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Doctor Who: Yet Another Other Holiday Tradition Fizzles Out
Last year, as the world awaited the 2017 Doctor Who Christmas Special "Twice Upon a Time," BBC America released a two hour long "Festive Yule Log" that contained hints about Peter Capaldi's swan song episode. This year, despite the fact that there will be a Doctor Who New Year's Day Special instead of a Christmas Special, BBC America once[...]
Bleeding Cool's TV Scorecard: Your Guide to January 2019's Premieres/Returns (UPDATED)
If we missed anything you'd like added or have any updates, hit us up in the comments below. Tuesday, January 1 A Series of Unfortunate Events: Season 3 (Netflix) The Gifted: Season 2 (FOX) https://youtu.be/ThcvHovaXWQVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: The Gifted Season 2 Ep 10 Preview | You'll Need All the help You Can Get (https://youtu.be/ThcvHovaXWQ) Doctor[...]
Doctor Who 'Resolution': Deconstructing the New Year's Day Special's Trailer
Just after the Doctor Who Series 11 finale aired on December 9th, BBC Studios released a 25 second trailer for the much debated New Years Special "Resolution." At first viewing the trailer appears more like that of a Michael Bay film than an episode of Chris Chibnall's Who oeuvre There are explosions, 9th century warriors, more explosions, modern[...]
The Story of Rose Tyler | The Women Who Lived | Doctor Who
Promoting the book Doctor Who: The Women Who Lived, an illustrated history of the women of Doctor Who, the BBC is releasing narrated featurettes about the lives of the most important women in Doctor Who lore The first highlighted – appropriately enough – Susan Foreman, the Doctor's first companion and granddaughter The second edition was released on[...]
'Doctor Who': Chris Chibnall Promises EPIC Who Years Day Special
Regardless of how fans feel about Series 11 of Doctor Who, the BBC is definitely publicizing the show to the best of their abilities In an exclusive interview in Doctor Who Magazine, Chris Chibnall previewed the upcoming New Years Day Special, "Resolution." The Who show runner did his best to both get fans excited for the upcoming[...]
BBC Releases Surprise 2018 Doctor Who Christmas Special – on Twitter
For those of you bemoaning the lack of a Doctor Who Christmas Special this year, the BBC has relented and released one, because you've all been very, very good Who says you can't have nice things? BBC But there's a catch: it's in the form of a minute-long illustrated short on Twitter Ta-da! 'Twas the night before Christmas…[...]
Doctor Who Series 11: The 13th Doctor's Theme and The Sound of "New Who"
As the latest series of Doctor Who draws to a close – it's not over yet, we still the New Year's Special to cap it off – the BBC has released the full theme for the 13th Doctor, composed by new series composer Segun Akinola. BBC When the show was brought back in 2005, Russell T[...]
Doctor Who's Lucky Number Thirteen: U.S. Ratings Rise 20% Over Previous Series
The only thing in Doctor Who news more controversial than the casting of Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor are opinions on the quality of the show's Series 11 While the press has been busy writing reviews and opinion pieces, the fans have let their viewing habits do the talking – and the news is really[...]
Doctor Who Series 11 Finale: What Can The Trailers Tell Us?
The Doctor Who Series 11 finale is finally here and with the exception of two short trailers and an episode description released by BBC Studios, we know very little about the episode itself However, by combining the released episode descriptions with the visuals and dialogue from the trailers we can begin to put the pieces together. BBC[...]
Doctor Who Series 11: A Darker Season Than You First Thought
Doctor Who Series 11 feels different from the previous seasons because it feels more like a social drama, there's less continuity-heavy lore, the stories aren't high in the "cosmic universe-in-danger sense" and sometimes feels slighter than before. BBC But there are moments from this season that are loads darker than they first appear – here's a look[...]
'Doctor Who' New Year's Day Title Revealed: "Resolution"
Series (season) 11 of BBC's Doctor Who has been moving along at quite the clip, not to mention rewriting the 'rules' of the previous seasons along the way. Jodie Whittaker and co have been enjoying their adventures, and they'll be embarking on a brand-new one this New Year's Day. Traditionally, we get a Doctor Who Christmas special between seasons, but[...]
Doctor Who: Our Ranking of the Best "Dooo-Wooo" Title Sequences
Last week, in honor of Doctor Who's 55th Anniversary, BBC posted an updated compilation of all of the Doctor Who title sequences on the show's YouTube channel The approximately eleven minute long video includes both the audio and visual sequence changes over the course of the show, 18 different versions Notably, the collection does not include[...]
Doctor Who: Exposition, Psychic Paper, and the Perils of Being a Female Doctor
The plot of almost every Doctor Who episode depends on the Doctor's (Jodie Whittaker) ability to get the locals of whatever time and place the TARDIS lands to listen to what the Doctor has to say and to trust the Doctor's plan To facilitate the show's approximately 46-minute episode format, scripts rely on the Doctor[...]
