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It shouldn't be a surprise that Mark Gatiss was commissioned to write a Doctor Who episode during the 2000s run that wasn't produced Many writers throughout the series' history have unproduced scripts that they were commissioned and paid to write, but weren't made for various reasons, including budget constraints, scheduling conflicts, internal politics, or other[...]

With less than a month to go until the BBC and Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies's The War Between the Land and the Sea hits screens in the UK (and on Disney+ outside of the UK sometime in 2026), Davies is making it clear that the spinoff is looking to show a different side[...]

"The Sea Devils", the classic Doctor Who episode starring Jon Pertwee, has been newly reedited ahead of the creatures' return in the spin-off series "The War Between the Land and the Sea." This new 90-minute blockbuster special condenses the original six-part adventure into a feature-length experience, featuring updated sound design by Mark Ayres and an enhanced score created by the legendary Lorne Balfe, who has woven[...]

It's easy to take Murray Gold's music for granted, as he became the soundtrack composer for Doctor Who when Russell T. Davies revived the series in 2005 Gone were the cheap, quick, synthesised sound cues of the classic series Gold composed entire music themes and suites for The Doctor, the companions, and worlds, using a full orchestra, influenced by[...]

Though fans outside of the UK are going to have to wait until sometime in 2026, BBC viewers will still be getting some Doctor Who goodness this year for the holiday season After learning last month that December would be the debut date for Doctor Who Showrunner Russell T Davies' spinoff series, the BBC confirmed[...]

If Donald Trump has his way, the next few seasons of the BBC's Doctor Who will be shadow puppets projected onto a blanket and recorded with a restored 1986 VHS camera In case you hadn't heard, Trump's legal team is threatening to sue the BBC for $1 billion (that's a with a "b") over some[...]

The second season of the Disney+ era Doctor Who was released this year, and everyone is treating it like it was ages ago, with the show being perceived as dead, as fans and pundits pick over it like an autopsy, trying to find blame or reason for its perceived failure Now, the BBC has stealth-released two deleted scenes[...]

In the December issue of Doctor Who Magazine, Carole Ann Ford, who played Susan Foreman, gave correspondent Benjamin Cook a lengthy interview conducted before and just after her return as Susan in "The Interstellar Song Contest" in Season Two of Doctor Who It's possibly the longest interview Ford ever gave, perhaps the definitive one She discusses[...]

Our next dose of Doctor Who is the spinoff miniseries The War Between the Land and the Sea, which premieres on the BBC in the UK in December and on Disney+ outside the UK next year The Sea Devils decide to invade the surface world The Doctor isn't around, and the Earth is in big[...]

Now that everyone knows Disney has pulled out of the Doctor Who business, cast members are openly talking about how Russell T Davies' original plan for the finale of Ncuti Gatwa's second season as The Doctor was scuppered in favour of an alternate ending shot at the last moment, including Gatwa regenerating because he had[...]

As the BBC's Doctor Who continues to have a rollercoaster week, we finally gor some clarity on what the future holds for the series Disney's out, Showrunner Russell T Davies is penning a Christmas Special for 2026, and spinoff series The War Between the Land and the Sea will release sooner rather than later That was[...]

That said, there were some interesting things that stuck out to us that we wanted to pass along: DOCTOR WHO (Image: BBC) Big Money/Big Budget Problems: When Disney entered the Doctor Who game, it did so at probably the worst time for the BBC After spending a lot of time and a lot of money to show[...]

Davies' Doctor Who As for the show's future, the BBC also announced that spinoff series The War Between the Land and the Sea would hit BBC iPlayer and BBC One later this year – with Davies penning a 2026 Christmas Special. "With Disney+ confirming they will not be partnering on the next season of the sci-fi[...]

Doctor Who fans who have been awaiting word on what the future will hold for the beloved long-running series got an answer on Tuesday, with the BBC announcing that Disney will no longer be a co-producer moving forward "With Disney+ confirming they will not be partnering on the next season of the sci-fi show, the[...]

One of the worst-kept secrets of recent Doctor Who has been verified Carole Ann Ford, who played the Doctor's granddaughter and first companion way back when the series premiered in 1963, confirmed that she had filmed an unused scene for the recent Season Two finale, "The Reality War," that would have been the original planned[...]

