Doctor Who/Season Forty

Season Forty
Doctor Who
Season Premiere	May 11, 2024
Season Finale	June 22, 2024
Episode Count	8 + 5 specials
Previous Season Thirty-Nine	Next Season Forty-One

Season Forty of Doctor Who premiered on May 11, 2024.

Episodes

#	#	Title	Written By	Directed By	Airdate
S25	SP	The Star Beast	Russell T Davies	Rachel Talalay	November 25, 2023
The Doctor is caught in a fight to the death as a spaceship crash-lands in London. But as the battle wreaks havoc, destiny is heading for the Doctor’s old friend, Donna.
S26	SP	Wild Blue Yonder	Russell T Davies	Tom Kingsley	December 2, 2023
The Tardis takes the Doctor and Donna to the furthest edge of adventure. To escape, they must face the most desperate fight of their lives, with the fate of the universe at stake.
S27	SP	The Giggle	Russell T Davies	Chanya Button	December 9, 2023
The giggle of a mysterious puppet is driving the human race insane. When the Doctor discovers the return of the terrifying Toymaker, he faces a fight he can never win.
S28	SP	The Church on Ruby Road	Russell T Davies	Mark Tonderai	December 25, 2023
Long ago, on Christmas Eve, a baby was abandoned in the snow. Today, Ruby Sunday meets the Doctor, goblins, stolen babies and, perhaps, the secret of her birth.
873	1	Space Babies	Russell T Davies	Julie Anne Robinson	May 11, 2024
Ruby learns the Doctor’s amazing secrets when he takes her to the far future. There, they find a baby farm run by babies.
874	2	The Devil's Chord	Russell T Davies	Ben Chessell	May 11, 2024
The Doctor and Ruby meet The Beatles but discover that the all-powerful Maestro is changing history. London becomes a battleground with the future of humanity at stake.
875	3	Boom	Steven Moffat	Julie Anne Robinson	May 18, 2024
Caught in the middle of a devastating war on Kastarion 3, the Doctor is trapped when he steps on a landmine.
876	4	73 Yards	Russell T Davies	Dylan Holmes Williams	May 25, 2024
Landing on the Welsh coast, the Doctor and Ruby embark on the strangest journey of their lives. In a rain-lashed pub, the locals sit in fear of ancient legends coming to life.
877	5	Dot and Bubble	Russell T Davies	Dylan Holmes Williams	June 1, 2024
The world of Finetime seems happy and harmonious. But an awful terror is preying on the citizens.
878	6	Rogue	Kate Herron and Briony Redman	Ben Chessell	June 8, 2024
The Doctor and Ruby land in 1813, where guests at a duchess's party are being murdered and a mysterious bounty hunter called Rogue is about to change the Doctor's life forever.
879	7	The Legend of Ruby Sunday (1)	Russell T Davies	Jamie Donoughue	June 15, 2024
The Doctor and UNIT investigate Ruby's past. But as the Time Window reveals horrifying secrets from Christmas Eve, the mysterious Triad Technology unleash the greatest evil of all.
880	8	Empire of Death (2)	Russell T Davies	Jamie Donoughue	June 22, 2024
The Doctor has lost, his ageless enemy reigns supreme, and a shadow is falling over creation. Nothing can stop the devastation except, perhaps, one woman.
S29	SP	Joy to the World	Steven Moffat	Alex Pillai	December 25, 2024