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You remember The Doctor, right? She was only the title character and presumed star of the show. Jodie Whittaker as The Doctor, Bradley Walsh as Graham, Mandip Gill as Yaz, Tosin Cole as Ryan – Doctor Who _ Season 12, Episode 9 – Photo Credit: Ben Blackall/BBC Studios/BBC America We get it When you get an actor[...]

Following up on his visit to The View, Harris checked in with Variety's Just for Variety podcast to promote his Netflix series Uncoupled… and of course, the topic turned to the long-running BBC series' milestone Davies offered Harris a role after the two worked together on Davies' award-winning It's A Sin!, and at the time[...]

But I promise you, 2023 will be spectacular!" BBC CCO Charlotte Moore, Chief Content Officer, agreed, also adding at the time, "Ncuti has an incredible dynamism, he's a striking and fearless young actor whose talent and energy will set the world alight and take Doctor Who on extraordinary adventures under Russell T Davies' new era." Instead,[...]

It's one of the Second Doctor's (Patrick Troughton) earliest surviving stories because the BBC, in its infinite lack of foresight, erased a whole bunch of shows on videotape so they could reuse them This was decades before VHS & DVD sales came along to bring in additional revenue for the broadcaster It's a crime that[...]

Back in May of this year, director Rachel Talalay (Series 8: "Dark Water" & "Death in Heaven"; Series 9: "Heaven Sent" & "Hell Bent"; Series 10: "World Enough and Time" & "The Doctor Falls"; 2017 Christmas special "Twice Upon a Time") tweeted out two blue hearts and a clapboard to signal that she was returning[...]

So it looks like "The Mouse" likes what it sees with BBC's Doctor Who Maybe it has to do with a combination of how current Doctor Jodie Whittaker & showrunner Chris Chibnall's final farewells are being handled, with what returning/incoming showrunner Russell T Davies has planned with new Doctor Ncuti Gatwa for Series 14 & the upcoming[...]

Now, this isn't the first time that Gosling has gone public with his love for the show as well as the casting decision (check out this summer's t-shirt hot topic here), but he had a chance to formally express his excitement while a guest on the BBC's live The One Show Sharing that he was[...]

Don't know why it took weeks, but the BBC finally released the compilation video for the second half of Season 7 of the new Doctor Who, which was Jenna Coleman's debut and Matt Smith's final season. Jenna Coleman and Matt Smith in "Doctor Who" season 7, BBC There's so much to look at in this half-season Showrunner[...]

While kept secret and not legally recognized at the time, theirs was perhaps the first same-sex marriage in British history. Suranne Jones with Neil Gaiman and Matt Smith in "Doctor Who", still from BBC America How can we compare Gentleman Jack to Doctor Who, you may ask? You might think we were looking for any excuse to[...]

In the "What If…?"-type story, it's 1997 and the Doctor arrives on Earth for the first time… meaning he never served as UNIT's scientific advisor. Image: BBC/Screencap Speaking with Doctor Who Monthly (which you can subscribe to here), Davies offered some possibilities to explain Tennant & Tate's return, and then he followed that up with some clues[...]

Season 2 might have reached a conclusion without a cliffhanger, but Anne Lister (Suranne Jones) and Ann Walker's (Sophie Rundle) story was far from over. "Gentleman Jack", BBC "I mean, my ambition when we started was to tell the story of the rest of her life which would have hopefully been about four series," she said[...]

But I promise you, 2023 will be spectacular!" BBC CCO Charlotte Moore, Chief Content Officer agreed, also adding at the time, "Ncuti has an incredible dynamism, he's a striking and fearless young actor whose talent and energy will set the world alight and take Doctor Who on extraordinary adventures under Russell T Davies' new era." Instead,[...]

She spoke further about how the show fell victim to budget cuts and a seeming loss of interest in period costume dramas and hints that this was partly the result of Discovery's recent acquisition of Warner Brothers, HBO's parent company. "Gentleman Jack", BBC Gentleman Jack stars Suranne Jones as Anne Lister, a real-life landowner and polymath who[...]

Gentleman Jack creator and showrunner Sally Wainwright revealed that the BBC "certainly is up for" continuing with the show but would need a new co-financing partner after HBO canceled the show in the US Gentleman Jack stars Suranne Jones as Anne Lister, a real-life landowner and polymath who lived in 1830s Yorkshire and kept a[...]