Escape from Skull Island #1 leads Titan Comics' January 2026 solicits and solicitations, with Doctor Who, Conan, Little Nightmares, Dark Souls and a growing manga selection from the publisher. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 25%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ ESCAPE FROM SKULL ISLAND #1 (OF[...]

While we're waiting for the BBC and Disney+ to announce a premiere date for the Doctor Who spinoff miniseries The War Between the Land and the Sea, the official website for the show, run by the BBC, has been busy The Black Archive section of the site, which is supposed to be the server for[...]

Davies' Doctor Who Unfortunately, that might still take a while What that does is give us some time to look back over the two seasons of the new era from a number of perspectives For this go-around, Millie Gibson (Ruby Sunday) is getting a chance to open up about what it was like having to[...]

Fans and clickbait-chasers (like us!) keep harping on about whether Doctor Who has been placed on indefinite hiatus or cancelled, despite the BBC and Bad Wolf having to keep reassuring everyone that the series will be back, that it's not going away On practical terms, as we've said many times, the series is too financially[...]

Whether you're a Doctor Who fan, someone who covers the show, or both, you know that it's tough to speculate what Ncuti Gatwa's Fifteenth Doctor regenerating into Billie Piper's Sixteenth Doctor (maybe?) could mean when there are still so many question marks surrounding the show's future. Showrunner Russell T Davies, the BBC, and the folks from Bad Wolf[...]

The Holy Grail of classic Doctor Who fans has always been the recovery and restoration of lost episodes from the 1960s to the early 1970s A total of 97 of 253 episodes from the series's first six years, from 1963 to 1969, are currently missing, leaving 26 stories incomplete, because the BBC erased or reused[...]

Bad Wolf, the production company currently producing Doctor Who and several other prestigious TV series, is ten years old this year Originally formed by Jane Tranter and Julie Gardner after they left the BBC to go independent, they named the company after the season-long arc and Rose Tyler's (Billie Piper) alter ego during the inaugural[...]

Davies' Doctor Who hasn't exactly lacked in "experts" who are more than willing to drop their "expertise" on what the future holds for the long-running series For some, the Disney factor and the waiting game are just examples of how television works in the streaming age For others, it's a whole lot of Chicken Little/"The[...]

The End Of Doctor Who in LITG two days ago, was oddly the most-read story on Bleeding Cool yesterday Lying In The Gutters is the daily runaround for the most-read stories the day before, as well as over the past seven years Founded over sixteen years ago and steeped in a history of comic book[...]

Former Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat loved to insert timey-wimey easter eggs throughout the series, even before he became showrunner A few years ago, he revealed that there was one last easter egg that nobody ever noticed in his third story for the show during Russell T Davies' third series as showrunner Davies brought up[...]

The End Of Doctor Who was the most-read story on Bleeding Cool yesterday Lying In The Gutters is the daily runaround for the most-read stories the day before, as well as over the past seven years Founded over sixteen years ago and steeped in a history of comic book industry gossip for a further eighteen[...]

That surprise final scene in the most recent series of Doctor Who has turned out to be more divisive and controversial than anyone could have thought By now, we're well past spoiler warnings since it's all over the internet and social media with endless debates In case you were living under a rock – and[...]

Russell T Davies, still the current showrunner of Doctor Who until we all hear otherwise and writer of acclaimed series like Queer as Folk, It's a Sin, and the sadly prescient Years and Years, was presented with the award for Outstanding Contribution to Television at Sunday's BAFTA Cymru Awards ceremony He used his acceptance speech[...]

Yes, it's true – Slow Horses is pretty much Doctor Who for grumpy grownups Seriously And Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman) is the Doctor for grump grownups Do we really have to say "grumpy grownups"? We can just say "British people", right? Except Slow Horses is a hit, or at least as much of a hit[...]

In the last week, David Tennant and Billie Piper have been doing the rounds together at several US conventions where they chatted with fans about their memories shooting Doctor Who in their one season together in 2006 that hardcore fans still remember as the revived show's peak Fans always asked about the Doctor and Rose's[...]