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The free play this week is Wild, staged in 2016- from playwright Mike Bartlett, the berserk mind behind BBC melodrama Doctor Foster and Doctor Who, episode "Knock, Knock" for Steven Moffat and Peter Capaldi's final season. This is just one of many performances the theatre will be offering via livestream every week on its YouTube channel,[...]

Pay special attention to the way McTighe handles the matter of "missing episode" and retitling the early stories. BBC Doctor Who – "Press Play" by Pete McTighe The Doctor was feeling lonely Most of the time, she could suppress those feelings and distract herself by saving a planet, averting a war, or emergency-deep-freezing Krynoid hatchlings[...]

BBC America became an active co-financier of the show and helped  up its profile in the US It established Matt Smith's 11th Doctor as a goofy, funny kid-friendly Doctor, but didn't shy away from the darker parts of his personality The episode also featured Olivia Colman as a monster disguised as a mother, years before[...]

By now, you know that Sandra Oh's Eve and Jodie Comer's Villanelle are set to make an early return to BBC America and AMC, with Killing Eve season 3 premiering on Sunday, April 12 As we learned from the official teaser/trailer released last week, the deadly duo are each looking to carve out new lives for themselves[...]

The episode became a fan favourite for its celebration of Van Gogh's work and poignant depiction of his depression and mental illness. BBC Doctor Who Magazine writer Emily Cook tweeted on Saturday that the rewatch event will feature an all-star line-up to watch with fans The 11th Doctor himself Matt Smith will join Twitter for the first[...]

What we weren't expecting was for Davies to post a sequel to the return episode, "Revenge of the Nestene". BBC America Here's a look at the initial Instagram post from Davies, announcing the news earlier today:   View this post on Instagram   Going online at 7.45, ROSE: THE SEQUEL! Address revealed at 7.45 @bbcdoctorwho @doctorwho_magazine @jacobdudman @emily_rosina A post[...]

Following up on Doctor Who star Jodie Whittaker offering some timely advice and showrunner Chris Chibnall posting an original short story involving the 13th Doctor's regneration, Russell T Davies has penned and posted a prequel to "Rose" – the episode that marked the series. BBC America In the following intro, Davies retraces the steps that lead to[...]

During this time of social distancing and self-quarantining, a message of hope from the Doctor is exactly the kind of thing we need right now – and that's exactly what Jodie Whittaker and the fine folks at BBC's Doctor Who had to offer us earlier this week In the clip, Whittaker's Doctor offered a hopeful[...]

Big Finish Productions, the premiere producers of Doctor Who audio dramas and other series, are reportedly moving to releasing content on digital first.

Doctor Who showrunner Chris Chibnall did his part to ease fans' fears and concerns over the growing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on Wednesday, posting a short story starring the Doctor that speaks of hardship, strength, and the "regenerative energy" inside each of us to get through these "strange times" (as Chibnall wrote in his accompanying letter). With[...]

Davies will join the rewatch and livet-weet the show, and he has promised special extras to sweeten the event. BBC America Radiotimes.com reported that Davies will be releasing what he calls "Rose: The Prequel" before the fan rewatch event launches later this week.   View this post on Instagram   ROSE livestream and tweet-a-long, THURSDAY 26 MARCH at 7pm GMT[...]

Fans of Doctor Who aren't going to let their love for the long-running BBC sci-fi series take a hit from the growing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, taking to the internet to create virtual communities and online screening events. On Saturday, a mass rewatch of "The Day of the Doctor" was organized by Doctor Who Magazine's Emily Cook[...]

Jane Tranter at the BBC encouraged him to pitch a revival of Doctor Who and the rest is history Queer as Folk also enjoyed a US remake on cable channel Showtime that lasted multiple seasons more than Davies' original British version. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRBQZdBqoOUVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Christopher Eccleston's First Scene | "I'm The[...]

Fans were encouraged to legally stream the show or watch a legal download or DVD or Blu-Ray at the same time. The special starred Matt Smith, David Tennant, John Hurt, Billie Piper and Jenna Coleman in a special multiple-Doctor crossover. BBC Emily Cook, a writer for Doctor Who Magazine, brought up the idea on twitter with the hashtag[...]

