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He even refused a final regeneration scene in that episode with John Hurt – though the BBC got away with using his eyes He has also declined to participate in the Big Finish Doctor Who audio dramas that have seen many Doctor Who actors reprise their roles, including unlikely combinations such as Tom Baker's Doctor[...]

This one is "The Curse of Fenric" from 1989, the 7th Doctor's (Sylvester McCoy) third and final season, and the old show's final season before it was unceremoniously canceled by the BBC. Ian Briggs Might be the Best Writer Doctor Who Ever had! Ian Briggs' script is perhaps the most inventive, multilayered, subversive, and complex in[...]

The BBC Writers' Room is a great resource that also runs programs to nurture new and upcoming writers During Lockdown, they launched Interconnected, a showcase that picked 8 short scripts from writers from different professional levels and experiences to film with actors, crew, and directors all working at home The shorts were available in the[...]

But while such devilish entertainment, is top-notch fun, may I suggest another version of Old Nick to while away the hours in lockdown? Old Harry's Game... The BBC's Old Harry's Game Beats #Lucifer Every Time – And It's Free Old Harry's Game is radio sitcom created by and starring Andy Hamilton, it tells the story of Satan, and[...]

Sir David Hare, the writer of the BBC and PBS' upcoming political thriller Roadkill starring Hugh Laurie, has written a one-man stage play, "Beat the Devil", about catching COVID-19 and recovering from it Talk about "writing what you know." Hare is certainly writing from personal experience He said he caught it from Roadkill director Michael[...]

If anyone would like to try some delightful English whimsy, may I recommend In Out Of The Kitchen? It was first broadcast nine years ago, on BBC Radio 4, and all four series/seasons are available free, streaming, globally right now And in this time of trial, eleven hours of an over-prissy food writer Damian Trench,[...]

Anthony, written by Jimmy McGovern, is a 90-minute BBC TV movie about a young man's life It might be the most heartbreaking and vital TV movie of the year It's utterly ordinary, filled with joy and sadness, to give us the story of Anthony Walker Anthony is not a superhero or a hero cop His[...]

He turned out to have a ton of tragic backstory and pathos. Gareth David-Lloyd as Ianto in "Torchwood", BBC America This is what the show revealed about Jones: he took care of an abusive, alcoholic father He was recruited into Torchwood at the age of 18 and was there when the Cybermen invaded and killed or assimilated[...]

I May Destroy You is a new twelve-part TV series written by and starring Michaela Coel from the BBC, with HBO buy-in It is sensational, is a remarkable achievement in television and, yes because this is Bleeding Cool, I am describing it as TV's first Watchmen Which for some may see as inappropriate, given that[...]

With AMC and BBC America's NOS4A2 roaring ahead with the second half of the season, showrunner/executive producer Jami O'Brien, author/executive producer Joe Hill, and Zachary Quinto (Charlie Manx) took to this weekend's Comic-Con@Home discuss the road that's been traveled so far- and preview the horrors ahead in the following teaser: Scenes from NOS4A2 (Images: AMC) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odQCRRyADSsVideo can't[...]

In attendant were comics writer Jody Hauser, artist Roberta Ingranata, colourist Enrica Eren Angiolini, Titan editor Jake Devine, and BBC producer James Goss, who designed and oversaw the whole venture. "Doctor Who: Time Lord Victorious" Panel, SDCC The panel talked about the legacy of the show, of course The older members spoke about the generational legacy of[...]

To mark the occasion (which also happens to fall nicely in the middle of Comic-Con@Home), fans have been taking to social media with #10YearsOfSherlock to show that their candles are still burning for the series. A look at Mycroft and Sherlock (Image: BBC) Well, Gatiss for one wasn't ready to let the fans have all the fun,[...]

That was "Survival", the one that featured the furries – I mean – the werecat aliens. Doctor Who: "Ghost Light", BBC Studios I've watched "Ghost Light" at least three times during my lifetime and for the life of me, I still can't quite figure out what it's about Ostensibly, it seems to be about The Doctor and[...]

Hugh Laurie (House, Avenue 5) plays a corrupt politician fighting for his life and freedom in a new BBC political thriller Roadkill The 4-part miniseries is written by David Hare, one of the UK's top political playwrights and screenwriters The Forge, which produced National Treasure, is the production company behind it PBS Masterpiece is also[...]

