We have a date, and a new trailer!
11 May
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Fantastic!!!
Well I guess that makes it official, Doctor who has 3 season/series 1s
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KATE!!!
I refuse to accept calling this āseason 1ā though lol
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From now on Iām going by the absolute count, this is 40
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So excited 
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Iām excited - but that trailer gives away NOTHING!
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I suppose thatās a good thing.
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Also, this is the same day as Eurovision so it will be interesting to see what the timeslot is. Iām guessing earlier, maybe around 7pm (Eurovision is usually 8pm start).
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TV all day on May 11!!!
According to a Radio Times article, the first two episodes will release at midnight on the 11th on iPlayer and then will air on BBC One before the Eurovison Final.
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And from what Iāve understood, it premieres on Disney+ internationally on May 10, making it the first time the UK gets the episodes after the world. Itās a bit strange that the BBC One TV broadcast comes last, after the D+ and iPlayer releases. It means you Brits are going to have to avoid spoilers from the rest of the world!
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The UK gets it at the same time as everyone else on streaming, itās just an inconvenient time slot 
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Well, it does have Kate Stewart in it.
And Ruby, I suppose, though I kinda assumed that.
(Though I was rather expecting Kate, tooā¦)
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Telling the bare minimum so as to avoid spoilers and limit wild speculation. It feels more like a montage of the Doctor looking excited or surprised.
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To be fair, a lot of Doctor Who is the Doctor looking excited or surprisedā¦ 
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I donāt want to be negative but this new broadcast schedule is a bit of a kick in the teeth to the UK.
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Canāt believe only the first 10 seconds of the thirty-second video was actually the trailerā¦ I feel like I learned very little from it 
The schedule change doesnāt really affect me personally as an Australian (since Iām not going to wake up in the middle of the night to watch it, itās still just ānew episode is available in the morningā), but just on principle, I donāt like the idea that Disney+'s American audience (and their perceived need to watch as soon as the episode dropsā¦ like, itās a streaming-on-demand serviceā¦ why?! 
) would be prioritised ahead of UK viewers. Itās a British show (and a British institution); I feel like the audience there should have first dibs. The change just feels icky.
I also read somewhere that two episodes are going to come out on 11 May, not just one, which I donāt really love tbh! It just feels like, since the seasonās already so short now, itās going to make āno more new Doctor Who until Christmastimeā season come even sooner
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Not really sure the time thing is an issue. Releasing something at midnight the day it releases just seems like the default time youād add something to a streaming service, and releasing it at 7 pm the previous day EST in the US just tells me someone looked up what the time difference between GMT and EST isā¦
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I donāt want to complain, because Iām just happy to have new Who, but what it means for UK fans if they want to avoid spoilers theyāll have to stay off the internet for 19 hours if they want to watch Doctor Who at 7pm on a Saturday, like nature intended.
Asking them to watch it in the morning (itās a spooky sci-fi show! Not for the morning!) isnāt really right.
But having said that, I will absolutely have an Internet Blackout until I see it, and am busy every weekend that itās on anyway so will probably watch at random times anyway.
As for releasing two episodes - good for promotion and drumming up hype, bad because it means bigger gaps.
I just hope they have lots of spin-offs up their sleeves. I want way more Whoniverse!
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