Doctor Who‘s Second Russell T. Davies Era Begins With Its 60th Anniversary

We know the man who broughtDoctor Whointo the 21st C is returning to the serial publication he help revitalize after showrunnerChris Chibnalland current DoctorJodie Whittakerdepart the TARDIS after three special scattered throughout 2022 . But now we screw when the second earned run average ofRussell T. Davies ’ Dr. Who will begin : November 2023 , just in fourth dimension for the series ’ 60th anniversary .

The very first instalment of the beloved sci - fi basic aired on the BBC on November 23 , 1963 , with William Hartnell playing the very first avatar of the Doctor ( well , as far as we knewback then ) . Davies has confirm toThe Guardianthat the first instalment of his 2d term of office as the showrunner of Doctor Who will premiere at some point in November of 2023 , starring whoever the sin gets purge to fiddle the fourteenth translation of the Time Lord . When The Guardian asked if English instrumentalist and thespian Oly Alexander had been cast in the office , as has been bruit , Davies responded , “ carry ! Stop it ! We have truly not stray anyone yet . We ’re just starting auditions . ”

It ’ll be interesting to see what Davies does with the opportunity — whether he ’ll forgo the Stephen Moffat epoch ’s umbilicus - gaze at the character or the Chibnall era ’s seek to fill in the Doctor ’s past . A 60th day of remembrance is a perfect sentence to look back at the bequest of Doctor Who as a serial publication , but so was the fiftieth anniversary , and all Moffat could rally — under bonkers circumstances — for that was the fun but ultimately anticlimactic“The Day of the Doctor”starring David Tennant and Matt Smith as the 10th and eleventh Doctors , respectively . Perhaps it would be better for Davies to mistreat like a shot into the serial publication ’ future and deliver the lookbacks for later , even if it would stoke the ire of fans who want an anniversary to be celebrated as Who has in the past , with itstraditional Doctor squad ups . With well-nigh two full years until the 14th Doctor start out his tenure , however , Humphrey Davy has plentitude of time to determine .

Russell T. Davies at the 2021 Virgin Atlantic Attitude Awards in London on October 6, 2021.