The Trailer for 'Doctor Who' Special "Joy to the World" Brings Christmas Everywhere All at Once
It's the most wonderful time of the year: Doctor Who Christmas special season! Yes, we're mere weeks away from the iconic sci-fi series' annual holiday installment, and this year the show's swinging for the fences with a Bridgerton star, a Time Hotel, and the reappearance of an old enemy of the Doctor's.
Historically, Who holiday outings tend to highlight the show's lighter, goofier side. We've seen murderous robot Santas, a spaceship version of the Titanic, mind-altering dream crabs, and even Old Saint Nick himself. Last year's "The Church on Ruby Road," which technically had to double as an introduction to a new Doctor, a new companion, and an entirely new era of the show, still managed to include a band of singing goblins and a musical number. It's kind of a thing.
Titled "Joy to the World," this year's special will be Fifteenth Doctor Ncuti Gatwa's first proper holiday installment --- or at least one that doesn't require the show to explain who his character is in such detail -- as well as his first companion-light episode. During showrunner Russell T. Davies's first turn as showrunner, festive specials were often one-off adventures that allowed the show to bring on interesting guest stars and give the Doctor a chance to pal around with a new friend rather than their regular traveling partner. With Millie Gibson's Ruby Sunday currently getting to know her birth mother, it's time for the show to get back to that trend.
