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Joining Gatwa, Gibson, and Groff are Indira Varma (Luther) as the Duchess of Pemberton, Paul Forman (Emily in Paris) as Lord Barton, and Camilla Aiko (Fifteen Love) as Emily Beckett – and Susan Twist as… "The Portrait." As for that sneak preview we were talking about? Let's just say that the Doctor offers a pretty[...]

He will be missed." Images: BBC "What a sad loss William played the Doctor's very first companion, Ian Chesterton, back in 1963 A schoolteacher, trapped on the Tardis by a wily old Doctor, unable to get home, whisked off to the Stone Age, Skaro, the Crusades, Planet of the Zarbi..! Wonderful! A fine, nimble, witty, heartfelt actor[...]

Ian was the first one to ask "Doctor Who?" when confronted by the strange old man living in a police box in a junkyard in East London. Images: BBC Russell was William Russell Enoch in 1924 and studied at Trinity College, Oxford He was a Royal Air Force officer during the Second World War before he began[...]

"Rogue" is the episode this season that takes place in a past historical setting, which is one of the expected routes of the narrative series. Still: BBC/Disney+ It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single Time Lord in possession of a good TARDIS must be in want of a companion The life of a time-travelling gentleman[...]

Joining Gatwa, Gibson, and Groff are Indira Varma (Luther) as the Duchess of Pemberton, Paul Forman (Emily in Paris) as Lord Barton, and Camilla Aiko (Fifteen Love) as Emily Beckett – and for all of you Susan Twist conspiracy theorists out there, you can look forward to her taking on the role of… "The Portrait."[...]

Hmmm… Joining Gatwa, Gibson, and Groff are Indira Varma (Luther) as the Duchess of Pemberton, Paul Forman (Emily in Paris) as Lord Barton, and Camilla Aiko (Fifteen Love) as Emily Beckett – and for all of you Susan Twist conspiracy theorists out there, you can look forward to her taking on the role of… "The[...]

Joining Gatwa, Gibson, and Groff are Indira Varma (Luther) as the Duchess of Pemberton, Paul Forman (Emily in Paris) as Lord Barton, and Camilla Aiko (Fifteen Love) as Emily Beckett – and for all of you Susan Twist conspiracy theorists out there, you can look forward to her taking on the role of… "The Portrait"? Let[...]

The BBC has certainly noticed since they released a compilation video of "Doctor-Lite" episodes on the official Doctor Who YouTube channel. BBC/Disney They don't make "Doctor-Lite" episodes to torture you and deny you the show's headline star There's always a practical reason, usually due to scheduling The first "Doctor-Lite" episode was actually a Doctor-less episode in 1965[...]

It's not "Death to the Daleks"; it's "DEATH TO INFLUENCERS!" Screenshot: BBC Another Doctor-Lite Episode This is another episode where The Doctor isn't in much of it Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson only appear to Lindy on screen to talk her to safety Either this is an early episode that was filmed during the season, or they were[...]

Davies and series stars Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor) & Millie Gibson's (Ruby Sunday) Doctor Who Episode 5: "Dot and Bubble" (written by Davies and directed by Dylan Holmes Williams) hits our screens, how about a sneak preview? Because Disney+ and BBC thought today would be as good of a day as any for one – and that's[...]

He likes to torture viewers that way. Still: BBC/Disney We Know What the Ghostly Old Woman Said …But we're not going to tell you Hilary Robson, whose face we never see, played the Ghostly Old Woman in the distance, said Davies had written the lines that she spoke They were deliberately never recorded[...]

With Gatwa and Gibson being joined by guest stars Callie Cooke (Henpocalypse!, Peacock) and Tom Rhys Harries (White Lines, The Split), here's a look at what's to come – and make sure to check out the previews and more that we have waiting for you below: Image: BBC/Disney+ #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1[...]

Once again, this is a spoiler-free review so feel free to continue reading… Image: BBC/Disney+ So, what do you know about "Dot and Bubble" so far? It's about social media apps and twenty-somethings being all wrapped up in them It has monsters eating people So far, so Doctor Who This is closest to what everyone's come to[...]

Barely an hour after it was released, LGBTQ fans of Doctor Who are already posting their reactions, saying many moments in the story reminded them of their personal experiences when they were coming to terms with their identities and their fears. Image: BBC/Disney+ In "73 Yards," the Doctor and Ruby visit a Welsh hilltop and accidentally step[...]

However, the ghost woman never gets near Ruby to hurt her but destroys Ruby's life, condemning her to a lifetime of solitude with no friends or family to love or cherish. Image: Disney+/BBC A Doctor Who Monster That Doesn't Kill Anybody The high-concept horror in this episode of Doctor Who is that the "monster," the ghostly old woman,[...]

Davies and series stars Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor) & Millie Gibson's (Ruby Sunday) second season of Doctor Who has officially wrapped filming. Image: BBC "Wrap party with [Michelle Greenidge] and a beautiful Cardiff Bay That's Season 2 complete, well done everyone! ♥️♥️➕," Davies wrote in his Instagram post honoring the milestone – here's a look:   View this post[...]

