.
Plus, we're currently enduring a long wait between Doctor Who seasons whilst we look forward to the Doctor Who 60th anniversary specials. This upcoming miniseries will see Tennant returning alongside his former companion Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) to take on a villainous new foe played by Neil Patrick Harris.
Since it's marking the show's 60th anniversary, though, the new mini-series won't be on our screens until November next year, meaning we'll have waited 13 months since Jodie's last episode, The Power of the Doctor was on our screens.
The most recent festive special was "Eve of the Daleks", which aired on New Year's Day in 2022. The special was the first of the three 2022 Doctor Who specials, making it one of Jodie Whittaker's final adventures as the Thirteenth Doctor.
Doctor Who returns in 2023. You can get caught up with previous seasons of the show on BBC iPlayer in the UK and HBO Max in the US, though Disney Plus is set to become Doctor Who's new home outside of the UK in 2023 thanks to a recently-announced partnership between Disney Branded Television and the BBC.
