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Doctor Who: Legend Of The Sea Devils just aired on BBC One and BBC America, and is the penultimate episode of Jodie Whittaker's run as The Doctor, ahead of this Christmas/New Year's BBC Centenary Special. 1 More Time Travel Than Usual For Doctor Who This episode breaks one of the usual time travel rules of Doctor Who,[...]

Autumn 2022:   Image: BBC Image: BBC Image: BBC Image: BBC Image: BBC Image: BBC Image: BBC Image: BBC Recently, Chibnall opened up to the RadioTimes.com about if he will pull a Davies and return at some point, why it's important for a showrunner to make their own mark on the long-running series, and if he believes Davies will follow up on some of the[...]

If you're a long-time fan of the BBC's Doctor Who, then you know how weird that time is when you know that one Doctor is leaving (with the showrunner) and another is coming aboard (with a new showrunner): it's like living in two timelines Which is pretty appropriate for the show, now that we think[...]

The movie, a spinoff of the BBC cop drama that ran from 2010 to 2019 featuring Elba as a rogue cop who's as dangerous as the criminals he hunts, is produced by Netflix and also stars Cynthia Erivo and Andy Serkis Elba called it a "grim shoot". Idris Elba in "Luther", image: BBC America He tweeted back[...]

With "Sea Devils" landing this Sunday, April 17 on BBC and BBC America (with BBCA taking part in the global broadcast beginning at 2:10 pm ET, with an additional airing later that evening), Chibnall is opening up to the RadioTimes.com about if he will pull a Davies and return at some point, why it's important for[...]

And now that we've hit the less-than-a-week mark, what better time than now to share some additional looks at the special from BBC and BBC America (with the latter part of the global broadcast on Sunday, April 17, beginning at 2:10 pm ET, with an additional airing later that evening)? Before we get to some[...]

It really should be more "woke". Doctor Who, Image: BBC The problem with Chibnall's Doctor Who is that he transformed the Doctor into a Conservative This had been on our minds for quite a while but it was fan video commentator Tharries who beat us to pointing it out on his YouTube channel He deserves the credit[...]

The BBC finally released a compilation video of series 5 of Doctor Who, Steven Moffat's debut season as showrunner Overall, it's a triumphant start, continuing the success and popularity of his predecessor Russell T Davies' run and putting his own stamp on it Moffat's first season demonstrated how the same show can become a completely[...]

With only nine days to go until The Doctor (Jodie Whittaker), Yaz (Mandip Gill), and Dan (John Bishop) return to confront the "Legend of the Sea Devils," the BBC is giving Doctor Who fans another reason to get excited about April 17th Earlier today, BBC Sounds announced that the long-running series would be getting a[...]

David Tennant is to take on the role of Macbeth in an upcoming BBC Radio 4 broadcast adaptation of Shakespeare's famous play, also known as The Scottish Play to the more nervous among you Tennant has previously played Hamlet and Richard II  on stage for the Royal Shakespeare Company and has appeared in previous BBC[...]

Curious? Read on… Former "Doctor Who" showrunner Steven Moffat, image: BBC America Speaking with RadioTimes.com at the Radio Times Covers Party, Moffat wanted to make it Andrew Garfield/Spider-Man: No Way Home clear that he has no interest in following Davies' path for a return "I think I can confidently say I'm done showrunning 'Doctor Who.'  Everyone can[...]

But before we get to that, some great news for BBC America viewers Earlier today, it was confirmed that the special's global premiere will take place on Sunday, April 17, beginning at 2:10 pm ET (with an additional airing later that evening Here's a look at the key art that was released by BBC America[...]

One is Inside Man, an upcoming BBC crime thriller with Tennant, Stanley Tucci, Lydia West, and Dolly Wells The other is The Devil's Hour, a thriller starring Capaldi. Image: BBC/BBC America The BBC describes Inside Man as a four-part mini-series that "follows a prisoner on death row in the US, a Vicar in a quiet English town,[...]

She was best known for playing Dot Cotton in the BBC soap since 1985 Dorothy "Dot" Branning nee Cotton was one of the longest-running characters on a television show, appearing on the BBC flagship soap from 1985 to 1993, then returning from 1997 to 2020 before leaving the show permanently, reportedly due to Brown's declining[...]