Joining Gatwa and Gibson are guest stars Callie Cooke (Henpocalypse!, Peacock) and Tom Rhys Harries (White Lines, The Split) – now, we have two additional looks at the episode that dropped shortly after the official trailer. Image: BBC Screencap Here's a look at the social media teaser that was released shortly after the original trailer – followed[...]

Now that the Disney+, BBC iPlayer, and BBC One folks have all had a chance to check out Showrunner Russell T Davies and series stars Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor) & Millie Gibson's (Ruby Sunday) Doctor Who Episode 4: "73 Yards" (written by Davies and directed by Dylan Holmes Williams), you can check out our spoiler-free review[...]

If you haven't seen the episode yet, consider this your "MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD!" warning… Aneurin Barnard as Roger ap Gwilliam in "Doctor Who: 73 Yards": BBC/Disney+ In "73 Yards", the biggest villain is human, a Welsh populist political candidate named Roger ap Gwilliam (Aneurin Barnard), who runs on a fascistic "Britain-first" platform full of platitudes of being[...]

From this point forward, there are MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD – consider yourself warned! BBC/Disney Doctor Who? More like Inside No 9! This episode feels more like an episode of the genre-hopping BBC anthology series Inside No 9 That series might hop from horror to supernatural to murder mystery to farce to dark comedy from one week to the[...]

Davies and series stars Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor) & Millie Gibson's (Ruby Sunday) Doctor Who Episode 4: "73 Yards" (written by Davies and directed by Dylan Holmes Williams) in our spoiler-free review from earlier this week because, well… spoilers! And with only a few hours to go until the episode hits Disney+ and BBC IPlayer[...]

Davies and series stars Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor) & Millie Gibson's (Ruby Sunday) Doctor Who Episode 4: "73 Yards" (written by Davies and directed by Dylan Holmes Williams) hits Disney+ and BBC IPlayer screens As we discussed in our spoiler-free review, this is another one of those episodes that you just don't see coming – because[...]

Davies and has not-so-secretly created a whole continuity within the series that he draws on ever since Davies revived the series in 2005. Image: BBC/Disney+ The 51st Century in Doctor Who is Steven Moffat's Playbox Moffat's continuity stems from the 51st Century Entire TV series, characters, organisations, and spinoff series could be pulled from Moffat's continuity[...]

Yes, I'm aware that Villengard has been mentioned in one of the Eleventh Doctor video games when Moffat was showrunner – and in the Big Finish audio dramas about The Time War, The War Doctor fought to destroy key Villengard weapons factories before the Daleks could seize control of them. "Doctor Who: Boom" BBC/Disney Villengard Represents The[...]

With Aneurin Barnard (Peaky Blinders) and Dame Sian Phillips (Silent Witness) among the episode's cast – and with an appearance from recurring guest star/huge mystery Susan Twist as "Hiker" – we have a look at the official images that were released for this weekend's next adventure. Image: BBC/Disney+ Image: BBC/Disney+ Image: Disney+/BBC Image: Disney+/BBC Image: Disney+/BBC Image: Disney+/BBC Image: Disney+/BBC Image: Disney+/BBC Image: Disney+/BBC Image:[...]

Davies gets to write a gothic horror with "73 Yards." Or is he? Image: BBC/Disney+ The Weirdest Episode of Doctor Who – Again! Without giving any spoilers away, "73 Yards" at first appears to be one of those Doctor Who stories in the gothic horror vein like the classic 70s story "The Horror of Fang Rock" or films[...]

On the casting side, we were told to be on the lookout for Aneurin Barnard (Peaky Blinders) and Dame Sian Phillips (Silent Witness) – as well as recurring guest star/huge mystery Susan Twist as "Hiker." Image: BBC Screencap But just when we thought the episode trailer would be all we would get today, Davies would show up[...]

Casting-wise, we should be looking to see Aneurin Barnard (Peaky Blinders) and Dame Sian Phillips (Silent Witness) – as well as recurring guest star/huge mystery Susan Twist as "Hiker." Image: BBC Screencap We're going to find out on May 24th on Disney+ and May 25th on BBC iPlayer and BBC One – here's a look: "73 YARDS" (Writer:[...]

The first two episodes of this season were cute, goofy, and sentimental, with "The Devil's Chord" the show at its most gleefully demented, but "Boom" is properly dark and even merciless, a parable about war and the callous greed of Capitalism. Image: BBC/Disney+ Doctor Who: Steven Moffat's Masterclass in Screenwriting "Boom" is a story that writing students should[...]

Davies and series stars Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor) & Millie Gibson's (Ruby Sunday) Doctor Who hits Disney+ and BBC iPlayer, we're getting a sneak preview for the eagerly-anticipated Steven Moffat-written & Julie Anne Robinson-directed "BOOM." In the clip above from The Official Doctor Who Podcast, Davies introduces the clip (above) by making sure that viewers[...]