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Doctor Who: K9 Creator Bob Baker Passes away, Aged 82
The news was disclosed by the official K9 Twitter account on Friday with an official statement. Bob Baker, "Doctor Who" writer with Radio Host Laura Rawlings at BBC Radio Bristol, BBC "Bob was a prolific film and television writer," it reads "Alongside his late writing partner, Dave Martin, they were stalwarts of children's television in the 1970s,[...]
'Ineffable' Trademarked In Neil Gaiman & Sir Terry Pratchett's Names
It gained recent popularity in the book Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and the late Sir Terry Pratchett, especially when adapted by the BBC and Amazon Prime Video The book and TV show make several references to God's unknowable and "ineffable" plan for them all. Well, two things happened recently Firstly the word 'ineffable' was trademarked[...]
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On Thursday, Immersive Everywhere and the BBC announced that Doctor Who: Time Fracture will begin resuming mission beginning November 26, 2021 Early last month, the production was forced to announce closures through November 18 due to heavy rains resulting in delays to the repairs needed on the theater from previous weather-related damage. Image: Screencaps Here's a look[...]
Doctor Who: Whoops! "Flux" Episode 1 No Ratings Apocalypse After All
Based on reporting from BBC News entertainment correspondent Lizo Mzimba, the first chapter scored an audience of 4.43 million viewers While that number is lower than last season's premiere rating of 4.88 million (it helps when you have a resting & recovering audience on New Year's Day to broadcast to), it ranks above most of[...]
Bookies Suspend Odds Over Omari Douglas As The Next Doctor Who
They quoted "a TV insider" saying "Omari is the perfect candidate on so many levels, including the fact that the BBC said they'd prefer the Doctor to be played by a non-white actor He has also struck up the kind of close working relationship with Russell that helped Christopher and David get the sought after[...]
Doctor Who: Flux Episode 3 Info: Time Runs Wild After An "Apocalypse"
Even with the Doctor (Jodie Whittaker), Yaz (Mandip Gill), and Dan (John Bishop) about ready to take on the Sontarans this Sunday in the second chapter of the BBC's Doctor Who: Flux, things look to be getting a whole lot worse now that we have the title and overview for the November 14th episode, "Chapter[...]
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So with the BBC's Doctor Who: Flux having kicked off with a first chapter that set up a lot of storylines that we're expecting to start threading together very soon and a serious big bad for the Doctor (Jodie Whittaker), Yaz (Mandip Gill), and Dan (John Bishop) to take on- so serious that it takes[...]
Doctor Who: Flux Lets Chibnall Be Chibnall; We Want to Party with BBCA
Doctor Who: Flux had a US-UK simulcast, broadcasting on BBC America and BBC One at the same time with a time-lag where the US broadcast stuck in ad breaks The ads were more shocking and surprising than anything in the episode Doctor Who: Flux is the most Chris Chibnall of his entire run You have[...]
Expect Really Low Doctor Who Viewing Figures Tonight
Tonight sees the launch of the new season of Doctor Who on BBC 1 In fact, it's just started Now, traditionally, people like to look at the live viewing figures of the show and compare them to the previous year and always find them wanting That's because the previous year's figures always include the Player[...]
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With only hours to go until Jodie Whittaker (Doctor), Mandip Gill (Yaz), and John Bishop (Dan) hit our screens for the first chapter of the BBC's Doctor Who: Flux, and in honor of today being Halloween, we've got another cool featurette to share to go along with yesterday's "Halloween Challenge" and Whittaker's Q & A about the[...]
Neil Gaiman's Cameo Role In Lud-In-The-Mist, Streaming Now From BBC
Because he has just appeared in a BBC drama Lud-In-The-Mist by Doctor Who writer Joy Wilkinson, adapting the work of Hope Mirrlees, playing Duke Aubrey And a pretty decent fist he made of it as well, and since it's on the radio, he didn't have to put on the gold paint like Alan did You[...]
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With the BBC's Doctor Who: Flux set to premiere on Halloween and after having spent earlier today having a little fun with Jodie Whittaker (Doctor), Mandip Gill (Yaz), and John Bishop (Dan) as they ran through a Halloween challenge and Whittaker took part in a holiday Q & A, it's time for us to take a second[...]
Doctor Who Cast's "Trick or Treat" Challenge; Whittaker on Halloween
With only a day to go until The Flux begins its Series 13-long plan to take down Jodie Whittaker's Doctor, Mandip Gill's Yaz, and John Bishop's newcomer Dan in the BBC's Doctor Who: Flux, now seems as good of a time as any to take a breather and have a little fun before a wave[...]
Doctor Who: Mandip Gill "Can't Confirm" Departure, Makes Case for Yaz
Well, Gill is saying not so fast… Image: BBC In an interview posted by EW earlier today, Gill was asked to confirm their departure with Whittaker & Chibnall but things sound far from definite "Well, one, I can't confirm it but, two, there's just no rules to this Companions do stay on thereafter We still haven't finished[...]
SAS: Rogue Heroes: BBC Previews New Series from Peaky Blinders Creator
The 6-part series was filmed in the UK and Morocco and will air next year on BBC One and BBC iPlayer The BBC released some first-look images of the series. "SAS: Rogue Heroes" still, BBC Cairo, 1941 David Stirling (Connor Swindells, Sex Education) – an eccentric young officer, hospitalised after a training exercise went wrong – is[...]
