Doctor Who series two trailer reveals HUGE surprise guest stars – amid fears Ncuti Gatwa is ‘poised to leave the show’
he Doctor Who series two trailer was released on Sunday evening and revealed some huge surprise guest stars.
The highly-anticipated second season launches on Saturday April 12 on BBC and BBC iPlayer in the UK.
Audiences will join The Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and Belinda Chandra (Varada Sethu) on an epic quest to get Belinda back to Earth.
But a mysterious force is stopping their return and the time-traveling TARDIS team must face great dangers, ferocious enemies and wilder terrors than ever before.
Featured in the trailer is a first look at iconic special guest stars including presenter and former X Factor star Rylan, 36, who will play himself, the co-host of the Interstellar Song Contest.
Also featured is actor Alan Cumming, 60, who voices the villainous cartoon character, Mr Ring-a-Ding.
Rylan said upon the announcement: ‘As a massive Whovian, getting the call to be in Doctor Who was a call I’ve always dreamed of getting.
‘The episode is all my favourite things about the show with an added song contest set in space. It really is a dream come true.
‘I can’t wait for everyone to see it. It really is going to be out of this world.’
The trailer comes after it was reported that Doctor Who is set to air ‘a ridiculous Eurovision-themed episode’ which could be the most expensive instalment to date.
The sci-fi series, fronted by Ncuti as the fifteenth Time Lord, is gearing up to screen the episode to coincide with the competition.
This year’s Eurovision competition will take place in St Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland from May 13 – 17.
Writer Juno Dawson has claimed the episode is set to be ‘mahoosive’ as there’s ‘no limit to the imagination.’
Featured in the trailer is a first look at iconic special guest stars including presenter and former X Factor star Rylan, 36, who will play himself, the co-host of the Interstellar Song Contest
Also featured is actor Alan Cumming, 60, who voices the villainous cartoon character, Mr Ring-a-Ding
The highly-anticipated second season launches on Saturday April 12 on BBC and BBC iPlayer in the UK
The trailer comes after it was reported that Doctor Who is set to air ‘a ridiculous Eurovision-themed episode’ which could be the most expensive instalment to date
A source told The Mirror: ‘Think Eurovision in space. There will be singing and there will be competition. Hey, there might even be a cameo for Graham Norton! Anything is possible.’
Juno added: ‘It’s the most ridiculous episode they’ve ever done – and the most expensive.’
It comes amid the news that Doctor Who is reportedly facing the axe, while lead actor Ncuti is thought to be on the verge of quitting.
The long-running sci-fi show has suffered a huge drop in ratings of late, with fans said to be fed up of the injection of woke storylines.
The actor, 32, joined the show in 2023 after Jodie Whittaker bowed out as the Time Lord, but it’s rumoured that he’s set to walk away from the BBC show after just two seasons.
According to reports, a decision of the show’s future will only be decided by bosses once Ncuti’s second series hits screens later this year.
It is thought that Ncuti has already filmed his regeneration exit scene, with crews allegedly fearing that this could spell the end of the series after a whopping 62 years.
A source told The Sun: ‘Ncuti doesn’t want to be tied to the series beyond this and plans to relocate to Los Angeles with several Hollywood projects standing by for him.
‘His team also see a lot of fan backlash from the series, and don’t want the perception of him still being The Doctor to get in the way of any future work.’
They continued: ‘The show has been poorly managed in recent years and there’s a lot of people who’ve been working on this show for years and now being cast aside due to poor leadership.’
The insider added that people had warned that the episodes were becoming ‘too caught up on an agenda’ rather than focusing ‘telling a story’, with those people apparently being ‘shouted down’ and ‘ignored.’
The sci-fi series, fronted by Ncuti as the fifteenth Time Lord, is gearing up to screen the episode to coincide with the competition
It comes amid the news that Doctor Who is reportedly facing the axe, while lead actor Ncuti is thought to be on the verge of quitting
According to the publication, Ncuti’s first series attracted between ‘2.25million and 3.18million viewers’, much less than previous series’.
Ncuti was the first black actor to take on the leading role as The Doctor, after Jodie made history as the first permanent female Time Lord in 2017.
He became a household name when he starred as gay teenager Eric Effiong in the Netflix comedy-drama series Sex Education.