Talking Heads was a BBC TV series written by Alan Bennett that won every award going and underlined his reputation as a national treasure A series of monologues, mostly by leading actors of the day, and primarily women, that revealed lives that were fun, tragic, poignant, transgressive, but all very human The first monologue that[...]

It also blew up the show and felt like a finale. Still from "Torchwood: Children of Earth", BBC America Torchwood: Children of Earth Was A Story About Heroes Failing In this supercut version, you can see all the foreshadowing Ianto (Gareth David-Lloyd) meeting his family at the start pretty much signals he's going to die later on[...]

I cannot count the number of times Smith's Doctor made me cry with both the words from the Doctor Who writers and Smith's powerful delivery. Matt Smith in Doctor Who (Image: BBC Studios) Since Smith's run is heavily identified by its "feels" moments and dramatic speeches, I figured why not pull out those moments that stuck out[...]

The latter is really the UK's answer to The Daily Show on BBC One It's a weekly satirical talk show where Kumar and a team of comedians offer the snarkiest possible commentary about the week's events Hello America looks like the opening monologue of an episode of The Mash Report It looks like Quibi just[...]

Sladen still infuses her performance with tongue-in-cheek mischief to off-set the Hammer Horror seriousness. Doctor Who: "The Hand of Fear", BBC Studios There are some fun Science Fiction ideas here: Eldrad is an alien that regenerates her body through radiation Then the character is played by a male actor after The Doctor and Sarah Jane take it[...]

Always did. Jodie Whittaker and Jo Martin in Doctor Who, BBC Studios The Doctor Stays A Woman We've already had over 53 years of a male Doctor The Doctor can be a woman for the foreseeable future because the future is female Suck it, sexists! I would have Jo Martin return as the regular Doctor once Jodie Whittaker[...]

Martha Jones was her first significant role on TV, and she has gone on to play a barrister in Law & Order UK, which was run by Chris Chibnall before he went on to create and run Broadchurch and Doctor Who. Freema Agyeman and David Tennant in "Doctor Who", BBC Studios She also went to the US[...]

Finally, the BBC has put together a supercut of the 9th Doctor's best moments The video runs just around 49 minutes long and is been released on the official Doctor Who YouTube channel Yes, this pretty much compiles Christopher Eccleston's best moments of his one season as The Doctor The 9th Doctor is probably the[...]

You're better off just watching the 20-minute video yourself since words can't really convey the banter between the three Doctors. Doctor Who: HBO Max Brings Together Tennant, Smith, Whittaker (Image: BBC/HBO Max) What's notable is the shadow Billie Piper casts on the show Piper became the modern embodiment of the Companion in the 21st Century version of[...]

The BBC just released the latest Doctor Who supercut: the 7th Doctor adventure "Battlefield" has been cut down to 30 minutes and uploaded to the official Doctor Who YouTube Channel The would-be epic story for Season 26, broadcast in 1989, is one of the most ambitious and also most flawed stories in the history of[...]

Great concept and tech, crappy roll-out and first wave of "prime" programming. John Cleese Guilts BBC into Restoring Fawlty Towers to Streamer: Surprised by the BBC's response, to be honest Let's hope that shows and episodes are examined in context and on a case-by-case basis instead of blanket expunging Without context and a deeper dive in[...]

Doctor Who star David Tennant returned to his "work clothes," and Georgia Tennant, Steven Moffat, and Russell T. Davies had some thoughts.

The best parts? Those participating have no idea Whittaker and Tennant are taking part, and that the Doctors brought their own "cosplay." The one that held a special place in our hearts (and all our future nightmares)? The "Dalek" that looked like a murderous, melting snowman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_gU802sEC4Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Jodie Whittaker[...]

Though Doctor Who fans have had the satisfaction of knowing that the late 2020/early 2021 holiday special "Revolution of the Daleks" was filmed and in the can, Rhodri Talfan Davies, Director of BBC Wales, isn't sounding too optimistic about any new Who coming any time soon after that Television productions across the pop culture landscape[...]

"The Masque of Mandragora", one of the serials from the 1970s era of Doctor Who, has been edited down to a half-hour version and posted on the official BBC Doctor Who Channel on Youtube The story is from producer Philip Hinchcliffe's tenure on the show, which drew on many gothic horror novels and movies Fans[...]

Earlier this week, the BBC pulled "The Germans", an episode of the classic sitcom Fawlty Towers from its UKTV streaming service for containing "racial slurs".  However, the episode will now be reinstated to the service after creator, star, and co-writer John Cleese took to Twitter to criticize their decision In the episode, the major uses[...]