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Together they face off against the dreaded Daleks, the marauding Mechanoids, the ant-like Zarbi, and the Meddling Monk while visiting fantastic alien worlds and turbulent times in the Earth's history. The missing two episodes of The Crusade have been reconstructed using off-air photographs and the original broadcast soundtrack, while the remaining episodes have been newly remastered from[...]

Only three times? Well, that's the three times it has happened in the new show since it came back in 2005. "Doctor Who: Day of the Doctor", image: BBC America Christopher Eccleston, who played the Ninth Doctor and the first of the new era, has said he felt crossover stories didn't work because they were mostly fanfic,[...]

David Tennant and Catherine Tate are returning to Doctor Who for the show's sixtieth anniversary – also the hundredth anniversary of the BBC – in late 2023 But this is not their first return to Doctor Who together In 2016, Tennant and Tate reprised their roles for the Big Finish audio dramas The Tenth Doctor[...]

BBC Three has released a further selection of first-look images from Wreck, the upcoming thrilling comedy horror series created and written by Ryan J Brown. Wreck is a tense thriller, mixing comedy with a slice of slasher, set aboard The Sacramentum cruise ship. Source: BBC Three The series follows a 20-year-old new recruit, Jamie, as he infiltrates the[...]

Needless to say, there are a ton of fronts that fans would like more intel on, and Tennant dropped a ten-ton teaser on them over the weekend at Fan Expo Boston. Image: BBC Though the set photos all over social media tell us otherwise, Tennant refused to officially confirm that he worked on the specials[...]

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 is back to making news when it comes to his run on the BBC's Doctor Who We learned yesterday that there are rumblings Davies is looking to bring back the Christmas Day specials beginning next year And then there's the buzz surrounding the upcoming 60th-anniversary celebration that includes David Tennant, Catherine Tate, Yasmin Finney, and[...]

Unless you've been living in a universe in which the long-running BBC series doesn't exist, we're pretty sure you know what's ahead for the remainder of this year and next year when it comes to Doctor Who After the current Doctor Jodie Whittaker and showrunner Chris Chibnall end their runs this fall, incoming/returning showrunner Russell[...]

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[...]