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Along with all of the news buzzing around November's 60th-anniversary event, December's Christmas Special, and the next series of adventures, BBC & Disney+'s Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies isn't exactly having a boring time of things That's because, along with his focus on the long-running series, Davies is also looking at a shared "WHO-niverse" of[...]

On Friday evening, the BBC & BBC iPlayer aired Red Nose Day 2023, with hosts David Tennant (yup, our Fourteenth Doctor), Paddy McGuinness, Zoe Ball, Joel Dommett, and AJ Odudu And over the course of three hours, viewers were treated to a televised charity event that included sketches involving a number of familiar shows &[...]

So you know what he needs to do… right? Yup… run! Image: BBC/Red Nose Day Screencap Here's a look at the complete sketch, followed by some additional looks at Tennant & Henry in action: And here's a look back at the two previously released teasers featuring Tennant & Henry offering a rundown of the event: "If you thought the[...]

And for an event as important as Red Nose Day, it's only appropriate that the show has an impressive name joining the gang – global superstar Kylie Minogue! GHOSTS (Image: BBC/Red Nose Day 2023) In the following sketch, Minogue (playing a wonderfully hyper-version of herself)  and her manager (Tanya Moodie) meet with Alsion (Charlotte Ritchie) and Mike[...]

East Coast Time) on BBC One & BBC iPlayer Your hosts? Why, none other than David Tennant, Paddy McGuinness, Zoe Ball, Joel Dommett, and AJ Odudu! Over the course of three hours, viewers will be treated to hilarious sketches, live performances, amazing musical acts – and maybe even a surprise or two And the best[...]

Between confirmed news, sourced rumors & random speculation, BBC & Disney+'s Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies has done an amazing job of keeping the long-running series on everyone's minds ahead of this November's 60th-anniversary event and December's Christmas Special Just recently, Davies teased that an upcoming series episode ranks high on his list of[...]

Earlier this week, BBC & Disney+'s Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies dropped a ten-ton tease about the fourth episode of Series 14 being "one of the greatest things I've ever made in my life" (and confirmed by episode director Dylan Holmes Williams) Now, we're learning more about the greater "WHO-niverse" that Davies has envisioned[...]

It's a good thing that the BBC & Disney+'s Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies plans on sticking around for a while because he's got a lot of things going on a whole lot of fronts The end of this year sees the three-episode 60th-anniversary event and the return of the Christmas Special[...]

Since we already have Tennant in full-on "Doctor Who" mode and we know Henry's past connections with the long-running BBC series, how can we not hope for a 60th-anniversary sketch starring the pair? We know that they've appeared together in a series of promo images for the event – is that foreshadowing of something more?[...]

Heading into the weekend, we passed along all of the intel that you would need to know about Red Nose Day, set to hit BBC screens on Friday, March 17th (more on that below) And when we learned that David Tennant would be joining co-hosts Paddy McGuinness, Zoe Ball, Joel Dommett, and AJ Odudu, you[...]

In fact, it's given us a chance to make the case that the best of these storylines work because they keep things simple. Still from "Doctor Who: Blink," BBC When you have a show like Doctor Who that's entirely based on time travel, it follows that sooner or later, the writers will start getting creative with playing[...]

Seriously. Key art, BBC Here's their direct quote: "Rob Grant and Doug Naylor are delighted to announce that the ongoing dispute over the Red Dwarf rights has been resolved Moving onwards and upwards Rob and Doug hope to launch separate iterations of Red Dwarf across various media, working again with the cast and other valued partners, and wish[...]

Now, we have a rundown of the TV sketches set for that evening, including drop-ins from Ghosts, The Traitors, and more – take a look: Image: BBC/BBC Screencap "The Traitors": In a special parody of the hit psychological gameshow, The Traitors, a star-studded roundtable gathers to decide who should be banished Claudia Winkleman (played by Dawn French) assembles[...]

Unfortunately, the producer of the first series Ella Watts has been replaced by the BBC, seemingly without explanation She reported this in a tweet on Thursday: "Doctor Who: Redacted" image: BBC "It looks like there's a 'Doctor Who: Redacted' season 2 in the works Sadly, I won't be working on it Whilst I was clear I wanted[...]

Even as filming rolls along on the next series of adventures, BBC, Disney+ & Showrunner Russell T Davies's Ncuti Gatwa & Millie Gibson-starring Doctor Who knows when it's time to pause to honor a special occasion And that special occasion would be International Women's Day, first honored on an international scale back in 1911 Celebrated every[...]

