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You might think this is good news or bad news, but even in the far future of Doctor Who, the Eurovision Song Contest is eternal, expanding into an Interstellar Song Contest It's currently a decades-long annual festival of camp, kitsch, and increasing surrealism. So when the Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and Belinda (Varada Sethu) show up at[...]

Every episode of Doctor Who is a challenge, and this week's episode, "The Interstellar Song Contest," might be one of the most technically intricate this season, even if it doesn't have 80 live extras on set, but it has some of the biggest number of physical and CGI effects of the season The BBC released[...]

This week's episode of Doctor Who, S02E06: "The Interstellar Song Contest", shows that the Eurovision Song Contest is going to live on for centuries, as do the same old issues about politics, corrupt corporations, propaganda, and xenophobia Episode writer Juno Dawson is no stranger to the Whoniverse, having written two series of the spinoff drama[...]

Davies's Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu-starring Doctor Who is still getting in on the Eurovision fun in a very big way with writer Juno Dawson's S02E06: "The Interstellar Song Contest," there is one "crossover" that won't be happening after all After The Doctor (Gatwa) and Belinda (Sethu) get done travelling to the 803rd Interstellar Song[...]

In this week's episode of Doctor Who, S02E06: "The Interstellar Song Contest," guest star Freddie Fox plays Kid, the week's baddie, a terrorist with an axe to grind who really, really wants to kill a lot of people He's that rare villain who drives The Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) to murderous rage, which is a really,[...]

The big guest star of this week's episode of Doctor Who S02E06: "The Interstellar Song Contest," is Eurovision host Rylan Clark, who will be hosting the live Eurovision finals on BBC One (and on Peacock TV in the US) after the episode airs in a moment metaculture that fits right in with the big theme[...]

Davies's Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu-starring Doctor Who is getting in on the Eurovision fun in a very big way "Super Saturday" brings writer Juno Dawson's S02E06: "The Interstellar Song Contest" (more on that below) After The Doctor (Gatwa) and Belinda (Sethu) get done travelling to the 803rd Interstellar Song Contest (where planets from across[...]

Davies's Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu-starring Doctor Who is something special, especially if you're a Eurovision fan With May 17th being "Super Saturday" bringing writer Juno Dawson's S02E06: "The Interstellar Song Contest." After The Doctor (Gatwa) and Belinda (Sethu) get done travelling to the 803rd Interstellar Song Contest (where planets from across the universe compete[...]

Davies's Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu-starring Doctor Who is really special – especially if you're a Eurovision fan With May 17th being "Super Saturday," writer Juno Dawson's S02E06: "The Interstellar Song Contest" will be hitting screens to help with the festivities After The Doctor (Gatwa) and Belinda (Sethu) get done travelling to the 803rd Interstellar[...]

Davies's Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu-starring Doctor Who, we've got some big news to pass along about what's going down after the final notes are sung on "The Interstellar Song Contest." Set for Saturday, May 31st, the extra-special-length season finale episode "The Reality War" will premiere simultaneously on BBC One, BBC iPlayer, Disney+, and in[...]

This week's episode of Doctor Who, "The Story and the Engine," is a standalone episode set in completely modern-day Africa (recreated in Cardiff) and is not only a meditation on storytelling but also the very nature of the Doctor as a story. It gives Ncuti Gatwa an episode that fully explores and runs the gamut of his[...]

In this week's episode of Doctor Who: Unleashed, host Steffan Powell interviews writer Inua Ellams and uncovers how Lagos, Nigeria, was brought to South Wales to film 'The Story and the Engine' Powell takes a stint as a caterer to 250 hungry people on set "The Story and the Engine" is a special story as Ellams set the story[...]

Davies's Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu-starring Doctor Who because it's a big one If you're a Eurovision fan, then you know that May 17th is "Super Saturday," and writer Juno Dawson's S02E06: "The Interstellar Song Contest" is getting in on the festivities After The Doctor (Gatwa) and Belinda (Sethu) get done travelling to the 803rd[...]

This season of Doctor Who is the strongest and most consistent in years, with Russell T Davies presenting a more confident stamp on the general tone and feel for the series on top of the higher budget "The Story and the Engine" might be the best script from the Disney era, Doctor Who Once again, it's[...]

