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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[...]

The BBC has dismissed viewer complaints about an episode of Doctor Who featuring a historic gay kiss between Ncuti Gatwa and Jonathan Groff Both of them Two viewers complained about the "inappropriate sexual innuendo" in the banter between Gatwa's Time Lord and Groff's bounty hunter, Rogue, in a Bridgerton-inspired episode "Rogue," written by Loki alum Kate Herron and Briony Redman[...]

Doctor Who: Death in the Stars is the debut novel from star of stage and screen and Doctor Who alum Bonnie Langford. A murder mystery in outer space co-written with Jacqueline Rayner, the adventure follows Bonnie's character, Mel Bush, on one of her own adventures between departing the Seventh Doctor's TARDIS in "Dragonfire" and reuniting with the Fourteenth[...]

The Doctor Who Proms are back! For the first time since the last one in 2013 when the Doctor was Peter Capaldi, the BBC Proms, which are a big deal in the UK, brought back a night of music from the new series of Doctor Who to the Royal Albert Hall in London. The 5,000-plus seats[...]

If you're a Doctor Who fan, then you know that today marks the long-running hit series' return to this year's BBC Proms – so who better to host it than Catherine Tate, aka Donna Noble? That's exactly what is set to hit Royal Albert Hall later today – with this year's Prom promising appearances from monsters old[...]

The Doctor is a state of mind, and so is psychic paper. Image: BBC But there's a greater point about psychic paper, which is that ALL paper is psychic paper After all, every blank piece of paper has whatever you want to see on it Blank paper is the ultimate receptacle for telepathic thought You can then[...]

Davies' Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor) and Millie Gibson (Ruby Sunday)-starring Doctor Who in 2025 with the premiere of BBC and Disney Branded Television's The War Between the Land and the Sea Earlier this week, Davies checked in from the official table read for the five-episode spinoff series Now, we're getting a look at the cast[...]

That's okay since Series 3 of Doctor Who hasn't been officially commissioned by the BBC and Disney yet, and The Importance of Being Earnest is a great play – one of the funniest ever written, and its subversive, gleeful satire suits Gatwa to a T. Poster art: National Theatre From Doctor Who to Oscar Wilde for Ncuti Gatwa "A[...]

Maximum power, indeed! Blake's 7 fans can rejoin the rebellion (too bad it's not for real) as the legendary BBC sci-fi series comes to Blu-ray with a six-disc box set of the first series Created by Terry Nation, who also created the Daleks on Doctor Who, the late 1970s space opera was the little Science[...]

Earlier this month, series producer Bad Wolf co-founder Jane Tranter shared their thoughts on the deal between Disney and the BBC for Showrunner Russell T Davies' Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor) and Millie Gibson (Ruby Sunday)-starring Doctor Who With Nicola Coughlan (Derry Girls, Bridgerton)-starring, Steven Moffat-written, and Alex Pillai-directed Christmas Special "Joy to the World" hitting later this[...]

HBO and the BBC are set to co-produce the ten-episode drama series First Day on Earth, starring and written by multi-award winner Michaela Coel (Chewing Gum and HBO's I May Destroy You) Coel will serve as executive producer alongside Jesse Armstrong, Phil Clarke, and Roberto Troni for Various Artists Limited in association with A24 In[...]

Davies' Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor) and Millie Gibson (Ruby Sunday)-starring Doctor Who made a pretty big impression during the long-running BBC and Disney+ series' time at San Diego Comic-Con 2024 (SDCC 2024) One of the biggest headlines to come out of the four-day pop culture extravaganza was the confirmation from BBC and Disney Branded Television[...]

However, Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson are busy elsewhere, so the adventures will be read by series guest stars Susan Twist (who deserves fame for her name alone!) and Genesis Lynea  – with both of these audio adventures set to be released on November 7th. BBC So, what can fans expect from the newest audio adventures? Here's[...]

