Wild Blue Yonder (TV story)
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Wild Blue Yonder will be the second of the three 2023 specials of Doctor Who, broadcast on 2 December 2023[1] as part of the 60th anniversary celebrations.
Synopsis
The TARDIS takes the Doctor and Donna on a journey to a faraway, mysterious place and abandons them in the middle of Hostile Action.[2]
Plot
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Cast
Uncredited cast
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Crew
| Executive Producers Russell T Davies, Julie Gardner and Jane Tranter with Phil Collinson and Joel Collins |
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| Not every person who worked on this adventure was credited. The absence of a credit for a position doesn't necessarily mean the job wasn't required. The information above is based solely on observations of the actual end credits of the episodes as broadcast, and does not relay information from IMDB or other sources. |
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Worldbuilding
- The Doctor once spent three years in orbit because the HADS prevented him from landing anywhere.
Notes
- Unlike the other two 2023 specials, The Star Beast and The Giggle, the marketing of Wild Blue Yonder was kept incredibly vague and told very little about the plot. The BBC wished to maintain the surprises of the story and Russell T Davies wanted one of the specials to be a complete mystery.[2] According to director Tom Kingsley, the secrecy had naught to do with "any surprise returning actors or villains", but because "we thought you might find it fun to watch it without knowing what's going to happen next".[4]
- This story's upcoming debut was mentioned alongside the other 2023 specials in the non-fiction feature Back in Business published in Doctor Who The Official Annual 2024 on 7 September 2023.
- The preview of this episode released in DWM 597 revealed a teaser of the plot and a snippet of dialogue between the Doctor and Donna.[2]
- It also revealed a cast list consisting of Tennant, Tate, and three other names that had all been replaced with a "[REDACTED]".
- The title of the episode was named after the song "Wild Blue Yonder".[2]
- David Tennant called this special "unlike any Doctor Who episode ever", referring to the specials as a whole as "Russell [T Davies] off the leash".[5]
- This will be the second story to stream exclusively on Disney+ outside of the United Kingdom.
- According to an advertisement on the BBC, the robot featured in promotional materials is named "Jimbo".[6]
Myths and rumours
- Matt Smith, Peter Capaldi and Jodie Whittaker will return as the Eleventh, Twelfth and Thirteenth Doctors.
- John Simm will return as The Master.
- The Wirrn will return.
- Ncuti Gatwa's Fifteenth Doctor will make an early debut in this episode alongside Millie Gibson's Ruby Sunday, marking the first Multi-Doctor story told from the perspective of a former incarnation.
Filming locations
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Production errors
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Influences
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Continuity
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Home media releases
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Gallery
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Footnotes
Notes
References
- ↑ @bbcdoctorwho on twitter.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 DWM 597 - Preview of Wild Blue Yonder, Page 20
- ↑ Wild Blue Yonder on bbc.co.uk
- ↑ @kingsley_tom on twitter.com
- ↑ David Tennant’s Doctor Who Return ‘Is Unlike Any Episode Ever’ on empireonline.com
- ↑ carlinjack1 on twitter.com
