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The second episode of this season's Doctor Who, "Lux" did something the show never did, which was to have the Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and his companion Belinda (Varada Sethu) break a Fourth Wall within the show and meet fans of the show, played by Bronté Barbé, Samir Arrian and Steph Lacey as uberfans Lizzie, Hassan[...]

Davies's Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu-starring Doctor Who, S02E04: "Lucky Day," will see the return of not only Millie Gibson's Ruby Sunday but also UNIT and… well, we're assuming Anita Dobson's Mrs Flood Previously, we shared the episode trailer, the sneak peek that was included in the latest edition of Doctor Who Unleashed, and the[...]

The third episode of the second season of Doctor Who, "The Well," ended with The Doctor attempting a heroic sacrifice, but another character takes his place It's a common trope in the series in its long history Still, showrunner Russell T Davies may have introduced the darkest and saddest underlying theme driving the series' hero – and[...]

Now that you've watched this week's episode of Doctor Who, let's do the usual rambling deep dive into "The Well" It's the most tonally consistent episode of this season so far and a welcome return to old-school Science Fiction horror Now, we don't dive into every single easter egg or meta reference, only the most[...]

This week, the making-of series Doctor Who: Unleashed covers "The Well", the second season's return to gothic horror Science Fiction for the first time in years This should be a fun one as the show covers the processes of filmmaking to shoot a 44-minute horror film that depends not on fancy CGI effects but mostly[...]

Davies's Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu-starring Doctor Who isn't waiting to give fans a taste of what next week's chapter has to offer – with the biggest headline being that S02E04: "Lucky Day" sees the return of not only Millie Gibson's Ruby Sunday but also UNIT and… maybe a few surprises Shortly after "The Well"[...]

The third episode of this season's Doctor Who, "The Well" continues this season's stronger and more confident streak of stories with a return to gothic Science Fiction Horror that the series was best known for during its peak period in the 1970s that Russell T Davies and Steven Moffat continues during the 2005 modern era[...]

Davies's Doctor Who S02E03: "The Well" set to hit screens this weekend, we have some viewing numbers to pass along regarding the season opener. Confirmed by Radio Times, the seven-day viewing numbers for S02E01: "The Robot Revolution" have it at 3.571 million viewers In terms of the Top 50 shows for the week, it placed at number[...]

Davies's Doctor Who S02E03: "The Well" (directed by Amanda Brotchie and written by Davies and Sharma Angel Walfall), the creepier the set-up of the Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and Belinda (Varada Sethu) taking on a menace at a devastated mining colony is vibing Now, we have about another dozen or so new images to pass along for[...]

  Shortly after last weekend's episode, we were treated to a trailer and quick look at Doctor Who S02E03: "The Well" (directed by Amanda Brotchie and written by Showrunner Russell T Davies and Sharma Angel Walfall), with the Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and Belinda (Varada Sethu) facing off against a terror that devastated a mining colony –[...]

There's a long-running arc in the current two seasons of Doctor Who, and that is that the gods have declared war on the hero (Ncuti Gatwa) Showrunner Russell T Davies set it up in the 60th Anniversary special "Wild Blue Yonder," where the Doctor blurred the line between reality and opened the door for gods[...]

This week's episode of Doctor Who: Unleashed is the one you definitely want to check out, since it's all about the making of season two's second episode, "Lux" Unleashed is a half-hour weekly behind-the-scenes making-of series that covers each episode of the season The BTS show usually debuts in the UK on the BBC iPlayer[...]

Davies's Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu-starring Doctor Who to pass along In S02E03: "The Well" (directed by Amanda Brotchie and written by Davies and Sharma Angel Walfall), the Doctor (Gatwa) and Belinda (Sethu) face off against a terror that devastated a mining colony, leaving one survivor Along with the official overview, we also have the[...]

Let's dive into the second episode of Doctor Who, "Lux" This is going to be all spoilers with the assumption that you've watched the episode This is the craziest and most fun episode of the series' Disney era and arguably the best Russell T Davies is swinging big with this episode, and many fans have[...]

Davies's Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu-starring Doctor Who S02E02: "Lux" (penned by Davies and directed by Amanda Brotchie), the Doctor and Belinda find themselves in 1952 Miami, an abandoned cinema and its "twistedly" animated secret leads them down the path to what could be one of the Doctor's most challenging – and terrifying – adventures[...]

