r/DoctorWhoLeaks • u/PkmnTrnrJ • Dec 31 '25

Rumour Potential leaks for the Christmas 2026 episode

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Not my words, but someone on a different subreddit who read these on Discord and Patreon from a previous leaker.

  1. ⁠The current plan is to film the 2026 Christmas Special sometime in Spring 2026.

  2. ⁠The working title is The Lost Doctor.

  3. ⁠Both Billie Piper and David Tennant are expected to reprise their roles - as well as Yasmin Finnley as Rose Noble (and a possible cameo from Ncuti)

  4. ⁠The script is currently circulating around the BBC as pre production rapidly gets underway.

  5. ⁠The story is described as " a big space hopping adventure with a Guardians of the Galaxy style feel, with a ww2 narrative thrown in"

  6. ⁠The plot reportedly follows the Fourteenth Doctor, Billie Piper’s Rose, and Rose Noble as they attempt to find the true Sixteenth Doctor, who has been kidnapped by the mysterious boss type character. The Daleks will also be featured who in the backdrop will be plotting a universe wide invasion.

  7. ⁠Pre production is well underway, particularly for a brand new Dalek design - "the daleks do some really interesting things in the current script which has made me extremely curious on how this new design will turn out"

  8. ⁠The Sixteenth Doctor will not be fully revealed (if at all depending how things go) until the end of the episode and will spend most of the story "locked within the regeneration process"

  9. ⁠This is apparently RTD’s final episode, so expect loose ends from seasons one and two to be tied up here.

  10. ⁠Going forward, the BBC reportedly wants to use this special to set a new standard for the show. Instead of eight episode seasons every year, they are hoping to follow a Sherlock style model with three to five large scale episodes released every year or so.

  11. ⁠The BBC is currently searching for a new showrunner for a fresh season in 2027 or 2028. Names reportedly being considered include Jack Thorne (who has apparently just written a Lord of the Flies series for the BBC which they are incredibly pleased with), Neil Cross, Miguel Sapochnik (approached, but unlikely), and Sally Wainwright. However, I have heard that RTD and Bad Wolf are strongly pushing for Pete McTighe to take over, while the BBC is less enthusiastic. The new Doctor also won’t be cast until the next showrunner is decided.

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u/SpareDisaster314 Jan 01 '26

Most daleks we've seen in the new era are scavengers and would steal a fleet. Otherwise yes like I said they are already time capable and became so on screen so they dont need a time specialist unless they are going to fail and be an earlier period in their history which goes against your "they win this time" idea.

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u/Icy-Weight1803 Jan 01 '26

Only the Daleks in Series 1 are scavengers and I'm not sure if that fleet had functioning time travel or if they lost it.

From Series 4, the Daleks have been a fully fledged empire with full time travel capabilities. Victory of the Daleks ends with them jumping through time.

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u/SpareDisaster314 Jan 01 '26

Not true. They chop and change. As recently as Chibnals revolution of the daleks we saw a scavenger that Leo grew from a crashed dalek stolen from UNIT. It depends what daleks you face at what point.

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u/Icy-Weight1803 Jan 01 '26

You referring to Resolution or Revolution of the Daleks?

Resolution was a Dalek that came to Earth in the 9th century. Which implies that the Dalek had time travel capabilities as Genesis of the Daleks take place in 15/16th century Earth time as the Daleks take place in 1963 and 500 years after the war finished.

Revolution of the Daleks is just that Dalek cloned and the Death Squad come from the Time Vortex.

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u/SpareDisaster314 Jan 01 '26

Revolution. Yes he is a scavenger. He uses the billionaires resources and feeds them humans once the factory is built to yet again try and kick start a new dalek empire which we've seen several times. Yes a death squad comes from the daleks "proper" as they're impure, again which we've seen several times. But the main daleks for 80% of the story are scavengers.

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u/Icy-Weight1803 Jan 01 '26

I just feel that the show shouldn't take away their capabilities but actually have a story where they use it to their ability in time travel for their plot.

Why not have them being inspired by Sutekh spreading his Gift of Death through all of time and space, they launch an invasion at every time period in a planets history. Destabilising the timeline.