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Think we're heading for a Doctor Who drought and things will be quiet for a while? Well, think again!  The BBC has launched The Whoniverse Show, a brand-new digital magazine-style series produced by BBC Studios Digital Brands, premieres today exclusively on the official Doctor Who YouTube channel, hosted by fans and podcasters Tyrell Charles, Christel[...]

One of the biggest obsessions that Doctor Who fans fixated on when the series returned on Disney+ last year was the Fifteenth Doctor's sonic screwdriver First, they complained about its shape: it didn't look like a screwdriver It looked like a computer mouse Showrunner Russell T Davies had requested a new shape for the new[...]

For those of you looking for an update on how things are looking over in "The Whoniverse," Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies has some good news and some not-so-great news to share Checking in with the Pilot TV podcast heading into the weekend, Davies has some very promising things to share about the spinoff[...]

Doctor Who and ER star Alex Kingston has been announced as the second celebrity taking part in the new series of Strictly Come Dancing The multi-award-winning entertainment show, produced by BBC Studios, will return to BBC One and BBC iPlayer for its latest series this September For those of you outside the UK, you might be interested to know that[...]

As the waiting game rolls along, the future of the BBC's Doctor Who took an interesting turn at the end of last month when the 2005-2022 seasons (Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant, Matt Smith, Peter Capaldi, and Jodie Whittaker) of the long-running series (along with other titles, such as Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures) left HBO[...]

The original duo that revived Doctor Who in 2005 are back: Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper have reunited to play The Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler in a new series of audio dramas for Big Finish that take place during Eccleston's one season Eccleston has been playing the Doctor in Big Finish dramas set before[...]

Panini UK is releasing a special limited-edition version of their latest Doctor Who comic book collection, The Monster Makers, but doing their best to make it look like the classic Target Books line The cover is by David Roach, with colours by Emily Roach, and is strictly limited to 350 copies… with stories written by[...]

Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo has embraced every opportunity that has come their way since bursting into the scene in 2020 in live-action and voiceover roles, starting with the Hulu live-action miniseries Devs, Riot Games' Legends of Runeterra, and one of their favorites in Doctor Who for its podcast series, starting with Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures[...]

It's August 2, 2025, and the future of the BBC's Doctor Who just got a whole lot more interesting A little less than a month ago, we spotlighted how July 31st was a date that fans should have on their radar That's when the 2005-2022 seasons (Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant, Matt Smith, Peter Capaldi, and[...]

How long ago was it already that season 2 of the Disney+ era of Doctor Who ended? May 31st? That's a whole three months now, and fans are still wringing their hands over Ncuti Gatwa regenerating into Billie Piper Is she really the new Doctor? Is it a total fake-out with some ridiculously convoluted technobabble[...]

When we last checked in with Ncuti Gatwa, he was out promoting his West End run in Born With Teeth – and had some interesting things to say about never having taken on the Daleks or Cybermen during his run as the Fifteenth Doctor on BBC's Doctor Who (more on that below) As the dumpster[...]

Whatever the future of the BBC's Doctor Who turns out to be, I think we can all agree that we were robbed when it comes to Ncuti Gatwa's Fifteenth Doctor because two seasons weren't nearly enough, leaving all of us with a whole lot of "What If…?" scenarios to ponder. Gatwa never made it a secret[...]

When it comes to the future of the BBC's Doctor Who, there are just as many questions to ask behind the scenes as there are regarding what's been hitting our screens Regarding cliffhanger suspense, you have to give Showrunner Russell T Davies a ton of creative credit for throwing out a huge shocker at the[...]

Think the next eighteen months will be quiet on the Doctor Who front, what with the series' future seasons uncertain? Well, think again BBC Studios, in collaboration with BBC Audio, Big Finish Productions, Doctor Who Magazine, East Side Games (Oh God, please don't let this be another horrible mobile phone game…!), Penguin Random House and[...]

Another week, another vacuum in Doctor Who news, so outlets are going to run any old rubbish to get clicks – including US! Let's start with showrunner Russell T Davies calling in to The Scott Mills Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 2 on Wednesday Morning to declare,  "Morning, Scott, It's Russell T Davies here I[...]

