David Tennant returns to one of his earliest leading roles in the Big Finish audio sequel The Adventures of Luther Arkwright: Heart of Empire.
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Michael Sheen will star and direct The Way, an ambitious new BBC drama created by Sheen, playwright James Graham and cult gonzo documentarian Adam Curtis The prolific Graham will be the primary writer of the series Sheen, Graham and Curtis will join Bethan Jones as executive producers for Red Seam, with Rebecca Ferguson for the[...]
Martin Freeman has begun filming series two of the multi-award-winning and six-time BAFTA-nominated BBC drama The Responder has begun in Liverpool The hugely successful first series was a distinctive new take on crime drama written by ex-police officer Tony Schumacher The Responder held a mirror to the emotional extremes of life on the front line[...]
The BBC has released one of the better Doctor Who compilation videos depicting all of the modern Doctors' first and last moments These are the Doctors' first moments as their new selves and their final moment before they regenerate into the next one That's Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant, Matt Smith, Peter Capaldi, Jodie Whittaker –[...]
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"I can remember 'EastEnders' then referring to a social worker called Ruth Lyons, and Dr Legg just talked all 'she lives with another woman.'" Davies said "She was only in like two episodes." Davies wanted to reference the character in his own run of Doctor Who,[...]
We've been following the event out of curiosity at whether they managed to pull this off, and we have some thoughts about what's out so far.
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Why did "Doctor Who: Doom's Day" Come About?
We're perfectly happy with more Doctor Who stuff, including introducing a new character who may or may[...]
It's just too bad the stories are totally average and unexceptional.
"Doctor Who: Four from Doom's Day" cover art: BBC Audiobooks
All four stories are written by Darren Jones, a former film editor and prolific screenwriter who has worked in animation and written several Doctor Who audio adventures Kempner reads the first and fourth stories[...]
We say "dreaded" because the game is at best mediocre, at worst tedious, where you have to keep tapping on your screen to unlock in-game currency to unlock new characters, and this time, the new chapter in Doom's Story "Wrong Place at the Right Time." The good news is it tells a proper story this[...]
We're here to tell you what happens, so you don't have to play it (unless you really want to).
"Doctor Who: Lost in Time – Doom's Day story event" screenshot, BBC
Doctor Who: Doom's Day is about Doom (embodied by up-and-coming UK standup comedian Sooz Kempner, who will voice her in the audio stories), reputedly the best[...]
As we inch closer to seeing what the BBC, Disney+ & showrunner Russell T Davies have planned for us with their three-episode Doctor Who 60th Anniversary special event, Big Finish is nearing the finale of its eight-episode full-cast audio drama adventure Doctor Who – Once and Future – but that doesn't mean they're done quite yet[...]
The next chapter in the Doctor Who: Doom's Day event is the prose novel "Extraction Point" by MG Harris from BBC Books, and it is here that we finally get a bit more meat on the bones, more information on what makes desperate assassin Doom tick and maybe why we should care about her.
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So the last time we checked in with what's ahead for the BBC, Disney+, and Showrunner Russell T Davies's Doctor Who post-60th anniversary special event, it was looking like Series 14 might be hitting screens sooner than expected (more on that in a minute) But could our Fifteenth Doctor Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson (companion Ruby Sunday)[...]
Doctor Who: Doom's Day #1 and #2 may be wittier & more fun than previous chapters in the multimedia event, but it's still mostly fanservice.
In three months, a new era of Doctor Who begins when the BBC, Disney+, and Showrunner Russell T Davies celebrate the long-running show's 60th anniversary with a three-episode event featuring the return of David Tennant (as the Fourteenth Doctor) & Catherine Tate (Donna Noble) – and also starring our Fifteenth Doctor, Ncuti Gatwa Following that, we[...]
The new six-part drama for BBC One and BBC iPlayer was announced by Lindsay Salt, Director of BBC Drama, at the Edinburgh TV Festival's Spotlight on the BBC session The series introduces Detective Harry Virdee (Sacha Dhawan), a Bradford cop disowned by his Sikh family for marrying Saima, who is Muslim Harry struggles with the[...]
Lindsay Salt, Director of BBC Drama, made the announcement at the Edinburgh TV Festival Marialy Rivas is director.
