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Everything You Need To Know About The Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Specials

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Doctor Who’s BBC centenary special delivered quite the twist as Jodie Whittaker’s Thirteenth Doctor regenerated into none other than David Tennant, who returns to screens as the Fourteenth Doctor alongside Catherine Tate as Donna Noble for Doctor Who’s 60th Anniversary specials in November 2023.

Here’s everything you need to know about the celebrations, marking 60 years of Doctor Who…

When will the Doctor Who 60th Anniversary specials air?

The TARDIS is set to return to BBC One and iPlayer in the UK from Saturday 25 November with The Star Beast.

It’s first of three Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Specials, taking viewers on an otherworldly adventure in space and time each Saturday.

Doctor Who – The Star Beast (Image: BBC Studios/Bad Wolf/Disney)

 

The Star Beast sees the Doctor and Donna come face to face after all these years, but just how, and why, is about to be revealed.

Doctor Who – Wild Blue Yonder (Image: BBC Studios/Bad Wolf/Disney)

The second 60th anniversary special, Wild Blue Yonder, comes to BBC One and BBC iPlayer from Saturday 2 December.

The Giggle completes the trio of anniversary specials and will air on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in the UK from Saturday 9 December.

Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Specials Cast

Joining David Tennant and Catherine Tate is a stellar cast including, Yasmin Finney as Rose Noble, Miriam Margolyes as the voice of the Meep, Jacqueline King as Sylvia Noble, Karl Collins as Shaun Temple, Ruth Madeley as Shirley Anne-Bingham, Jemma Redgrave as Kate Lethbridge-Stewart and Neil Patrick Harris as the Toymaker, set to cause all kinds of mayhem.

It’s going to be an unmissable cosmic adventure, all before Fifteenth Doctor Ncuti Gatwa gets the keys to the TARDIS over the festive season.