The BBC has revealed the titles, writers and directors of all eight episodes of the new series of Doctor Who, starring Ncuti Gatwa.
With a little over a month to go before the debut of Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson’s first full series aboard the TARDIS, the BBC have released the titles of all eight episodes, along with the details of who wrote and directed them. Without further ado, here they are:
Episode One – Space Babies
Writer: Russell T Davies
Director: Julie Anne Robinson
Episode Two – The Devil’s Chord
Writer: Russell T Davies
Director: Ben Chessell
Episode Three – Boom
Writer: Steven Moffat
Director: Julie Anne Robinson
Episode Four – 73 Yards
Writer: Russell T Davies
Director: Dylan Holmes Williams
Episode Five – Dot and Bubble
Writer: Russell T Davies
Director: Dylan Holmes Williams
Episode Six – Rogue
Writers: Kate Herron and Briony Redman
Director: Ben Chessell
Episode Seven – The Legend of Ruby Sunday
Writer: Russell T Davies
Director: Jamie Donoughue
Episode Eight – Empire of Death
Writer: Russell T Davies
Director: Jamie Donoughue
So that’s six by the showrunner, one by a former showrunner and one by two writers new to the show.
While it may disappoint anyone hoping for some new voices, Davies has said in the past that he hopes to give opportunities to new writers. As he presumably has a heck of a lot to set up in the first series, hopefully there will be even more new writers in the next series.
You can see a video with each title, which reveals a little bit about the setting of each episode, on the Doctor Who Twitter page.
The official Doctor Who website also confirmed guest stars for the series, including Bridgerton star Golda Rosheuvel in Space Babies, Callie Cooke, Dame Siân Phillips, Alexander Devrient, Bhav Joshi, Majid Mehdizadeh-Valoujerdy, Tachia Newall and Caoilinn Springall.
Guest stars already confirmed were Michelle Greenidge, Angela Wynter, Anita Dobson, Aneurin Barnard, Yasmin Finney, Jonathan Groff, Gwïon Morris Jones, Bonnie Langford, Genesis Lynea, Jemma Redgrave, Lenny Rush and Indira Varma.
The first two episodes of the new series of Doctor Who will be available at midnight on the 11th May on BBC iPlayer, before being broadcast in the evening.
We also have a brand new trailer to leave you with…
