Contary to previous articles my thoughts are here too. As more details arrive my opinions will be removed.
Everything italics is pure speculation and rumour
For what we were aware in May click on the link
Knoweldge for Christmas
The 12th Doctor
1st Doctor
Bill Potts
The Captain - Mark Gattis - rumoured to be a Time Lord
TBA - Toby Whithouse
Polly - TBA
Ben Jackson
Mondasian Cybermen
Axons
Clara
Nardole
Regular Cast
13th Doctor - Jodie Whitaker
Companion - Kris Marshall
Nardole
Jack Harkness
The 13th Doctor has been confirmed to be a woman so a male companion is now rumoured. Kris Marshall, who was the bookies favourite to be the Doctor for the longest amount of time and the 2nd favourite the day before the announcement quickly became the favourite to be the new companion.
Nardole, who left at the end of the Doctor Falls and is also rumoured to appear in the Christmas Special this year, is now also rumoured to reprise his role as the secondary companion.
Pearl Mackie who left the show in the Doctor Falls but is already returning for a one off appearance this Christmas has confirmed that she will not reprise her role for Bill in Series 11
John Barrowman, who in the past has had "arguments" with Moffat through not letting him appear in Doctor Who again has suggested that as Chibnall has written a lot for Jack in the past we might see a return. Jack was previously rumoured to be the guest companion in the 2016 Christmas Special but it turned out to be Nardole.
Enemies
?
A lot of new monsters
Probably expect the Daleks because of the unconfirmed but obviously true contractually obligated return for the monsters. It has also been stated that Chibnall wants to have a lot more new monsters and doesn't want to rely on the old favourites. Hinchcliffe also had this view and he is seen as the most successful showrunner in a lot of Whovians' eyes.
Episodes
8 1 hour episodes to air on a Sunday and no Christmas Special of one continuous story
A lot of rumours for this one. First is that the series will be 8 episodes long as opposed to 12 we have had for the past 3 series. Those series had already been cut from the 13 that we had seen in the first 7 series of the modern era. Lengths of series have always changed so this is possible. Chibnall went with the same format with Broadchurch so again it is even more likely. His explanation of "risk and boldness" also supports these radical decisions
Doctor Who is not shy of 1 hour episodes, adopting it for every Christmas Special par 2007 since 2005 and for the Easter, November specials in 2009 and the Series 8 and 10 series finales. 1 hour has never been the de facto length of the series yet. 25 minutes was the original length for every series in the classic series accept for Season 22 and 45 minutes has been the standard length for every episode of the modern era. This would be a major change for the show but it could work. As nowadays most stories are individual episodes a lot of fans say that a story cannot be told successfully with such a short length. The 1 hour decision is something many fans would want.
Doctor Who has never aired on a Sunday unless it falls at Christmas or for the Easter Special in 2009. Doctor Who has been seen as a Saturday night event for a long time for a lot of people. The main series itself has aired on a Saturday from Season 1-18, 22-23 and all 10 of the modern era. The Sunday slot is the prime slot to drama, where both Victoria and Poldark currently reside. Doctor Who has always been unique for the being one of the few Sci-Fi Dramas out there, so this is a slot Doctor Who has never been honoured with before, from this perspective. However the Saturday timeslot is beak Television all together so it could be said that a move to Sunday is actually a down-path. It's like a football player being moved to the top team of another country instead of remaining in the overall team of a better country (not that I watch or know much about Football).
The Christmas Special rumour came about after Steven Moffat's "saving grace" speech that he gave recently. We already know that Moffat decided to do the the tenth series after his original exit story in the Husbands of River Song because the BBC's planned successor, who had at first turned them down, was not ready because of Broadchurch. Moffat new the fans would not like a two year wait so decided that he would do the tenth series. Moffat has now stated that he and 12 were both meant to leave at the series finale, hence the Doctor's death in that episode despite the fact he is in the Christmas episode this year. Chibnall did not want to start his tenure with a Christmas Special so Moffat decided he would write that one as well. This is all due to the fact that Moffat thought that if Doctor Who lost its slot at Christmas, even for one year, it might not ever return due to the sheer number of programmes on that day. The honour of Doctor Who having a Christmas Special, the day were most tele is ever watch therefore keeping Doctor Who in the public eye, was something Moffat did not want to see happening so said he would write it. This has therefore led to rumours that the Chibnall is planning to scrap the Christmas Special altogether.
It is also rumoured that the whole series will be under the same story. Whether or not this will be done like Key to Time, as an umbrella story, or as Trail of a Time Lord, a proper feature length episode is unknown. This is has largely come from Chris Chibnall not being against such an idea. The nearest in my opinion for this in new who is Series 6.
Behind the Scenes staff
Chris Chibnall - Showrunner/Executive Producer
Mark Strevans - Executive Producer
One large rumour is that Murray Gold is leaving Doctor Who after 10 years, one of the only few people left from the very beginning
Filming
November 2018
Airdate
Autumn 2018
Writers
Mark Gattis originally stated that he would like to return but now says that he has no plans to and his script for Series 10 certainly seems to have everything he likes in it (Victorians and Ice Warriors) which could mean it is his swansong. I believe this is because Chibnall wants the show to be new and his writing room style of writing which is rumoured might not want to have the shadow of Moffat with them, which unfortunately is Gattis because he had a large involvement with Moffat's time on the show.
Certain writers have experessed their views:
Mark Gatiss: “I think Chris [Chibnall] has got an entirely new writing team. I don’t think anyone knows any details, which is kind of exciting!”
Phil Ford: “Obviously, I would jump at doing more Doctor Who.”
Catherine Tregenna: “I would absolutely love to get involved again. It was, and still is, a great experience. I’d definitely write [an episode] again… if they’d have me back!”
Neil Gaiman: “Now I’m just sort of hoping that I can get one done while Peter Capaldi is still the Doctor, because it would be a very sad thing if I lost my chance to write for a grumpy, Scottish Doctor.”
Gareth Roberts: “I’d love to see William Russell back [as Ian Chesterton] in the show! That’s so rich and so fertile for someone to do. You’d have to explain it enough so that everyone would get it.”
Neil Cross: “There’s a whole bunch of stuff I want to do.”
Thanks to Cultbox for the information above
Changes from previous post
1. The 13th Doctor is not a man in his 30's but a woman, in her 30's called Jodie Whitaker
2. A Female Companion is no longer rumoured
3. Bill Potts will not be in Series 11
4. Kris Marshall is rumoured to be the new companion
5. Nardole is also rumoured to resume travelling with the Doctor
6. The Standard length of an episode is rumoured to now be an hour
7. The series length will comprise of 8 episodes, rumour has it.
8. The series is rumoured to air on a Sunday
9. Chibnall is rumoured to scrap the Christmas Special
10. The series is rumoured to be a continuous story.
11. Murray Gold is rumoured to be leaving Doctor Who
12. November 2017 is now the rumoured date for filming for series 11.
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