Doctor Who Series 12 Trailer Released

I’ve made reference to it a few times on this site, though I’ve never directly spoken about it, I love Doctor Who. An (almost) immortal time wizard that kidnaps young women (sometimes men too), and goes on massive adventures to fight upsidedown dustbins and space rhinos through time and space. It is a truly brilliant show about showing compassion to protect those that you love, something The Doctor as a character embodies. An alien that is in love with humans and earth because they want to make sure what happened to their race of people doesn’t befall us.

More recently The Doctor, a character that’s older than color TV itself, transformed into a woman for the first time. For the first time in a long time, I loved this character of hope after a man that swore more than a sailor using a hammer took on the role. Jodie Whittaker brought fun, life, and character into the character of someone who has seen and done everything. So yes, I loved the previous series, especially Malorie Blackman and Chris Chibnall’s Rosa; one of the most important episodes in the show’s history, in my opinion.

So when it was revealed that series 12 was to release soon, around the same time of Star Trek: Picard, you better believe I was happy. Unlike the previous series, however, it seems we’re seeing the return of several revival-era Doctor Who monsters and aliens. Moreover, it seems unlike the last series being 10 stories for the 10 episodes, it seems we’re getting 10 episodes (and a special) that are arching like series 6 was. Though we’re not getting a new monster like the Silence this time, instead we’re getting the Cybermen.

With Series 11’s new Doctor, we also saw a new showrunner/head writer in the form of Chris Chibnall. Now since Chibnall’s episode of the Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood, Cyberwoman, I’ve been willing to trust Chibnall with women as much as I trust an angry bear with a baby. While we’re mostly going to see them as a threat rather than oversexualized nonsense, I’m trepidatious of Chibnall’s inclusion of them at all.

On the whole, I’m excited to see the return of the Judoon, Stephen Fry’s guest appearance, and a hopeful expansion on Mandip Gill’s character Yasmin Khan. One thing missing from the previous series was the characterization of the companions, Yasmin in particular; and hopefully, with the establishing series completed we can move on with fleshing out the companions a little more.