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A look at Mycroft and Sherlock (Image: BBC)
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,[...]
Doctor Who: An Incomplete Supercut of the Impenetrable “Ghost Light”
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 Plays Corrupt Politician in Upcoming BBC Drama Roadkill
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[...]
How Maxine Peake Improved Patricia Routledge's Talking Heads
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[...]
Torchwood: Children of Earth Supercut is Still Shockingly Relevant
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[...]
EG: Five Moments Doctor Who Made Us Go Geronimo With Matt Smith
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 US-UK Special Relationship | Hello America | FULL EPISODE | Quibi
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[...]
Doctor Who: "The Hand of Fear", BBC Studios
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[...]
Jodie Whittaker as The Doctor, Jo Martin as Ruth Clayton - Doctor Who _ Season 12, Episode 5 - Photo Credit: Ben Blackall/BBC Studios/BBC America
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[...]
Lucifer's Tom Ellis and Other Future Stars Who Guested on Doctor Who
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[...]
Christopher Eccleston as the 9th Doctor in "Doctor Who", BBC Studios
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[...]
Doctor Who: HBO Max Brings Together Tennant, Smith, Whittaker (Image: BBC/HBO Max)
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[...]
DoctorWho" "Battlefield", BBC Studios
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[...]
Doctor Who, Lucifer, Randy Orton, Alienist & More: BCTV Sunday Slices (Image: Netflix)
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[...]
Jodie Whittaker & David Tennant: Doctors Stick Together
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[...]
Jodie Whittaker's Doctor from Doctor Who Series 12, courtesy of BBC.
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[...]
Doctor Who: “The Masque of Mandragora” Condensed Into 30 Minutes!
"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[...]
John Cleese Guilts BBC into Restoring Fawlty Towers to Streaming (Image: BBC)
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[...]
Batwoman and Supergirl disagree on "Crisis on Infinite Earths", courtesy of The CW.
Hatemongers, "Karens," and #AllLivesMatter zombies got a crash-course in K-Pop during their efforts to organize online pity-parties over "just how unfair everything is for white people now." In your honor, BTS Army? A 21-glitter gun salute! A scene from Little Britain (Image: BBC) (BCTV) Little Britain Pulled By Netflix, BritBox, BBC iPlayer Over Blackface Little Britain Tops Amazon[...]
Programme Name: Staged - TX: n/a - Episode: n/a (No. n/a) - Picture Shows: David Tennant, Michael Sheen - (C) GCB Films/Infinity Hill - Photographer: Simon Ridgeway and Paul Stephenson
The latest entry in this fascinating new cultural phenomenon is Staged, a BBC One sitcom that reunites Michael Sheen and David Tennant for the first time since the TV adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Good Omens. Programme Name: Staged – TX: n/a – Episode: n/a (No n/a) – Picture Shows: David Tennant, Michael Sheen – (C) GCB[...]
Now Netflix Pulls The League Of Gentleman - But Still on BBC iPlayer
Comedy sketch show Little Britain was pulled by Netflix, Britbox, and the BBC Player, and now broken comedy series The League Of Gentlemen and the Mighty Boosh have also been pulled from Netflix – though they both still remain on the iPlayer. The League Of Gentlemen has been criticised for their transexual cab driver Barbara, seen in[...]
Samuel Jackson Joins David Tennant and Michael Sheen in BBC's Staged
Staged is the new BBC TV comedy filmed in lockdown about the two actors David Tennant and Michael Sheen (playing themselves) starting rehearsing a new production of the classic play Six Characters In Search Of An Author It doesn't go that well. The show also has David's partner Georgia Moffett playing herself as well, and a[...]
A scene from Little Britain (Image: BBC).
During a time of global protest against the killing of George Floyd and to raise awareness of police brutality against the Black community, streamers Netflix, BBC iPlayer, and BritBox have removed BBC comedy series Little Britain from their services over the use of blackface in several sketches Netflix also dropped the follow-up series, airport mockumentary[...]
Here's a look at the title card for Doctor Who, "The Best of Days" (Image: BBC/Doctor Who Lockdown)
Especially because if fans are to believe Moffat's recent Instagram post, that's going to be the last thing he writes for the long-running BBC series. Produced as an epilogue/sequel to the canceled Doctor Who Lockdown rewatch of Peter Capaldi's "World Enough and Time" and "The Doctor Falls" and starring Pearl Mackie (Bill Potts) and Matt Lucas[...]
Bill Potts Went On Black Lives Matter March in New Doctor Who
Donate here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_… THE BEST OF DAYS Nardole – MATT LUCAS Bill Potts – PEARL MACKIE Written by STEVEN MOFFAT Music by MURRAY GOLD Creative Supervisor RACHEL TALALAY Visuals by BEN PICKLES Thanks to BENJI CLIFFORD Produced by EMILY COOK #DoctorWho is licensed by the BBC All rights belong to the rightful copyright holders. [...]
Here's a look at the title card for Doctor Who, "The Best of Days" (Image: BBC/Doctor Who Lockdown)
Doctor Who Magazine writer and BBC Radio editor Emily Cook announced last week that the final "Doctor Who Lockdown" global rewatch was canceled out of respect for the protests against police brutality towards the Black community that was inflamed by the killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers Cook said the[...]
Peter Capaldi, Pearl Mackie, and Matt Lucas in Doctor Who (Image: BBC)
On Wednesday, Doctor Who Magazine writer and BBC Radio editor Emily Cook announced that Saturday's final "Doctor Who Lockdown" global rewatch was canceled out of respect for the protests taking place around the world against police brutality towards the Black community that was inflamed by the killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis,[...]
A scene from Doctor Who, courtesy of BBC Studios.
Once again, the BBC is giving us nice things for free! And of course it's Doctor Who Over on the official Doctor Who YouTube channel, you can stream a short story from BBC Audio's Doctor Who Audio Annual "Conundrum" is read by Matthew Waterhouse, who played Adric, one of the 4th Doctor's (Tom Baker) final[...]
A look at Big Finish's audio dramas for Doctor Who event "Time Lord Victorious", courtesy Big Finish.
Less than a month after BBC Books announced their contributions to BBC Studios' upcoming massive multi-platform event "Time Lord Victorious," Big Finish has stepped up to announce their role in the 12-week immersive experience Paul McGann returns as the Eighth Doctor in a trilogy of full-cast audio drama adventures, facing off against his sworn enemies,[...]