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The latest Doctor Who video is a compilation of companion Graham O'Brien, played by British showbiz veteran Bradley Walsh, and it's very revealing – perhaps unintentionally – that it shows showrunner Chris Chibnall was more interested in writing every other character except The Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) You remember The Doctor, right? She was only the[...]

Somebody could easily take the scenes of Jones as Anne Lister walking around Yorkshire and edit together a CGI mash-up where she's walking in and out of the TARDIS, and it would totally look like Doctor Who. During 2021, the internet was full of rumours that Sally Wainwright was being tapped to become the next showrunner[...]

There was also a regular supply of set photographs, production notes, studio photography sessions, and more than promoted the programme, far in advance. When Chris Chibnall arrived as showrunner, the well dried up somewhat Not entirely, but there was a feeling that the show had been spoiling too much, revealing too much, even creating an air[...]

And now, with showrunner Chris Chibnall leaving with Jodie Whittaker, no longer will And blimey, it kicks things off by blowing the bloody doors off Spoilers going forward obviously You have been warned. The Doctor making an entrance with a gun Even if it's more of a scanner, it's still rather gun-like, and always weird[...]

There are so many things to be written about Chris Chibnall's run on Doctor Who, what he did right and what he did wrong That autopsy will be performed for a long time, especially when we wait for the new Russell T Davies era to begin, which will be a while after Chibnall's final special[...]

Doctor Who will have a kind of finale this Autumn with showrunner Chris Chibnall and lead Jodie Whittaker's final special For the show, it's a cycle One ends, another begins: a new showrunner brings in a new Doctor It's the same show, yet new Russell T Davies will take over and remake it according to[...]

Audio drama Doctor Who: Redacted is a refreshing celebration of a show that has been seen as a safe space for LGBTQ fans for decades.

With Tegan & Ace appearing in Jodie Whittaker's final special, let's look back on how they set the tone for modern Doctor Who companions.

And even our expectations were met – they were as boring as we thought they would be. Doctor Who should never be boring. Chris Chibnall keeps committing the worst sin that every screenwriter is constantly told not to do: telling, not showing The characters spend most of the hour standing around spouting expositing explaining the plot to each[...]

As you well know, today found The Doctor (Jodie Whittaker), Yaz (Mandip Gill), and Dan (John Bishop) confronting the "Legend of the Sea Devils" in the second of Whittaker & showrunner Chris Chibnall's final three specials before wrapping up this fall with the centenary special From there, Russell T Davies returns to take over as[...]

When The Doctor (Jodie Whittaker), Yaz (Mandip Gill), and Dan (John Bishop) return this weekend to confront the "Legend of the Sea Devils," it will mark the second of Whittaker & showrunner Chris Chibnall's final three episodes before ending their run later this year From there, Russell T Davies returns to take over as showrunner[...]

It's pretty much agreed amongst fans that Doctor Who under Chris Chibnall's tenure as showrunner has not been anywhere as good as his predecessors Russell T Davies and Steven Moffat Not many people have been able to put their finger on exactly what was wrong Sexists, racists, and homophobes have blamed it on the casting[...]

BBC's Doctor Who Legend of the Sea Devils confirmed Ella Road writing & Haolu Wang directing (the show's first Chinese-born female director).

Chris Chibnall brought back The Master, this time played by Sacha Dhawan, one of the best decisions made on his run Dhawan played The Master with a combination of spite and hurt and had great chemistry with Jodie Whittaker's Doctor He also becomes the instrument of the Timeless Child reveal that fans have hated so[...]

He also doubled down on themes of sacrifice and death to foreshadow the Doctor's impending demise and regeneration. You could say Series 10 was the last "classic" season of Doctor Who before Chris Chibnall took over as showrunner and changed the tone and format of the stories This had nothing to do with Jodie Whittaker being[...]