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You can thank the latest Doctor Ncuti Gatwa for that. Image: BBC Screencap Gatwa, the Fifteenth Doctor, has been calling Ruby and various people "babes" as a term of endearment in the same way many people might say "dude." However, Gatwa says it with so much charm and camp that he's made it cool for the US[...]

The dust has settled on the complete first season of the new Doctor Who is now available on Disney+ worldwide and the BBC iPlayer in the UK, and it's worth assessing the series There has been much grumbling and gnashing of teeth amongst fans of both the classic era and the 2005 revival era, who have[...]

This season sets the template for the modern series when it returned in 2005. Doctor Who: The Collection – Season 25 on Blu-ray box set comes with eight discs of the 25th season from 1988, starring McCoy as the Seventh Doctor and containing four classic stories, "Remembrance of the Daleks," "The Happiness Patrol," "Silver Nemesis" and[...]

In case anyone was foolish enough to wonder why Coldplay would be co-headlining The 2024 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts (or simply "Glastonbury") alongside Dua Lipa, SZA, and Shania Twain, look no further than how the festival crowd (including Tom Cruise, Gillian Anderson, and Simon Pegg) responds to anything and everything that Chris Martin,[...]

The BBC has released the trailer for the new cop drama The Jetty, which stars Jenna Coleman (Doctor Who, The Cry, The Serpent) as Detective Ember Manning, who investigates a case that threatens to unravel the threads of her past The series will launch on BBC iPlayer and BBC One on 15 July The Jetty[...]

But the Doctor has been played as a God or Christ figure repeatedly for nearly 20 years. Image: BBC This trend of the Doctor as a god has been a recurring motif since Russell T Davies revived the series in 2005, and it was he who repeatedly used the imagery throughout his run, and Steven Moffat also[...]

In episode 17, Home Part 1, the Transformer character Nightshade tells a human friend, Sam, that "he or she just doesn't fit who I am" and asks others to use "they/them" instead. Nightshade added that the term "non-binary" was a "wonderful word for a wonderful experience." And that was basically that. Transformers Earthspark YouTube screencap But it seemed[...]

There is currently no plan for a home video release in the US or anywhere else that has Disney+. Artwork: BBC The Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson)'s first season of adventures is immortalised in this new home entertainment release, available on limited edition steelbook, DVD, or Blu-ray, with over seven discs worth of content[...]

Netflix has dropped the trailer for A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, a new BBC co-production starring Wednesday breakout star Emma Myers as a British teenager who becomes a True Crime podcaster. Myers, who portrays Wednesday Addams' werewolf roommate Enid Sinclair in Wednesday, will star as the smart and single-minded Pip Fitz-Amobi in the series based[...]

Davies repeatedly saying she will be back in season two. Image: BBC/Disney+ By now, everyone who has watched this season of Doctor Who will have watched the finale where Ruby says goodbye to The Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) They've both realized that her days traveling with him in the TARDIS are over now that she has a new[...]

The new era has done its utmost to correct the wrongs the writers did to some companions from that era, most recently Melanie "Mel" Bush, played by Bonnie Langford. Image: BBC/Disney+ Mel was a companion that was hastily thrown into the show in 1986 in what ended up as the Sixth Doctor's (Colin Baker) final season during[...]

Flood (Anita Dobson) and Ruby's story being far from over in terms of the special. Image: BBC Doctor Who: The Road to "Joy to the World" In November 2023, Coughlan checked in personally via video to let fans know that they can expect to see her in the 2024 Christmas Special as a guest star in the "Joy to[...]

He knows every trope and every trick in the screenwriter's toolbox, and we're going to unpick them. Still: BBC/Disney+ A Cliffhanger Deep Cut from Classic Doctor Who "Empire of Death" kicks off with a subtle stylistic callback to the classic series – the "Previously On" repeats the final moments of the previous episode, which is something classic Doctor[...]

He's someone who plans out his seasons, and he has been planning Sutekh's return since he was twelve years old! Seriously! "Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday" still: BBC/Disney+ That's right, Davies has been playing the long game In the latest Doctor Who Magazine, he spilled the beans that he has been a big fan of[...]

The Doctor Who spinoff Tales of the TARDIS aired and streamed in the UK on BBC Four and BBC iPlayer before the premiere of "Empire of Death" to catch fans and new viewers up on the classic story "Pyramids of Mars" in a new, tighter edit and given a fresh coat of paint with updated[...]

Davies, who is the best ringmaster for the show when it comes to drumming up interest in the show, and he posted this on his Instagram account on Wednesday: Image: BBC/Disney+ "The EMPIRE OF DEATH approaches 😱 What is the truth about Susan Triad? Who is Ruby's mother? And what vital object lies waiting on a distant[...]

