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Pertwee is the favourite Doctor of many old-school fans. Blu-Ray box art: BBC In his debut season, the Third Doctor is exiled to Earth, teaming up with UNIT's Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (Nicholas Courtney) and scientist Liz Shaw (Caroline John) to confront alien invasions and threats from our own planet's primeval past Doctor Who: The Collection – Season 7 includes the[...]

His answer? It's not really his call. Mark Gatiss as The Doctor in a Doctor Who fan film – Still: BBC "No one's asked me! I had a wonderful run," he said "I did nine stories and "An Adventure in Space and Time," which is a culmination of everything I love about Doctor Who But the last[...]

But with Davies set to join BBC's The One Show later today to preview what's to come (and hopefully offer some Season 2 news and Season 3 hope), we have a pretty impressive gallery of new images to pass along – enjoy! Image: BBC/Disney+ #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid[...]

In a long interview with SFX Magazine this month, he had a chance to offer his thoughts (since he wrote this year's Christmas Special, after all. Image: BBC Screencap "As I was endlessly trying to do back in the day," said Moffat "You have to explain to people that you can't run the numbers the way you[...]

He hasn't agreed to reprise the role for Big Finish audio dramas either, and the character was played there by gifted (and much younger) actor Jacob Dudman, who has mimicked his voice and also Matt Smith's. Peter Capaldi in "Doctor Who", BBC "I'm still a huge fan of Doctor Who," he told Hello Magazine recently while promoting[...]

A replica of this will be seen in this year's Christmas Special Joy to the World. "Doctor Who": BBC / Disney+ With all the functions of the online exclusive released in September, this two-toned Chrome Edition comes in an iridescent magenta-rose and subtle green finish The first version was released at San Diego Comic-Con in a Special[...]

Big Finish's Doctor Who: The Five Companions - featuring a multi-companion crossover - is available for free in honor of Doctor Who Day.

The classic Doctor Who story 'The War Games" is returning in stunning new colourisation to air on BBC Four and iPlayer on 23rd December Originally aired in 1969, The War Games marked the end of an era for the Second Doctor (Patrick Troughton), following him and his companions Zoe and Jamie as they land on a battlefield that appears[...]

As much as we know that they were excited about the prospect of the upcoming Steven Moffat-penned, Nicola Coughlan-starring Doctor Who Christmas Special "Joy to the World" streaming on Disney+ and BBC iPlayer first and then on BBC One hours later, it looks like they're about to get coal in their stockings OF COURSE, WE'RE[...]

Emma Myers (Wednesday) will return as Pip Fitz-Amobi, along with co-star Zain Iqbal as Ravi Singh (with the full cast set to be announced at a future date). "A Good Girl's Guide to Murder": BBC / Netflix Series Two of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder takes place after teen internet sleuth Pip solves the Andie Bell[...]

Hurrah! The Federation was the evil empire in this series, and the heroes were a bunch of escaped convicts who couldn't stand each other and would sell each other out in a heartbeat, led by idealistic rebel Roj Blake (Gareth Thomas), who had to watch his back against his own crew members, especially his amoral[...]

Ghosts was the BBC's biggest sitcom hit for years and spawned a US remake on CBS that's also a hit Original series co-creator Mathew Baynton has also co-written some episodes of the CBS version and had written one character that he wanted Reece Shearsmith from Inside No 9 to play. "Ghosts" poster, BBC Studios Baynton also played[...]

He recently discussed that with Radio Times, and since he's gifting his insights to the world, we're happy to take them and spread them around. Image: BBC Screencap "It's something of the nursery somehow; there's something rather domestic about a Doctor Who monster," Moffat said "They're not, if you look at the famously scary ones, tremendously convincing[...]

The BBC and Firebird Pictures announced the cast for Wild Cherry, Nicôle Lecky's highly anticipated second drama for the BBC, following the success of the BAFTA-winning Mood The original new drama will be led by Eve Best (House of the Dragon), Carmen Ejogo (The Penguin), Imogen Faires, and newcomer Amelia May Also joining the cast[...]

SFX conducted several after-action interviews with him after the whole season had aired, and he talked about the reasoning behind the decisions. Image: BBC/Disney+ Doctor Who Seasons Were Always Going to be 8 Episodes Long "I'd like 52 episodes of Doctor Who a year; that would make me happy Never gonna happen," said Davies The new season was[...]