Back in June, we shared a four-step plan for getting Doctor Who back on track and opening the long-running series to a new generation of viewers One of the points we addressed was that maybe it was time to consider a "hard reboot." Much like what we're seeing with Marvel Studios' MCU and the "Star Wars" and "Star[...]

Twenty years after Christopher Eccleston's Ninth Doctor and Billie Piper's Rose Tyler reintroduced the world to Doctor Who, the two are reteaming for a brand-new series of twelve, hour-long, full-cast audio adventures from the fine folks over at Big Finish Productions Written by Tim Foley and set to release in August 2025, Doctor Who: Snare[...]

Davies' Doctor Who after only two seasons – a reason that not everyone is necessarily buying Well, it seems that Gatwa didn't waste much time getting the perspective from someone who's been through what he's been through (but with a much longer run) During an interview with The Guardian, Gatwa revealed that he had a[...]

Wouldn't it be nice if we could all be spending our time debating what Billie Piper possibly being the Sixteenth Doctor could mean? Alas, that's not the case, with what's going on behind the scenes of the BBC's Doctor Who making the headlines When will the show return? Will Disney still be a production partner?[...]

Davies' Doctor Who, and that he didn't have much to offer regarding whether Billie Piper will be the Sixteenth Doctor or someone else Checking in with BBC One's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Gatwa opened up more about his way-too-short run on the long-running series and why the time was right for him to depart. Image: BBC "Because I'm[...]

At this point, we're losing track of all of the questions surrounding the future of BBC's Doctor Who When will the show return? Will the show get a new streaming partner? Where can folks outside of the U.S stream the show after July 31st? Will there be a Christmas and/or anniversary special? Will Russell T[...]

First introduced during the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary special "The Day of the Doctor," BBC Studios is set to open the doors to UNIT's most-classified facility That's right, folks attending this year's San Diego Comic-Con (July 24 to 27th) will have a chance to root through the files of the Black Archive in a fully immersive[...]

That's pretty much a rough outline of the life cycle of a showrunner on Doctor Who (give or take a few steps), and it's what Russell T Davies (RTD) is going through now as fans await word of what the future holds for the long-running show (and if Billie Piper will be the Sixteenth Doctor)[...]

We're at the stage in Doctor Who where fans are caught between exhaustion at the past season's flaws and nervous anticipation over what comes next, like when there will be another season on television What to do? Why not go travel back to a happier time, time travel, as it were, to back when the[...]

But in the end, it's all about getting more of the live-action Doctor Who series back onto our screens Unfortunately, there are a ton of questions that still need to be answered Will the show return with Disney as a co-producer? Has the BBC found a new co-producer (with rumors of Netflix and Prime Video[...]

Finally, Series 13 of the classic series Doctor Who is getting a remastered Blu-Ray release In his second season, Tom Baker's Doctor really hits his stride, with faithful companion Sarah-Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen) by his side Together, they cross time and space to do battle with the Zygons, the biomechanoid Loch Ness monster, the fearsome[...]

Big Finish has released an audio excerpt from Doctor Who: Vampire Weekend, the first episode of their upcoming season of the Thirteenth Doctor and Yazmin Khan stories Jodie Whittaker and Mandip Gill return as the Doctor and Yaz in a series of twelve stories that take place after Ryan and Graham leave the TARDIS. In "Vampire Weekend", it's Gina's hen-do[...]

In case you hadn't heard, there are a lot of Doctor Who folks out there who are up in arms about the show's future being in limbo, and that's brought a whole lot of finger-pointing Showrunner Russell T Davies is at the top of the blame list, with Disney+ being a close second Want to[...]

Glastonbury is in full force in the UK this weekend, and somehow Doctor Who has become a part of it, intentionally or not Somehow, apart from Kneecap performing after the manufactured storm-in-a-teacup "controversy" over their remarks, the most buzzed-about moment at Glastonbury was Franz Ferdinand's set, where Peter Capaldi made a surprise cameo on stage[...]

It's not another day in our messed up world if Doctor Who fans aren't pissed off about something, and now they're pissed off at the BBC for, what else? SPOILERS! Fans have complained to the BBC about spoiling the finale of the latest season, first that Ncuti Gatwa was leaving, then that he was regenerating[...]