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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[...]

One of the cheapest clickbait items for Doctor Who for first the UK news media and new social media is the endless speculation over who would be cast as the new Doctor when the current actor is exiting It's always wrong, like virtually 100% of the time, whenever a British tabloid newspaper runs cheap headlines[...]

Davies's Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor) and Varada Sethu (Belinda Chandra)-starring Doctor Who, we're taking a break from the interviews to focus on how teamwork made the dream work in terms of Season 2 And what better way to do that than to pass along a very cool behind-the-scenes look at the production – from the[...]

Flood ahead of the Doctor Who season two premiere, and at the red carpet premiere in London early this week, showrunner Russell T Davies confirmed that she is, in fact, a villain That's right, Mrs Flood, as played by Anita Dobson, is a baddie, a Big Bad, a wrong 'un! You can stop half of[...]

Davies's Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor), Millie Gibson (Ruby Sunday), and Varada Sethu (Belinda Chandra)-starring Doctor Who set to hit this month, Davies is looking to claridt some comments he made last month during an episode of David Tennant's podcast, David Tennant Does a Podcast With… Davies shared that there have already been "conversations" about who[...]

Davies's Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor) and Varada Sethu (Belinda Chandra)-starring Doctor Who starts hitting screens, we have a pair of updates to pass along First up, we have a new set of preview images covering a cross-section of the season's episodes waiting for you below But before we get to that, we wanted to highlight[...]

With this past week marking the 20th anniversary of the "NuWho" era, those who helped make the return of Doctor Who a reality have been reflecting on the experience and how things have been for the series over the past twenty years One thorny topic has been the matter of Eccleston, who has returned to[...]

Gosh, has it really been twenty years since Doctor Who began its modern era in 2005? That revival by Russell T Davies brought back the series in a way that made it feel like a new show while keeping its classic premise intact He cracked the code for modernising the show and bringing in new,[...]

Davies's Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor) and Varada Sethu (Belinda Chandra)-starring Doctor Who, the marketing machine is revving up its engines on both sides of the pond The BBC has been running mini-ads with The Doctor and Belinda finding themselves in the middle of other BBC shows, while other promos have the show "interrupting" BBC One[...]

Davies's Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor) and Varada Sethu (Belinda Chandra)-starring Doctor Who hitting screens next month, Gatwa and Sethu have been making the press rounds Earlier this week, the duo sat for an interview with ABC's Good Morning America while also getting a chance to check out NYC's tourist stops But for this go-around, Gatwa[...]

Flood, played by former Eastenders star Anita Dobson, will show up in every episode of the second season of Doctor Who This is not a huge spoiler It's barely even an educated guess It's entirely on-brand for Russell T Davies The unsubtle recurring mystery is a common trope in his seasons of Doctor Who all[...]

Davies's Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor) and Varada Sethu (Belinda Chandra)-starring Doctor Who, Gatwa and Sethu also made the rounds of New York City and even sat for an interview with ABC's Good Morning America It's a really fun interview that you should definitely check out (it's waiting for you below), and it even includes a brief[...]

Davies's Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor) and Varada Sethu (Belinda Chandra)-starring Doctor Who to pass along Charlie Condou (Holby City, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance) will be making the leap from his work on Big Finish's "Doctor Who" audio dramas to the live-action side of the "WHOniverse" beginning next month "I'm absolutely thrilled to be[...]

Davies's Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor) and Varada Sethu (Belinda Chandra)-starring Doctor Who hits our screens, Disney+ has dropped a brand new trailer with some fresh looks at what's to come – and they've invoked Phil Collins' "Take Me Home" for an emotional hit to the feels Don't forget that the new season premieres on Saturday, April[...]

It's interesting that the modern era of Doctor Who sets Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) as the main template for companions in the series Every companion ever since has been compared to her even when it's not always an apt comparison It's not hard to understand Rose is an ordinary teenager with a normal life in[...]

Davies's Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor) and Varada Sethu (Belinda Chandra)-starring Doctor Who hits our screens, we're getting a look at a rundown of the season's episodes, including titles, directors, and writers Kicking things off on April 12th on BBC One, BBC IPlayer, and Disney+ with "The Robot Revolution," here's how Season 2 is stacking up: Image:[...]