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There are many big bads in Doctor Who: the Daleks, the Cybermen, the Sontarans, even the Time Lords themselves, and many more, but one that has lurked in the background for twenty years has been the intergalactic arms manufacturer and tech corporation Villengard, created by Steven Moffat back in his 2005 two-parter "The Empty Child"[...]

Davies' Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor), Millie Gibson (Ruby Sunday), and Varada Sethu (Belinda Chandra)-starring Doctor Who would be getting a five-episode spinoff limited series Starring Russell Tovey (Feud, American Horror Story: NYC) and Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Surface, Loki), BBC and Disney Branded Television's The War Between the Land and the Sea sees a fearsome and ancient species[...]

Doctor Who Christmas specials have been an annual mainstay for nearly a whole generation now, barring the four years when they were replaced by a New Year's Special that didn't have quite the same sense that they were a special event, and Steven Moffat has written more Christmas specials since he was the longest-serving showrunner[...]

Doctor Who tragedy made the top of Bleeding Cool traffic yesterday Welcome to Lying In The Gutters, the daily runaround for the biggest stories the day before – as well as over the past six-and-a-half years Founded fifteen years ago and steeped in a history of comic book industry gossip a further fifteen years before[...]

There's another Doctor Who anniversary that's more meaningful for fans of the classic series Tom Baker made his debut as the Fourth Doctor fifty years ago Baker played The Doctor the longest, seven years, and became the face of the series to fans worldwide, especially Americans This is significant in so many ways You could[...]

Doctor Who tragedy made the top of Bleeding Cool traffic yesterday for Boxing Day Welcome to Lying In The Gutters, the daily runaround for the biggest stories the day before – as well as over the past six years Founded fifteen years ago and steeped in a history of comic book industry gossip a further[...]

Doctor Who is different again That's the nature of the show, to change with the times, and the Doctor keeps changing There have been more than fifteen actors in the role by now, but the biggest change has been a more overtly emotional Doctor than ever Showrunner Russell T Davies said he had spent the[...]

"Joy to the World" is everything you can expect from a Steven Moffat Doctor Who Christmas Special It's clever, twisty, silly, funny, and tragic in equal measure, but at heart, it's Moffat's poignant meditation on loneliness and finding a purpose to get out of that Loneliness is an issue for many people at Christmas In[...]

Of course, we're talking about the second season of Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor) and Millie Gibson (Ruby Sunday)-starring Doctor Who Heading into today's Nicola Coughlan-starring, Steven Moffat-written Christmas Special, "Joy to the World," we were keeping fingers, toes, and various other body parts crossed that we would get a teaser/trailer for the second season – and[...]

This year's Doctor Who Christmas Special "Joy to the World" is the most Steven Moffat of Christmas specials you can possibly get, melding timey-wimey shenanigans, snarky comedy and farce, surprising emotional insights, and a tear-jerker ending Christmas Specials might be considered a bit outside of the usual series stories, but Moffat is in Maximum Showoff[...]

Doctor Who: The War Games is this year's remastered, re-edited, and colorized story designed to introduce new and younger fans to the classic series It's not just a cleaning up of the video to make it pretty for modern audiences but added some surprises that may have retconned the story to bring it in line[...]

Doctor Who: The War Games, the Second Doctor's (Patrick Troughton) final adventure, and the final story to be filmed in black and white has been colourised and edited down from its original four-hour runtime to a faster-paced 90-minute cut for new fans to discover The Doctor, Jamie (Frazier Hines), and Zoe (Wendy Padbury) have to[...]

Davies' Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor) and Nicola Coughlan-starring, Steven Moffat-written Doctor Who Christmas Special, "Joy to the World" on BBC One, BBC iPlayer, and Disney+ screens As we get down to the wire with Christmas Day looming, Disney+ released a new key art poster – and it looks like "The Mouse" just can't stop itself[...]

Davies' Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor) and Nicola Coughlan-starring, Steven Moffat-written Doctor Who Christmas Special, "Joy to the World" hits our screens on Christmas Day, guess who's back with some interesting images/clues to what's to come? That's right, #WhoSpy has been sharing new intel via The Subwave Network on Instagram – here's a look at the[...]

Doctor Who Christmas Specials are now a time-honoured tradition The Gods of the series, or rather the showrunners Russell T Davies and Steven Moffat, have spoken! Let's pretend Chris Chibnall putting them on ice in favour of New Year Specials was just a hallucination Or a dream Or a temporary fall into an alternate universe[...]

