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Peaky Blinders & Gangs of London star Joe Cole has been cast as lead alongside Alexandra Roarch in the upcoming real-time BBC thriller series Nightsleeper, which takes place in real-time onboard a train He will co-star with Alexandra Roach (The Light in the Hall) in the drama, which is from Nick Leather (The Control Room, Mother's Day)[...]

Davies took a break from filming a new series of exciting adventures with new Doctor Ncuti Gatwa and new companion Millie Gibson (Ruby Sunday) – and beginning the process of expanding the "WHO-niverse" – to make sure that the folks over at the Paramount+ series know just how much they loved it. DOCTOR WHO/STAR TREK: PICARD[...]

We were never fans of Doctor Who: Flux, arguably the worst season of the show in the modern era, so when the BBC insists on putting out a compilation video trying to find the best moments of "Flux," we just had to pick at that scab Just to be clear? We've been more than happy[...]

Over the past week, the BBC, Disney+ & showrunner Russell T Davies have done a great job of showcasing how the next series of Doctor Who is going to look from a fashion standpoint We had an impressive rundown of our new Doctor Ncuti Gatwa and new companion Millie Gibson (Ruby Sunday) in their swinging[...]

But will the Doctor, a vortex manipulator, and 24 hours be enough to save Doom from literal Death? That's the premise behind the upcoming multimedia event "Doom's Day," which was first announced back in March as part of the overall 60th-anniversary celebration of the long-running BBC show And now we have intel on one of[...]

We're guessing that the BBC & showrunner Russell T Davies could tell that lots of folks wanted to see more of our new Doctor Ncuti Gatwa and new companion Millie Gibson (Ruby Sunday) in their swinging '60s clothes because that's exactly what we have waiting for you below The images come as filming on the[...]

With production currently underway on a new series of adventures from the BBC & Disney+'s Doctor Who, fans were treated to how Jinkx Monsoon's (RuPaul's Drag Race, RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, Sketchy Queens; Chicago on Broadway) big bad – billed as "the Doctor's most powerful enemy yet" – will look But this time around,[...]

In what's already been a busy news day so far, why shouldn't the BBC & Disney+'s Doctor Who get in on the fun? Earlier this month, we learned that Jinkx Monsoon (RuPaul's Drag Race, RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, Sketchy Queens; Chicago on Broadway) was joining showrunner Russell T Davies, new Doctor Ncuti Gatwa, new[...]

Davies, new Doctor Ncuti Gatwa & new companion Millie Gibson (Ruby Sunday) set off on a new series of adventures, there's the monumental matter of the BBC and Disney+'s Doctor Who 60th Anniversary three-episode special event to celebrate this November Along with an impressive line-up of new & returning faces, viewers will be treated to[...]

But when we're talking about the BBC & Disney+'s Doctor Who, the spotlight tends to shine a bit brighter – a lot hotter – on this matter The reality of having his run's canon changed or discarded by showrunner Russell T Davies as Davies works with Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson on a new series[...]

That includes the live action introduction of cute looking but evil alien Beep the Meep, who shows up in the trailer. Beep the Meep in "Doctor Who", BBC At a panel during Galaxycon in Richmond, Virginia, recently, Tennant revealed that the comic creators behind Beep the Meep visited the set when they were shooting that episode of[...]

One major change has been a full orchestra playing the drama. Still from "Doctor Who: The Rings of Akhaten", BBC Doctor Who has only had two composers, Murray Gold, and Segun Akenola Both, in their way, enhanced the show's epic moments, often providing the emotional surge and context for the scene Gold's original compositions are similar to[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board for today? Paramount+'s Star Trek: Picard, Elon Musk/BBC, NBC's Saturday Night Live, Paramount+'s Fatal Attraction, TNT's AEW Rampage/Battle of the Belts, Disney+'s Tales of the Jedi, Disney+'s Obi-Wan Kenobi, Lucasfilm "Star Wars" films, NBC's The Blacklist, Netflix's One Piece, Disney+'s The Acolyte, Disney+'s Ahsoka, HBO Max's Young Justice,[...]

Following up on NPR being hit with the same designation for no reason other than utter pettiness that can only be measured in billions of dollars in lost Twitter value, Musk's Twitter is now labeling the official BBC account as "government funded." Does it deserve the tag? No, but neither did NPR – and if[...]

Even though the BBC, Disney+ & showrunner Russell T Davies have some big plans for the 60th anniversary of Doctor Who hitting this November, Big Finish Productions is getting the party started early How? With a look at the trailer for the first of the eight-episode full-cast audio drama adventure Doctor Who – Once and[...]

