Doctor Who (Reboot Series)

**Doctor Who** is an upcoming Southern English sci-fi television series produced by BBC Studios, Disney Branded Television and dwho1995 Television Studios. It is based upon the relegate Time Lord alien, The Doctor, who travels through time and space and battles his arch enemies including the Daleks.

It is a reboot of the original UK era of *Doctor Who*, which came to an end on Boxing Day 2024 before it was removed from the archives afterwards and never to be seen again but original art concepts would be altered with several references to Britain removed. It is due to be aired with the Boxing Day special on 26 December 2025 with Series 1 to follow in May 2026.

## Development

It was announced on 5th May 2024, on Callum Precious's birthday, that Doctor Who would be reimagined as a Southern English television series for the new generation around the world with pre-production gets underway in June. It will replace the UK era of the programme, which was removed from the BBC's television archives due to the references to the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland. At the same time, Series 1 has been commissioned and a Christmas special also announced with filming to begin in January 2025 and due to be aired on Boxing Day 2025 on BBC One in the United Southern England and on Disney+ internationally. Precious, a Doctor Who fan, have made further clarity that the international streaming deal for the show between the BBC and Disney - which began on 25th October 2022 - will remain unaffected by the show's resetting but also prepared for the removal of the UK-era Doctor Who series. The TARDIS would also get a makeover: The physical blue box design would remain unchanged but, instead of references to the police, a military-themed design set to take its place for the Christmas special and beyond. Unlike the Christmas Specials era, the Boxing Day would end the current series each year instead of signalling the beginning of each series as it was in the past. However, the 2026 Boxing Day would end the first series before moving on to the second series; which also commissioned.

On 31st October 2024, it was announced by the BBC Broadcasting System (BBC) that former Neighbours star and fan-favourite Guy Pearce; known for playing Ebenezer Scrooge in *A Christmas Carol*; would star as the reimagined version of The First Doctor - originally played by William Hartnell from 1963-1966 - as The Doctor's regeneration cycle is about to be reset for the show after more than 60 years. Following the announcement, the BBC also confirmed that every era of *Doctor Who* and its *Whoniverse* collection would be removed from BBC IPlayer after Boxing Day 2024 with physical media stocks of it to be phased out afterwards the following year, on 31st January, to make way for the rebooted era of *Doctor Who*. The programme became the last UK content to be phased out despite all British content being removed on 1st September 2024, six months after Southern England gains independence from the United Kingdom. It follows the closure of Britbox in the wake of Southern England's independence on 30th March 2024.

On 31st December 2024, the 2025 Boxing Day Special of *Doctor Who* would be titled **Brave New World**. It will be the first episode of the rebooted era of the programme following the complete removal of every era of the show to comply with Southern England's independence earlier in the year. It will be a stand-alone episode of the show rather than being an opening episode of Series 1.

## Filming

The filming of a newly-rebooted *Doctor Who* will begin on 31st January 2025 in Oxford Street in the West End of London and expected to be wrapped on 30th March 2025. Series 1 will start filming at Pinewood Studios in June 2025.

## Television Stories

### Southern English Doctor

The Southern English Doctor is portrayed by Guy Pearce from 2024 onward.

#### 2025 Boxing Day Special

Following the removal of the UK-era Doctor Who series from the entertainment history books after Boxing Day 2024, the modernised era of Doctor Who began to materised in December 2025. While Mark Gatiss is the new showrunner in charge, dwho1995 Television Studios would co-produce the show with Callum Precious served as an executive producer.

The Boxing Day Special was broadcast on a Friday.