After dropping our spoiler-free review of what could be the defining episode of the BBC/Disney+ era ("Doctor Who S02E02 "Lux": An Exhilarating Disney Era-Defining Episode"), we've got nearly a dozen new images to add to the official gallery for Showrunner Russell T Davies's Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu-starring Doctor Who S02E02: "Lux" (penned by Davies[...]

Let's get this out of the way – the second episode of this season of Doctor Who, "Lux," is already the best episode of the Disney+ era Disney has never done anything like this before, and neither has the BBC It's the defining episode of the Disney+ era of Doctor Who, a synthesis of both[...]

Davies's Doctor Who, S02E02: "Lux" (penned by Davies and directed by Amanda Brotchie) When the Doctor and Belinda find themselves in 1952 Miami, an abandoned cinema and its "twistedly" animated secret leads them down the path to what could be one of the Doctor's most challenging – and terrifying – adventures yet With Alan Cumming[...]

The return of Doctor Who also marks the return of Doctor Who: Unleashed, the half-hour weekly behind-the-scenes making-of series that covers each episode of the season The BTS show usually debuts in the UK on the BBC iPlayer after the premiere of the main Doctor Who episode every Saturday, but starting from today, Doctor Who:[...]

Davies's Doctor Who S02E02: "Lux," penned by Davies and directed by Amanda Brotchie When the Doctor and Belinda find themselves in 1952 Miami, an abandoned cinema and its "twistedly" animated secret leads them down the path to what might be one of the Doctor's most challenging – and terrifying – threats yet With Alan Cumming as the[...]

Now that you've watched the first episode of Doctor Who, let's go into the ups and downs of "The Robot Revolution" since it has highs and lows and questions. Russell T Davies likes to introduce the companions via their personal lives, including when they're kids to connect the audience to them Alan's remark about girls not being[...]

When Doctor Who isn't in production later this year, star Ncuti Gatwa will play Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe in Born with Teeth from the Royal Shakespeare Company The play will explore the relationship between 27-year-old Marlowe and rising star William Shakespeare as they are forced to work together on a new piece of work Gatwa[...]

Davies's Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor) and Varada Sethu (Belinda Chandra)-starring Doctor Who, the BBC and Disney+ series had the honor of making its presence known in a very big way during tonight's episode of the U.S game show, Jeopardy! Under the "Double Jeopardy!" category "Time Travel Is Possible," Gatwa (in full-on Doctor mode) offered the[...]

Davies's Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor) and Varada Sethu (Belinda Chandra)-starring Doctor Who is returning for its second season tomorrow doesn't mean that there isn't time for some last-minute casting news Though there had been rumblings for weeks, it was confirmed earlier today that talk show host and "King of Eurovision," Graham Norton, has joined Freddie[...]

Davies's Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor) and Varada Sethu (Belinda Chandra)-starring Doctor Who for a second season, we're getting a very interesting preview for S02E01:  "The Robot Revolution" (written by Davies and directed by Peter Hoar) In the clip below, the Doctor was so close and yet so far from saving Belinda from being abducted by[...]

Davies's Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor) and Varada Sethu (Belinda Chandra)-starring Doctor Who for its second season, the rumblings about a potential third season and the show's overall future are continuing – and a recent response from Davies isn't exactly making us feel too confident Up until this point, the general consensus among all the important[...]

Davies's Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor) and Varada Sethu (Belinda Chandra)-starring Doctor Who for its second season this weekend, we're getting a behind-the-scenes follow-up to the release of a whole lot of great images for S02E01:  "The Robot Revolution," written by Davies and directed by Peter Hoar In the clip below, Davies and Gatwa discuss what[...]

Davies's Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor) and Varada Sethu (Belinda Chandra)-starring Doctor Who gets underway, and we have a pretty impressive look at what we can expect from the return episode – "The Robot Revolution," written by Davies and directed by Peter Hoar When robots appear with a serious interest in Belinda, the Doctor heads off[...]

This is a spoiler-free review of the premiere episode of Doctor Who season two Yes, it's back, and so is Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor, this time with a new companion Varada Sethu is Belinda Chandra, an A&E (that's British for "ER") nurse in a London hospital She's thrown into the thick of an[...]

There's one thing unique about Doctor Who that it shares with Star Trek, which is that the series in modern times has had fans who ended up working in front of and behind the camera During the 1980s and 1990s, Star Trek: The Next Generation was the only US TV series that had an open[...]