Ah, the evils of Capitalism. Industry is created, written, and executive produced by former finance insiders Mickey Down and Konrad Kay. The series is a Bad Wolf Production for HBO/BBC and is executive produced by Jane Tranter, Kate Crowther, and Ryan Rasmussen for Bad Wolf, and Rebecca Ferguson for BBC Bad Wolf also produces Doctor Who. Last summer,[...]

BBC's Doctor Who was always both ahead of the times and keeping up with it Donald Trump is one of the most divisive historical figures whose story hasn't yet reached its endgame, but his impact on history and culture can't be denied And back when he was still President, the series already had a character[...]

"I'm honored, thrilled, and utterly excited to join 'Doctor Who!' Russell T Davies is a visionary and a brilliant writer — I can't wait to get into the weeds with him and the crew! I hope there's room in the TARDIS for my luggage," Monsoon added. Image: BBC/EW YouTube Screencap Here's a look at the teaser tweet[...]

Davies, Charlotte Moore, CCO, BBC TV & Radio; and others – including Gatwa himself Now, we're hearing who he would like to make a cameo when Gatwa & Millie Gibson's (Ruby Sunday) new series of adventures hit our screens – a visit that would find this actor making the jump from the "Star Wars" universe[...]

With a lot of our Doctor Who attention span being preoccupied with the BBC's upcoming 60th-anniversary special event & Christmas Special, it's nice to be able to take a break to focus a little further into the future And what better occasion to have as an excuse to see how showrunner Russell T Davies, new[...]

First up, script editor Scott Handcock dropped an interesting tease about the Christmas Special in his production diary. "As we get into the second week of our Christmas Special shoot [written in February], a guest star from 2005 returns; one of our writers delivers their fourth draft of a script for Block Three; a hero prop gets[...]

Less than a day after the BBC revealed that it would be slashing 1,000 show programming hours in an effort to gather hundreds of millions of pounds in overall financial savings, the hit series Ghosts confirmed that it would be ending its hugely successful & popular run with the upcoming fifth season "After five incredible[...]

Davies] flexing his muscles and showing all the different things 'Doctor Who' can do," Kingsley shared – a sentiment shared by all three directors. Image: BBC Kingsley Discusses "Absolute Nightmare" Episode, Teases "Aliens" & "The Thing" Comparison: "I opened mine and just tore through it Even as a reading experience, it was so exciting But I kind[...]

Speaking with Doctor Who Magazine #589 (which you can order here), executive producer Phil Collinson shares how much the long-running series appreciates being associated with such a worthy & charitable cause – but even they were surprised by just how much of the Doctor that Tennant ended up showing off. Image: BBC Screencap "A lot of people[...]

Speaking with Doctor Who Magazine #587 back in February of this year, EP Joel Collins has some interesting things to share about another important player in the BBC, Disney+ & Showrunner Russell T Davies's Doctor Who Universe… the TARDIS Because you didn't really think we were going to get a new Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and[...]

The latest Doctor Who compilation video highlights The Thirteenth Doctor's (Jodie Whittaker) companion Yasmin's (Mandip Gil) greatest hits, which features clips from "Flux" all the way to the finale of this Doctor and showrunner Chris Chibnall's run "The Power of the Doctor." What it really highlights is "Thasmin," which ended up saving the series from[...]

Vigil, the BBC murder mystery on a British Navy nuclear submarine starring Suranne Jones and Rose Leslie, will return for a second series with new cast members, including Romola Garai and Dougray Scott The second series will feature a brand-new investigation that takes Amy Silva (Jones) and Kirsten Longacre (Leslie) into the world of the[...]

It's about Class Conflict, which makes it a uniquely British perspective. Still from "Doctor Who", BBC The latest themed Doctor Who video compilation runs 45 minutes to feature the series' trips to the future It even features clips for two stories in the classic show, namely the Fifth Doctor's (Peter Davison) big Cybermen story and the Fourth[...]

Set to launch later this year, Kempner serves as the face & voice of the assassin-on-the-run, and a number of other familiar faces are expected to appear over the course of the story. Image: BBC "'Doom's Day' is a huge new adventure for the whole 'Doctor Who' universe – starring the brilliant and hilarious Sooz Kempner as[...]

But that was the teaser that fans of the BBC & Disney+'s Doctor Who were faced with on Sunday, leaving open a world of possibilities Our top thought? That it's somehow tied into what Big Finish Productions has going on for the 60th-anniversary on the audio drama side, with "Once and Future." But with everything[...]