What We Know About the ‘Doctor Who’ New Year’s Day Special

Instead of the normal winter-time special, season 11 of Doctor Who is going to try something different- A New Year’s Day special.

According to DoctorWhoTV, the official synopsis for the episode reads:

As the New Year begins, a terrifying evil is stirring, from across the centuries of Earth’s history. As the Doctor, Ryan, Graham and Yaz return home, will they be able to overcome the threat to planet Earth?

We also have a glimpse of what Jodie Whittaker’s 13th Doctor will look like in the episode, with a lovely new scarf:

Written by Chris Chibnall, the episode is directed by Wayne Yip, who previously directed two episodes during Peter Capaldi‘s as time as the Twelfth Doctor (2017’s Lie of the Land and Empress of Mars) and two episodes of the 2016 Doctor Who spin-off, Class (Detained and The Metaphysical Engine, or What Quill Did). The episode will star Jodie Whittaker as the Doctor, Tosin Cole as Ryan, Bradley Walsh as Graham, and Mandip Gill as Yaz.

Instead of the usual Christmas special, there will instead be a marathon which will begin at 12pm ET/PT on December 24th on BBC and lead into Christmas Day proper. After that, it will be a celebratory marathon of all the Doctors starting with Peter Capaldi, followed by Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant, and Matt Smith, leading straight into the New Year’s special on January 1st, 2019.