Well, that was an end to a season of Doctor Who. The new Doctor is Billie Piper, and everyone can't stop talking about it. That's what Russell T Davies wanted, and he got it. Casual viewers in the UK were pleasantly surprised. Longtime fans are pissed off and can't stop debating or complaining about it. […]
This season of Doctor Who isn't completely over yet – there's still the final episode of Doctor Who Unleashed, an hour-long special celebrating the modern era's twenty years since Russell T Davies brought it back in 2005. Unleashed gathers as many past Doctors and companions to talk to host Steffan Powell about the series' revival […]
And now, the end is here, Doctor Who Unleashed, we hardly knew ye! We've come to the end of season two of both the mothership show and its behind-the-scenes making-of. How will we ever cope when it's gone? Why, the same thing we do all the time, Pinky! Speculate endlessly and complain all the time! […]
Is everything okay on the internet? Doctor Who fans seem so calm and reasonable right now about the finale of season two, "The Reality War". So here's our very quick, just like the episode, deep dive into the episode. Russell T Davies seems to be throwing a hand grenade into the laps of the fans […]
And now, the Ncuti Gatwa era of Doctor Who has come to a premature end, and possibly the Disney era. Did Russell T Davies lob a figurative grenade in the laps of fans and viewers? Well, you're going to have to watch it and decide for yourself. We're going to give you a spoiler-free review […]
It's all spoilers all the time here as we delve into this week's episode of Doctor Who. We're assuming you've watched S02E07: "Witch World" because this is going to talk about all the stuff in it, including all the questions answered and the new questions that popped up at the cliffhanger ending. The Rani is […]
Only one episode left after this, for both Doctor Who and Doctor Who Unleashed, when the finale episode "The Reality War" premieres next week. Actually, that's not true. There's another Doctor Who Unleashed after the one that covers the series finale, and that's the hour-long special that covers the 20th Anniversary of the modern era […]
We're at the beginning of the end of this season of Doctor Who, so yes, questions are answered, but new ones pop up. "Wish World" starts and ends with the new Rani (Archie Punjabi) setting a trap for The Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) for her latest project that he couldn't see coming. The writing for the […]
Director Alex Sanjiv Pillai is a new name to Doctor Who, but he directed last year's Christmas special, "Joy to the World," and has directed season two's two-part finale. Like the other directors of season two, his style is grand and dynamically cinematic, and he gets to bring back two Ranis (Anita Dobson and Archie Punjabi). The BBC released an interview in […]
It's Doctor Who "The Rani Week, and we got two whole Rani's, the first being Mrs. Flood (Anita Dobson) who was there all along, right from the Fifteenth Doctor's (Ncuti Gatwa) first episode and Christmas special "The Church on Ruby Road" and has been revealed as the new Rani in the climax of season two. […]
It's Rani Week on Doctor Who with the classic series pantomime Time Lady Villainess, which is back in the series for the first time this century. Yes, it's not one but two Ranis! The secret is out – Mrs. Flood (Anita Dobson) has been The Rani all along, and she bigenerated into another Rani (Archie […]
The two major surprises in Doctor Who: The Interstellar Song Contest were the return of The Rani (Anita Dobson and Archie Punjabi) and the return of Susan Foreman (Carole Ann Ford), the Doctor's granddaughter and first companion from the show's debut in 1963. Susan's sudden appearance in a telepathic call to The Doctor was utterly […]
This week's Doctor Who Unleashed should be a particularly interesting one, since it covers Doctor Who: The Insterstellar Song contest. The episode looks big and expensive, with some of the most elaborate and ambitious set pieces and CGI effects in the season so far. And it's your weekly free film school, mostly an introduction, and […]
Aaaaand we're off to the races with Doctor Who S02E06: "The Interstellar Song Contest," an episode that looks like another procedural with some camp and some satire before it gets dark and full of political commentary and some surprises and reveals before things rush into the two-part season finale. Juno Dawson's script is a combination of […]
Every episode of Doctor Who is a challenge, and this week's episode, "The Interstellar Song Contest," might be one of the most technically intricate this season, even if it doesn't have 80 live extras on set, but it has some of the biggest number of physical and CGI effects of the season. The BBC released […]
This week's episode of Doctor Who, S02E06: "The Interstellar Song Contest", shows that the Eurovision Song Contest is going to live on for centuries, as do the same old issues about politics, corrupt corporations, propaganda, and xenophobia. Episode writer Juno Dawson is no stranger to the Whoniverse, having written two series of the spinoff drama […]
In this week's episode of Doctor Who, S02E06: "The Interstellar Song Contest," guest star Freddie Fox plays Kid, the week's baddie, a terrorist with an axe to grind who really, really wants to kill a lot of people. He's that rare villain who drives The Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) to murderous rage, which is a really, […]
The big guest star of this week's episode of Doctor Who S02E06: "The Interstellar Song Contest," is Eurovision host Rylan Clark, who will be hosting the live Eurovision finals on BBC One (and on Peacock TV in the US) after the episode airs in a moment metaculture that fits right in with the big theme […]
This week's episode of Doctor Who, "The Story and the Engine," is a standalone episode set in completely modern-day Africa (recreated in Cardiff) and is not only a meditation on storytelling but also the very nature of the Doctor as a story. It gives Ncuti Gatwa an episode that fully explores and runs the gamut of his […]
In this week's episode of Doctor Who: Unleashed, host Steffan Powell interviews writer Inua Ellams and uncovers how Lagos, Nigeria, was brought to South Wales to film 'The Story and the Engine'. Powell takes a stint as a caterer to 250 hungry people on set. "The Story and the Engine" is a special story as Ellams set the story […]