Of course Davies knows the answers, but he's not offering all of them upfront. Image: BBC/Disney+ Doctor Who Returns to Gothic Horror "I think we've made episodes that echo, things like "73 Yards" you possibly think about for the rest of your life," said Davies He worked out the answers to himself, but he was writing a script[...]

What does it all mean? Is that a good thing? Why not? Image: BBC/Disney+ Russell T Davies and Steven Moffat have introduced a recurring theme to Doctor Who, which is that the Doctor makes people better They empower and inspire people to take control of their destinies Their very presence changes people's lives, especially their companions'[...]

David Tennant hinted at "racy bits" in the upcoming miniseries Rivals, Disney+'s adaptation of Dame Jilly Cooper's 1980s bonkbuster novel.

What does that mean? Keep reading. "Doctor Who", Jodie Whittaker in Shutdown, BBC Former Doctor Who Actors Get to Continue Playing Their Doctors In the old days, before the internet and especially before social media, former Doctor Who stars would regenerate out of the show (or, in the final two instances of the classic era, get fired and[...]

The Monty Python legends exchanged barbs publicly feuded earlier this year after Idle complained that he still had to work because Python's earnings had dried up because the brand had been run into the ground, and he might have to sell his house in Los Angeles. Image: BBC Studios Idle blamed the mismanagement of the Python brand on[...]

Now, here's a look at the overviews for the three adventures: Image: BBC/Big Finish Fast Times (Robert Valentine): When the mysterious Division tries to arrest their equally mysterious agent, the Doctor, she evades capture and heads out in search of answers… but trouble is never far behind Captured by bounty hunters and imprisoned in a maximum-security hulk[...]

No specific details were released regarding her character, and neither the BBC nor Disney+ would comment on DH's report. Image: BBC; Hulu Previously, Davies had some teases to drop during the show's official podcast (more on that in a minute) – and he had more to add in the show's official behind-the-scenes featurette for "Empire of Death."[...]

When baddies have a sense of humour and make the audience laugh, where they're having fun being evil, that's when a story really gets cooking! Image: BBC/Disney+ "Doctor Who" Knows The Best Villains Still Need to be Evil Many recent television series have been muddled by the writers' need to make the villains more "complex" by showing their[...]

Kim Cattrall, who is definitely no longer on any Sex and the City sequel, and Ed Harris are headlining Central Intelligence, a new 10-episode audio drama podcast from the BBC that covers the history of the CIA from its formation after the Second World War up to 9/11. Central Intelligence tells the true insider story of the CIA[...]

It would be a no-brainer for Big Finish to produce stories that brought them together again. Jodie Whittaker and Jo Martin, still: BBC Studios Jo Martin's incarnation, nicknamed "The Fugitive Doctor" because she was on the run and the numbering order of her incarnation is unclear, only appeared in one story, "Fugitive of the Judoon," where she[...]

The episode will broadcast live from BBC Elstree Centre in February, so that might help take the British public's mind off possibly freezing to death in winter when pensioners' heating allowance is cut by the government. (Image: BBC Pictures/Kieron McCarron/Jack Barnes) In a first on EastEnders, the anniversary week will have an added twist to include an[...]

The BBC has compiled a 90-minute video compilation of the plot twists in Doctor Who, and there are a lot of them, particularly in the 21st Century revival Genre stories are dependent on twists to surprise audiences and keep them interested The series has always been pulp storytelling, throwing in all kinds of twists whenever[...]

Amazon Studios has released a new trailer for A Very Royal Scandal, the new Prime Video miniseries about that disastrous BBC interview Prince Andrew had with BBC journalist Emily Maitlis about his friendship with Jeffery Epstein If there's one thing the British love, it's a right Royal Trainwreck, and this one paid off in spades[...]

But would people really be so chill about this? Image: BBC Doctor Who is a part of Science Fiction pulp fiction, after all, so we tend to take it for granted that the characters in a genre story would just take anything in stride and then get on with it This brings us to a recent interview[...]

The BBC has officially joined Monkey D Luffy and his Straw Hat Crew, acquiring the UK rights to 1000+ episodes of the English-dubbed version of Toei Animation and manga creator Eiichiro Oda's anime adaptation of One Piece The anime is an adventure story that follows the crew as they explore the Grand Line in search[...]