The two-part finale that closes this season of Doctor Who is getting a theatrical screening—but only in the UK! BBC Studios and CinemaLive have partnered to bring the Doctor Who finale to cinema screens across the UK on Friday, June 21st, 2024, at 11 pm UK Time This means Part Two, "Empire of Death," will[...]

Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson will appear in this Thursday's new episode of Tales of The TARDIS, which will feature "Pyramids of Mars" for fans new and old to catch up on the classic story. The BBC has released an interview with Gabriel Woolf on his return to the role after 48 years. "Doctor Who: The Legend[...]

But before we recap our previews, we have a new video from the show's YouTube account that appears to drop a ten-ton clue as to what non-Disney+ folks (BBC iPlayer & BBC Four) will get to see when that special Tales of the TARDIS episode hits screens on Thursday, June 20th In the clip above,[...]

Davies and stars Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor) and Millie Gibson's (Ruby Sunday) Doctor Who hits Disney+, BBC iPlayer, and BBC One screens In "Empire of Death" (directed by Jamie Donoughue and written by Davies), The Doctor stands defeated… his ageless enemy Sutekh, the god of death, seemingly reigning supreme as a shadow falls across all[...]

This always felt a bit odd as UNIT (Unified Intelligence Task Force after the United Nations complained the series' original uses of "United Nations" was unauthorised) has always offered the series an endless supply of "redshirts," like in the "Star Trek" universe. Image: BBC/Disney+ UNIT was introduced in the 1968 Doctor Who story "The Invasion" where the[...]

If we had to add another question on top of the pile of questions that we have heading into next week, it would be… are we sure that's the Fifteenth Doctor at the TARDIS console and not someone else? Maybe the hooded figure walking towards the TARDIS later on in the promo – and as[...]

But as for that "one woman," now that's where the theories are beginning to flow. Image: BBC Screencap Joining the Doctor and Ruby for the final chapter of the first season are Kate Lethbridge-Stewart (Jemma Redgrave), Melanie Bush (Bonnie Langford), "Susan Triad" (Susan Twist), Rose Noble (Yasmin Finney), Harriet (Genesis Lynea), Morris Gibbons (Lenny Rush), Colonel Ibrahim (Alexander[...]

From this point forward, consider the "MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD!" sign officially on – and we will see you on the other side of this image spoiler buffer. Imgaes/Screencaps: BBC It's probably "Pyramids of Mars," a four-part story from 1975 featuring the Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) and Sarah Jane Smith (Elizabeth Sladen) There, we said it[...]

The script is a clockwork piece of plotting where things get steadily worse. Image: BBC/Disney+ A Smarter, Gentler UNIT This episode features the fullest picture of what modern-day UNIT is like They're no longer a bunch of trigger-happy soldiers but a more Scientific and strategy-based body under the command of Kate Stewart (Gemma Redgrave)[...]

Following that, the show's social media account dropped a season compilation teaser retracing all of the moments during the previous six episodes when the TARDIS wasn't sounding too… healthy? Image: BBC/Disney+ Screencap Speaking with RadioTimes, Davies offered five stories worth checking our before the finale – noting that "Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways" and "The Bells[...]

Last month, the rumblings that series co-creators James Corden and Ruth Jones were planning something for the holiday season were officially confirmed when the duo took to Instagram to show the script for Gavin and Stacey: The Finale and share that the special episode would hit BBC One & BBC iPlayer on Christmas Day. With Baby Cow,[...]

But as the Time Window reveals horrifying secrets from Christmas Eve, the mysterious Triad Technology unleashes the greatest evil of all. Image: BBC/Disney+ Screencap In the following clip, The Doctor, Ruby, and UNIT begin going over actress Susan Twist's mysterious presence throughout the season They want answers – could Twist's Susan Triad hold the answers? And here's a[...]

Davies and series stars Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor) & Millie Gibson's (Ruby Sunday) Doctor Who kicking off on Disney+, BBC iPlayer, and BBC One this weekend with "The Legend of Ruby Sunday" (directed by Jamie Donoughue and written by Davies), Davies is assigning some "screening homework" (like what X-Men '97 creator Beau DeMayo did with the[...]

BBC Books will publish four Doctor Who Target novelisations from Season season with the Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby Sunday, as played by Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson "Space Babies," "73 Yards", "Rogue," and "The Church on Ruby Road" – with "Ruby Road" published on 8th August in paperback and audiobook. All four Targets have been written by an[...]