What We Know About the 'Doctor Who' New Year's Day Special
Instead of the normal winter-time special, season 11 of Doctor Who is going to try something different- A New Year's Day special. According to DoctorWhoTV, the official synopsis for the episode reads: As the New Year begins, a terrifying evil is stirring, from across the centuries of Earth's history As the Doctor, Ryan, Graham and Yaz return home,[...]
BBC Tricked Booksellers to Keep it Secret Tom Baker Was Writing a Doctor Who Novel
Originally, BBC Books told booksellers that the upcoming Doctor Who novel Scratchman was to be written by James Goss and based on the un-produced Doctor Who screenplay written decades ago by Tom Baker, who played the Fourth Doctor and the Great Curator, alongside Ian Marter who played Harry Sullivan. James Goss had already adapted Douglas Adams' previously[...]
Ten Thoughts About Doctor Who, The Witchfinders
We've just seen Doctor Who series 11 episode 8, "The Witchfinders". Some Americans saw it last week briefly, on Amazon Prime More Americans will see it later tonight on BBC America But this is from the BBC One screening in the UK Spoilers up, obviously. 1 The Witchfinder Doctor And with this episode, the Doctor becomes the enemy[...]
Episode 9 Trailer | It Takes You Away | Doctor Who: Series 11
Fair warning US residents- this is a trailer for NEXT WEEK'S Doctor Who episode, before this week's episode airs… Here's a look at next Sunday's Doctor Who episode 9 of series/season 11, "It Takes You Away". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6Lnx1nbFYMVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Episode 9 Trailer | It Takes You Away | Doctor Who: Series 11 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6Lnx1nbFYM) The episode[...]
How Close is Amazon to Doctor Who's Kerblam?
Last week's Doctor Who series 11 episode "Kerblam" was an unsubtle parody of the practices of Amazon, with a future company with a warehouse taking up an entire moon, forced to comply with a law to give ten percent of its jobs to humans, rather than robots But those jobs were strictly monitored, with breaks and conversation[...]
The Parenting Alicorn: 6 Kids' Shows You'll Like Too! Doctor Who, She-Ra, Teen Titans
The original Teen Titans is better for slightly older kids and is available to stream on Amazon Prime. Classic Doctor Who (BritBox) https://youtu.be/aXBmQz2r2M8Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: First Doctor Enters the TARDIS | An Unearthly Child | Doctor Who (https://youtu.be/aXBmQz2r2M8) Doctor Who started its initial run as a children's show, airing at the teatime on Saturdays[...]
Sorry Haters, 'Doctor Who' Series 11 is Doing Just Fine
UK tabloids like the Daily Mail have been gloating for weeks that the new series of Doctor Who has been losing viewers and the ratings are dropping because the Doctor is now female, the companions are people of color and the storylines are too PC. That is not true. The premiere episode of the season that introduced[...]
Cutting the Fat: Holiday TV Episodes Too Hard to Swallow
Television shows should probably just give up using Native Americans as holiday plot devices. SANTA'S NAUGHTY LIST Doctor Who Christmas Special: 'The Snowmen' https://youtu.be/IM19e10imakVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Clara Dies On Christmas Day | The Snowmen | Doctor Who (https://youtu.be/IM19e10imak) "Carnivorous snow meets Victorian values." A sociopathic kid's evil snowman imaginary friend starts killing people[...]
Bleeding Cool Traveled to Doctor Who's Future! Or Someone Screwed Up…
So on Wednesday night, I went to my Amazon Prime app and loaded up Season 11 Doctor Who, clicked on last Sunday's seventh episode 'Kerblam!' and started watching. BBC Then the episode starts – with 'The Witchfinders' displayed on the screen, and the episode starts with the Doctor and her companions at an early 17th Century England witch trial[...]
Ten Thoughts About Doctor Who, Kerblam
It's all getting rather Sunmakers over at Doctor Who today Our American readers- this collection of thoughts contains SPOILERS for tonight's Doctor Who series (season) 11 episode 7, "Kerblam". Aired on BBC One earlier today, and on BBC America yet to come… 1 What About The Workers? Doctor Who has been a working-class show this season, whether that's mentions[...]
Episode 8 | Next Time Trailer | The Witchfinders | Doctor Who: Series 11
From next Sunday's Doctor Who Series 11 episode 8 "The Witchfinders", check out the trailer starring Alan Cumming as King James I, airing on BBC One and BBC America. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuIZ1cam8Y8Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Episode 8 | Next Time Trailer | The Witchfinders | Doctor Who: Series 11 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuIZ1cam8Y8) The Doctor, Ryan, Graham and Yaz arrive[...]
Rose Joins The Tenth Doctor | The Christmas Invasion | Doctor Who
In the short time since Chris Chibnall (Broadchurch) assumed the role of show runner for Doctor Who, he has taken pride in shaking things up In addition to a new Doctor (Jodie Whittaker, Broadchurch) who has a new outlook on life, there is new theme music, a new TARDIS (inside and out), and new companions who the Doctor[...]