In yesterday's update, we mentioned just how busy things are for BBC & Disney+'s Doctor Who mastermind, Russell T Davies The showrunner has the upcoming 60th-anniversary special event with David Tennant & Catherine Tate coming up in November Following that, he has the new Doctor Ncuti Gatwa & the new companion Millie Gibson (Ruby Sunday) set for[...]

Davies definitely has his hand full when it comes to the BBC & Disney+'s Doctor Who So for this go-around, we're taking a look back to the immediate past with previous showrunner Chris Chibnall, who exited the show along with then-Doctor Jodie Whittaker with the special, "The Power of The Doctor." But before that, there[...]

To get the word out, Elba has been hitting the press circuit, taking a ton of questions about the sequel film to the popular BBC series as well as on a variety of other topics And one of those topics, to no one's surprise, was whether or not Elba was interested in and/or up for[...]

If you're a fan of the BBC & Disney+'s Doctor Who, then you know that 2023 is already a big year Along with the huge upcoming three-episode 60th-anniversary event set for November, the following month will see the return of the Christmas Special And as we speak, work continues on showrunner Russell T Davies' next[...]

Davies has in store, Big Finish jumped out of the gate earlier today with a huge update on how it's celebrating the upcoming 60th anniversary of the BBC & Disney+'s Doctor Who To get you up-to-speed, the eight-episode full-cast audio drama adventure Doctor Who – Once and Future begins in The Time War as an[...]

While I was gallivanting around London last night, Frank Quitely appeared as a guest judge on The Great British Menu on BBC2 So I just caught up this morning This year's theme for the show has been animation and illustration, and set in Scotland and in need of a pop cultural guest, Vincent Deighan, better known[...]

The BBC and Amazon's Prime Video are planning to continue the adventures of Jonathan Pine, played by Tom Hiddleston Deadline reported that Season Two will be filming under the codename Steelworks later this year in London and South America The Night Manager sequel has yet to be formally greenlit by Amazon and the BBC, but[...]

Well, if Davies had any doubt that fans would love to see Susan again, a poll from RadioTimes.com cleared that up, with Ford checking in with 43% of the vote. Images: BBC; BBC Screencap "That's amazing, I'm absolutely flabbergasted I'm very honoured!" said Ford, in response to learning of the poll's results As Ford sees it, Susan[...]

Davies, new Doctor Ncuti Gatwa, and new companion Millie Gibson (Ruby Sunday) have in store for the next series of Doctor Who adventures from the BBC and Disney+ every step if the way But what we haven't spent a lot of time on is how much we're still loving their official looks that were released[...]

Davies, new Doctor Ncuti Gatwa, and Millie Gibson (Ruby Sunday) on the next series of the BBC's & Disney+'s Doctor Who, no details were relased about their respective roles Well, thanks to some comments that Dobson had to share with MailOnline, it appears we have some more details to help fill in the blanks[...]

When it comes to the upcoming 60th anniversary of the BBC & Disney+'s Doctor Who, most of our focus lately has been on what showrunner Russell T Davies has in store for this November's three-episode special event But as we learned last November, Big Finish Porductions is stepping up in a big way with the[...]

By making the Doctor immortal, the BBC has given the show the chance to be immortal The BBC releasing a compilation video of all the Doctor's regenerations gives us a lot of food for thought. "Doctor Who", BBC How Regeneration Made Doctor Who Unique It's funny when you find out that the idea of regeneration was thought up[...]

Amidst speculation about what the new Fawlty Towers, or Shin Fawlty Towers, as we like to call it, will be like, John Cleese had a few things to say about it just to clear up a few things, including The Guardian's reactionary declaration that it would be an "anti-woke nightmare." "Fawlty Towers" key art, BBC Cleese told[...]

When it was first announced that Ncuti Gatwa would be coming aboard the BBC & Disney+'s Doctor Who, fans of Netflix's Laurie Nunn-created British comedy-drama Sex Education were excited to see Gatwa being given the chance to show the world what they've seen over the course of the past three seasons But it also left them wondering[...]

There, are you glad we got that bit over with? "Fawlty Towers" key art, BBC We Hope it's Called Shin Fawlty Towers Anyway, Shin Fawlty Towers, as we like to call it for now ("shin" means "new" in Japanese), is set in the present, more than forty years after the end of the second and last season of[...]