"Doctor Who" is a British science fiction series and will have its upcoming episode, "The Return of Doctor Mysterio" arriving this Christmas Day. The episode will also have a limited run in U.S. theaters on December 27-29. It is the 12th Christmas special since the show's revival in 2005 and is written by Steven Moffat, directed by Ed Bazalgette.
According to the official "Doctor Who" Twitter account, "The Return of Doctor Mysterio" will air on Christmas Day at 5:45 pm in the UK. Join the Doctor, as he teams up with an investigative journalist, and a superhero to save New York from brain-swapping aliens poised to attack New York, Den Of Geek has reported.
With Nardole and Time Lord (Capaldi) joined forces with an investigative reporter (Wakefield) and a mysterious figure known only as the Ghost. Can the Doctor save Manhattan? Let's find out a little about the cast.
Matt Lucas as Nardole - Lucas joins the high personalities that have starred in more than one Doctor Who Christmas Special. Actor Dan Starkey has a record holder with four. Charity Wakefield - English actress Wakefield has been starring on TV since 2004, with shows such as Sense & Sensibility, Casualty 1907 and Casualty 1907, and Agatha Christie's Marple.
Justin Chatwin taking the character of Grant - Chatwin made his first role in the TV series Smallville. Since then he has impressed with roles in shows such as the US version of UK show Shameless, Orphan Black, and as Cam Hawthorne in American Gothic.
Adetomiwa Edun, a Nigerian-born found fame playing the character, Sir Elyan in BBC One's Merlin alongside "Doctor Who" stars such as Colin Morgan and John Hurt. Aleksandar Jovanovic - he was born in Germany and has starred in predominantly German TV series and film productions for the past two decades.
Peter Capaldi as the 12th Doctor Capaldi will be the 12th actor playing the Doctor and the man with the eyebrows will be back again for his third time as the everyone's ultimate favorite Time Lord in 2017. Christmas day is fast approaching which it means Doctor Who is getting close.