Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies has teased a little bit of what we can expect in the upcoming season.
The science-fiction BBC series will be back for season 15 on April 12, with Ncuti Gatwa's Doctor joined by Varada Sethu's Belinda Chandra as the Doctor's new companion.
Speaking to Radio Times, Davies explained that, similar to last year's episodes, he wants the show to bring "joy" (not the character) to people.
"Doctor Who is the most exhilarating show in the world," he said, "'Come and join in,' is what I always want to say to people. Come and have fun. Come and enjoy it.
"It's a rollercoaster. You get the best jokes, and you get the biggest scares, and you get the maddest monsters.
"Doctor Who is a big, full-hearted show. It's full-blooded; it's an enormous adventure. Just relax and come and enjoy it, and I promise you'll have a great time, absolutely."
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Four of this season's eight episodes have been penned by guest writers — Juno Dawson, Sharma Angel-Walfall, Pete McTighe and Inua Ellams — and Davies has explained that they have given the show something new.
"They bring their backgrounds, their histories. Inua Ellams, just to pick an example, set his episode in Lagos," Davies said.
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"He's created a whole history of friendships for the Doctor around a whole new mythology. There's that lack of fear. There's not a second of worrying, of him thinking, 'Have they done this before? Did they do this in 1985?'
"Although he’s always watched the show, he was completely free of its shackles. What you get is a completely new take on things you thought you understood in Doctor Who. The episode has the TARDIS doing things it's never done before. And that's just exciting, and it's bracing."
Doctor Who will return on April 12 on BBC One and iPlayer in the UK and Disney+ elsewhere. Classic episodes of Doctor Who are available on BBC iPlayer in the UK.
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