With current Doctor Jodie Whittaker and showrunner Chris Chibnall departing the BBC show at the end of the year, The Doctor, Yaz (Mandip Gill), and Dan (John Bishop) will confront the "Legend of the Sea Devils" on April 17th before bowing out during this fall's Centenary special After that, Russell T Davies returns to take[...]

With current Doctor Jodie Whittaker and showrunner Chris Chibnall set to depart BBC's Doctor Who by the end of the year, there is a ton of attention being focused on the final two specials left in their run On April 17, the first of those final two will hit screens when The Doctor, Yaz (Mandip[...]

BBC's Peaky Blinders focuses on a time during Churchill's younger years and his interactions with Tommy Shelby (played by Cillian Murphy, who fronts the epic gangster family crime drama While promoting his action film Bull for Saban Films, I spoke with star Neil Maskell about playing the famed British-American statesman and the would-be Prime Minister. Neil[...]

Doctor Who Series 24 might be the most reviled season of the classic show, two seasons before it was cancelled by the BBC in 1987 It was Sylvester McCoy's first season as the Seventh Doctor and the ratings were dropping, the budget had been reduced and in hindsight, it was the beginning of the end[...]

Davies returning to the BBC's Doctor Who (with a new Doctor) beginning with Series 14 But before that happens, we have the second of current Doctor Jodie Whittaker and showrunner Chris Chibnall's final three specials before they end their run With The Doctor, Yaz (Mandip Gill), and Dan (John Bishop) returning for "Legend of the Sea[...]

On April 17th, the second of current Doctor Jodie Whittaker & showrunner Chris Chibnall's final three specials before they end their run on the BBC's Doctor Who will be hitting our screens as The Doctor, Yaz (Mandip Gill), and Dan (John Bishop) return for "Legend of the Sea Devils." Following the third special at the[...]

Russell T. Davies' long-lost first Doctor Who script "Mind of the Hodiac" is available as a Big Finish audio drama with Colin Baker & others.

The video reveals that the season featured some of the show's finest Science Fiction stories and revealed Moffat's grandest themes in the show. "Doctor Who Series 9" image: BBC By his second season, Capaldi was starting to settle into the role and the scripts seemed to course-correct the flawed eighth series that flirted with just how dislikable[...]

Over the weekend, we shared a look at some brand new preview images for the second of current Doctor Jodie Whittaker and showrunner Chris Chibnall's final three specials before they end their run on the BBC's Doctor Who Now viewers know when those images will come to life, with the BBC confirming via new poster[...]

The video is also conspicuous for what it leaves out, or rather who it leaves out, but that's probably just as well. "Doctor Who" series one, image: BBC New showrunner Russell T Davies was rebooting the show for a whole new generation of kids who grew up without Doctor Who or truly imaginative Science Fiction[...]

Davies is returning as showrunner heading into Series 14 of the BBC's long-running Doctor Who, where a new Doctor will also be taking over the TARDIS But since that's not expected to take place until late in 2023, there are rumors that Davies is putting together a series of "specials" that would also coincide with[...]

I wonder if he could have taken any lessons from Alan Moore? BBC Maestro in partnership with BBC Studios, has been running a series of courses taught by those deemed the most experienced creators in the world through a series of digital tutorials Now including a six-hour-long tutorial by Alan Moore which can be purchased[...]

Davies is set to return as showrunner heading into Series 14 of the BBC's long-running Doctor Who, where a new Doctor will also be taking over the TARDIS But since that's not expected to take place until late in 2023, there are rumors that Davies is putting together a series of "specials" that would also[...]

Two things here – firstly for the 60th anniversary of Doctor Who and the 100th anniversary of the BBC, with Russell T Davies, he is going to do stuff You may see plenty of faces for The Doctor, including David Tennant (revisiting a few old faces) and maybe, just maybe, Grant will be a part[...]

Because as much as we loved their time together on the long-running BBC series, we also have a ton of love & respect for what they've done overall in their respective careers In fact, Tennant's upcoming reunion with Michael Sheen for Amazon's Good Omens 2 and Tate's upcoming Netflix series Hard Cell (where she plays[...]

The show had been taken off the air on the BBC in 1989 and this was the first sign of life after a 9-year drought Let's get this out of the way: it wasn't very good But in hindsight, many of its elements were taken up by Russell T Davies for the 2005 revival and[...]