In the four-part series for BBC One and BBC iPlayer, a fire tears through a holiday home in a scenic Lancashire lake town Detective Ember Manning must work out how it connects to a podcast journalist investigating a[...]
Over the past few months, most of our coverage of the BBC, Disney+, and Showrunner Russell T Davies's Doctor Who has been built around November's three-episode 60th-anniversary featuring the return of David Tennant (as the Fourteenth Doctor) & Catherine Tate (Donna Noble), and also starring our Fifteenth Doctor, Ncuti Gatwa And then, we have Davies,[...]
By now, we all know how the immediate future is looking for the BBC, Disney+, and Showrunner Russell T Davies's Doctor Who In November, we celebrate the show's 60th anniversary with a three-episode special event that sees the return of David Tennant (as the Fourteenth Doctor) and Catherine Tate (Donna Noble) – as well as our[...]
The Thirteenth Doctor was nonbinary Ace, or "asexual," the most underrepresented and misunderstood of the LGBTQ community.
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.Showrunner Chris Chibnall was the first to say the Thirteenth Doctor was nonbinary on the Saturday of her debut in the new season of Doctor Who Much as detractors might complain about the flaws in Chibnall's run[...]
To say that the future is looking bright for the BBC, Disney+, and Showrunner Russell T Davies's Doctor Who would be putting it mildly In November, we celebrate the show's 60 years with a three-episode anniversary event that sees the return of David Tennant (as the Fourteenth Doctor) and Catherine Tate (Donna Noble) – as well[...]
Film Stories is bringing the life of Doctor Who star Sylvester McCoy to the screen in the upcoming film Sylvester: Who’s The Real McCoy?
Between what the BBC, Disney+ & Showrunner Russell T Davies have in store with their three-episode, David Tennant & Catherine Tate-starring special event and Big Finish Productions' "Once and Future" audio drama event, the 60th anniversary of Doctor Who has already become a massive "WHO-niverse" event that's embracing its past as it prepares for a[...]
If you're a fan, then you know just how big things are about to get for the BBC, Disney+, and Showrunner Russell T Davies's Doctor Who In November, we get a chance to celebrate the show's 60 years with a three-episode anniversary event that sees the return of David Tennant (as the Fourteenth Doctor) and Catherine[...]
The BBC has released a compilation of moments from Series 9 of Doctor Who, the modern era It's a minor miracle for any drama series to reach nine seasons these days, let alone a Science Fiction series Then again, if you count the seasons of the old show before they got cancelled, Doctor Who has[...]
After looking ahead to some Christmas Special & Series 14 casting news earlier this week, we've got a new update coming our way from the BBC, Disney+, and Showrunner Russell T Davies's Doctor Who With November bringing a three-episode 60th-anniversary featuring the return of David Tennant (as the Fourteenth Doctor) & Catherine Tate (Donna Noble), and also[...]
As we're all more than well aware of at this point, this November sees the start of a new era for the BBC, Disney+, and Showrunner Russell T Davies's Doctor Who First, they're embracing the show's 60 years with a three-episode anniversary event that sees the return of David Tennant (as the Fourteenth Doctor) and[...]
Later this year, the BBC, Disney+ & showrunner Russell T Davies will unveil their three-episode Doctor Who 60th Anniversary special event across our television screens – but Big Finish got the party started early with its eight-episode full-cast audio drama adventure Doctor Who – Once and Future Kicking off in the middle of The Time War, an[...]
Checking our calendar earlier today, we realized that it's not going to be much longer until the BBC, Disney+, and Showrunner Russell T Davies kick off a new era of Doctor Who in two very unique ways First, by embracing the show's 60 years with a three-episode anniversary event that sees the return of David[...]
As fans of the long-running series are well aware, the 60th anniversary of the BBC, Disney+ & showrunner Russell T Davies's Doctor Who is being celebrated on much more than just the small screen Over the past few months, Big Finish Productions has been doing its part to get the festivities fired up well before the three-episode[...]
Harris & BBC Books With an exclusive excerpt from the novel shared over on the main Doctor Who website (and you can order it here) last week, we have a special message directly from Doom updating us on her whereabouts – and how finding a "5" on display has to be a good sign… right?
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