Doctor Who star Christopher Eccleston has opened up about the troubled production on the sci-fi series’ relaunch a decade ago. Eccleston played the Ninth Doctor for just one year and his departure was announced after the first episode aired in March 2005. He later declined the invitation to return as the Doctor in 2013’s 50th … >
Doctor Who star Colin Baker is the narrator of heart-warming new coming-of-age movie A Dozen Summers. The independent film stars a wealth of young talent and tells us what it’s really like to grow up in the 21st Century. Get ready to enter the world of Maisie and Daisy McCormack, twin sisters who have just hijacked … >
The companion in this year’s Doctor Who Christmas episode has been revealed. 2016’s festive special began filming in Cardiff this week. Steven Moffat revealed in June that the Christmas ep will not feature Pearl Mackie and that new companion Bill won’t be introduced until the first episode of Season 10 next year. He teased: “So there’ll be somebody else – a … >
With the exciting news that Patrick Troughton’s debut story, ‘The Power of the Daleks’, long missing from the BBC archive, is to be animated and released through BBC Store, thoughts naturally turn to what other stories might benefit from the same treatment. With no missing episodes returned since Phillip Morris’ terrific 2013 discovery of ‘The … >
BBC Worldwide has unveiled a trailer for the new animated version of missing Doctor Who story ‘The Power of the Daleks’. Patrick Troughton’s debut as the Doctor will be released later this year as a digital download on BBC Store and then on BBC DVD. Order ‘The Power of the Daleks’ on DVD on Amazon here. Having originally … >
Can it really be three years since Doctor Who fans were speculating madly about what would happen in ‘The Day of the Doctor’? Who would be returning? Who wouldn’t be returning? Of course, it all worked out rather marvellously in the end, but that didn’t stop fandom losing their minds in 2013 trying to guess what Steven Moffat … >
Doctor Who star Peter Capaldi has revealed when the show’s new season will begin. Season 10 began filming in Cardiff in June, with Pearl Mackie and Matt Lucas joining the TARDIS as Bill and Nardole. Here’s everything we know so far about Season 10. Chatting to fans this week while filming Episode 3, written by Sarah Dollard (‘Face … >
As rumoured, Peter Capaldi will indeed be guest starring in BBC Three’s new Doctor Who spin-off, Class. Set in contemporary London at Coal Hill Academy, the eight-part YA sci-fi series will premiere on BBC Three online and air on BBC One in October. The Mirror reports that “Peter Capaldi’s Doctor is to guest star in the opening episode of Class.” An … >
Ingrid Oliver has hinted that there are “some very small tells” which reveal which version of her Doctor Who character Osgood is not human. Osgood first appeared in 2013’s ‘The Day of the Doctor’, where the UNIT scientist was duplicated by a Zygon, resulting in two Osgoods. One of the Osgoods was killed by Missy in ‘Death in Heaven’, … >
Class creator and YA author Patrick Ness has revealed that his new Doctor Who spin-off is not “necessarily a ‘young show’.” Set in contemporary London at Coal Hill Academy, the eight-part series will premiere on BBC Three and on BBC One in October. Ness told Empire: “Coal Hill has existed in Doctor Who since literally episode one. The Doctor’s granddaughter went there. So … >