This week's Doctor Who, "The Story and the Engine", features Ariyon Bakare as a mysterious barber who has taken over the Doctor's (Ncuti Gatwa) barbershop in downtown Lagos and keeps the customers prisoner, forcing them to feed him stories that fuel his engine Bakare's turn is enigmatic, sinister, unpredictable, and one of the most charismatic[...]

Davies's Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu-starring Doctor Who finds the Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) coming face-to-face with the mysterious Barber (Ariyon Bakare) in Lagos, Nigeria, and reuniting with his friend Omo (Sule Rimi) Episode writer Inua Ellams shared an exclusive prequel story (with artwork by Bunmi Agusto) spotlighting young Omo's school essay about the time he met[...]

This week's episode of Doctor Who, "The Story and the Engine", is new writer Inua Ellams' first script for the series and a special episode in many ways It's the first episode of the series written entirely through the lens of a culture other than Britain as the Doctor and Belinda stop by in Lagos,[...]

Davies's Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu-starring Doctor Who S02E05: "The Story and The Engine" set to hit screens this weekend, viewers are getting a great chance to do a little "homework" before the next adventure hits their screens Entering a world where stories have serious power, the Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) comes face-to-face with the mysterious Barber[...]

This week's episode of Doctor Who, "The Story and the Engine", is the most visually impressive in the season for recreating a street in Lago, Nigeria, and the local barbershop that becomes the battleground between The Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and the mysterious barber (Ariyon Bakare) who forces his customers to tell him stories to feed[...]

Davies's Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu-starring Doctor Who S02E05: "The Story and The Engine" hits screens this weekend, viewers will enter a world where stories have serious power – and where the Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) comes face-to-face with the mysterious Barber (Ariyon Bakare)… and more. Earlier this week, we were treated to a pretty impressive image gallery[...]

Davies's Gatwa and Varada Sethu-starring Doctor Who With our review and deep dive of S02E05: "The Story and The Engine" set to hit this weekend, we've an update to our preview rundown below Along with the official overview, episode trailer, and sneak peek released at the end of the latest edition of Doctor Who Unleashed,[...]

This week's episode of Doctor Who is really the one where everything changes, and a trap set by showrunner Russell T Davies at his craftiest, slyest, and angriest He lulls the viewer into a false sense of comfort (and perhaps boredom if they're weary of him playing his greatest hits like his own cover band)[...]

Once again Doctor Who: Unleashed acts as an informal, free film school and outreach programs for high school kids to learn about professional writing and production and set them on the path to the industry, which is different from the US, where people often have to go to film school at a university to learn[...]

Davies's Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu-starring Doctor Who, and it appears we're about to see one of those play out in a big way during next week's adventure, S02E05: "The Story and The Engine." Encountering a world where stories have some serious power, the Doctor (Gatwa) will come face-to-face with the mysterious Barber (Ariyon Bakare)[...]

Davies is still not pulling any punches in Doctor Who. This week's episode, "Lucky Day," deals with Ruby's life back on Earth after she left the TARDIS, but also follows Conrad (Jason Hauer-King), who met the Doctor  (Ncuti Gatwa) when he was a kid in 2007 and has been obsessed ever since. When he comes across The[...]

Davies's Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu-starring Doctor Who hitting this weekend, we're getting a chance to look ahead (two weeks, to be exact) at what May 17th has to offer Why is that date so special? If you're a Eurovision fan, then you already know the answer That's "Super Saturday," people! Writer Juno Dawson's S02E06:[...]

This week's episode of Doctor Who, "Lucky Day," is a Doctor-lite episode (don't worry, he still shows up in flashbacks) that features the return of Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson), who is trying to live her life back on Earth after traveling as the Doctor's companion The BBC released an interview with director Peter Hoar, who offered some[...]

You may not have heard of Jonah Hauer-King, but he's making his Doctor Who debut this week in "Lucky Day," the Ruby-centric episode in which he plays a podcaster who starts dating Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson) and starts feeling a bit inadequate compared to The Doctor, which might lead him to make some questionable decisions[...]

Pete McTighe has been a major part of Doctor Who for the last few years – he wrote "KABLAM" for Chris Chibnall and Jodie Whittaker's run, he has written the short films featuring past Doctors and companions for the new remastered Blu-Ray season boxsets that also serve as trailers for those releases, and has written[...]

The two-part finale of this season's Doctor Who will get a theatrical screening, just like last year As the season draws to a close, fans across the UK and Ireland will have the opportunity to come together in cinemas to watch the epic two-part finale on 31st May; starting with the penultimate episode, Wish World,[...]