Doctor Who uncertainty explained: When is Christmas special on TV and will there be a 16th series?

Doctor Who fans rejoice! There will be a 2024 Christmas special – and with Russell T Davies back at the helm, it will air on Christmas Day rather than on New Year’s Day, as in previous years.

The Christmas special will star Ncuti Gatwa returning as the 15th Doctor as well as Nicola Coughlan of Derry Girls and Bridgerton fame.

Coughlan will be playing a woman named Joy, who was described by the actress as a “determined woman whose life is changed forever when she meets the Doctor”, in an episode aptly-titled Joy To The World. The storyline sees a hotel chain that gets hold of time travel and capitalises on it to sell stays throughout history.

It is at this hotel that the Doctor meets Joy and

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