New(ish) Doctor Who for the 23rd of November!
The BBC have teased that Doctor Who’s 61st Anniversary celebration won’t go completely without new Who to mark the day. Or, at least, new-ish content. Previously unseen deleted scenes from the 2024 season will be available for the first time on Saturday the 23rd of November. It’s not exactly three brand new specials starring David Tennant and Catherine Tate. But then, 61 is usually a modest home cooked meal and maybe a glass of wine for most people, rather than the giant cake and number shaped balloons of 60. In any event, it’s a fun surprise. Especially when it had previously looked like we’d get no new footage of Ncuti Gatwa’s Doctor until Christmas Day.
The team’s social media post also had fun tying into today’s date: the 9th of November 2024 being the date on which Ruby Sunday’s 40 year journey back to the Doctor begins and ends in 73 Yards. For now, we’ll have to wait and see which episodes the upcoming deleted scenes are from.
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Meanwhile, Doctor Who has a nomination for the TV Choice Awards
In other news, Doctor Who has made it to the shortlist for this year’s TV Choice Awards. It’s has a nomination for Best Family Drama, up against fellow BBC1 shows Call the Midwife, Casualty, and Waterloo Road.
Other nominations that may interest Doctor Who fans include House of the Dragon, starring Matt Smith, and Bridgerton, starring Joy to the World’s Nicola Coughlan, for Best Drama. Coughlan’s Big Mood is also nominated for Best Comedy. Meanwhile the actor herself is up for both Best Drama Performance and Best Comedy Performance. If nothing else, it helps illustrate why the Nicola Coughlan is the perfect choice for Doctor Who’s traditional Christmas mix of fear and fun.
You can vote in these and all the other categories at the official TV Choice Awards site here. The winners will be announced at the ceremony on the 10th of February, 2025.