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Subject: Re: [NEWS] Doctor Who season 15 / season 2 trailer released
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2025 09:29:05 -0000 (UTC)
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On 02/03/2025 20:58, Your Name wrote:
>
>For those few still interested ...
>[contains spoilers]
>
>
>
>    Watch the New Doctor Who Series 15 (Or Season 2) Trailer Now
>    - With Lots Of Guest Actors Revealed
>    ------------------------------------------------------------
>    The BBC has released a new trailer for the next season of
>    Doctor Who, introducing Varada Sehu as new companion, Belinda
>    Chandra - or the Nurse, as she cheekily insists on being
>    called.
>
>    We also see Bonnie Langford back as Mel Bush, and Millie
>    Gibson as Ruby Sunday. Plus, Rylan hosting the Interstellar
>    Song Contest!
>
>    Trailer: (1min 59secs)
>    <https://youtu.be/MPxtqx55PA0>
>
>    Rylan said:
>       "As a massive Whovian, getting the call to be in Doctor
>        Who was a call I've always dreamed of getting. The
>        episode is all my favourite things about the show with
>        an added song contest set in space. It really is a
>        dream come true. I can't wait for everyone to see it.
>        It really is going to be out of this world."
>
>    Further guests include Caoilfhionn Dunne, Evelyn Miller, Ariyon
>    Bakare, Julie Dray, and Jonah Hauer-King.
>
>    Julie Dray said:
>       "I am so excited to be joining the cast of Doctor Who,
>        an iconic show with such a rich legacy. I had such an
>        amazing time working alongside Rylan while wearing
>        some beautiful prosthetics, and can't wait for
>        audiences to see the spectacular Interstellar Song
>        Contest be brought to life! Voilà!"
>
>    Caoilfhionn Dunne said:
>       "I am so grateful to have been asked to be a part of
>        this exciting second season of Doctor Who. As a
>        longtime fan of the show, it has been a dream come
>        true. And to get to work with such an amazing gang,
>        Ncuti [Gatwa, the Fifteenth Doctor] and Varada,
>        such a wonderful duo, this absolutely stellar cast
>        and such a supportive and hardworking crew. I couldn't
>        have asked for a better gang of folk to have hurtled
>        through the Whoniverse with."
>
>    Evelyn Miller said:
>       "I'm so delighted to be joining the Doctor Who team. It
>        was such a feature of my childhood, the memory of
>        curling up on the sofa with my brother and watching
>        the Weeping Angels episode from behind a pillow still
>        makes me laugh. We were terrified. The love and
>        passion that's gone into this series is so clear.
>        I can't wait for people to see it!"
>
>    Ariyon Bakare said:
>       "As a kid, I'd run around the house chasing my little
>        sister, arms raised, shouting, I am a Dalek! Back then,
>        I never imagined I'd even meet a Doctor, let alone
>        guest star in the show. So, returning to the
>        Whoniverse for Season 2 is an absolute treat. I can't
>        wait for everyone to see what we've created."
>
>    Doctor Who returns to TV next month!
>
>
>    
><https://thedoctorwhocompanion.com/2025/03/02/watch-the-new-doctor-who-series-15-or-season-2-trailer-now-with-lots-of-guest-actors-revealed/> 
>
>

Looks fairly positive overall. New companion has that Tegan "just get me
 home, I need to catch my flight" vibe, acknowledgment of the actor's link
 to Boom, more Mel Bush, more Mrs Flood, and if we have to have a musical
 episode the not-Eurovision Song Contest is a good setting for it, and
 Rylan's a good choice for host. Would be nice if they acknowledged Big
 Finish's Bang-Bang-a-Boom (and took Mel along for the ride!), but that
 really is hoping for too much, I guess.

And in a little context, the Purple Rose of Cairo / Last Action Hero
 inspired cartoon character looks a little sinister, too.

Thumbs tentatively up.


-- 
There’s no point in being grown up if you can’t act a little childish
 sometimes.