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Directed by | Tom Kingsley | ||
Written by | Russell T Davies | ||
Script editor | Scott Handcock | ||
Produced by | Vicki Delow | ||
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Music by | Murray Gold | ||
Series | 2023 specials | ||
Running time | 54 minutes | ||
First broadcast | 2 December 2023 | ||
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"Wild Blue Yonder" is the second of the 60th anniversary specials of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 2 December 2023, and was written by Russell T Davies and directed by Tom Kingsley. David Tennant stars as the Fourteenth Doctor, alongside Catherine Tate as Donna Noble.
Set directly after the events of "The Star Beast", the episode focuses on the Doctor and Donna being stranded by the TARDIS on an abandoned spaceship at the edge of the universe, where they encounter a pair of sadistic, shapeshifting duplicates of themselves. It is dedicated to Bernard Cribbins, who posthumously appears as Wilfred Mott, following his death in July 2022.
The episode was watched by 7.14 million viewers and received positive reviews from critics, with praise being directed toward the performances of Tennant and Tate. A novelisation of the episode was written by Mark Morris, which was then turned into an audiobook read by former companion actress Bonnie Langford.