Doctor Who Series 13 will be one long adventure - Game of Thrones star joins the sci-fi series

Doctor Who Series 13 will be one long adventure - a narrative stretched over the entire season - it has been revealed at today's San Diego Comic Con at home.

New companion John Bishop joined TARDIS stalwart Mandip Gill and the Thirteenth Doctor Jodie Whittaker along with series producer Chris Chibnall to promote the upcoming series which will air later this year.

The show's stars also revealed that Game of Thrones star Jacob Alexander will be joining the sci-fi series as major new character Vinder.

“Before we started making it, there were times when we thought we were going to be unable to do the show under covid conditions this year... there were two ways you could go,” Chibnall said. “You could go ‘let’s do lots of tiny little episodes in one room, with no monsters,’ or we could throw down the gauntlet and do the biggest story we’ve ever done. We’re going to go to all kinds of different places, we’re going to have all kinds of characters and monsters, and it’s all going to be part of a bigger whole. It’s definitely the most ambitious thing we’ve done since we’ve been on the series.”

“It’s felt really emotional to come back,” Whittaker added, “because we’re the lucky ones who get to go to work... but it also means this feels so precious, and so fun, because of what we’ve all come out of. In that, it’s always a little bit method, whatever you’re going through you can bring into your character. So whatever huge, emotional challenges we go through, I’m lucky that I can throw that into the Doctor—because it’s always required for the Doctor.”