The BBC confirmed today that this year’s Christmas special has been cancelled. Russell T Davies announced his departure from the show in a post on social media.
The BBC has officially announced that the Doctor Who Christmas special will not air this year. While the BBC still plans to continue making Doctor Who, they are now opening up the production of the show to bids from different companies.
The movie comes out in UK cinemas today and has received generally positive reviews. It currently has an 85% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 137 reviews, and a 74% rating on another review site after 47 reviews.
The story has been made into a movie twice before – the 1960 version was actually a remake of a 1954 Japanese film. Interestingly, the characters played by Joanne Froggatt and Duncan Forsyth weren’t in either of those earlier films.
After recent discussions about the show’s direction, the BBC announced it will be opening up production of Doctor Who to bids from different companies this year. This means Russell T Davies will be leaving his role as head writer and producer after the 2025 Christmas special, as there won’t be a special in 2026.
Okay, so this week on the show, things got really messy. I watched Kat Moon stumble upon a pretty shocking scene – her grandson, Josh, locking lips with Oscar, who, let’s not forget, is dating Josh’s twin sister, Jasmine. Talk about a complicated family dynamic! It’s a setup for some serious drama, and honestly, I’m already hooked to see how this plays out.
The story unfolds over six summers and one weekend, following Percy Fraser (played by Sadie Soverall) and Sam Florek (played by Matt Cornett). Percy returns to Barry’s Bay, a Canadian lake town she’s avoided for years, for Sam’s mother’s funeral. Being back brings back a rush of memories about how her relationship with Sam evolved from friendship to romance, and ultimately, how it ended.
Emma Myers, known for her role as Wednesday, plays a young detective in this BBC and Netflix show. She becomes involved in a series of disturbing crimes while trying to help her friends get justice.
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Imagine, if you will, the scene: President Ursula von der Leyen, with the air of a conductor guiding an orchestra, announces the blacklisting of 11 crypto platforms and the extension of transaction bans to 20 non-EU entities. Banks, crypto platforms, oil traders-all are summoned to the stage, their roles in this drama now under scrutiny. The EU’s banking blacklist, too, expands, embracing 31 Russian institutions in its fold.