The Next Doctor (TV story)

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The Next Doctor is the announced^[1] title of the 2008 Doctor Who Christmas episode. It is the first of five special episodes planned for 2008-09 prior to the launch of Series 5 in 2010.

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The episode was filmed during production of Series 4, the first time a Christmas special has been rolled into production of the preceding series. This allowed the Series 4 finale, Journey's End to include a trailer for the episode.
The Cybermen appear in the trailer, which included the onscreen caption Return of the Cybermen. That was confirmed as merely a tag-line rather than the title.
This episode introduces the Cybershades, which are believed to be mutated Cybermen, as seen in the teaser trailer at the end of Journey's End.
Russell T Davies has guaranteed a twist ending so shocking that they might not show an early press screening, because they doubt that anyone will be able to keep it a secret.
For Children in Need 2008, two minutes of this episode will be broadcast for the first time.
On the new trailer on the BBC's website it shows the 'Cybershades' who have a rusty cyber head and a yeti like body. It also shows that the red woman knows the Cybermen and that there will be a Cyber Controller

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The title of the story, The Next Doctor, was announced in late September 2008, and is expected to further fan the flames of speculation regarding the future of Tennant with the series. During his acceptence speech for "Best Drama Performance" at the National Television Awards on 29/10/08, he announced that he would not return for Series 5.
The Sun^[3] newspaper in the UK has reported David Morrissey will be playing The Doctor in this episode with David Tennant taking the companion role.The BBC's official Doctor Who website, has confirmed that David Morrissey is playing a character that calls himself The Doctor^[4].
The announcement by David Tennant on 29 October 2008 that he would be leaving Doctor Who following production of the 2009 Christmas special is expected to renew speculation that the "Next Doctor" of this special could be a future incarnation, although Tennant's announcement suggests that a regeneration is unlikely to occur in this episode.

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This is the first time the Cybus Industries Cybermen have returned in the new series since DW: Doomsday, when the Cybermen were sucked into the void.

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External links

BBC.co.uk - Step into the Tardis for Children in Need - Announcement of the title
BBC.co.uk Doctor Who News - Who's In The Frame?

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Cyberman stories

For the purposes of this list, a "Cyberman story" is one in which one living, authentic Cyberman plays a part within the confines of the story, outside of flashbacks to previous stories and cliffhangers that lead into the following story. For this reason, stories such as Dalek are absent due to only featuring deceased Cybermen on display. Stories like Carnival of Monsters, A Good Man Goes to War and The Vanquishers are also not included due to the Cybermen's appearance being of little consequence to the plot of the story.

Television

The Tenth Planet • The Moonbase • The Tomb of the Cybermen • The Wheel in Space • The Invasion • Revenge of the Cybermen • Earthshock • The Five Doctors • Attack of the Cybermen • Silver Nemesis • Rise of the Cybermen / The Age of Steel • Army of Ghosts / Doomsday • Cyberwoman • The Next Doctor • The Pandorica Opens • Closing Time • Nightmare in Silver • The Time of the Doctor • Dark Water / Death in Heaven • World Enough and Time / The Doctor Falls • The Haunting of Villa Diodati • Ascension of the Cybermen / The Timeless Children • Flux: Once, Upon Time • The Power of the Doctor

Webcast

TARDIS Cam No.1 - The Moonscape • Real Time • Tardisode 6 • Tardisode 13 • Monster File: Cybermen • What if robots replaced teachers?

Audio

Sword of Orion • Spare Parts • Real Time • The Harvest • Silver Lining • Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Crystal of Cantus • The Reaping • The Gathering • The Blue Tooth • Human Resources • The Girl Who Never Was • The Ultimate Adventure • Kingdom of Silver • Legend of the Cybermen • The Silver Turk • Last of the Cybermen • Return to Telos • The Isos Network • The Tyrants of Logic • Code Silver / Master of Worlds • Hour of the Cybermen • Conversion • Return of the Cybermen • The Gates of Hell • Scourge of the Cybermen • Altered Status • Monsters in Metropolis • Secrets of Telos • Way of the Burryman / The Forth Generation • Bad Day in Tinseltown • Willkommen • Wulf • Übermensch • Auf Wiedersehen • The Great Cyber-War • Sins of the Flesh

Cyberman

Scorpius • Fear • Conversion • Telos • Outsiders • Terror • Machines • Extinction

Prose

Novels	Iceberg • Killing Ground • Illegal Alien • Warmonger • Loving the Alien • Made of Steel • Plague of the Cybermen • Dr. First • Scratchman • The Self-Made Man

Short stories	Birth of a Renegade • Heliotrope Bouquet • Scientific Adviser • Vrs • Going Off the Rails • Cybermen: Status Update • The Piper • The Mondas Touch • The Patchwork Pierrot • Consultation Exercise • Alit in Underland • Ghost in the Machine • The Heist • A Girl Called Doubt

Features	Cybermen

Comics

The Coming of the Cybermen • Flower Power • Cyber-Mole • The Cyber Empire • Eskimo Joe • Masquerade • The Time Museum • Test Flight • Junk-Yard Demon • Throwback: The Soul of a Cyberman • Deathworld • Black Legacy • Revelation! • Genesis! • The World Shapers • The Totally Stonking, Surprisingly Educational And Utterly Mindboggling Comic Relief Comic • The Good Soldier • Dreadnought • The Flood • The Power of the Cybermen / Drones of Doom / Enemy Mine / Time of the Cybermen • Assimilation² • Doctor Who and the Last Stand • The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who • Conversion • Untitled • Cyber Crisis • Supremacy of the Cybermen • The Bidding War • The Lost Dimension • High Noon in Hollywood

The Cybermen	The Dead Heart • The Flesh Unbound • The Black Sky • The Hungry Sea • The Dark Flame • The Future Perfect • The Ugly Underneath • The Prodigal Returns

Supremacy of the Cybermen prologues	The First Doctor • The Second Doctor • The Third Doctor • The Fourth Doctor • The Fifth Doctor • The Sixth Doctor • The Seventh Doctor • The Eighth Doctor • The War Doctor

Video
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Destiny of the Doctors • Airships • Cyber Assault • Ghostwatch • Eye of the TARDIS • Return to Earth • The Mazes of Time • Blood of the Cybermen • Dalek Supremacy • The Eternity Clock • The Doctor and the Dalek • Lost in Time • Hidden Mysteries

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