This year's Children in Need broadcast will feature an exclusive look at the Doctor Who Christmas special – the episode that features Peter Capaldi's last appearance before he regenerates into the series' first female Timelord Jodie Whittaker.

The BBC will air a clip of the episode during the early part of the Friday, November 17 broadcast, according to RadioTimes.com.

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It won't be the first time Children in Need has aired an exclusive clip from a Christmas special – in 2005, we were treated to a first look at David Tennant's Tenth Doctor in action.

And while it isn't clear what section from this year's Christmas special we're getting, it is rumoured to feature Peter Capaldi alongside David Bradley's First Doctor (a role originally undertaken by the late William Hartnell).

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The special will be the swansong of both reigning Doctor Peter Capaldi and showrunner Steven Moffat, making way for Broadchurch duo Jodie Whitaker and Chris Chibnall respectively.

"There's new monsters, there's new jeopardy," Moffat said of the episode previously. "But what's fascinating is the First Doctor confronting the superhero he's going to become, with his supersize TARDIS and all that."

Can't wait.

Doctor Who returns December 25 to BBC One.

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