Doctor Who: Mandip Gil Coyly Teases “Thasmin” Romance ‘Shippers
Doctor Who Series 13 finally premieres on Halloween Sunday, October 31st with a simulcast event between BBC One in the UK and BBC America in the US Being both Jodie Whittaker and Mandip Gill's final season as The Doctor and Yaz, it raises hopes amongst 'shippers that we might see at least The 13th Doctor[...]
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That's when the BBC's Doctor Who: Flux premieres with "The Halloween Apocalypse," as the Doctor & Team TARDIS begin their Series 13-long battle with whatever The Flux is One thing we do know about it is that it travels with a nasty crew made up of Sontarans, Weeping Angels, Cybermen, Ravagers, Ood, and more- all[...]
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Thankfully, we have the BBC and BBC America playing nice with each other once again with BBCA releasing not just a new teaser that encourages cosplayers to get in on the excitement (we're guessing there might be more with that as it gets closer) but also confirmed start times for the mid-afternoon and nighttime airings[...]
Happy Valley Returning for 3rd, Final Season with AMC+ Co-Producing
Happy Valley, Sally Wainwright's BAFTA-winning, hit BBC cop drama will film its third and final series in 2022 with AMC+ co-producing Sarah Lancashire will return as Sergeant Catherine Cawood for 6 new episodes in the final chapter of the series James Norton will return as Catherine's nemesis, the murderer and sex-offender Tommy Lee Royce, and[...]
Doctor Who: Jodie Whittaker Was Tempted to Stay Put Past Series 13
It's probably not much of a surprise that Whittaker said she thought about going back on her decision to leave and stay on as the Doctor. The hand of Jodie Whittaker in "Doctor Who: Flux", BBC "Chris (Chibnall) and I always said we were going to do three series together, but then when you get to it,[...]
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With only days to go until The Flux comes rolling in with Sontarans, Weeping Angels, Ravagers, Cybermen, the Ood, Karvanista (who we have some thoughts on here), and more to make life a living hell for Jodie Whittaker's Doctor, Mandip Gill's Yaz, and John Bishop's newcomer Dan in the BBC's Doctor Who: Flux, viewers are[...]
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On Halloween, Jodie Whittaker (The Doctor), Mandip Gill (Yaz), and John Bishop (Dan) are joined by Jacob Anderson's (Game of Thrones) Vinder as Team TARDIS faces its deadliest threat yet when the BBC's Doctor Who: Flux premieres And when the Flux arrives, it's bringing the fight of our heroes' lives to their front doors- and[...]
Doctor Who: Flux Preview Images Include Team TARDIS & Guest Stars
On Halloween, Jodie Whittaker (The Doctor), Mandip Gill (Yaz), and John Bishop's (Dan) Team TARDIS will be joined by Jacob Anderson's (Game of Thrones) Vinder as they face their deadliest challenge yet when the BBC's Doctor Who: Flux premieres Kicking things off with "The Halloween Apocalypse," the team faces a Series 13-long threat known as The Flux[...]
Inside Man: BBC Teases David Tennant, Stanley Tucci Crime Miniseries
Inside Man is the new 4-part thriller from former Doctor Who showrunner and Sherlock co-creator Steven Moffat that's coming to BBC One in the UK and Netflix worldwide next year It stars David Tennant as a vicar in a small English town, Stanley Tucci as a US inmate on death row who's the "inside man"[...]
Doctor Who: Flux – BBC Reveals Additional Guest Stars for Series 13
On Halloween, the BBC's Doctor Who: Flux sees Jodie Whittaker (The Doctor), Mandip Gill (Yaz), and John Bishop's (Dan) Team TARDIS facing their deadliest challenge yet Jacob Anderson's (Game of Thrones) Vinder comes aboard for a storyline spanning all of Series 13 as a threat known as The Flux brings the fight of our heroes'[...]
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On October 31st, the BBC's Doctor Who: Flux finds Jodie Whittaker (The Doctor), Mandip Gill (Yaz), and John Bishop's (Dan) Team TARDIS facing their deadliest challenge yet Jacob Anderson's (Game of Thrones) Vinder comes aboard for a storyline spanning all of Series 13 as a threat known as The Flux brings the fight of our[...]
Doctor Who: Flux Trailer - Team TARDIS Faces Mixed Bag of Big Bads
Yesterday brought the official trailer for the BBC's Doctor Who: Flux, with Jodie Whittaker (The Doctor), Mandip Gill (Yaz), and John Bishop's (Dan) Team TARDIS facing their deadliest challenge yet With Jacob Anderson's (Game of Thrones) Vinder on board for a storyline so massive that it needs all of Series 13 to tell it, the[...]
Sir Lenny Henry Shows Off Mark Buckingham's Boy With Wings Art On BBC
Sir Lenny Henry has a new middle-grade novel out, The Boy With Wings, which he talked about on the BBC's Graham Norton Show last night While the headlines will have focused on Jodie Whittaker previewing the new season of Doctor Who, Dame Eileen Atkin talking about charitable blow-jobs, Billy Connelly's naked streak and Tom Daley[...]