The 'Doctor Who' New Years Special for 2022 Brings Back The Daleks

Doctor Who: Flux is over, but that doesn't mean Doctor Who is done with the Thirteenth Doctor just yet. There will be no full season in 2022, but there will be a series of specials as the show gears up to cast a replacement lead and transfer from showrunner Chris Chibnall to Russell T. Davies. (There's also a more major behind-the-scenes shift, as the entire production moves house from BBC control to Bad Wolf and Sony Television, but hopefully, that transfer of power will remain invisible to fans with the show continuing to air on BBC One and BBC America.)

But before all that comes into play in 2023, 2022 will have a few visits from the Thirteenth Doctor (Jodie Whittaker), along with companions Yaz (Mandip Gill) and Dan (John Bishop). And their first adventure will arrive in time to bookend the holiday season with its usual New Year's Day festive special, kicking off the year with a whole lot of running and the tolling of the Dalek voices calling "Exterminate." Like the New Year's Day 2019 episode, this will once again herald a return of everyone's favorite plunger-and-kitchen-whisk attired pepper pots, as Dan gets to learn all about the famous aliens and their stubborn ways.

The teaser for the New Year's Day special aired at the end of the Flux finale, giving fans their first look at the return of the Doctor's long-standing enemy and a few of the guest stars who will be featured in this holiday special.