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Will Twigger

First Doctor Who trailer promises dark times ahead and some familiar foes

The BBC has dropped the first trailer for Doctor Who's twelfth series - and Jodie Whittaker's Time Lord's got a lot on her mind.

"The name's Doctor," Jodie begins, "The Doctor."

While much of the trailer focuses on the fun tone, bizarre locations and mysterious monsters fans have come to expect from this incarnation, something much bigger and much badder is hinted at.

"Something's coming for me," the Doctor announces, "I can feel it."

"Let it come!" declares Tosin Cole's Ryan Sinclair as the camera cuts to an old foe - a Cyberman.

"Cos we're your mates," says Mandip Gill's Yasmin Khan.

The Doctor looks genuinely afraid (Youtube)

"Family," corrects Bradley Walsh, returning as Ryan's step-grandfather Graham O'Brien.

They might not be quite so keen to help after all, as the latter part of the trailer sees a tear roll down Yasmin's cheek as Graham demands: "What have you brought here, Doctor?"

There are also some famous faces about, including actor and comedian Stephen Fry.

She opens the trailer in style (Youtube)
Stephen Fry stars in a guest role (Youtube)

"The security of this planet is at stake," he tells Team Tardis, "Can we rely upon you?"

Fellow funnyman Lenny Henry will also reunite with head writer Chris Chibnall, as he appears firing at somebody leaning out of a car window.

Lenny appeared on Chris' gritty crime drama Broadchurch - a far cry from Doctor Who.

The evil Racnoss are back (Youtube)
Bradley's Graham and Mandip's Yasmin look to be in a sticky situation (Youtube)

We also get a peak at the returning giant rhino aliens, the Judoon, as well as the hissing spider-like creatures, the Racnoss.

While many locations remain a mystery, a shot of the Eiffell Tower and a voiceover tells fans that they'll be taking a trip to "Paris...1943."

We also see the Tardis consumed by bats, and a dreaded Racnoss writhe and thrash its way through the time machine's supposedly impenetrable doors.

The trailer closes by telling us we can expect it in early 2020 - a relief for fans considering the show'll be skipping out on the usual Christmas special this year.

The Tardis is swarmed by bats (Youtube)

Chris is giddy with excitement for the series to kick off, bragging "amazing monsters" and claiming it's probably scarier than previous series.

Jodie agreed, saying: "One of the notes from the director was, 'I know you're scared but the Doctor would probably contain it a bit more.'

"I can't cope with something coming out of the dark."

A BBC source previously that the opening episode of the series will shake fans to the core.

"It's going to be huge," they warned, "The scale is just epic. No one will be disappointed."

It'll be Jodie's second series in the role, with series 11 winning a whopping 8.6 million viewers.

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