BBC Reveals New Doctor Who Spinoff Starring a 'Young Doctor' With Blue Hair and a Robot Toaster Sidekick

Doctor Who may be on hiatus, but the BBC has just unveiled a new spinoff series for younger viewers: Doctor Who: TARDIS Crew.

This animated series will feature a "young" version of the Doctor who is shown in official artwork to sport blue spiky hair. Clearly, this is not an incarnation of the Time Lord we have met previously — unless William Hartnell was really into hair dye in his youth.

Today's reveal for the series includes a confirmation of the production company behind the show, the London-based Alphablocks and Numberblocks creator Blue Zoo Animation Studio, and a projected launch in late 2027 or early 2028 — around a year before the BBC is aiming to bring the main Doctor Who back to U.K. TV screens.

"Created for CBeebies viewers, the series follows the Doctor, a young Time Lord, and his friends Hannah, Beastie and Toast-IE as they embark on extraordinary adventures through time and space," reads a blurb for …