Time to return to the Tardis as Ncuti Gatwa reprises his role as the Doctor for a new season of the BBC sci-fi show Doctor Who accompanied by a host of famous faces.
This season, Graham Norton, Rylan Clark, Rose Ayling-Ellis, Jemma Redgrave, and Freddie Fox join the cast of Doctor Who for further adventures through time.
Varada Sethu also joins the team as Belinda Chandra on an epic quest to return to Earth with the help of the Doctor.
But a mysterious force is preventing them, and the time-travelling TARDIS team must face greater dangers, ferocious enemies, and wilder terrors than ever before.
Showrunner Russell T Davies promised fans: “The vision is to be bigger, and brighter, and bolder than ever.”
He added: “There are hostile planets – more hostile than ever – the Interstellar Song Contest has got more aliens than we’ve ever had.
“We keep learning on this job, we keep enjoying it more and more, loving the show, and pushing it further.
“There’s lots more energy, lots more scares, lots more thrills and lots more laughs as well.
“It’s a more grandiose series; we’re very proud of it.”
Who is in the cast of Doctor Who season 15?
Ncuti Gatwa star as the Doctor (Photo:Maxine Howells/BBC Studios/Disney/Bad Wolf)
Ncuti Gatwa is reprising his role as the time-travelling Doctor for a second season.
Speaking about what to expect from the Doctor in this series, he said: “There are moments when you see darker elements of the Doctor or his more vindictive elements, which was exciting because I hadn’t seen that before, or that the Doctor has that in him.
“Of course, we know them as a hero and a good guy, but the Doctor is a humanoid lifeform and, therefore, a complex emotional being who has dark elements to them as well.
“It’s interesting to play with that this season.”
Scottish actor Gatwa, 32, rose to fame playing Eric in Sex Education. He has also starred in Masters of the Air, Stonemouth and the 2023 film Barbie.
Varada Sethu
Varada Sethu is Belinda Chandra (Photo: James Pardon/BBC Studios)Varada Sethu joins Doctor Who as Belinda Chandra, desperate to return to her life on Earth.
On her new role, she said: “Belinda is quick-witted, brave and independent, and is very rooted in her own values and beliefs. In that sense, she is kind of similar to Mundy – she isn’t afraid to stand up to the Doctor.
“They’re genetically linked thousands of years apart, and it adds another layer to why Belinda is so special to the Doctor, but you’ll have to watch to find out more.”
British-Indian actor Sethu, 32, has played Lance Corporal Manisha Chetri in the series Strike Back, DS Harper Weston in Annika and Cinta Kaz in Andor.
Anita Dobson is Mrs Flood in Doctor Who (Photo: Lara Cornell/BBC Studios/Bad Wolf)
Anita Dobson stars as Mrs Flood, who first appeared in the series in 2023.
Discussing her role in the series, she said: “She generally is the kind of character that pops in and out, bit like a little animal.
“She is just sort of there, maybe briefly but maybe not, and you don’t know when she’s going to appear or why?
“So, I think you will see a bit more of her popping in and out, but in different amounts if you like.
“As the course of the series goes on, she’s around a little bit more.”
Dobson, 75, rose to fame as Queen Vic landlady Angie Watts in the BBC soap opera Eastenders.
She has appeared in films such as The Rise of the Krays and This Time Next Year.
On television, she has starred in Split Ends, The Rebel, The Long Call and The Stretch.
Graham Norton
Graham Norton makes an appearance in this series of Doctor Who (Photo: James Pardon/BBC Studios/Bad Wolf)Graham Norton joins the cast of this season’s Doctor Who, playing the host of the 803rd Interstellar Song Contest.
Showrunner Davies: “There’s no song contest without the great man himself, and it was an honour to welcome Graham Norton to our studios in Cardiff.
“And it’s not just a cameo; he has a whole plot twist all to himself!
“This is the wildest episode of all, and we’re lucky to have Graham adding to the mayhem.”
The Irish comedian and presenter, 62, has hosted the BBC Friday night chat show The Graham Norton Show since 2007.
He played father Noel Furlong in the comedy series Father Ted, has been a BBC commentator on the Eurovision Song Contest since 2009, and has judged RuPaul’s Drag Race UK.
The remaining cast of this series of Doctor Who includes:
Rylan Clark as himself (This Morning, Big Brother’s Bit on the Side, Eurovision Song Contest) Alan Cumming as Mr Ring-a-Ding (The Good Wife, Goldeneye, Instinct) Rose Ayling-Ellis as Aliss (Eastenders, Summer of Rockets, Ludwig) Bonnie Langford as Melanie Bush (Eastenders, Just William) Jemma Redgrave as Kate Lethbridge-Stewart (The Beekeeper, Holby City) Freddie Fox as a villain (The Riot Club, Worried About the Boy, House of the Dragon) Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday (Coronation Street, Jamie Johnson) Michelle Greenidge as Carla (After Life, Mandy) Susan Twist as Susan Triad (Brookside, Coronation Street) Ruth Madeley as Shirley Bingham (Nightsleeper, The Rook) Angela Wynter as Cherry Sunday (Eastenders, Doctors) Jonah Hauer-King as Conrad Clark (The Little Mermaid, The Tattooist of Auschwitz)What are the episodes called and when are they on?
Season fifteen of Doctor Who will officially launch on Saturday, 12 April. The first episode will be available at 8am on BBC iPlayer and at 6:50pm on BBC One.
The new series has eight episodes in total. It will be shown weekly and on the BBC iPlayer.
The episodes are called:
The Robot Revolution Lux The Well Lucky Day The Story & the Engine The Interstellar Contest Wish World The Reality WarWhat else do we know about Doctor Who season 15?
Davies said the the theme for season 15 of Doctor Who is “get Belinda home!”
He said: “Surviving the first episode is a bit of an ordeal for her, but once that happens, it’s a very unusual story in that the Doctor can’t get her home – specifically to the 24 May this year at 7.30am in the morning.
“And the reason for that is something very important that runs across the series.
“You can still watch every single episode, completely unencumbered by that knowledge.
“It doesn’t stop you from enjoying every week’s episode as an anthology series, but nonetheless – why can’t the Doctor get Belinda home?
“What is happening? What force is working against them? Is it to do with her? Is it to do with him? Is it something on that date?
“We are heading towards the transmission of an episode on 24 May – that’s the exciting thing – that’s piece one of the season finale.”
Belinda, who works in A&E on Earth, comes from a loving family. Her dad is a taxman, and her mum is a violinist, and she wants to return to that life.
Davies added: “Of course, it has to be said, within this space of one journey to Miami, she’s also loving being on board the TARDIS because I think it would be strange for her to not love what the Doctor does, and to love his character as well.
“So, she’s very quickly enamoured by the whole setup.
“Nonetheless, she’s got very strong reasons for getting back.”
Midway through this season, the Interstellar Song Contest will see Graham Norton and Rylan Clark come into their own.
And there is set to be a big reveal about Mrs Flood.
Davies teased: “She will be mysteriously cropping up throughout time and space; she’s no longer just a neighbour watching the Doctor go to and fro.
“Suddenly, she has that ability across planets and throughout history.
“So how on Earth has that happened?
“I promise you reveals.
“By the time we get to the season finale, the doors are open, and the battle is on.”
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