Nonetheless, he additionally went on to substantiate that the Christmas particular doesn’t precisely exist as such but. “Not for the time being as a result of I’m busy on [The War Between the Land and the Sea],” he mentioned when requested about whether or not he was writing the vacation episode. “I’m additionally capturing a present in Manchester [the LGBTQ drama Tip Toe], so subsequent 12 months my plate clears, and we’ll get to work on that.”
Whereas this definitely looks as if a tremendously fast turnaround on condition that the episode is about to air subsequent December and has (clearly) but to be filmed, Davies may very well be a little bit additional alongside in his course of than he initially hinted.
Within the newest difficulty of Physician Who Journal, the showrunner shares a three-word tease with readers about what they’ll anticipate from Physician Who’s return. “Twelve months-a-waiting! Subsequent December, I’ll be right here to trumpet and toot concerning the 2026 Christmas Particular,” he mentioned. “It comprises these three phrases. ‘Bafflers,’ ‘Winternox’ and ‘village’.”
Village appears pretty self-explanatory. My cash’s on Winternox being the title of regardless of the vacation monster of the week occurs to be. And to spare you a Google: “Bafflers” can imply both a very tough puzzle or riddle, or a tool that’s used to stop the spreading of sound or gentle in a selected course. Heck, on this planet of Physician Who, it might simply imply each. Weirder issues have occurred.
Actually, this can be a lot to say that we do not know what’s coming subsequent. That is most likely regular, on condition that we’re over a 12 months from the episode’s launch. Given the epically messy nature of the BBC and Disney’s breakup — see additionally the virtually purposefully disparate Battle Between the Land and the Sea launch dates — it’s possible that any plans to get Who again on our screens are within the early levels at greatest, and there’s a lot we simply don’t know. Past the BBC’s insistence that the present will proceed, there’s no phrase but on after we can anticipate one other full season, or if Davies will nonetheless be accountable for issues when that occurs.
Possibly we simply take this small bit of stories for the Christmas present it’s, and take the remainder of it because it comes. (And determine how we’re all going to look at the spinoff within the meantime.)
