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There are so many untold stories behind the scenes at Doctor Who that we can never know all of them, partly because many are private and confidential, but also because there are way too many, and it depends on when someone involved in the show decides to tell them Take, for example, the 50th Anniversary[...]

Davies' Doctor Who, everyone and anyone can take their turn weighing in on that potentially game-changing moment during the season finale, "The Reality War." Normally, the return of Jodie Whittaker's Thirteenth Doctor to meet up with Ncuti Gatwa's Fifteenth Doctor would be the headliner Normally But when you end a season and head into an[...]

What runtime or format should Doctor Who have? Legendary producer Philip Hinchcliffe recently weighed in on what he would like to see with the series, namely a return to a feature-length story told in segments, which was the classic format of the show when he was running it Hinchcliffe is a highly respected producer who[...]

Speaking with The Times, Whittaker discussed what it was like being the first female Doctor, how she handled the haters, and how she doesn't plan on shutting the door on Doctor Who anytime soon. "The second I got to Cardiff, I felt like I was home, even though it's a different studio, a different TARDIS[...]

Alex Kingston is going to be on Strictly Come Dancing, but of course, people keep asking about Doctor Who Small wonder, considering River Song has been one of the most popular characters on the show, and is still her most talked-about role Then there's the fact that her dance partner on Strictly is Johannes Radebe,[...]

Russell Tovey is one of our best actors who has worked with Russell T Davies on Doctor Who, but also on the underrated but prescient Years and Years. His career practically began from his starring in the original UK version of Queer as Folk, which was created by and written by Davies, which put Davies on[...]

For someone who is in the public eye – and has been for some time – as much as David Tennant (Doctor Who, Broadchurch, Good Omens, Rivals) – it's been refreshing to see just how open and honest he remains when it comes to addressing some of the important issues of the day From defending[...]

BAFTA Cymru has revealed the Special Awards recipients for this year's BAFTA Cymru Awards, announcing that the BAFTA Cymru Outstanding Contribution to Television Award will be presented to Russell T Davies, who, for the last two decades, has been a trailblazer within LGBTQIA+ drama, while also leading BBC hit Doctor Who as showrunner. One of BAFTA Cymru's highest[...]

Alex Kingston was confirmed to be taking part in Strictly Come Dancing, probably the top show on the BBC, but all we want to talk about is Doctor Who, of course What were you expecting? For us to talk about the finer points of ballroom dancing? Nah, Doctor Who it is, since Kingston spent years[...]

There are many reasons Jodie Whittaker became a beloved Doctor Who during her run, and one of them was when the whole world locked down during the COVID pandemic in 2020 While Film and TV production was suspended worldwide because everyone was forced to stay home for a year, an unexpected short – how short?[...]

Davies' Doctor Who, we've been hearing from a whole lot of folks about "The Reality War." Specifically, Ncuti Gatwa is ending his run as the Fifteenth Doctor after two seasons, and Billie Piper is possibly taking over as the Sixteenth Doctor Though he's previously addressed his decision to depart the long-running series, Gatwa had some[...]

Of all the shows on television, Doctor Who is a very strange one where life can imitate art, or art seeps into life in very strange ways, which is what's happened to David Tennant You couldn't make this up without everyone saying it's too far-fetched Tennant's life and career have been heavily affected by the show in the[...]

A Star Trek/Doctor Who Easter Egg crossover 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[...]

Jodie Whittaker is back in Doctor Who in a series of twelve audio dramas from Big Finish, which will be released bi-monthly and will take up the next two years That's probably how long the TV series will be on hiatus before it returns to the screen, so guess what? The regular Doctor for now[...]

One of the most controversial changes to Doctor Who lore was when then-showrunner Chris Chibnall introduced the Timeless Child arc where the Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) discovers her true origin – she was an adoptee that the Gallifreyans exploited for her regeneration energy to power what became Time Lord society and she had countless lifetimes and[...]

