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Once Doctor Who Series 12 brought the Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) and her companions Ryan (Tosin Cole), Yaz (Mandip Gill) and Graham (Bradley Walsh) back to BBC One and BBC America screens to kick off our new year, it wasted no time throwing our heroes into a grand adventure filled with spies, intrigue, world domination, and…[...]

Once Doctor Who Series 12 brought the Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) and her companions Ryan (Tosin Cole), Yaz (Mandip Gill) and Graham (Bradley Walsh) back to BBC One and BBC America screens to kick off our new year, it wasted no time throwing our heroes into a grand adventure filled with spies, intrigue, world domination, and…[...]

Once Doctor Who Series 12 brought the Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) and her companions Ryan (Tosin Cole), Yaz (Mandip Gill) and Graham (Bradley Walsh) back to BBC One and BBC America screens to kick off our new year, it wasted no time throwing our heroes into a grand adventure filled with spies, intrigue, world domination, and…[...]

Once Doctor Who Series 12 brought the Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) and her companions Ryan (Tosin Cole), Yaz (Mandip Gill) and Graham (Bradley Walsh) back to BBC One and BBC America screens to kick off our new year, it wasted no time throwing our heroes into a grand adventure filled with spies, intrigue, world domination, and…[...]

Once Doctor Who Series 12 brought the Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) and her companions Ryan (Tosin Cole), Yaz (Mandip Gill) and Graham (Bradley Walsh) back to BBC One and BBC America screens to kick off our new year, it wasted no time throwing our heroes into a grand adventure filled with spies, intrigue, world domination, and…[...]

It raised the stakes in the story and made the show exciting and unpredictable again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo98bb9HAtAVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: "You Missed Me, Right?" #JackIsBack | Fugitive of the Judoon | Doctor Who: Series 12 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo98bb9HAtA) Credit goes to showrunner Chris Chibnall, who planned and executed the episode with his co-writer Vinay Patel like[...]

Once Doctor Who Series 12 brought the Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) and her companions Ryan (Tosin Cole), Yaz (Mandip Gill) and Graham (Bradley Walsh) back to BBC One and BBC America screens to kick off our new year, it wasted no time throwing our heroes into a grand adventure filled with spies, intrigue, world domination, and…[...]

Talking to the Daily Mirror in the UK, Doctor Who showrunner Chris Chibnall stated that the Doctor, as portrayed by Jo Martin in this weekend's episode Fugitive Of The Judoon, is not a parallel universe version of the Doctor, as some – including us at Bleeding Cool – had been leaning towards She's the Doctor[...]

Davies, Steven Moffat and Chris Chibnall, the Doctor and companions met historical figures who got caught up in alien invasions That brought the show's two main strands together And the new Doctors are all here: Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant, Peter Capaldi and Jodie Whitaker, along with their companions Billie Piper, Freema Agyeman, Catherine Tate, Karen[...]

Once Doctor Who Series 12 brought the Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) and her companions Ryan (Tosin Cole), Yaz (Mandip Gill) and Graham (Bradley Walsh) back to BBC One and BBC America screens to kick off our new year, it wasted no time throwing our heroes into a grand adventure filled with spies, intrigue, world domination, and…[...]

Once Doctor Who Series 12 brought the Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) and her companions Ryan (Tosin Cole), Yaz (Mandip Gill) and Graham (Bradley Walsh) back to BBC One and BBC America screens to kick off our new year, it wasted no time throwing our heroes into a grand adventure filled with spies, intrigue, world domination, and…[...]

Now we know that in the Doctor Who universe, "early 2020" means New Year's Day as the Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) and her companions Ryan (Tosin Cole), Yaz (Mandip Gill) and Graham (Bradley Walsh) materialized back on to BBC One and BBC America screens to kick off our new year with the first of the two-part[...]

Written by showrunner and head writer Chris Chibnall, the second-half of the series premiere will air on Sunday, January 5 – with subsequent episodes airing on Sundays. BBC America Since then, Doctor Who fans learned that Stephen Fry, Sir Lenny Henry CBE, Goran Višnjić, Robert Glenister, Anjli Mohindra, and Laura Fraser would be joining Jodie Whittaker's 13th[...]

Written by showrunner and head writer Chris Chibnall, the second-half of the series premiere will air on Sunday, January 5 – with subsequent episodes airing on Sundays. BBC Last month, Doctor Who fans learned that Stephen Fry, Sir Lenny Henry CBE, Goran Višnjić, and Robert Glenister would be joining Jodie Whittaker's 13th Doctor during Series 12, and[...]

Written by showrunner and head writer Chris Chibnall, the second-half of the series premiere will air on Sunday, January 5 – with subsequent episodes airing on Sundays. BBC Last month, Doctor Who fans learned that Stephen Fry, Sir Lenny Henry CBE, Goran Višnjić, and Robert Glenister would be joining Jodie Whittaker's 13th Doctor during Series 12, and[...]

