Although “The Star Beast” would be helpful for picking up if you’re dropping in on “Wild Blue Yonder,” chances are the second special might also have ways of catching you up on what you missed. Technically nothing having been on the air for 60 years (and, frankly, being a British production with plenty of downtime between seasons) Doctor Who is pretty adept at bringing you up to speed on what you need to know. Wait, how many Doctor Who anniversary specials are there?

You can also find the specials on the BBC iPlayer (at the same time). The second episode of the 60th anniversary specials, “Wild Blue Yonder,” will air at 6:30 p.m.

Well, of course you still can Doctor Who is a BBC show, after all, and it will be airing there in the U.K. But the first special, “The Star Beast” is already streaming on Disney Plus. No longer do Who fans have to turn to shady streaming sites or navigate the BBC America site.ĭisney will be releasing the specials concurrently with their broadcast in the U.K., meaning if you’re watching it on Disney Plus, the new specials will drop on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. This is the easiest part of the whole affair: In the States, the Doctor Who anniversary special will be streaming on Disney Plus. How to watch the Doctor Who special on Disney Plus Which means you’re probably going to want to watch the three specials as soon as you possibly can - and here’s how.

Still, the end of the anniversary specials (that’s right, we’re talking plural specials, baby) have a lot explaining to do, and a lot of ground to cover - and that’s before we get into the first special’s cliffhanger ending and the promised arrival of the the Fifteenth Doctor ( Sex Education and Barbie’s Ncuti Gatwa). Now the 60th anniversary specials have taken it even further, with Catherine Tate’s Donna back, remembering The Doctor, and even inadvertently passing along some of her cosmic knowledge to her daughter Rose ( Heartstopper’s Yasmin Finney). Since when does The Doctor repeat regeneration forms? Why does his face look like that? When Jodie Whittaker’s Thirteenth Doctor regenerated as the form of David Tennant (as The Doctor), Doctor Who fans were thrown for a loop.

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