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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[...]
Doctor Who's Sacha Dhewan to Star in Upcoming BBC Thriller "Virdee"
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[...]
The Jetty: Jenna Coleman to Star in Upcoming BBC Cop Drama
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[...]
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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,[...]
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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[...]
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The Thirteenth Doctor was nonbinary Ace, or "asexual," the most underrepresented and misunderstood of the LGBTQ community. Image credit: BBC .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[...]
The Fourteenth Doctor And More Changes Coming For Doctor Who
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[...]
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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[...]
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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[...]
Doctor Who: A Look Back at Steven Moffat’s Most Interesting Season
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[...]
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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[...]
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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[...]
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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[...]
Doctor Who: The Real Star of the Show has Always Been the TARDIS
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[...]
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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[...]
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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? Image:[...]
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Beginning this November, the BBC, Disney+, and Showrunner Russell T Davies are going to kick off a new era for Doctor Who by embracing the show's 60 years with a three-episode anniversary event that sees the return of David Tennant (but as the Fourteenth Doctor?) and Catherine Tate (Donna Nobel), as well as our Fifteenth[...]
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Harris & BBC Books Releasing today, here's a look at the artwork – but that's not all While we have an overview of the novel waiting for you in our updated Doom's Day rundown below, you can check out an exclusive excerpt from the novel by heading over to the main Doctor Who website (and[...]
Doctor Who: Rose Novel Gets Deluxe Edition in November
BBC Books have announced the first story of Doctor Who's 2005 revival is set for a special illustrated release To celebrate the return of showrunner Russell T Davies to Doctor Who, a special deluxe edition of "Rose" will be published this autumn Novelised by Russell from his original script, "Rose" is the story that relaunched Doctor Who for the 21st century. Originally[...]
Doctor Who: The Real Star of the Show has Always Been the TARDIS
It's the ultimate high-concept gimmick that defines Doctor Who. The TARDIS from "Doctor Who" Image: BBC America The TARDIS is the real poster child for the show It's the most unique ship in Science Fiction television and uses the British tendency to take the mundane and imbue it with surrealism and meaning Blue police boxes were common[...]
Doctor Who: Revisiting Series 6, the Peak of the Modern Series
The BBC has released a compilation video of the best moments from Series Six of Doctor Who on the show's official YouTube channel, and it's worth a reassessment as the messiest season of the show's modern era since it came back in 2005 This was Steven Moffat's second season as showrunner, with Matt Smith, Karen[...]
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In an interview with Elle, Finney addressed how she felt playing a character who shares a name with one of the most important characters introduced in the "New WHO" era and if there was a sense of responsibility that came with it Image: BBC "I mean, it's obviously got a lot of history, hasn't it? To play[...]
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The last time we checked in on how things were going with the BBC, Disney+ & Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies's upcoming three-episode 60th-anniversary Doctor Who special event, we were getting a very tension-filled (and redacted) look at Catherine Tate's Donna Noble, David Tennant's Fourteenth Doctor, and more But along with that look at "Special[...]
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In this mechanical haven, populated solely by robots, she unexpectedly crosses paths with the Doctor and K-9 amidst a chaotic onslaught launched by marauding pirates. Image: BBC Hours 1100-1400 "Extraction Point" novel from MG Harris & Penguin Random House (August 10, 2023): The finest time-traveling assassin in the cosmos is running scared Doom's own death is coming for[...]
Doctor Who: The Sonic Screwdriver is The Doctor's Magic Wand
What better than a make-believe gadget to fire up kids' imaginations? "Doctor Who": BBC Doctor Who: Is That a Sonic Screwdriver in Your Pocket Or…? This makes sense of Doctor Who The Doctor is the archetype of the friendly wizard, so the sonic screwdriver is their magic wand Under Russell T Davies and Steven Moffat, the sonic screwdriver[...]
Queen of Mars: Catherine Tate Previews Her New Comedy Series
It's the most bridge-burning anti-Royal show you could possibly get, just by Tate, who co-produced and co-wrote the series and plays Georgie as an utterly entitled, narcissistic sociopath out of water. "Queen of Oz" still: BBC Tate sets up a classic sitcom scenario: Georgie has a supporting cast of screwups she treats badly: her brain-dead (almost certainly[...]
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But for this hour, fans will be making their way to Doctor Who: Lost in Time – with the story set within the mobile game where you explore time and space collecting energy to save the universe (available to download for free). Image/Screencap: BBC Here's a look at the newest transmission from Doom confirming a communication from not just a[...]
Doctor Who: RTD's 3-Word Tease Doesn't Bode Well For Donna Noble
But the MVP of Series Four was Catherine Tate. Catherine Tate in "Doctor Who" still: BBC Donna Noble was probably the most adult companion of modern Doctor Who She wasn't a slightly naïve young woman like Rose or Martha who fell in love with the Doctor She was in her thirties, didn't look like a supermodel, had[...]