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Doctor Who Magazine writer and BBC Radio editor Cook made the announcement via Twitter. The next Doctor Who Lockdown global rewatch will be "The Fires of Pompeii", image courtesy of Doctor Who Lockdown and BBC. We're in Pompeii And it's #VOLCANODAY 🌋 Join in with a tweetalong of The Fires of Pompeii! Featuring live tweets from writer @jamesmoran,[...]

We never thought we'd be writing this sentence: The BBC has started to run esports tournaments for Rocket League Not that there's anything wrong with that or the game, we just assumed we'd be writing that about Sky Sports, ITV, or even Channel 4 long before the flagship British Broadcasting Corporation decided to do it[...]

With plenty of people still finding uses for those BBC Zoom backgrounds Welcome all, to the daily Lying In The Gutters a long-running run around the day before and the day ahead You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. From BBC Zoom to Marvel Comics #1000 – The Daily LITG 10th May[...]

So the third season of BBC America and AMC's Killing Eve has been building towards something that I can't wait to see "resolve" itself by the time the season wraps It's safe to say that Eve (Sandra Oh) and Villanelle (Jodie Comer) have both been a little off their games lately Between Kenny's (Sean Delaney) death, Villanelle[...]

You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Bechdel, BBC, Baron Corbin and the Ten Most-Read Stories yesterday Bleeding Cool continues to report from the comics industry shutdown, with Alison Bechdel combined with Rick And Morty to take the top spot Who knew? Keep up with your Daily LITG. Bechdel, BBC and Baron Corbin inThe[...]

They've actually appeared more often in the current version of the show than in the original. The Zygons will be the focus of the next Doctor Who Lockdown rewatch, courtesy Doctor Who Lockdown and BBC Studios. The two-parter is also notable for many things It gave Jenna Coleman two roles to play (Clara and her Zygon doppelganger)[...]

Doctor Who Magazine writer and BBC Radio producer Emily Cook was back on Wednesday with another edition of Doctor Who Lockdown, putting the 10th Doctor's modern classic episode, "The Girl in the Fireplace" In the episode, the Doctor met Madame de Pompadour in pre-revolutionary France and what resulted was an adventure quite unlike any we've seen[...]

Doctor Who Magazine writer and BBC Radio producer Emily Cook has coordinated a number of global rewatch events that have attracted the likes of Steven Moffat, Russell T Davies, David Tennant, Karen Gillian, and more to take part in live-tweeting the rewatches If having the cast and creative teams behind the episode offering their behind-the-scenes[...]

During a dual interview between the two screenwriters for the series' monthly magazine, it was revealed that 2008 episodes "Silence in the Library" and "Forest of the Dead" actually introduced a future version of the Doctor (played during this time by David Tennant) disguised as Colin Salmon's satellite-with-feeling Doctor Moon. Colin Salmon in Doctor Who, courtesy[...]

They also announced that Moffat has written a new bonus short, "Pompadour, featuring Reinette and Myles will reprise the role for the first time in 14 years. The Girl in the Fireplace is the focus of the next Doctor Who rewatch, courtesy of BBC. We're going back in time to 18th century France for a tweetalong of[...]

Not to be outdone, Shearman and Cook released script extracts from Shearman's early drafts showing that there were some other "old monsters" being considered for the series' revival (which you can check out below): Robert Shearman's first page of script extracts from Doctor Who, courtesy of BBC. Robert Shearman's second page of script extracts from Doctor Who,[...]

But beneath all of that exists the question fans want to be answered: will holiday special "Revolution of the Daleks" and Series 13 be delayed? Looks like series star Mandip Gill has some intel to drop on the former as well as a personal take on the latter. Doctor Who star Mandip Gill updates the statuses[...]

It's a faithful BBC/Hulu adaptation of Sally Rooney's novel about a relationship between two Irish college students who can't quit each other The book won awards in the UK and became a fetish object for hip literary people It drew praise from the likes of Lena Dunham and Taylor Swift and became a totemic object[...]

As if global rewatches, live-tweeting, and original content being released around their favorite episodes wasn't enough, Doctor Who fans were treated to the news on Monday that BBC Studios will be launching the multi-platform story "Time Lord Victorious" later this year The massive, immersive experience will launch in September 2020 and run over a 12-week[...]

Viewers can follow the livetweet via the hashtag #TheMetaltron. Rose confronts a Dalek on Doctor Who, courtesy of BBC Studios. Shearman is a playwright and TV writer who wrote several acclaimed Doctor Who audio dramas for Big Finish When Davies brought back the show for 2005, he invited Shearman to write the Dalek episode based on the[...]