Earlier this week, we passed along a look at how Paramount+'s Anson Mount, Rebecca Romijn, and Ethan Peck-starring Star Trek: Strange New Worlds dropped a ten-ton tease that the universes of "Star Trek" and BBC's Doctor Who are much more connected than folks might think In an exclusive clip for S03E10: "New Life and New Civilizations"[...]

Davies' Doctor Who, we've been getting some interesting insights on that game-changing season finale, "The Reality War." Between the return of Jodie Whittaker's Thirteenth Doctor and the Ncuti Gatwa-to-Billie Piper regeneration (???), along with the show seemingly on pause for now, has led to lots and lots of speculation online Previously, David Tennant shared that[...]

Who says we're not getting a Doctor Who Christmas Special this year? Guess what? We totally are! It's the Thirteenth Doctor's next Big Finish audio adventure! Who says we can't have nice things? Jodie Whittaker and Mandip Gill, as The Doctor and Yaz, head off to Henry II's court in The Thirteenth Doctor Adventures: Lionesses[...]

As far as franchises go, they don't get much bigger than "Star Trek" and "Doctor Who." When you've been around for so long, it's only a matter of time before you start acknowledging one another We've seen each drop easter eggs here and there over the years, with "Star Trek" and "Doctor Who" coming together[...]

The second Big Finish audio drama featuring Jodie Whittaker and Mandip Gill in their proper season of Doctor Who is now up for pre-order This one is a proper "land on an alien planet, hilarity ensues" adventure, though it tackles one long-running question: "Does the hero always leave things better after they save the day,[...]

Everyone just can't stop talking about Doctor Who, including us And the Radio Times, which seems to have become the Samizdat for Doctor Who information (look up what "Samizdat" is if you're curious), and they know the most fun people to ask for any comments about the show Top of that list? Former showrunner Steven[...]

Former Doctor Who script editor Christopher H Bidmead passed away on August 6th at age 84 As script editor in his one season on the show, he was head writer and responsible for commissioning scripts from writers since showrunners were not a concept in the  British television industry Running a show in those days was[...]

It's been how many months now, and fans are still debating and speculating about whether Billie Piper is the new Doctor Who It's the stuff of clickbait and endless discussion, endless engagement onlin,e which is probably good for the show and its prospects for coming back, whenever that's going to be And it's time for[...]

One of the most interesting branches of Big Finish's Doctor Who productions is making audio drama versions of scripts originally commissioned or developed for TV but were never made They've had some success with previously unproduced stories from the Philip Hinchcliffe era of the Fourth Doctor years, which were amongst the most successful of the[...]

While Doctor Who is on hiatus before another series is greenlit, the show is in limbo, but fans clamouring for more stories that they don't have complain about can always go to Big Finish That's the production company that's been producing original audio drama stories featuring past Doctors since 1999 These aren't audiobooks but full-cast[...]

Big Finish audio dramas are going to be the only source of new and proper Doctor Who stories for a while, and they're finally going to produce a fully-voiced Twelfth Doctor story, only Peter Capaldi won't be back It's comedian and impressionist Jon Culshaw who will voice the irascible Twelfth incarnation in Doctor Who –[...]

In defense of everyone who covers Doctor Who on a regular basis, there are only so many "nostalgia" pieces you can write before you find yourself dialing up your radar for anything and everything having to do with the show's future David Tennant offered us some interesting intel this week while checking in with BBC[...]

When is the next season of Doctor Who coming? Nobody knows Is Billie Piper the new Doctor? It's too soon to tell since there's no new season commissioned yet However, the BBC finally said something that made it official At the annual Edinburgh Television Festival this week The BBC's Director of Drama, Lindsay Salt, shared,[...]

Earlier this month, Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies made it clear that the show's future was up to the BBC and Disney (more on that below) During the Edinburgh TV Festival earlier today, the BBC reassured "The Whoniverse" that the series will live on – even if Disney and the BBC decide to part ways[...]

The latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine featured a report where Sylvester McCoy, who played the Seventh Doctor from 1987 to 1989, traveled to Ukraine to comfort fans from the ongoing conflict with Russia He was accompanied by Cyberman and Dalek performer Mickey Lewis, who wrote up their trip as they went to FanCon in[...]