Looking ahead to next year, an unfilmed story from Tom Baker’s first season on Doctor Who will be produced by Big Finsh Productions as an audio drama.

From That Mitchell & Webb Look, the third and fourth series from BBC 2 in 2008 and 2009 How innocent and naive we all were… hello, good evening and remain indoors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnd1jKcfBREVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: "Remain Indoors" emergency broadcast – BBC Comedy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnd1jKcfBRE) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGa2L_Z1gC4Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: The Quiz[...]

Big Finish Productions ("Doctor Who", "Torchwood", "The Prisoner", and more) suspended audio drama schedules this week over coronavirus concerns.

If it was a BBC Radio 4 play, it would just be a two-hander about two women who reunite to hash out why they drifted apart from each other Since this is Torchwood, it's about two women talking While a dead body is lying on a slab next to them. Tim Foley's script keeps up the[...]

Here's a look at who's still in play: BBC News (April 27), Vudu (April 28), Roku (April 28), Verizon Media (April 28), Vice Media Group (April 29), Ellen Digital Network (April 29), Amazon (April 30), YouTube (April 30), Hulu (May 6), NBCUniversal (May 11), Fox Entertainment (May 11), Telemundo (May 11), Univision (May 12), Disney[...]

Jack's surprise appearance on the show earlier in the season did remind me how much I miss Jack's spinoff series. Well, the BBC brought out a half-hour video compilation of the first season of Torchwood to remind us of just how much we miss it… give it a look: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziad_4XnzWA&t=210sVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Series[...]

BBC's Doctor Who sparked off a storm of debate and hand-wringing amongst fans in the Series 12 finale "The Timeless Children" It was one of those "everything you knew was wrong!" types of retcons that are the vogue for Science Fiction and superhero stories these days Love it or hate it, the new lore is[...]

Then the Master turns dead Timelords into undying Cybermen. Credit: James Pardon/BBC Studios/BBC America You'd think it was another rip-roaring finale, but the script is actually a mess It doesn't hang together as a coherent whole and commits a lot of basic Screenwriting and storytelling mistakes. "Doctor Who & The Script That Just Didn't Work" For starters, The Doctor[...]

She comes from a time before Gallifrey was destroyed. BBCJo Martin, a series regular on the BBC's hospital drama Holby City, took to the role like she was always the Doctor She exuded authority, command, and a no-nonsense ruthlessness that shocked even the 13th Doctor Fans loved her and took to her immediately. This Doctor might just[...]

Mandip Gill's Yaz is expected to return, joining Jodie Whittaker's Doctor and showrunner Chris Chibnall for Series 13. Though the special has apparently been filmed, details of their departure are being kept under wraps – with the UK media news site reporting there's a very strong possibility that Walsh and Cole could return as recurring characters[...]

Only a day after Doctor Who showrunner Chris Chibnall offered fans a tease for upcoming special "Revolution of the Daleks" (expected to materilize late 2020/early 2021, holiday season), we're getting news that not all of the Doctor's (Jodie Whittaker) companions will be back for Series 13. Jodie Whittaker as The Doctor, Bradley Walsh as Graham, Mandip Gill[...]

Stories such as Remembrance of the Daleks and Silver Nemesis were intended to suggest that he was more powerful and mysterious figure than previously thought.  The Cartmel Masterplan was used as a guide for the subsequent Doctor Who: New Adventures novels licensed from the BBC and published by Virgin, and revelations about the Doctor's origins[...]

From his thoughts on both the episode overall and how the Doctor's history has been rewritten to how "Brain of Morbius" comes into play, there's a lot that needs to still be unpacked. Thankfully, viewers won't have to wait long for the Doctor's return, with Jodie Whittaker set to reunite with companions Ryan, Yaz and Graham[...]

Apropos of nothing, let's rewatch a certain clip from Doctor Who: Brain Of Morbius that everyone suddenly wants to rewatch. The fifth serial of the 13th

We've all just seen the Doctor Who finale, The Timeless Children, over in the UK. And let's say, while it answered some questions it asked others, and

Well... that was no Robots of Sherwood. We've all just seen the Doctor Who finale, The Timeless Children, over in the UK. And let's say, while it answered