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Peter Capaldi Will Be Back For Doctor Who Season 10
Showrunner Steven Moffat told Variety that Capaldi will be back for season 10. I understand you are now working on series 10 Can you give us any updates in terms of casting? We all know that Jenna Coleman is leaving this year. How about Peter Capaldi? Peter Capaldi is going nowhere. That seems pretty definite there. There have been rumors[...]
Doctor Who Is Getting A Brand New Spinoff, Class, For BBC3
And also has a future President Of The United States among their classmates… Steven Moffat has also had two inspired runs on other shows set in and around schools, the seminal and award winning five series of Press Gang that began his career, and the much maligned two series sitcom Chalk… Patrick will have them both to[...]
Are Big Changes Coming To Doctor Who?
Let me start by saying that as of right now, the Doctor Who showrunner job is not officially available and that Steven Moffat is expected to be back at the helm for season 10… which isn't expected to air in 2016 because of Moffat's commitment to working on the next season of Sherlock. But there has[...]
No Doctor Who Season 10 In 2016?
You might remember this little nugget. Today, they have revealed that there will be no new Doctor Who series in 2016, though giving room for a series of "Specials" and it's down to the continuing battles between the BBC and showrunner Steven Moffat, including increased pressure for him to step down from the show Without actually firing[...]
SDCC '15 Doctor Who Panel Teases Series 9
Writer-Producer Steven Moffat comes to the stage Followed by Michelle Gomez, playing Missy, the new female regeneration of the Master, returning this upcoming season Jenna Coleman, playing Clara Oswald, continuing her tenure as the Doctor's Companion And at his first appearance at a Comic Con, the 12th Doctor himself Peter Capaldi! Capaldi was impressed with the[...]
SDCC '15: Doctor Who Series 9 Trailer Released
Both are in San Diego today promoting the new series along with Michelle Gomez, the latest incarnation of The Master and showrunner Steven Moffat. Doctor Who Series 9 returns Sept 19th on BBC America. [youtube]https://youtu.be/bB8fh4QUy-A[/youtube] While the panel was going on at SDCC, the folks at the BBC released the trailer for the 9th series of Doctor[...]
Peter Capaldi To Make Comic-Con Debut
And to appear in the legendary Hall H is a further twist to the cosplay and comic madness I may never recover from. Along with Capaldi on the panel will be his co-star Jenna Coleman, the new Master Michelle Gomez and executive producers Steven Moffat and Brian Minchin. Fans of the show may want to go ahead[...]
Sherlock Holmes Meets The Doctor In Newzoids Sketch
Ever since Steven Moffat took over Doctor Who and created the series Sherlock, some folks have been wanting the two characters to crossover Moffat in the past said that he gets caught up in the idea until someone comes along and reminds him that the show would never be as good as the fans want[...]
Missy To Return In Doctor Who Season 9
The episodes will be directed by Hettie Macdonald and written by the show's lead writer Steven Moffat. Moffat added: "Everybody hide – Michelle Gomez as Missy was an instant hit last year, so she's straight back to plague the Doctor and Clara in the series opener But what brings her back into their lives is the[...]
Ten Thoughts Before Doctor Who's Finale, Death In Heaven
A Good Man Tries Not To Go To War Steven Moffat talks about the very very first series of Doctor Who from 1963, how it began with The Doctor as a scary bad guy and sees him change into someone the audience trusts, the good guy It seems that this has been a similar arc for[...]
Doctor Who Christmas Special Adds Frost And Troughton
Nick Frost (The World's End) will reunite with Steven Moffat for the production which has begun filming. "I'm so thrilled to have been asked to guest in the Doctor Who Christmas special, I'm such a fan of the show," Frost said in a statement "The read-through was very difficult for me; I wanted to keep stuffing[...]
Anthony Horowitz Responds To Philip Morris Over Doctor Who Showrunner Rumours
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[...]