Domino Day, or as the US title Dominio Day: Lone Witch (to be clear exactly what the series is about lest anyone thinks it's a show like gambling or the weather), is a new BBC Three series (available on AMC+/Sundance Now) about a renegade witch who moves to a new city while trying to control[...]

This finale wants to be in canon, the Avengers: Endgame of the Seventh Doctor's saga. Big Finish/BBC Doctor Who: The Last Day is a twelve-episode epic that takes the Seventh Doctor's entire arc to its logical conclusion In the classic television series, the Doctor was different from his previous incarnations Starting from his second series, he was[...]

In the most recent issue, Davies covers how everyone has been spread around the globe over the past month or so – here's a look at what caught our eye: Image: BBC/Disney+ Noting that Collinson was in New York, Davies shared that, "He's there to record ADR (that's Automated Dialogue Recording, replacing or adding or enhancing dialogue[...]

The BBC cancelled the classic series of Doctor Who in 1989 just as cast and crew were raring to go on the Seventh Doctor's (Sylvester McCoy) fourth season, and the potential arcs and storylines have been endlessly discussed and speculated about by fans even today Some of the stories and ideas were eventually incorporated into[...]

Davies and stars Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor) and Millie Gibson's (Ruby Sunday) Doctor Who now that we've reached the end of the first season of the deal between the BBC and Disney (more on that in a minute) Now, we're getting a chance to show you how the show is being spotlighted during this weekend's[...]

(Image: James Pardon/BBC Studios/Bad Wolf) "We feel good about the first season Just as 'Industry' was a really small experiment at the start, I think this new building of the franchise between the BBC and Disney+ – it's a whole new iteration, and us all coming back all these years later to do it[...]

With Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor Adventures set to be released beginning in July 2025, Whittaker and Gill spoke with SFX Magazine, offering some teases for the upcoming episodes while sharing what it was like returning to the characters and if fans can expect the same vibe between Whittaker's The Thirteenth Doctor and Gill's Yaz[...]

Apart from the homages that both series have paid to each other, especially recently, they also had a tendency to encounter gods or god-like beings throughout their histories. Image: BBC/Disney+ The original pilot for Star Trek, "The Cage," featured the Talosians, who had god-like powers that could manipulate Captain Pike's sense of reality, and returned in the[...]

UPDATE: BBC issued the following statement to TV Zone: "An episode of 'Doctor Who' has been temporarily removed from BBC iPlayer to be re-dubbed." ORIGINAL REPORT: With the fallout of Huw Edwards having pled guilty to charges of making indecent images of children still being felt, it appears the BBC has pulled an episode of Doctor[...]

But the one that folks were really waiting for was the full Hall H panel – and that's what we have waiting for you above. Image: BBC Screencap Also during SDCC 2024, Nicola Coughlan (Derry Girls, Bridgerton) offered some kind words for fans before sharing a clipd from Steven Moffat-written, Alex Pillai-directed Christmas Special, "Joy to the World." So get[...]

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder has been a hit on BBC Three in the UK, the broadcaster's youth-oriented channel, and will debut on Netflix this week Adapted from the first of Holly Jackson's bestselling trilogy of YA murder mysteries, the series follows a high schooler who decides to make a true crime podcast investigating[...]

Davies talked about watching virtually every episode of Doctor Who live on television since he was three years old, and the old episodes that are now lost due to the BBC wiping the tapes are permanently imprinted in his mind As for the difference between the shows, Davies said, "The Doctor would never join the[...]

It is a push by the BBC and Disney to raise awareness of Doctor Who to get more viewers It is not about the fear that the series might get cancelled – it is a declaration that the series is here to stay It is a brand and piece of intellectual property that is too[...]

Davies and stars Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor) and Millie Gibson's (Ruby Sunday) upcoming Doctor Who Christmas Special? We don't – which is why we're glad that the BBC and Disney+ were kind enough to release an early preview of what's to come But the best part? It came with a wonderful introduction from guest star Nicola[...]