Nerd News | The 2016 Doctor Who Christmas Special

Details have been released about the 2016 Doctor Who Christmas special, and they're "super":

This Christmas, the Doctor teams up with a comic-book superhero in New York for a heroic special titled, 'The Return of Doctor Mysterio." ...

"The Return of Doctor Mysterio" sees the Twelfth Doctor, as played by Peter Capaldi, teaming up with an investigative journalist, played by Charity Wakefield (Wolf Hall), and a superhero to save New York from a deadly alien threat. Read more.

I'm not entirely sure how I feel about said superhero's look, but I'll give it the benefit of the doubt until the special actually airs. (Yay for new Who!)

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Also of note:

• More details about the Doctor Who spin-off Class—which, sadly, won't air in the U.S. until 2017—have been released. And here's a teaser trailer.
• Next month sees the release of a new collection of Who short stories, Doctor Who: Twelve Doctors of Christmas. You can grab a PDF of one of the stories, "The Red Bicycle" here. (This totally reminds me of the 2014 Curtismas Card.)
• I like the look of this Passengers trailer.¹
• Where will you be Aug. 21, 2017? There's a total solar eclipse happening!¹

¹Thanks, Colt!