The BBC has revealed the airtime for The Robot Revolution, the opening episode of the new season of Doctor Who.
The episode will air on BBC1 at 6:50pm on Saturday 12th April 2025.
It will also be available on iPlayer the same day from 8am in the UK and Disney+ across the globe. It’s, as expected, 46 minutes long.
The Robot Revolution introduces new companion, Belinda Chandra, played by Varada Sethu (Boom), opposite the Fifteenth Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa); he promises to get her home, albeit “the long way around,” after robots abduct her and take her to a planet orbiting a star named after Belinda.
Here’s the synopsis:
“Under a starlit sky, two teenage sweethearts share a moment: he presents her with a star – her star – named in her honour. Miss Belinda Chandra. It’s cute, it’s quirky, it’s… just a certificate. But then Robots rock up at Belinda’s. They’re from Missbelindachandra One – and they want their queen back. Can the Doctor rescue Her Majesty Queen Belinda, and quash the robot revolution?”
And here’s the cast:
Anita Dobson: Mrs Flood
Jonny Green: Alan Budd
Max Parker: Manny
Thalia Dudek: Kirby Blake
Jeffin Kunjumon: Stefan Haines
Belinda Owusu: Receptionist
Tom Storey: Tombo
Evelyn Miller: Sasha 55
Caleb Hughes: Scoley
Nadine Higgin: Shago
William Ellis: Prime Minister
Stephen Love: Robot 1
Robert Strange: Robot 2
Charles Sandford: Robot 3
Lucas Edwards: Robot 4
And Nicholas Briggs will provide the voice of the robots!
Yep, Anita Dobson is back as Mrs Flood too.
An episode of Doctor Who: Unleashed, presented by Steffan Powell, will air straight afterwards on BBC Three at 7:35pm.
Written by Russell T Davies (Rose; The Giggle) and directed by Peter Hoar (A Good Man Goes to War), The Robot Revolution will air and stream from 12th April 2025.
