The next season with Ncuti Gatwa's Doctor will premiere in April. Doctor Who will soon return with new episodes — and an exciting guest star. Disney and the BBC announced that Ncuti Gatwa's second season of the sci-fi series will premiere on Saturday,

Disney+ and the BBC have set an April 12 premiere date for season two Doctor Who, starring Ncuti Gatwa as the Doctor. (The show reset its season numbering with the most recent installment, which aired last year. Gutwa is the Fifteenth Doctor in the show’s long history, which dates back to 1963.)

Feb. 26 (UPI) -- A new season of Doctor Who, starring Ncuti Gatwa as the Doctor and Alan Cumming as a cartoon, will arrive on Disney + April 12. Gatwa, the show's 15th doctor, will return in Season 2, alongside Varada Sethu and Millie Gibson, as Belinda and Ruby, respectively.

Ncuti Gatwa has played the Doctor since 2023 and his second series in the iconic role will be broadcast later this year, with Doctor Who bosses sharing an announcement this week

Season 2 of Ncuti Gatwa's "Doctor Who" will premiere on April 12, and Alan Cumming is coming along for the ride.

Alan Cumming has landed a role on the upcoming season of Doctor Who. The BBC announced yesterday that Cumming, 60, will play the role of an animated character called Mr Ring-a-Ding in the second episode.

In a statement, Doctor Who showrunner, executive producer, and writer Russell T Davies said, "Only Alan Cumming could give a runaway cartoon so much wit, malice, danger and fun. He makes the whole universe of Doctor Who wilder and madder than ever, and it's an absolute honour to welcome him on board the TARDIS."

Scottish actor Alan Cumming will guest star in the upcoming series of Doctor Who as “runaway cartoon” Mr Ring-a-Ding. The stage and screen star will feature alongside Ncuti Gatwa as he returns for his second series as the fifteenth incarnation of the ...

Anita Dobson, Bonnie Langford, Jemma Redgrave, Caoilfhionn Dunne, Christopher Chung, Evelyn Miller, Ariyon Bakare, Julie Dray and Jonah Hauer-King all feature in the trailer for season 2, with Rose Ayling-Ellis MBE also joining the ranks for a thrilling and frightening adventure.

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Ncuti Gatwa is back in Season 2 of Doctor Who, which will pit the intergalactic traveler against Alun Cumming's cartoon villain.

Doctor Who will be returning for season 2 (aka the second season of Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth Doctor) on April 12. Like the past Gatwa seasons and specials, the show will premiere around the world at the same time, streaming on Disney Plus in the U.S. at the same time it drops in the U.K. on BBC.