Written by showrunner and head writer Chris Chibnall, the second-half of the series premiere will air on Sunday, January 5 – with subsequent episodes airing on Sundays. BBC America Last month, Doctor Who fans learned that Stephen Fry, Sir Lenny Henry CBE, Goran Višnjić, and Robert Glenister would be joining Jodie Whittaker's 13th Doctor during Series 12,[...]

Written by showrunner and head writer Chris Chibnall, the second-half of the series premiere will air on Sunday, January 5 – with subsequent episodes airing on Sundays. BBC Last month, Doctor Who fans learned that Stephen Fry, Sir Lenny Henry CBE, Goran Višnjić, and Robert Glenister would be joining Jodie Whittaker's 13th Doctor during Series 12, and[...]

Written by showrunner and head writer Chris Chibnall, the second-half of the series premiere will air on Sunday, January 5 – with subsequent episodes airing on Sundays. BBC Last month, Doctor Who fans learned that Stephen Fry, Sir Lenny Henry CBE, Goran Višnjić, and Robert Glenister would be joining Jodie Whittaker's 13th Doctor during Series 12, and[...]

Written by showrunner and head writer Chris Chibnall, the second-half of the series premiere will air on Sunday, January 5 – with subsequent episodes airing on Sundays. BBC/BBC America Now BBC America and Fathom Events are teaming up to give Who fans the chance to screen the Spyfall wrap-up early On January 5, viewers can take part[...]

With November 23 marking the anniversary of the first airing of the show, viewers got the real deal when the BBC released the official trailer (see below) – with Doctor Who listed at the time as being set to return "early 2020". BBC Now while we still haven't received confirmation of an exact date for the show's[...]

Unexpectedly rearing their ugly heads were a Cyberman and what appears to be a Racnoss.  When show-runner Chris Chibnall says he will include Classic Who monsters, he goes all in. Three cheers for a variety of settings! In just one minute of footage, three different Earth time periods can be spotted Additionally, a handful of scenes look[...]

pic.twitter.com/qXLm6Jppgm — Doctor Who Official (@bbcdoctorwho) November 23, 2019 Speaking with RadioTimes, series showrunner and head writer Chris Chibnall explained that the goal of this season is to give both new and long-time Doctor Who fans a better appreciation of the scope of the Doctor's universe: "Last year was a recruiting year for the show, and I think[...]

Steven Moffat and Chris Chibnall also continued the template for the show when they took over as showrunners. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgHRLi02JAcVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Ace Returns! | The Collection: Season 26 Announcement Trailer | Doctor Who (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgHRLi02JAc) Box Set Details As the official announcement on the Doctor Who website stated: In 1989, Doctor Who was on a[...]

Radio Times published a statement from current Doctor Who show-runner Chris Chibnall quoting: #DoctorWho boss Chris Chibnall pays tribute to veteran series writer Terrance Dicks, who has passed away aged 84 https://t.co/Q6MLrJ3dxT pic.twitter.com/6Fh4I52o7U — Radio Times (@RadioTimes) September 2, 2019 "The lights of Doctor Who are dimmer tonight, with the passing of Terrance Dicks[...]

Davies, Steven Moffat, Chris Chibnall, and many of the writers were fans of his era You can find traces of Ace in many of the current show's companions, but none of them are as complex or specific as she was. Ace After the Show Ended Ace is the companion whose run never really ended Cartmel planned to[...]

Brilliant!" – Chris Chibnall, Showrunner Even with a year still to go before any "New Who," Chibnall offered some insight into what fans can expect earlier this year: ● On the possibility of more "Classic Who" villains: "Well, maybe we'll do some [classic monsters], then I'll have a think." Apparently he had a thought – at least about the Judoon, who are set[...]

Our 13th Doctor - the talented, adorable, energetic, and authentic Jodie Whittaker - celebrated her 37th birthday this week - which raised a question...

With Chris Chibnall, Jodie Whittaker, and the rest of the team behind Doctor Who currently busy with Series 12 production, now seems about as good a time as any to learn a little more about Chibnall and Whittaker's journey to the Who-niverse Who better to share an anecdote than the Tenth Doctor himself, David Tennant[...]

Beyond being proud of my involvement in the programme, Captain John was such a blast to play and I was very keen to revisit the character once again." – James Marsters Marsters' Captain John made his Torchwood debut in 2008 in episodes "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" and "Exit Wounds," both written by current Doctor Who showrunner Chris[...]

4th Doctor Tom Baker has authored new Who novel Doctor Who Meets Scratchman, based on a movie plot he and former co-star Ian Marter wrote years ago.