Before Sex Education star Ncuti Gatwa takes over the TARDIS in 2023, incoming/returning Doctor Who showrunner has some special plans in store for the BBC series' 60th anniversary So far, those plans include David Tennant (Tenth Doctor), Catherine Tate (Donna Noble), and Neil Patrick Harris But it was the announcement that Yasmin Finney (Heartstopper) was[...]

But I promise you, 2023 will be spectacular!" BBC CCO Charlotte Moore, Chief Content Officer agreed, also adding at the time, "Ncuti has an incredible dynamism, he's a striking and fearless young actor whose talent and energy will set the world alight and take Doctor Who on extraordinary adventures under Russell T Davies' new era." Instead,[...]

Davies as "the greatest enemy the Doctor has ever faced", fans are convinced he's the Celestial Toymaker, back at last. The Celestial Toymaker in "Doctor Who", BBC The Celestial Toymaker only appeared in one story in Doctor Who in a story named after him He was an immortal entity who could warp and control reality and trapped[...]

As I don't own everything in the image approximately 50% of the proceeds I will make will go to The Goboka Rwanda Trust." Purchase added "In case anyone at the BBC is reading this, it was never my intention to sell this piece of artwork I only did it as a bit of fun The[...]

If you're a fan who likes watching these, you might think "It's about time." This video features clips from all the crossovers from both the classic and modern eras of the show. BBC These crossovers are mainly an excuse for fan service, and fans of the show certainly love them There's no real reason to have them[...]

Speaking with Doctor Who Monthly (which you can subscribe to here), Davies offered some possibilities to explain Tennant & Tate's return, and then he followed that up with some clues regarding what monsters can be expected. Image: BBC/BBC America Davies Offers a List of Tennant/Tate Return Possibilities: "A mysteriously forgotten excursion for the TARDIS in between 'Planet[...]

They have a new sitcom on BBC Radio 4 called Damned Andrew which they have written with Tom DeVille The first episode has aired and is available to stream globally, free on the BBC Sounds app or through the BBC website And it happens to be narrated by one comic book creator, film writer, musician[...]

Turns out it was just as Matt Smith was to leave, though before Peter Capaldi had been named. "At the start of 2013, I went down to London to pitch a bunch of ideas to Steven Moffat and his team… I'd correctly guessed the new Doctor would be an older man (I speculated on some kind[...]

When it comes to our coverage of the BBC's Doctor Who lately, we've been forced to live in two worlds The first world is focused on current Doctor Jodie Whittaker and showrunner Chris Chibnall as they near the end of their run this fall with the upcoming "Centenary Special" (more on that below) The other[...]

Doctor beware!" But what about Harris? well, not too long after we got to hear from NPH himself. Image: BBC "My current gig Never looked more dashing Thank you for inviting me into your Whoniverse, [Russell T Davies] I'll try my hardest to do my worst This Doctor has no idea what's in store And even if[...]

Doctor beware!" Image: BBC "There aren't quite the words to describe how I'm feeling A mix of deeply honoured, beyond excited and of course a little bit scared This role and show mean so much to so many around the world, including myself, and each one of my incredibly talented predecessors has handled that unique responsibility and[...]

Specifically, how white, male, straight actors are "the new pariahs of the industry"- and he apparently understands why. DOCTOR WHO – The Doctor (CHRISTOPHER ECCLESTON/ BBC Studios) "Quite rightly I'm a dinosaur now I'm white, I'm middle-aged, I'm male, and I'm straight We are all seen through the lens of Harvey Weinstein et al[...]

It's been a few weeks since we had a proper Doctor Who compilation video from the BBC's official channel This time, it's "The Best of Series 7" part one It covers Steven Moffat's third season as showrunner and the half of Matt Smith's final run as the Eleventh Doctor It also marks Karen Gillen and[...]

Morton even repeats the "repressed female underling in love with her boss" subplot from his previous comedy W1A, which was about bureaucratic frustration in the management of the BBC. The one storyline that works is the one involving Simon Gould (Tim McInnerny), an aging, alcoholic actor whose loss of nerve makes him the picture of every[...]

The seventh season just ended its current run on the BBC this week  Each series has 6 episodes, so there will be at least 12 new episodes for fans to look forward to. "inside No 9" key art: BBC Inside No 9 could be said to be "'Twilight Zone' in the British suburbs", or a follow-up to[...]

Luke Alkin, Kenton Allen, and Matthew Justice also serve as executive producers for Big Talk. The Outlaws is co-produced by BBC One and Amazon Studios Global distribution is handled by BBC Studios The pickup of the show's second season was announced in November Did you know Christopher Walken is also in this show, btw? "The Outlaws" still: Prime[...]