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Tonight's episode of Doctor Who, Robot of Sherwood was written by the talented Mark Gatiss (Co-creator of Sherlock and plays Mycroft) and stars Tom Riley (Di Vinci's Demons) as Robin Hood EW chatted with the two  and specifically asked Gatiss what it is like writing for Peter Capaldi: I've written for all four of the modern[...]

First, the Spike Milliganish storyboards from Doctor Who: Into The Dalek director Ben Wheatley. And in comparison, the more polished storyboards of James Iles. Including how the Dalek antibodies were oruginally supposed to look and act…. First, the Spike Milliganish storyboards from Doctor Who: Into The Dalek[...]

Photo by Marcia Allass... outside an old cotton mill engine house. Evidence of an attempted invasion from over a hundred years ago?  

Yesterday, as part of a series of Facebook posts in which Doctor Who Missing Episode recoverer Philip Morris talked trash about Steven Moffat's run on the show, Morris reported what he claimed were well sourced rumours regarding Moffat's replacement on Doctor Who as showrunner, namely Anthony Horowitz. He then tweeted the rumour to UK journalists on[...]

When reporting on the as-then-unannounced recovered missing episodes of Doctor Who a year ago, we included some details regarding Philip Morris, then rumoured to be the source of uncovering the episodes, even though he denied it completely For a few more weeks. We reported that, The rumour stands that whoever hold the films wants the films to be properly[...]

Adi Tantimedh writes, We're just two weeks into the new season of Doctor Who and there are already interesting things happening under the hood. By the second episode, Peter Capaldi is settling into the role and is playing a darker, more brooding Doctor He's less warm than Christopher Eccleston, David Tennent and Matt Smith, but carries even[...]

Karen Gillan shaved her head to play Nebula in Guardians Of The Galaxy. And she filmed herself doing it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi4KDQsEQ-o

Last night on the second Peter Capaldi episode of Doctor Who, we got to meet Danny Pink (Samuel Anderson) A former soldier with an obvious case of guilt working at the Coal Hill School with Clara Oswald (Jenna Coleman)… so two school teachers from Coal Hill and an older Doctor I wonder if that makes[...]

Another week, another episode of Doctor Who How did we get to be so lucky? 1 Coffee But No Chips. That's the kind of Doctor we have now Leave the chips, but pick up a hitch-hiker in an exploding space ship under attack from Daleks in an asteroid field As you do And since, he's just had[...]

He didn't run away screaming from the comics medium at all, and that's reassuring. This uber-fan of things sci-fi, including Doctor Who and Star Trek, talks with us here at Bleeding Cool about his experiences working on this first arc of Star Mage, the implications of its first arc finale, and where things are headed from[...]

By Erik Grove Welcome back to another edition of Erik's Weekly Watch! Next week I'm going to start diving into the Fall TV season with some picks and recommendations for the best new TV shows but this week brings a very special Doctor Who edition! [youtube]http://youtu.be/TivqZTq5u6Y[/youtube] When I was nineteen I went on a backpacking/ road trip/ drunken[...]

We've got a few images and a trailer for the next episode of Doctor Who, Into The Dalek thanks to the Nerdist This episode is written by Phil Ford and Steven Moffat and directed by Ben Wheatley This also introduces a new character Danny Pink (Samuel Anderson) that is supposed to be a friend or[...]

The BBC television series Doctor Who, now the longest running sci-fi show in existence at 50+ years and counting, has always been smart, though it's a mixed bag of whether audiences acknowledge that And granted some episodes and seasons have been smarter than others in its long history The British have long known it was[...]

The TMNT figure has sold from around $8 to $15. And the whole box is an easy $55 sale. In comparison NerdBlock's two exclusive Doctor Who comics sell for $5 each, the Batman POP for about $13 and the Pokemon t-shirt for around $12. And the box as a whole? $30 at a push… LootCrate wins this round… and is[...]

Not only that, but it is a spoiler derived from the workprints of the first episodes of Doctor Who that leaked, courtesy of BBC Hawaii. I have not watched the episodes in question or read the scripts and, watching this weekend's episode, am glad of it. But one reader sent in a flash frame of a scene[...]

