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When there's no Doctor Who, that means maximum Doctor Who Fan Drama Everyone's wringing their hands, fretting that the show might get cancelled despite the BBC repeatedly saying the show isn't cancelled and they're going to keep making it, no matter what budget One storm in a teacup is fans arguing about why or how[...]

In other words, the status of the Sixteenth Doctor is still very much up in the air – and Rose is still very much on UNIT's radar. If you head on over to the Doctor Who website and check out the UNIT section, there's a March 6th update from Shirley-Anne Bingham, Scientific Advisor, from the UNIT[...]

Alex Kingston played one of the most beloved characters in the modern era of Doctor Who, the irrepressible River Song, the Doctor's wife The character was created by Steven Moffat, and her entire arc in the series was written exclusively by Moffat with a beginning, middle, and ending, though not always in that order[...]

The last piece of Doctor Who that fans unreservedly loved, the mini-episode "Destination: Daleks", is getting a sequel to tie up its cliffhanger ending, only not in the way they want No, it's going to be a comic book story for Doctor Who Magazine Yup, we're peeling off the bandaid and getting straight to the[...]

Rumours continue to "leak" about the 2026 Doctor Who Christmas Special, especially after Murray Gold confirmed on the Whoniverse talk show that Russell T Davies has written different alternate scripts to cover various circumstances Of course, there's now a "leak" or rumour claiming to reveal what the plot of one of those scripts is about[...]

Former Doctor Who companion Janet Fielding returned to film a new mini-episode at the location where she made her last regular appearance in the series, alongside her Doctor, Peter Davison, more than 40 years ago Fielding, who played Australian air hostess Tegan Jovanka from 1981 to 1984, filmed "Destination: Daleks" with Fifth Doctor Davison at Butler's[...]

Recently, we've heard from folks at BBC Studios and Bad Wolf about the future of Doctor Who, including the upcoming Christmas Special from Showrunner Russell T Davies and what could be in play after that Earlier today, BBC Director of Drama, Lindsay Salt, had a chance to offer some additional insights Speaking with Deadline Hollywood for an exclusive[...]

One thing you have to give the BBC's Doctor Who is that it knows how to ramp up the drama and speculation on both sides of the camera By the time "The Reality War" wrapped, Ncuti Gatwa's Fifteenth Doctor regenerated (we think) into Billie Piper's Sixteenth Doctor (maybe, maybe not) That alone would be more[...]

Showrunner Russell T Davies is very proud of his Doctor Who spinoff, The War Between the Land and the Sea, particularly the ending that some people have looked askance at.  The War Between the Land and the Sea didn't have The Doctor in it Instead, it followed  Russell Tovey's everyman hero Barclay, and Gugu Mbatha-Raw's Salt,[...]

During the hiatus between seasons one and two of the Disney+ era of Doctor Who, Ncuti Gatwa starred in a sold-out production of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest By that time, he had already finished filming the second season of Doctor Who and seemed hopeful that Disney would renew the series for a[...]

Understandably, much of the talk surrounding the BBC's Doctor Who these days has to do with what Showrunner Russell T Davies has planned for the upcoming Christmas Special, and what the future holds for the series after that But even as the Disney days are in the rearview mirror, there's the not-so-small matter of The War[...]

Who said we're running out of Doctor Who?  The Eighth Doctor's debut in the 1996 TV movie is being released in stunning 4K and well as a whole host of special features In 1996, Paul McGann debuted as the Eighth Doctor in Doctor Who, a feature length co-production between the BBC and the American Fox[...]

It's not a complete day without another Doctor Who drama in a teacup That's what Clickbait is for! That's why you're reading this Well, if you're not in the UK, you still can't watch spinoff miniseries The War Between The Land and The Sea on Disney+ because it hasn't been released yet, and the BBC[...]

Pete McTighe got a lot of attention at Gallifrey One in early February, especially with the rumours that he might be Russell T Davies' pick for the next showrunner of Doctor Who. He talked about his background as a Doctor Who fan, and when he was eleven, McTighe wrote his own Doctor Who Target novel called 'Terror of the[...]

We don't like to comment on Doctor Who rumours since most of the time they're just hot air and trolling However, an interesting name has been popping up for a potential future Doctor: Will Sharpe There was a rumour that Sharpe was the original choice of the Fifteenth Doctor before Ncuti Gatwa auditioned Now there's[...]

