'Doctor Who' May Air Episodes In 2019 After All

Despite initial reports that Doctor Who would not return to our televisions until 2020, rumors are starting to suggest otherwise. Here's what we know about Season 12.

When Doctor Who aired New Year's Day special, "Resolution," on January 1, 2019, it was, according to all reports, the only episode fans would see this year. The 13th Doctor Jodie Whittaker and her companions, Graham O'Brien (Bradley Walsh), Ryan Sinclair (Tosin Cole), and Yasmin Khan (Mandip Gill) are all signed to return for Season 12. But filming schedules and so forth would delay the next until after the new year, putting a probable 12 to16 months between seasons, depending on the final premiere date.

But as filming for the new season kicks into high gear, reports are suggesting that the declared delay until 2020 might have been a mite hasty.

So far the new season has done a filming block on location in Cape Town, South Africa. It also has shown up in the U.K. in Cardiff, Swansea,  Tenerife, and Gloucester, as well as what looked to be a set dressed to look like Paris during World War II.

But it's the monsters who have been confirmed to return on the Thirteenth Doctor's watch that has fans properly excited. The Judoon were spotted on set in both Cardiff and Gloucester. These "interplanetary thugs" were a New Who creation, first seen during the Tennant years, but who then largely disappeared during Smith and Capaldi's time in the TARDIS. More recently, The Mirror announced the Cybermen will also appear in Season 12, marking a return for the long-running Doctor Who antagonists, who along with the Daleks, are some of the Doctor's oldest foes.