Adi Tantimedh writes: Ahhh, a new season of Doctor Who with a shiny new Doctor for everyone to coo over  It starts again, that annual ritual of arguing over the writing, the gender politics, the actors and everything in-between It's the geek equivalent of the Queen's Christmas Speech The show always takes on a new tone[...]

A Very Victorian Doctor Who. It's not just the setting, but the obsession The discovery and display of dinosaurs was a rather big thing in this time As were the display of automatons It was a time of wonder, and newness and change – and disfigurement caused by the industrial revolution Gay marriage between women as[...]

With the new season of Doctor Who kicking off this Saturday and folks getting their first real chance to see just what a Peter Capaldi Doctor will be like, the BBC has released a list of episode titles, writer, directors and guest stars You'll see on the list that Steven Moffat is writing or co-writing[...]

By Ray Flook As part of a new twelve-day, seven-city international promotional tour (including stops in Cardiff, Wales; London, England; Seoul, South Korea; Sydney, Australia; Mexico City, Mexico; and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) for the upcoming season premiere on August 23rd, BBC Worldwide brought the Doctor Who: The World Tour to New York City's Ziegfeld Theater[...]

This is a Lalique Midnight Blue Mossi vase, being advertised on the back of a glossy magazine. But it does look rather familiar doesn't it? Let's make a

And this month's issue is an absolute beaut. An 8-Ace focused on the TV ads that will pay for your funeral, A Roger Mellie who goes to Doctor Who conventions pretending he was a Dalek in the seventies to scam money off fans, A Star Trek parody where the crew are struggling still using Outlook Express and having[...]

Games of Thrones episode The Rains of Castamere beat out Doctor Who anniversary episode The Day Of The Doctor as well as Orphan Black's Variation Under Domestication, Adventures In Space And Time and The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot This was in the category of Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form. The Hugo Awards are given for excellence in[...]

This is what Frazer Hines looked like when he played 18th century Highlander Jamie McCrimmon, companion to the Second Doctor, in Doctor Who in 1966. This is how he looks now. Quite a bit different, given the almost-fifty years that have passed between photographs. Well, I understand, from Scottish tailoring sources, that Frazer Hines is returning to the[...]

The UK's Mirror tabloid newspaper is reporting in an "exclusive" tonight that actress Jenna-Louise Coleman, who has been appearing in Doctor Who related season premier events like the recent New York screening and Q&A this week, is set to leave the series as companion soon, perhaps as early as the Christmas Special If that is,[...]

Nerd Block announced that there us a surprise Doctor Who package in this month's subscription box, and used it to increase subscribers for the month. We reported that Titan Comics had orders of over 100,000 for each Doctor Who #1 comic, but even after all manner of jiggery pokery could only confirm 70,000 were sold to[...]

By Ray Flook by Ray Flook --> Heading into Season 8 with a new direction, a new tone and…most importantly…a new "Doctor," BBC Worldwide brought their new Doctor Who: The World Tour to New York City's Ziegfeld Theater last night Hosted by Chris Hardwick (Nerdist, Talking Dead, @Midnight), the event began with a special screening of the first[...]

Luikart at the Cubicle 7 booth about the Doctor Who: Adventures In Time And Space roleplaying game, and some of their upcoming plans for the game with the new season of Doctor Who coming up soon They had some great looking books (I got copies of the latest printing of the corebook and a supplement[...]

During San Diego Comic Con, Bleeding Cool ran the news that Titan Comics had received over 100,000 pre-orders each for the first issues of their new Doctor Who series The publisher announced the news at the Retailer Lunch presentation, held by Diamond Comic Distributors… They then tweeted the news. 100,000 copies of #DoctorWho comics sold to retailers –[...]

Here is the BBC trailer for the premier episode Deep Breath for the new season of Doctor Who starring Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman The episode airs August 23rd. [youtube]http://youtu.be/KjQ2x2-kxNQ[/youtube] Here is the BBC trailer for the premier episode Deep Breath for the new season of Doctor Who starring Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman[...]

#37 charted 42nd in sales but 16th in revenue. Yes folks, the tenth most money making comic in July was an Archie comic. Also, according to comic shops, the Matt Smith Doctor beat the David Tennant Doctor as Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor #1 charted at 59 while Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor #1 came in at[...]