DOCTOR WHO: SYNOPSIS, TIMESLOT AND CAST LIST REVEALED FOR SECOND EPISODE, LUX

In the new series, audiences join The Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and Belinda Chandra (Varada Sethu) on an epic quest to get Belinda back to Earth. But a mysterious force is stopping their return and the time-travelling TARDIS team must face great dangers, ferocious enemies and wilder terrors than ever before.

The BBC have confirmed that the second episode 'Lux', written by Russell T Davies, will air at 7:15pm on Saturday 19th April, with the episode available on iPlayer the same day from 8am in the UK and Disney+ internationally. The run time is 43 minutes.

The synopsis for the episode reads: "The Doctor's quest to get Belinda home takes the Tardis to Miami in 1952, where an abandoned cinema is hiding a terrifying secret. Can the Doctor uncover Lux's power?"

Cast list

The Doctor	Ncuti Gatwa
Belinda Chandra	Varada Sethu
Reginald Pye	Linus Roache
Mr Ring-a-Ding	Alan Cumming
Newsreader	Ian Shaw
Tommy Lee	Cassius Hackforth
Husband	Ryan Speakman
Sunshine Sally	Millie O'Connell
Logan Cheever	Lewis Cornay
Renée Lowenstein	Lucy Thackeray
Helen Pye	Jane Hancock
Policeman	William Meredith
Hassan	Samir Arrian
Lizzie	Bronte Barbe
Robyn	Steph Lacey
Mrs Flood	Anita Dobson
Writer	Russell T Davies

Doctor Who continues Saturdays on BBC One, with each episode available from 8am on BBC iPlayer.