A little under a year ago, Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth Doctor debuted under extraordinary circumstances in the last of the Doctor Who 60th anniversary specials, and then fans with a Disney+ subscription saw him return a few weeks later for the Christmas special “The Church on Ruby Road.” Now the time is fast approaching for him to go on another holiday season adventure, with “Joy to the World” seeing Gatwa performing alongside Bridgerton ’s Nicola Coughlan. It’s now been revealed that a long-time adversary of The Doctor will be present in the next episode of Doctor Who to watch , and it’s making me even more worried for Coughlan’s character.
Rather than “Joy to the World” pairing the Fifteenth Doctor back with Ruby Sunday following the events of the first Disney+ season’s finale , the Time Lord protagonist will instead be paired with Coughlan’s Joy, a woman who checks into a hotel chain that, as revealed by writer Steven Moffat , uses time travel to “sell all the unsold nights in their own hotels in history.” Now thanks to a new “Joy to the World” clip that’s been posted, we know that this chain has ties to Villengard, the biggest arms manufacturer in recorded history. See for yourself: Like The Doctor said, Villengard, also the name of the planet where these weapons factories are located, is one of his oldest enemies, and folks who’ve been watching Doctor Who ’s revival era have been hearing about this company since it began in 2005.
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