Doctor Who 2024: Everything you need to know about the new series

Get ready for more adventures in time and space as the new series of Doctor Who is on its way.

A new trailer for the upcoming season has been released as Ncuti Gatwa returns as the fifteenth Doctor, accompanied by Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday.

There will be eight episodes to enjoy in total following on from last year's Christmas Day special, The Church on Ruby Road.

The first two episodes of the series will be released on Saturday 11 May on BBC iPlayer and Disney+, with both also shown on BBC One later that day.

What do we know from the Doctor Who trailers?

The Doctor and Ruby will travel back in time to the Regency Era in one of the episodes

From the the two trailers shown so far, this season won't be short of mammoth adventures for The Doctor and Ruby.

The duo will travel through time and space to unknown lands and meet new characters and monsters along the way.

What periods of history will the Doctor visit?

They will land in times of fancy fashion, including the Regency era of the early 19th century in England as well as the 1960s where the Doctor will once again change his wardrobe to reflect the time.

On their journey, the Tardis will also fly millions of years back to see dinosaurs roaming the Earth.

While there they learn that mistakes made in the past can have a big impact on the future - as shown in one clip, where Ruby steps on a butterfly and turns into a human bug!

Doctor Who: Which characters are returning?

Donna's daughter, Rose, who we met in the 60th anniversary special, looks like they could be making a return as we see a glimpse of them in the trailer.

There's speculation as to whether we'll see any of the classic Dr Who villains like the Daleks or Cybermen though.

The new episodes are called: Space Babies, The Devil's Chord, Boom, 73 Yards, Dot and Bubble, Rogue, The Legend of Ruby Sunday and Empire of Death.

Steven Moffat - who has written more episodes of Dr Who than any other writer - has also written one of the episodes this season, Boom.

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