Context
Three specials mark the 60th anniversary with the Fourteenth Doctor and Donna Noble.
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Historical Record
Across 2023, commemorations double as live operations. London’s celebrations coincide with incursions and experiments that test the city’s capacity to laugh, grieve, and mobilise at once. Familiar faces reappear in official photos; new allies sign on without waiting for permission slips. The Doctor treats the anniversary not as nostalgia but as an opportunity to refresh promises made to the people who keep saying yes to tomorrow.
The year is important because it threads continuity through change. Old cases receive humane codas; new threats meet a Doctor who delights in collaboration. Public memory—parades, retrospectives, street posters—blends with emergency briefings in a uniquely British way. Sixty years on, the policy remains the same: be kind, be clever, and run toward the danger only so others do not have to.
Related
When does The Power of the Doctor take place? (2022) — Timeline
FAQ
Q: When do the Doctor Who 60th Anniversary specials take place?
A: Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Specials happens in 2023 .