BBC Releases Episode Titles/Writers/Directors/Guest Stars For Doctor Who Season 8
You'll see on the list that Steven Moffat is writing or co-writing seven of the twelve episodes this season Also, new companion Danny Pink is introduced in episode 2. Episode 1: Deep Breath Written by Steven Moffat Directed by Ben Wheatley Guest stars: Neve McIntosh, Catrin Stewart, Dan Starkey, Peter Ferdinando Episode 2: Into the Dalek Written by Phil Ford and[...]
Reversing The Polarity Of The Neutron Flow – Doctor Who: The World Tour Materializes In NYC, A Photogallery
Hosted by Chris Hardwick (Nerdist, Talking Dead, @Midnight), the event began with a special screening of the first episode of Season 8, "Deep Breath," and followed with a panel discussion/Q&A with Peter Capaldi (The Doctor), Jenna Coleman (Clara Oswald) and executive producer/lead writer Steven Moffat… An overview of events…including "teaser commentary" from the live screening and[...]
Steven Moffat Talks About The Doctor's New Look
SFX magazine talked with Steven Moffat about the wardrobe choices for Peter Capaldi's Doctor and how much or how little the showrunner had to do with the design. "He wanted to be quite stark," Moffat reveals "Stark and skinny A stick-insect sort of thing Clara actually calls him a grey-haired stick-insect at one point We had[...]
Will Peter Jackson Direct An Episode Of Doctor Who?
In an interview with Steven Moffat, show runner for Doctor Who, SFX magazine asked about the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit director Peter Jackson actually directing an episode of Doctor Who. "He's still incredibly busy on The Hobbit I've spoken to him face to face, and he would like to do one[...]
The Scottish Sun Splashes With Doctor Who Spoilers
And it's not one I'm breaching… Could Rupert Murdoch be the latest on Steven Moffat's "delete" list?   Bleeding Cool has chosen not to run spoilers based on the first five scripts of the new series of Doctor Who after we broke that story out on Monday Basically because I have chosen not to read them –[...]
JMS Has His Doctor Who Story All Mapped Out
But honestly? Steven Moffat is doing such a great job on that show That and Sherlock, the writing that this guy does is so far beyond the pale We need to kill him as soon as possible to stop looking bad by comparison I do know what it is but I'm not going to tell[...]
The Grand Theme of The Day of the Doctor – Look! It Moves! By Adi Tantimedh
 Adi Tantimedh writes; I've been reading the reviews and commentary about the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special The Day of the Doctor over the past week.  All the smart analysis by fans who loved it, the dumb rants by those who didn't., the smart analysis by disappointed fans who dislike Steven Moffat's script made up an[...]
Peter Capaldi – The Fourteenth Doctor? (POSSIBLE SPOILERS)
"No sir! All thirteen!" as eyebrows narrowed. But, according to the Daily Mirror, that was Fourteen. They quote Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat confirming what Bleeding Cool ran earlier, that Matt Smith is not the Eleventh, nor the Twelfth but the final Thirteenth incarnation of the Time Lord that mostly goes by the name of The Doctor,[...]
A Petition To Moffat And McGann To Make An Eighth Doctor Series
It's nothing but shore]  named Theodore Stone was so impressed by the few minutes of the Eighth Doctor that he decided to start a petition on change.org urging Steven Moffat and McGann to make an Eighth Doctor series… For 17 years, we only had the TV Movie to satisfy our appetite for a Live-Action Eighth Doctor[...]
Eight Thoughts About Doctor Who: The Night Of The Doctor – SPOILERS
Steven Moffat does that As a result of whatever deal he has to do with the Sisterhood to extend his lifespan. 5 PAUL MCGANN COUNTS He's great on the audio This shows he's still great on the TV He's not doing much right now You know, if they ever wanted a new spinoff Doctor Who show now[...]
Steven Moffat And Chris Chibnall Make The MediaGuardian 100
Every year, Media Guardian publishes who, in their mind, are the hundred most powerful and influential people in British media. At the top, they're usually Americans. This year, Doctor Who gets two producers in there, Steven Moffat, showrunner of the show, and Sherlock, at number 87, and ex-Doctor Who and Torchwood writer, producer Chris Chibnall at 91,[...]