If anyone can blast away the sheer rubbishness of 2020, it’s Captain Jack. Said Chibnall: “A Doctor Who holiday special means treats galore, and there’s no bigger treat than the return of John Barrowman to Doctor Who for an epic and emotional feature-length episode. I hope everyone enjoys Jack’s heroic adventure with Thirteen.” He’s a character very close to my heart who changed my life, and to know the fans love him as much as I do makes his return even sweeter. The Tenth Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television programme Doctor Who. It’s always thrilling to play Captain Jack. The season will see Whittaker return as the Doctor for her third season, joining the David Tennant, Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi, who all did three seasons each.īarrowman said: “Putting on Jack’s coat and setting foot back on the set of Doctor Who was just like going back home. ‘Doctor Who’ Lead Jodie Whittaker Says Cast Is “Certainly In Prep” For End Of Year Production, Reflects On ‘Exhilarating’ Season 12 – New York Comic Con The season also has been shorted to eight episodes rather than its traditional ten as a result of extra costs brought on by the pandemic. The show was hit by the COVID-19 production shutdown in the UK and is expected to film for about 10 months with a plan to air in late 2021. Doctor Who follows the title character, a Time Lord, as he moved through time and space in the TARDIS. Tennant starred as The Tenth Doctor, from 2005 to 2010, on the long-running BBC series.
The first version of the Doctor was portrayed by William Hartnell until.
This comes as the series, which is produced by BBC Studios and exec produced by Chris Chibnall and Matt Strevens, returned to filming its 13th season this month. David Tennant isn’t happy that the Doctor Who Christmas specials have stopped. David Tennant isn’t happy that the Doctor Who Christmas specials have stopped. Captain Jack made his first appearance in the 2005 Doctor Who episode “The Empty Child” and appeared in multiple episodes as well as in Doctor Who spinoff Torchwood, which aired from 2006-11.