Davies' Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor) and Nicola Coughlan-starring, Steven Moffat-written Doctor Who Christmas Special, "Joy to the World" hits our screens on Christmas Day, Moffat is opening up about the upcoming Christmas Special, his run on the show and if he would consider returning, and much more In particular, Moffat addresses the rumblings of concern[...]

Tom Baker, best known for playing the Fourth Doctor in the BBC series Doctor Who has recorded a very special Christmas message for all of his fans around the world and beyond This video was produced by Cygnus Alpha Events You probably don't need to be told he played The Doctor longer than any other actor,[...]

Davies' Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor) and Nicola Coughlan-starring, Steven Moffat-written Doctor Who Christmas Special, "Joy to the World" as it inches closer to our Christmas Day screens, the BBC is offering fans a Season 2 holiday present Earlier today, it was announced that Rose Ayling-Ellis MBE (Ludwig, EastEnders) is joining the cast of Season 2 for[...]

Jon Pertwee's debut season as the Third Doctor will be the next release to join the Doctor Who Blu-ray collection. Fans can continue to build their own home archive on Blu-ray with a seven-disc box set of Season 7, starring Jon Pertwee and Caroline John as companion Liz Shaw Containing four classic stories, this limited-edition set is also[...]

"Joy to the World" might be the most eagerly anticipated Doctor Who Christmas Special in years, partly because it's only the second one post-60th anniversary but mostly because it's written by former showrunner and the series' cleverest writer Steven Moffat And he makes sure it's as Christmassy and Doctor Who as possible… "The Most 'Doctor[...]

Mark Gatiss is one of the MVPs of modern Doctor Who and much of 21st-century British television Not only was he one of the key figures and writers from the 1990s Doctor Who fandom, out of which emerged Russell T Davies, Steven Moffat, and David Tennant, but he has also written scripts for the modern revival of[...]

Davies' Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor) and Nicola Coughlan-starring, Steven Moffat-written Doctor Who Christmas Special, "Joy to the World" hits our screens, we're getting a chance to get to know Coughlan We know what you're thinking – between Derry Girls and Bridgerton alone, Coughlan isn't exactly a stranger to us – but for this go-around, she[...]

Davies' Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor) and Nicola Coughlan-starring, Steven Moffat-written Doctor Who Christmas Special, "Joy to the World." Earlier today, we took a look at what #WhoSpy had to share on the long-running show's Instagram "subwave network" about the upcoming special Now, we're getting a new look that should definitely help you piece together your[...]

Davies' Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor) and Nicola Coughlan-starring, Steven Moffat-written Doctor Who Christmas Special, "Joy to the World" hits Disney+, BBC One, and BBC iPlayer screens, we've been treated to trailers, teasers, image galleries, behind-the-scenes perspectives, and more But it's been a while since we checked in on what #WhoSpy had to share on the[...]

Doctor Who vs Star Trek has long been a bit of a rivalry between their respective fanbases Because fandom, like any other tribe, needs an antagonist Fans often debate which is better, the Doctor or Captain Kirk Now, "Captain Kirk" himself has weighed in William Shatner, in a tongue-in-cheek trolly mood, tweeted, hilariously, "Dr Who[...]

Another classic era story from Doctor Who is getting colourised and a re-edit for modern audiences This year, it's "The War Games," the Second Doctor's (Patrick Troughton) final adventure, and the final story to be filmed in black and white The Doctor, Jamie (Frazier Hines), and Zoe (Wendy Padbury) have to fight The War Chief[...]

Davies' Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor) and Nicola Coughlan-starring, Steven Moffat-written Doctor Who Christmas Special, "Joy to the World", that doesn't mean that there isn't time to look ahead at what the second season has to offer viewers. In Doctor Who Magazine #611, RTD did just that with a Doctor Who-themed edition of "The 12 Days of[...]

Davies' Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor) and Nicola Coughlan-starring, Steven Moffat-written Doctor Who Christmas Special, "Joy to the World", you would think that Christmas was tumbling down our chimnies this week and not in another fifteen days But with Davies set to join BBC's The One Show later today to preview what's to come (and hopefully[...]

Davies' Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor) and Millie Gibson (Ruby Sunday)-starring Doctor Who would be getting a five-episode spinoff limited series Starring Russell Tovey (Feud, American Horror Story: NYC) and Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Surface, Loki), BBC and Disney Branded Television's The War Between the Land and the Sea sees a fearsome and ancient species emerging from the ocean, dramatically[...]

Out of all of Doctor Who, the Fugitive Doctor played by Jo Martin might be the most surprising and underused, introduced in "Fugitive of the Judoon" and only making cameo appearances in two other episodes for the rest of then-showrunner Chris Chibnall's run Now she's getting her own Big Finish audio drama series starting in[...]