We’ve seen the brow. We’ve witnessed the regeneration. We’ve been introduced to the costume and peeked at the on-set pictures. As the era of the 12th Doctor begins to take shape, what can we expect based on the evidence so far?
Conventional wisdom is odd. It’s hard to say whether it’s rooted in obvious fact or a carefully circulated Chinese whisper started by people with an agenda. Take the Star Wars prequels; conventional wisdom has them as turkeys slightly above Batman & Robin and just below Plan 9 From Outer Space. To me, they’re nowhere near … >
Steven Moffat said recently: “If Russell [T Davies] had stayed on, [Doctor Who] would still have changed. And actually, it is time again to do that… So now we’ve got to actually get a bit raw at it and do it in a different direction.”
What are the things that Moffat and co have got a bit too good at? What do we now expect from a Doctor Who story? What is it time to lose?
Fantasy adventure drama Atlantis will return to BBC One this year. Here are some of our hopes for the show’s second series…
The second season of BBC One’s In the Club begins filming in Leeds later this year. Writer Kay Mellor commented: “It’s going to be a bit of a juggling process as I’d love to bring all the characters back but I also want to introduce some new stories. One thing’s for sure, I can’t wait … >
When writer Steven Moffat helms a series, you know that the one-liners are going to come thick and fast – and so it has proven with the Matt Smith years of Doctor Who: an era which, in many ways, is exemplified by its catchphrases. Here we take a look at some of these, and what … >
2013’s coming to an end, so it’s time to stare nostalgically back at the past year of television and hand out awards to the best shows CultBox has covered over the past 12 months…
Doctor Who‘s long-awaited 50th anniversary special, ‘The Day of the Doctor’, aired tonight. Here’s what the CultBox team thought…
While we await Doctor Who‘s 50th anniversary Time & Space-tacular and the gravelly grandeur of John Hurt, here are some of our thoughts on maybe the most divisive run yet since the show’s 2005 revival.
Millions of us tune in to see the goings-on in Weatherfield every week, but there are some characters on Coronation Street that grab our attention in unusual ways. One of them is greasy spoon owner Roy Cropper, who often appeals to our inner anorak, but could he be considered the most unlikely sex symbol in the world of soap?