'I cried my eyes out!'

Jodie Whittaker on her final series as the Doctor...

- STEVEN PERKINS

DOCTOR WHO

NEW SUNDAY / BBC1 / 6.25PM / EP 1 of 6 / SCI-FI

The return of Doctor Who on 31 October can only mean one thing: adventures in space and time are about to get even scarier!

In an exciting change to previous seasons, the new six parter is one interconnected story, Flux, rather than standalone episodes and two-parters, which have been the preferred format since the BBC revived the science-fiction drama in 2005.

The first instalment, Chapter One: The Halloween Apocalypse, opens with the Time Lord (Jodie Whittaker) and companion Yaz (Mandip Gill) pursuing fearsome new monster Karvanista, but, elsewhere, an ancient evil is breaking free across the universe.

Meanwhile, in present-day Liverpool, life for Dan Lewis (played by new cast signing John Bishop) is about to change for ever after the Doctor crosses his path...