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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[...]
Doctor Who: Redacted is Fun, Relevant and the Show We Need Right Now
Unfortunately, the producer of the first series Ella Watts has been replaced by the BBC, seemingly without explanation She reported this in a tweet on Thursday: "Doctor Who: Redacted" image: BBC "It looks like there's a 'Doctor Who: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[...]
Doctor Who: The Next Doctors Should be Women
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[...]
Doctor Who: Russell T. Davies Isn't Going Anywhere; Manning/Spinoffs
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[...]
Doctor Who: Flux Nearly Shelved, Whittaker Turned Down Jobs: Chibnall
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[...]
Luther: The Fallen Sun With Idris Elba Coming to Netflix in March 2023
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[...]
Doctor Who 60th Anniv/Series Update: Directors, Meep, New Tech & More
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[...]
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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[...]
Frank Quitely is Judge Fedd on BBC's The Great British Menu
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 Night Manager: BBC and Amazon Studios Plan Season 2 of Spy Series
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[...]
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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[...]
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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[...]
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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[...]
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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[...]
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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[...]
Fawlty Towers Sequel Series to Star John Cleese and His Daughter
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[...]
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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[...]
Fawlty Towers Sequel Series to Star John Cleese and His Daughter
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[...]
Doctor Who: BBC Introduces Millie Gibson as Companion Ruby Sunday
Davies, BBC & Disney+'s Doctor Who, we've been pretty much living in two worlds Along with covering the upcoming three-episode 60th-anniversary set up for November, featuring the Fourteenth Doctor (David Tennant?!?) and Donna Noble (Catherine Tate), we've also been taking a look ahead to what's going on with Ncuti Gatwa's (The Fifteenth Doctor) & Millie[...]
Doctor Who is All About Science! Like We Need to be Reminded
SCIENCE! Doctor Who Talks (pseudo-) SCIENCE!, BBC Yes, the latest compilation video from the BBC on the Doctor Who YouTube channel is a short collection where the Doctor talks about SCIENCE! They like to jump around between eras in these videos There's the Tenth (David Tennant) showing Donna (Catherine Tate) the very moment the Earth was formed[...]
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Our most recent run of updates on the BBC & Disney+'s Doctor Who have focused on what showrunner Russell T Davies has had to say about Ncuti Gatwa's (The Fifteenth Doctor) & Millie Gibson's (Ruby Sunday) new series of adventures But this time around, we shift our focus back to the upcoming three-episode 60th-anniversary set[...]
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With November's 60th-anniversary event inching ever-so-closer, with a Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor) & Millie Gibson (Ruby Sunday)-starring Christmas Special to follow, the buzz surrounding the BBC, Disney+ & showrunner Russell T Davies's Doctor Who gets louder and louder with each passing day So what better time than now to check in with Steven Moffat, who had[...]
Doctor Who: Multiple Doctors Meet in Compilation Video at last
That's what the latest BBC compilation video insists on. "Doctor Who Day" key art, BBC First Entrances Make First Impressions It's not a complete list of all the Doctors' first appearances, just the most obvious ones The First Doctor's (William Hartnell) entrance is absent from this compilation The Second Doctor's (Patrick Troughton) first moments are literally lost in[...]
Separated At Birth: Alan Moore Miracleman /Toby Whithouse Being Human
Separated At Birth: Miracleman Vs BBC's Being Human At some point, for reasons unknown, this article from 2011 was deleted It has returned below in its original glory. Here lie spoilers Massive spoilers Spoilers not only for the ending of the penultimate episode of Being Human Series 3, but also, I suppose for Marvelman/Miracleman if you've never[...]
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The last time we checked in with the BBC & Disney+'s Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies, he was confirming that we will be getting a Christmas present this year in the form of a special featuring Ncuti Gatwa's Fifteenth Doctor and Millie Gibson's Ruby Sunday- which means more new "Who" after November's 60th-anniversary event[...]
Gail Simone on University Challenge
It first ran for twenty-five years on ITV presented by one host Bamber Gascoigne. The BBC then revived the show in 1994 with the second host, Jeremy Paxman, who intends to step down later this year. The show pits two teams made up of students from two universities, competing against each other in a general knowledge quiz[...]
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Adding to our list of things that we love about the BBC & Disney+'s Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies is his ability to accomplish a lot in a very little amount of time We were treated to an excellent example of this over the weekend when Davies appeared on The Graham Norton Show[...]
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So the last time we checked in on how things were going with the BBC & Disney+'s Doctor Who after this November's 60th-anniversary event, we were learning who else would be joining Ncuti Gatwa's Fifteenth Doctor and Millie Gibson's Ruby Sunday (and getting a tour of Steven Moffat's writing room, too) This time around, we're[...]
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When it comes to what's happening with BBC & Disney+'s Doctor Who after this November's 60th-anniversary event, showrunner Russell T Davies has found the right mix of dropping intel and holding onto spoilers that's making the journey to November a lot more bearable We know Ncuti Gatwa will be taking over the TARDIS as The[...]
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Only a week after a new round of casting news brought us word that UNIT, Jemma Redgrave's Kate Lethbridge-Stewart, and Aneurin Barnard's (1899, Peaky Blinders) Roger ap Gwilliam would be joining the cast of BBC & Disney+'s Ncuti Gatwa & Millie Gibson-starring Doctor Who Series 14, we have a slightly different kind of update to pass[...]