The Latest 'Doctor Who' Trailer Sees the Doctor Dance Through Time

There's rarely been a better time to be a Doctor Who fan than right now. The franchise is as successful as it's ever been, riding the high of a wildly popular sixtieth-anniversary outing last Fall that saw the return of the most popular actor of the modern era and kickstarted a brand new chapter for Ncuti Gatwa's new incarnation of the infamous Time Lord. (That he's the first Black man to play the Doctor also feels like another important step forward worth mentioning.)

Plus, with the show's move to Disney+, we not only get to see what Doctor Who looks like with real money behind it, but with dueling promotional budgets. Last week saw the arrival of the Disney+ trailer for Gatwa's first outing, which featured a David Bowie backing track, glossy establishing shots, and a surprise hologram of David Tennant's face. Now, the BBC version has arrived, offering a second look at the stories and guest stars to come in the weeks ahead and quite a bit more new footage as the Doctor dances his way through the Regency period to the 1960s and beyond, meeting old friends and facing new enemies along the way.

This season will see Gatwa's Fifteenth Doctor head off on his first full set of adventures with companion Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson), following the pair's introduction in the Christmas special "The Church on Ruby Road". And since that episode involved both Doctor and companion performing a musical number while battling a flying ship full of goblins that eat babies, the bar for bonkers as far as the new season goes is already pretty darn high.