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* TBA - [[Joel Fry]]<ref name="Coughlan and Fry" /><ref name="Joel Fry">{{Cite_web|url=https://twitter.com/set_dw/status/1719404323237511434|title=#dwsr<br />NEW GUEST STAR<br />Joel Fry is on location inside Dirty Martini bar, Cardiff|author=@set_dw|date of source=2023-10-31|archiveurl=https://archive.ph/osFP7|archivedate=2024-05-26}}</ref>
* Conrad - Jonah Hauer-King<ref name="Mail" /><ref name="Conrad">{{Cite_web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-filming-pictures-jonah-hauer-king-newsupdate/|title=Doctor Who filming pics tease sinister role for Jonah Hauer-King|author=Louise Griffin|date of source=2024-04-23|website name=RadioTimes.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423193349/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-filming-pictures-jonah-hauer-king-newsupdate/|archivedate=2024-04-23}}</ref>
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* TBA - Blake Patrick Anderson<ref name="Nov15">{{cite web|url=https://cultbox.co.uk/news/headlines/millie-gibson-films-scenes-for-2025-doctor-who-in-bristol|title=Millie Gibson films scenes for 2025 Doctor Who in Bristol|author=Andrea Laford|date of source=2023-11-15|website name=CultBox|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326183941/https://cultbox.co.uk/news/headlines/millie-gibson-films-scenes-for-2025-doctor-who-in-bristol|archivedate=2024-03-26}}</ref>
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On 22 June2023, Davies announced in Doctor Who Magazineissue 592 that the first four scripts of this series were already being written at the same time, saying "And there isn't time to pause, as we leap on to the 2025 season. Right now, four scripts are being written simultaneously…" as well as teasing with the words "garden", "firmament" and "diploma".[7]
On 13 July, Ncuti Gatwa was interviewed by Rolling Stone UK, and besides discussing what the show meant to him, said "I’m planning on getting back to [the theatre] next year, after I finish season two of Doctor Who", confirming that Gatwa would return for at least this series in addition to Series 14.[8]
On 17 August, in Doctor Who Magazineissue 594, it was revealed that this series would have at least one guest writer and Scott Handcock noted in his Production Diary that "Scripts are still coming in, crew are getting booked, and meetings are filling the diaries", with formal prep for the series set to begin soon.[9]
On 12 October, in Doctor Who Magazineissue 596, it was revealed that this series would consist of 9 episodes, the same amount as the previous season. Two new directors were also unveiled.[10][11]
On 23 October, the Doctor Who socials released a short video in the Doctor Who Prop Store of the TARDIS being unveiled from under a curtain and dematerialising, huge letters appearing on screen saying "Filming Starts Today".[12]
On 13 November, it was officially revealed on the Doctor Who website that Nicola Coughlan would be appearing alongside Gatwa in the series' special.[16][17]
On 22 November, Davies revealed in an interview with Big Issue that he had just handed in a script that would go on air in May2025, saying "If I sound a bit hyper, it’s because I just this morning delivered a Doctor Who script that will be on air in May 2025."[18][19]
2024
On 4 January, in issue 599 of Doctor Who Magazine, it was revealed in Scott Handcock's Production Diary that an actor who had previously appeared in an anniversary special would be appearing in an episode of the season.[20]
On 1 FebruaryDoctor Who Magazineissue 600 was released, in which Davies gave an update on the series in his Letter from the Showrunner column, saying that the Christmas Special should be locked on editing by this point and VFX had begun, with episodes 1 and 4 being filmed entirely, with an opening scene filmed at a later point, and episode 2 would feature a guest actor who played another character in the past, as well as episode 7 which "sits waiting" to be filmed and episode 8 to be written soon.[21]
On 16 April, Entertainment Weekly presented Ncuti Gatwa as their cover story and revealed two new costumes for the Doctor in this season. In a promotional interview with Russell T Davies, he revealed that Millie Gibson was still very much part of the new season. EW also revealed they got to watch an episode being filmed, involving "space stations, holograms, and the Doctor using his brain to thwart an interstellar foe".[26][27]
On 17 April, in the cover story for SFX magazine, Davies stated that "the Ruby Sunday story literally spans those two years", referring to this season and the previous one.[28]
Gatwa told Attitude magazine that the season was over halfway filmed in an interview published in the May/June 2024 issue.[29]
At the season one premiere event on 25 April, Gatwa and Gibson told Metro that Sethu brought an "amazing energy" to the series, teasing that they had an "incredible dynamic" with her.[30]
The same day, in an interview with Radio Times, Gibson said she "knows how [the season] ends", but that she could "only guess" at her future on the show afterwards, adding that she "might be here with a walking stick in a few decades".[31][32]
After Varada Sethu unexpectedly appeared as Mundy Flynn in Season 1 episode 3, Boom, on 18 May, Moffat teased in interviews that Davies had a plan for Sethu in Season 2, which he compared to the story arc of Clara Oswald.[37] Davies clarified on social media that Sethu would not be reprising the role of Mundy Flynn, and teased that "timey-wimey" elements would come into play. Sethu added that fans would have to "wait and see" regarding the reasons for her return.[38]
The same day, Anita Dobson revealed in an interview with Radio Times that season 2 would have more answers about her character, the mysterious Mrs. Flood.[40]
At the BAFTA event A Life in Pictures: Russell T Davies, Davies teased that episode 6 was a "riot" and involved an unspecified film "crossed with that thing".[42]
On 26 July, at a panel at San Diego Comic Con, a preview for the Christmas special was released, and the name of Sethu's character was announced to be Belinda Chandra.[43]
Spin-offs happening was further supported by Katy Manning, who also hinted at "people returning".[103]
Also according to The Sun, Ryan Gosling - co-star to Ncuti Gatwa in the 2023 $1 billion dollar-grossing hit film Barbie - could have been cast in the series.[104]