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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,[...]

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"[...]