DOCTOR WHO: SYNOPSIS, TIMESLOT AND CAST LIST REVEALED FOR SECOND EPISODE, LUX
In the new series, audiences join The Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and Belinda Chandra (Varada Sethu) on an epic quest to get Belinda back to Earth. But a mysterious force is stopping their return and the time-travelling TARDIS team must face great dangers, ferocious enemies and wilder terrors than ever before.
The BBC have confirmed that the second episode 'Lux', written by Russell T Davies, will air at 7:15pm on Saturday 19th April, with the episode available on iPlayer the same day from 8am in the UK and Disney+ internationally. The run time is 43 minutes.
The synopsis for the episode reads: "The Doctor's quest to get Belinda home takes the Tardis to Miami in 1952, where an abandoned cinema is hiding a terrifying secret. Can the Doctor uncover Lux's power?"
Cast list
The Doctor | Ncuti Gatwa |
Belinda Chandra | Varada Sethu |
Reginald Pye | Linus Roache |
Mr Ring-a-Ding | Alan Cumming |
Newsreader | Ian Shaw |
Tommy Lee | Cassius Hackforth |
Husband | Ryan Speakman |
Sunshine Sally | Millie O'Connell |
Logan Cheever | Lewis Cornay |
Renée Lowenstein | Lucy Thackeray |
Helen Pye | Jane Hancock |
Policeman | William Meredith |
Hassan | Samir Arrian |
Lizzie | Bronte Barbe |
Robyn | Steph Lacey |
Mrs Flood | Anita Dobson |
Writer | Russell T Davies |
Doctor Who continues Saturdays on BBC One, with each episode available from 8am on BBC iPlayer.
