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Our First Looks at Stephen Fry, Lenny Henry – and the Racnoss? Ten Thoughts About The Doctor Who Series 12 Trailer

The new Doctor Who trailer is out. And while we wait for news or not news of a New Year's Day episode, or a date beyond 'Early 2020' for more Doctor Who to come we do, at least, have a trailer. So what do we know? What can we guess at?

1. "The Name's Doctor. The Doctor."

The similarities and differences in the way that James Bond and Doctor Who have presented Britain to the rest of the world over the years have been the source of many theses. But only one would ever pretend to be the other. Still, dig the tuxedo and the foreign climes. You'll be in a casino sipping martini before midnight. But also, classically, a little bit of non-binary/queer coding. And they will know their classics.

2. "The Security Of This Entire Planet Is At Stake. Can We Rely On You?"

Stephen Fry gets to be in Doctor Who. He was to have written an episode, but it didn't work out, he has appeared in audios, and he kinda-of played a Time Lord in Blackadder's Christmas Carol, but now he has made it onto Doctor Who TV screen proper, in some kind of British government official, which lets face it, is the kind of role he plays best.

3. "Fro Jo Ko." "What?"

Plenty of familiar faces, as promised The Juddoon are back, with their own brand of Judge Dredd-like lawmaking. And Jonathan Hickman-style language.

4. "I Don't Suppose You've Seen Anything Weird Around Here?"

And there's another one, of the Racnoss. The Racnoss Empress? Or another Racnoss dignitary?

I mean that looks quite Racnoss-y too. We haven't seen them since The Runaway Bride.

5. "Have I Got To Answer That?"

Graham gets some nice new headgear. Suits you sir. The Doctor gets some as well…

6. Lenny Henry Gets The Gun

Sir Lenny Henry makes his first official Doctor Who appearance shooting at the Doctor despite, well, see all of Stephen Fry's entry. Lenny Henry was also behind Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere and played a version of the Doctor in his own sketch show back in the eighties. Oh go on, let's have that as well.

I mean, yes, it is very much of its time. But it still makes me laugh.

7. "Where Are We?" "Paris, 1943." "Oh no."

Okay, so in the midst of the Occupation, people had begun to return to Paris. But then there were air raids from the Allies, the arrest and deportation of Jews and foreigners, and the forced departure to factories in Germany of many young Frenchmen. French fascist groups such as Vichy France were set up to fight the communist-led resistance. I can presume which side the Doctor will be on, but those air raids were rather non-discriminatory.

8. "Something's Coming For Me."

Yup, it's the Cybermen, there for the Doctor's last regeneration. What has happened since?

And now phasing through TARDIS doors. Will we get news of Missy/The Master as well?

9. The Birds.

Fear them.

10. Coming Early 2020

For a show all about time and space, they are really indeterminate about scheduling, aren't they? Here's the trailer and we are promised more before/during/after Strictly tonight on BBC1 as well.

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