Jodie Whittaker's time as the 13th Doctor in Doctor Who is fast approaching its end. The actress, 40, who has played the role since Peter Capaldi left in 2017, will make her final appearance as the Time Lord in an episode called The Power of the Doctor.
Sex Education's Ncuti Gatwa will take over the part once Whittaker leaves the role. Former showrunner Russell T Davies, who worked on the series during Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant's run, will return to work alongside Gatwa. Meanwhile, fan favourites David Tennant and Catherine Tate, who portrayed the 10th Doctor and Donna Noble respectively, will also be back for a series of specials that will celebrate the long-running series' 60th anniversary next year. You can read more about that here.
The BBC has now confirmed when fans can expect to watch Jodie Whittaker's final episode as The Doctor but when will that be and what will the episode be about? Read on for all of the answers.
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When is The Power of the Doctor - Jodie Whittaker's final episode of Doctor Who?
It has been revealed that the episode will air on BBC One on Sunday, October 23 at 7.30pm. The episode will be a feature length, 90-minute edition.
Classic Doctor Who companions Dorothy 'Ace' McShane (Sophie Aldred) and Tegan Jovanka (Janet Fielding) will join forces with the Doctor's current TARDIS crew, Yasmin Khan (Mandip Gill) and Dan Lewis (John Bishop). Sacha Dhawan will return as the Doctor's arch-nemesis, the Master.
An official synopsis for The Power of the Doctor reads: "In this feature length special to mark her last adventure, Jodie Whittaker’s 13th Doctor must fight for her very existence, against her deadliest enemies: the Daleks, the Cybermen and her arch-nemesis, the Master.
"Who is attacking a speeding bullet train on the edges of a distant galaxy? Why are seismologists going missing from 21st century Earth? Who is defacing some of history’s most iconic paintings? Why is a Dalek trying to make contact with the Doctor? And just what hold does the mesmeric Rasputin have over Tsar Nicholas in 1916 Russia?
"The Doctor faces multiple threats...and a battle to the death."
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