The new issue of Doctor Who Magazine has confirmed that the Christmas Day episode has been dropped after 13 years.

Instead the BBC will air a special episode on New Year’s Day.

The news was originally reported by the Mirror earlier in the month, where they also claimed the New Year’s Day special will be the only new episode of Doctor Who in 2019, with another “gap year” on the cards until Series 12 in 2020.

We’ll have to wait and see if that one turns out to be true as well…

UPDATE: Press release added: