Gallifrey

Well, that didn't take long. Only hours after Doctor Who fans were treated to a preview of the upcoming "Time Lord Victorious" crossover animated series Daleks!, we now know when the "exterminating" will begin. In a release date trailer previewing the series, viewers learned that the five, 10-minute episodes that make up "The Archive of […]

This is a new series where we pick a Doctor Who story that sums up the personality and era of one particular Doctor. The story is not necessarily the best or the worst of that Doctor's era, just the one that we feel is the perfect introduction and summation of that Doctor. Today, we pick "Rose" […]

President of the Time Lords of Gallifrey, he was originally a legendary figures, referred to as the chief founder of Time Lord civilisation, alongside Omega An engineer and architect, after the original TV series where he was portrayed in a benevolent fashion, first appearing onscreen in 1983's The Five Doctors, portrayed by Richard Mathews In[...]

Peter Capaldi doesn't get enough respect. In the modern incarnation of The Doctor, there's a definite fan consensus around the love for David Tennant and Matt Smith, with Jodie Whittaker gaining a larger and growing fanbase. And Christopher Eccleston has his fans, too– he was, after all, the first in this reboot. Don't get me […]

The supercut completely skips over the bit where Doctor runs for President of Gallifrey in order to have access to the objects of power the Master wants to use to restore his life and destroy Gallifrey This is why the Gallifreyans have referred to him as the President all the way to the modern show[...]

Time for another Doctor Who supercut. This one is "The Curse of Fenric" from 1989, the 7th Doctor's (Sylvester McCoy) third and final season, and the old show's final season before it was unceremoniously canceled by the BBC. Ian Briggs Might be the Best Writer Doctor Who Ever had! Ian Briggs' script is perhaps the […]

You never know which Doctor Who stories will get the trimmed-down supercut treatment. This week's edition is the wonderful Elizabeth Sladen's swansong from the old show, "The Hand of Fear". This is the one where The Doctor and Sarah Jane spend the first half of the story running around a nuclear plant. They actually got […]

It's been a bit of a shaky week for Doctor Who fans when it comes to the show's Series 13 future. While the late 2020/early 2021 holiday special "Revolution of the Daleks" is ready and waiting for airing, things aren't sounding so promising when it comes to Series 13 resuming production any time soon (more […]

The time has come. Nothing lasts forever. The final Doctor Who Lockdown Rewatch is upon us. Doctor Who Magazine writer and BBC Radio editor Emily Cook announced on Twitter that the final rewatch will be "The Ends of the Earth" and "The Doctor Falls", Peter Capaldi's final two regular episodes before he regenerated into Jodie […]

It's hard to believe it but we've actually come to the penultimate global rewatch of Doctor Who Lockdown's amazing run, and much of that has to do with the hard work and dedication of Doctor Who Magazine writer and BBC Radio editor Emily Cook. On Saturday, Cook was joined by showrunner/writer Russell T. Davies as well […]

Doctor Who Magazine writer and BBC Radio Editor Emily Cook has another line-up of impressive names set for this Saturday's Doctor Who Lockdown global rewatch of Doctor Who: An Adventure in Space and Time. Starting at 7 p.m. U.K. British Standard Time (2 p.m. U.S. Eastern Standard Time), writer-actor Mark Gatiss and actor Sacha Dhawan […]

Doctor Who Magazine writer and BBC Radio editor Emily Cook returned on Wednesday with the Doctor Who Lockdown global rewatch of the horror-vibing episode "Listen". Set during Peter Capaldi's first season as The Doctor, the Series 8 episode finds the Doctor tracking a creature with an uncanny and eerie ability to hide, while Clara (Jenna […]

It introduced the Gallifreyan technology that enabled Timelords to disguise themselves as humans This included creating an entire human set of memories and identity so they don’t even know they’re Timelords The Doctor and Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman) flee to Earth before World War Two to hide from the Family of Blood, who wants to[...]

Finally finding herself in the position to be able to answer the Doctor's barbs directly, the TARDIS (Jones) clears up the "misconception" that the Doctor was the one who stole her back on Gallifrey (it was definitely the other way around) and that she always took the Doctor and his companions where they needed to[...]

Doctor Who showrunner Chris Chibnall did his part to ease fans' fears and concerns over the growing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on Wednesday, posting a short story starring the Doctor that speaks of hardship, strength, and the "regenerative energy" inside each of us to get through these "strange times" (as Chibnall wrote in his accompanying letter). […]

She’s an underdog again.Now We Know Why The Doctor Ran Away From Gallifrey... Exactly why the Doctor stole a TARDIS and ran away from Gallifrey was never made clear There have been vague answers hinted at: it was an act of rebelling He wanted to raise his granddaughter away from Gallifrey Maybe he was just restless[...]

It’s all about Gallifrey and how everything we thought we knew was wrong Of course, the BBC saw fit to put together a video primer about the Doctor’s home planet as both a summary and way to get newer viewers up-to-speed.At first glance, this looks like another "Greatest Hits" compilation video like all the rest.But[...]

It's all been building up to this, folks: after a "summer blockbuster"-like run of nine episodes, the BBC's Doctor Who Series 12 is coming to a close with season finale "The Timeless Children" – and by the time the dust settles, The Doctor (Jodie Whittaker), Graham (Bradley Walsh), Yaz (Mandip Gill), and Ryan (Tosin Cole) are […]

The story led us to believe her shifty-looking husband was the fugitive the Judoon were hunting. The Real Twist Then this happened:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH1oGnQq3NARuth Clayton was another Doctor! A Doctor we never knew about! The Doctor was the fugitive all along!And the Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) doesn’t remember her, so is she a future Doctor? But This Doctor doesn’t remember[...]

Now we know that in the Doctor Who universe, "early 2020" means New Year's Day as the Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) and her companions Ryan (Tosin Cole), Yasmin (Mandip Gill) and Graham (Bradley Walsh) materialize back on to BBC One and BBC America screens with two-part series-opener Spyfall. Written by showrunner and head writer Chris Chibnall, […]