The Doctor Who special for the New Year provokes sophisticated and elegant Daleks, who are engaged in “maximum extermination” while Jodie Whittaker prepares to return as 13th Time Lord
Doctor Who’s most iconic intergalactic enemy has received a new makeover before the show’s annual New Year’s Eve special.
A brief teaser shared with Twitter followers on Monday evening showed the dreaded Daleks with bodywork and pulsed neon blue lights.
A handful of ominous tweets also suggested they will re-bid for world domination, with a reading saying “Your future is in safe hands,” while another instructed fans to “prepare for maximum extermination.”
Exterminate! Doctor Who’s most iconic intergalactic enemy has received a new makeover before the show’s annual New Year’s Eve special
The new episode, titled Revolution Of The Daleks, will air on New Year’s Day, with Jodie Whittaker resuming her thirteenth doctor role.
It will be the last in a series of appearances for the evil cyborg race, after the first Dr. William Hartnell found it in 1963.
Reflecting on the new episode, John Barrowman, who returns as Captain Jack Harkness, told Radio Times, “There will be some tears shed, there will be some broken hearts.”
Looking good: A brief teaser shared with Twitter followers Monday evening showed the dreaded Daleks with polished bodywork and flashing neon blue lights
Coming soon: the new episode, titled Revolution Of The Daleks, will air on New Year’s Day
‘There will be smiles on people’s faces. So you get it all … the range … the roller coaster of emotions in this episode, in the special. “
Other stars expected to return for the one-off special are Bradley Walsh, Mandip Gill and Tosin Cole.
Jodie split fans of the show after she was introduced as the show’s first female doctor in 2018, some 55 years after its release on the BBC.
Female protagonist: Jodie Whittaker will reprise her role as thirteenth doctor when the episode airs
Old Enemy: The Daleks are among the Doctor’s most legendary opponents, making their first appearance on the show in 1963.
Addressing the inevitable pressure of the role in June, he said, “What I would say to the next person is that the pressure on the show’s story is made up of your own head, on the set of all the crew you have passed on to the show, they are a little excited and with you they bring something new, because that is the beauty of this role.
“You’re not supposed to recreate what someone did. There’s pressure and an actor’s monologue for a long time, but when you’re dressed up with the doctor and you have your own friends, it feels like a strange all that pressure goes away because you play with yourself. “
Jodie also revealed the title of the upcoming New Year’s special, though she claimed it was the only one she could give away.
Welcome back: Other stars are expected to return for the one-off special: Bradley Walsh, Mandip Gill, Tosin Cole and John Barrowman