Doctor Who Season 2 Release Date

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The BBC has confirmed that Doctor Who will return with a new season on 12 April, after a surprise announcement that appeared on the broadcaster’s iPlayer service. The new season will star Ncuti Gatwa as the Time Lord, alongside Varada Sethu as Belinda Chandra and Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday. Also joining the cast is Strictly Come Dancing star Rose Ayling-Ellis, who won the BBC dancing competition as the show’s first ever deaf contestant in 2021.

Russell T Davies, who rebooted the cult series back in 2005, has returned to write and executive produce the new seasons, which marked the first time Doctor Who was aired internationally on Disney Plus and on the BBC in the UK. Gatwa’s second season as the Doctor was expected to air later this year, but it appears that the announcement has taken fans by surprise after the news was revealed during the BBC’s coverage of the U20s Six Nations Rugby match between England and Scotland.

A trailer had been previously released at Christmas, but the new clip now confirms the show will air on the BBC on Saturday, 12 April. The manner of the announcement has raised some eyebrows among fans, especially as the rugby game in question wasn’t considered to be a high-profile encounter. Some fans have expressed their surprise and excitement on social media, with one fan saying that the announcement was made in a "totally unrelated rugby match" and another fan commenting that "the way zero fans saw this because in what world do rugby and Doctor Who fans overlap" is quite surprising.

The new season of Doctor Who will feature a range of exciting adventures and new companions, including Belinda Chandra and Ruby Sunday. The show will also star Christopher Chung as Cassio in an episode that promises to be one of the darkest and toughest episodes ever made. The showrunner, Russell T Davies, has expressed his excitement about the new season, saying that it will be the most wild and exciting season of Doctor Who yet. Some of the notable episodes and storylines in the new season include:

The show will air on BBC One and iPlayer in the UK and Disney+ where available internationally, with a range of talented writers and actors contributing to the new season, including Juno Dawson, Inua Ellams, and Sharma Angel-Walfall. The show has also announced that fan favourites Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper will be reuniting for a new Doctor Who audio drama series, which will be made up of 12 hour-long episodes and is the fourth season of the audio drama.