Jodie Whittaker lost previous Doctor Who audition to a friend

Jodie Whittaker revealed to Attitude magazine that she had failed to win a role in a previous Doctor Who series. “I’ve seen the odd episode [of Doctor Who] because I’ve got a friend in it, and I’m aware of it obviously. I went to drama school about the time that Christopher Eccleston was announced in … >

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Alex Kingston, Lindsay Duncan join A Discovery Of Witches

It’s a bit of a Doctor Who reunion for Sky One’s upcoming screen adaptation of Deborah Harkness’ A Discovery Of Witches. Already, the show is being overseen by former-Who producer Julie Gardner and ex-BBC commissioning editor Jane Tranter. Their Bad Wolf Studios company is also set to film the show in Cardiff. Now we learn … >

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5 of the most disastrous weddings in ‘Doctor Who’

While classic Doctor Who was famously romance-free for the most part, 21st century Who – and its associated productions – seems to have had as many weddings as a soap opera. And if you live in the Whoniverse, you are just as unlikely to have a trouble-free nuptials as if you lived in Walford or … >

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Moffat says River Song could still return again in ‘Doctor Who’

Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat has hinted that fans might not have seen the last of River Song in the show. Played by Alex Kingston, the character made her (non-chronological) debut in ‘Silence in the Library’ in 2008. River Song was last seen in 2015’s Christmas special, ‘The Husbands of River Song’, which appeared to be the final time … >

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Watch a COMPLETE chronological recap of River Song’s timeline in ‘Doctor Who’

“People usually need a flowchart,” says Peter Capaldi’s Doctor about his wife’s timeline in ‘The Husbands of River Song’. While Doctor Who fans can find various flowcharts online explaining the complicated life of the Doctor’s missus, YouTube user Apple Outlaw has helpfully created a very thorough 18-minute recap of River Song’s timeline, from her birth in ‘A Good Man Goes … >

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Alex Kingston joins ‘The Gilmore Girls’ revival

Doctor Who star Alex Kingston has revealed that she is playing a “very eccentric character” in the upcoming revival of The Gilmore Girls. The American comedy-drama television series originally ran for seven seasons from October 2000 to May 2007 and will return on Netflix later this year. > Buy the complete Season 1-7 box set on Amazon. Alex Kingston announced … >

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