From there, Cornell joined Doctor Who Magazine writer and BBC Radio producer Emily Cook as well as director Charles Palmer and actor Lucy Cartwright to offer viewers a behind-the-scenes perspective on how the episodes came to be (including some great looks at Cornell's pitch and script notes) But Cornell wasn't willing to just let the story[...]

Wrapping up a week that started with "The Witchfinders" writer Joy Wilkinson posting new, Graham-focused short story "The Simple Things" (more on that here) and then saw Doctors past and present join together to support our real-life heroes during BBC One's The Big Night In, now seems as good a time as any for a[...]

On Thursday night UK time, Doctors past and present from Doctor Who will join together to support our real-life heroes during The Big Night In, airing on BBC One at 7 pm BST Actors Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann, David Tennant, Matt Smith, Peter Capaldi, Jodie Whittaker, and Jo Martin[...]

To feed the rest of your Doctor Who needs, you can check out an excerpt below and the full story on the BBC's official site (by clicking here). Graham has a moment with the Doctor on Doctor Who, courtesy of BBC Studios. Graham wasn't keen on bucket lists He didn't want to be ticking things off as[...]

You didn't know when you were well off. BBC to Show Message From Ten Doctor Who Before #ClapForOurCarers Images from BBC PR. Ten actors who played The Doctor in Doctor Who will join in with a special message to play out just before 8pm on BBC One, as part of the channel's Big Night In, a telethon[...]

Screencap from BBC. This is a place where every MP has a named peg to they hang their coats with a purple ribbon attached for their swords While green ribbons must be used when taking bills to the House Of Lords The Speaker of the Commons, an appointed MP, has to be literally dragged from his[...]

Black Mirror's Charlie Brooker used to write and present a BBC show called ScreenWipe, a TV adaptation of his Guardian newspaper column Screenburn It transformer into GamesWipe, then NewsWipe or simply Charlie Brooker's Wipe, eventually coalescing into an annual Wipe that we didn't get for the past few years It was generally look back at[...]

It became a two-part episode in Davies' second season. "Human Nature" and "Family of Blood" are the next episodes for a Doctor Who rewatch, image courtesy BBC Studios. The book featured the 7th Doctor and Bernice Summerfield, the companion that Cornell created to replace Ace when the latter left the Doctor in the Virgin novels[...]

It was a gauntlet thrown down by Cook that was quickly picked up over the week leading into it by a growing number of cast members and creative. Camille Coduri, Adjoa Andoh, and Jacqueline King star in Doctor Who, courtesy of BBC Studios. When we woke up this morning, we saw that the updated list had grown[...]

Sophie Alred as Ace – or rather Dorothy now, and Katy Manning as Jo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJY1Ya8DXosVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: What Happend to all The Companions | The Death of The Doctor | Sarah Jane Adventures | BBC (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJY1Ya8DXos) It also gave some histories to the characters that is familiar to those who may recall[...]

BBC's The Archers is the longest-running drama in the world But it's never had to cope with a pandemic before For the first time, The Archers will be switching to repeats for a three-week period, with what the BBC dub 'classic' episodes running from the 3rd of May to the 24th of May New episodes[...]

By Friday evening, the Doctor Who Lockdown account reported that stars David Tennant, Catherine Tate, Freema Agyeman, and John Barrowman will be joining in as well. Here's a look at the official poster for the Doctor Who rewatch, courtesy of BBC. Join in with a worldwide watchalong of The Stolen Earth & Journey's End on Sunday 19[...]

The flow of fresh, original content from a bevy of Doctor Who pros continues this week, with writer Paul Cornell ("Father's Day," "The Family of Blood," "Human Nature") penning a new short story released by the BBC Following Russell T Davies, Steven Moffat, Chris Chibnall, and Pete McTighe's online tales, Cornell's "The Shadow Passes" finds[...]

James Barnett even cut together a trailer for the event, and here's a look at the key art for the event: Steven Moffat, Rachel Talalay, and actor Jami Reid-Quarell are set to live-tweet the Doctor Who rewatch of Heaven Sent, courtesy of BBC Studios. Heaven Sent Was An Experimental Episode of Doctor Who Moffat liked to swing for[...]

The BBC and Doctor Who Magazine writer Emily Cook are back once again this weekend, hosting another live-tweet rewatch of an important DW episode If you're joining us now and haven't had time to check what episode scribe Neil Gaiman, actor Michael Sheen, and director Richard Clark have to say about the "The Doctor's Wife,"[...]