What does the future have in store for the BBC's Doctor Who after Showrunner Russell T Davies' upcoming Christmas Special? That's one of those "Trojan horse" questions because to answer it, you pretty much have to tackle about a dozen other questions first For example, with Disney now out of the picture, are the BBC,[...]

As of February, Disney+ still has not announced a release date or even quietly released the Doctor Who spinoff, The War Between the Land and the Sea Since Disney paid for the exclusive worldwide streaming rights to the spinoff, nobody outside the UK has been able to watch it legally[...]

Since 1999, Big Finish Productions has gone above and beyond to offer Doctor Who fans the best in audio drama adventures We're talking about a resume spanning the long-running series' 60-plus years, with stories starring Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann, Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant, Jodie Whittaker, Jo Martin, David Bradley,[...]

If you want any Doctor Who, you need the BBC, thus you need the licence fee. The British government has announced that the cost of a TV licence is to rise by £5.50 to £180 from 1st of April 2026 Everyone in the UK had expected that a rise in the BBC licence fee would[...]

Davies' Doctor Who, writer Mark Gatiss ("The Unquiet Dead," "The Idiot's Lantern," "The Crimson Horror," "Robot of Sherwood") is one of those people whose opinions on the long-running show always catch our radar Previously, Gatiss addressed the regeneration twist at the end of "The Reality War" that saw Ncuti Gatwa's Fifteenth Doctor regenerate into Billie Piper's[...]

The last two seasons of Doctor Who on Disney+ are now considered by many as a kind of creative failure, even though it was perfectly fun to watch at the time Everyone with a forum is still doing the autopsy on what went wrong. In theory, Russell T Davies's return as showrunner was at first viewed as[...]

Davies' Doctor Who handled Ncuti Gatwa's departure If you're reading this, then we're pretty sure you know what we're talking about: that regeneration twist that saw Gatwa's Fifteenth Doctor regenerate into Billie Piper's Sixteenth Doctor Maybe Because there are a whole lot of theories out there saying that it can't or shouldn't be possible Then[...]

Here's what we know about the future of the BBC's Doctor Who Showrunner Russell T Davies is returning to write the 2026 Christmas Special Disney+ will no longer be a co-producer moving forward The BBC has publicly pledged that the long-running show will carry on As you can see, that leaves a whole lot of[...]

Big Finish, the company that has been producing quality audio dramas of Doctor Who, is offering a Humble Bundle of 17 stories from its range in support of BBC Children in Need This includes stories in the 5th Doctor range, 8th Doctor Range, the 9th Doctor range, River Song's spinoff solo series, the U.N.I.T[...]

Normally, our Doctor Who updates have lately revolved around how things are looking with the upcoming Russell T Davies-penned 2026 Christmas Special, the questions surrounding what the original Season 2 finale was meant to be, if the BBC will team up with another streaming service, and if Davies will continue as showrunner after the special[...]

When the BBC announced that it would begin producing content for YouTube, there was a bit of excitement amongst Doctor Who fans In their single-mindedness, fans started speculating that YouTube, and by extension Google, might become the next co-production financier for Doctor Who After all, YouTube has more money than any of the studios, networks,[...]

River Song is one of the most popular supporting characters in Doctor Who, and Alex Kingston is more than happy to talk about the character and would love to come back to the TV series All that would take is a phone call On the latest episode of The Whoniverse Show, which is basically the[...]

Three fan-favourite Doctor Who two-parters from the modern era will receive Target novelizations this year Those stories are "Aliens of London" and "World War Three" from Christopher Eccleston's one-season run, "The Satan Pit" and "The Impossible Planet" from David Tennant's run, and "The Time of Angels" and "Flesh and Stone" from Matt Smith's first season. BBC Books "Aliens of London"[...]

If you're a Doctor Who fan, then you're probably either speculating about what Showrunner Russell T Davies has planned for the upcoming Christmas Special or finger-pointing at the most recent seasons and Disney as being the sources of the long-running series' current woes For this go-around, it's about the latter, with director Peter Hoar ("A Good[...]

One of the endless debates and topics for speculation about the future of Doctor Who is: who should be the next showrunner? After all, the showrunner, while common in Hollywood TV productions, is still a relatively new concept in British television The showrunner is both the head writer and producer of the entire TV show,[...]