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This felt inevitable. The makers of Doctor Who just released a new video. This one is a quick and cheerful compilation of the emotional, serious and happy moments of Series 12. Well, surely this is everything that's in any story, but I think they mean the cool emotional moments of the season. And yes, the […]

The Doctor Who global fan rewatches are here to stay for the foreseeable future. With at least one-third of the world in lockdown, these rewatches are a cure for fans to feel less alone. Doctor Who Magazine writer Emily Cook announced on Twitter that the next global rewatch would be the 11th Doctor's first episode […]

The next global fan re-watch for Doctor Who is the beloved "Vincent and the Doctor" on Monday March 30th at 7 p.m. UK time (2 p.m. US Eastern Time). Richard Curtis, screenwriter of Four Weddings and A Funeral and Love, Actually, wrote the episode, which featured the Doctor and Amy meeting Vincent Van Gogh. The […]

Today we got a watch-along with Russell T Davies of his first TV episode of Doctor Who, Rose. With Twitter guest stars including Mark Benton and Graham Norton. But better than that, we got both a prequel and a sequel. The prequel was a final page of a non-existent prequel novelisation to Rose, written by […]

Following up on Doctor Who star Jodie Whittaker offering some timely advice and showrunner Chris Chibnall posting an original short story involving the 13th Doctor's regneration, Russell T Davies has penned and posted a prequel to "Rose" – the episode that marked the series. In the following intro, Davies retraces the steps that lead to […]

Big Finish Productions, the premiere producers of Doctor Who audio dramas and other series, are reportedly moving to releasing content on digital first. Physical releases (ex: CD boxsets) will be released at a later date due to the coronavirus pandemic. Big Finish normally releases their productions as digital downloads and CDs. The digital versions are […]

The worldwide fan rewatch of 2005's "Rose" – the first new return episode of Doctor Who – takes place at 7 p.m. U.K. time this Thursday March 26th – and there's a special guest who will be joining the festivities. Showrunner Russell T. Davies will join the rewatch and livet-weet the show, and he has […]

On Sunday, Emily Cook (writer for Doctor Who Magazine) tweeted that former showrunner Russell T. Davies will join a global fan rewatch of "Rose". The event will take place on Thursday March 26th at 7pm U.K. Time. This follows the successful and hugely popular global rewatch of the 50th Anniversary Special "The Day of the […]

Alas, Torchwood lead Captain Jack (John Barrowman) didn't show up in the Doctor Who Series 12 finale… actually, he did – for a split second in The Doctor's memories. Jack's surprise appearance on the show earlier in the season did remind me how much I miss Jack's spinoff series. Well, the BBC brought out a […]

BBC's Doctor Who sparked off a storm of debate and hand-wringing amongst fans in the Series 12 finale "The Timeless Children". It was one of those "everything you knew was wrong!" types of retcons that are the vogue for Science Fiction and superhero stories these days. Love it or hate it, the new lore is […]

Marketing synergy: that's why the BBC knows what to do with Doctor Who now. Since the Cybermen are the baddies in the 2-part season finale starting this Sunday ("Ascension of the Cybermen" and extended 65-minute wrap-up "The Timeless Children"), it was their turn to get the video treatment – and they get a lengthy one. […]

We kind of saw this coming. The BBC released a Doctor Who video compilation of our TARDIS traveller's best speeches – and it's actually a half-hour long. Pretty impressive running time for what's billed as "Part 1". The Doctor always made speeches. As a patrician authority figure, the character was pretty much built to do […]

The BBC has released a new Doctor Who compilation video, this time of Sarah Jane Smith, the 3rd and 4th Doctor's companion. Many fans consider her not only the best companion in the show's history, but the one who defined the Doctor's companions for all time. This video, frankly, is long overdue. Sarah Jane Smith, […]

The BBC released their latest Doctor Who video. This time, it's a compilation of the historical figures who appeared in the show since its revival from 2005 to 2018. If they included historical figures who appeared in the old show, we could be here for days. The original brief for the show was to use […]

At the Channel 4 2020 launch this morning, in the very fashionable Wild By Tart cheek by jowl to Victoria station, we got a first clip of Boys, the new drama from Russell T Davies, set in the London gay community during the AIDS crisis in the eighties. The show is still in production, but […]

Well, it's about time. Every genre hero has to have a nemesis. Doctor Who has several – the Daleks, the Cybermen – but only one is his real archenemy. The Master. Now it's his turn to have a long compilation video on the official Doctor Who YouTube Channel. "I Am The Master. And You Will […]

We see what you're doing, BBC. You're trotting out these long compilations from Doctor Who to whet fans' appetite before you finally unveil the Series 12 trailer. Of course it would be a collection of all the Doctor's regenerations. It's one of the touchstones of the show. It's the most unique gimmick in the history […]

I was wondering what this weekend's long Doctor Who archival recap video would be. Without any new episodes this year, the BBC is trying to keep fans hyped up with retrospect videos and clips. This time, it's a half-hour compilation of the modern era companions' first moments. By "modern era", I mean the current version […]

We're stuck in a major Doctor Who drought this year. Series 12 won't premiere till next year because of the long development and production process. The BBC has been trying to keep the home fires burning by putting out videos of past seasons' highlights. Let's raise a glass for Bill Potts, the 12th Doctor's final […]

No, not The Boys, that's something else entirely. Boys is the new drama written by Russell T Davies, of Queer As Folk, Casanova, Second Coming, Doctor Who, A Very English Scandal and Years And Years. That's not where it stops getting confusing. Russell's last big drama was Years And Years for the BBC. And Boys […]