Daniel O’Hara has been confirmed as a director for Doctor Who‘s new season. O’Hara has previously directed episodes of Being Human, Silent Witness, Wizards vs Aliens and BBC One’s upcoming spy thriller The Game. The director will helm two episodes of Season 9. Season 9 begins filming in Cardiff next week, with Jenna Coleman returning … >
Broadchurch creator Chris Chibnall has revealed that fans should expect “a different journey” in the crime drama’s new season. Season 2 begins next week on ITV. > Order Season 2 on DVD on Amazon. Chibnall commented: “It’s been a whirlwind. But our focus has always been: what happens next. In the time we’ve been off … >
Steven Moffat has defended the recent “scientifically inaccurate” episode of Doctor Who, ‘In the Forest of the Night’. Written by children’s author Frank Cottrell Boyce, the episode aired in October and featured a forest growing overnight and taking back the Earth. > Read our review of ‘In the Forest of the Night’. Speaking at the … >
Warner Bros. has decided not to release Ryan Gosling’s directorial debut, Lost River – featuring Doctor Who star Matt Smith – in US cinemas. Previously titled How to Catch a Monster, the movie also stars Iain De Caestecker (Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Eva Mendes and Christina Hendricks (Mad Men). Filmed in Detroit last year, Lost … >
The cast has been revealed for BBC One’s epic new adaptation of War And Peace. Adapted from Leo Tolstoy’s literary masterpiece by Mr Selfridge writer Andrew Davies, the six one-hour episodes will star James Norton (Grantchester), Paul Dano (12 Years A Slave) and Lily James (Downton Abbey). Directed by Tom Harper (Peaky Blinders), War and … >
Channel 4 has commissioned a pilot episode for a new sci-fi comedy series called Space Ark. Starring Georgia King, Tom Stourton, Justin Edwards, Alex Beckett, Ricky Grover and Nico Tatarowicz, the pilot is not intended for transmission. The officail synopsis reads: “It’s 6 months, 1 week, and 4 days since the earth was destroyed by … >
Jenna Coleman has announced that she will return as Clara for Doctor Who‘s “whole” next season. It had been rumoured over recent months that the actress would depart in tonight’s Christmas special or would only be appearing in a limited number of episodes in Season 9. Written by Steven Moffat, ‘Last Christmas’ saw Clara rejoin the … >
Steven Moffat has confirmed which parts of this year’s Doctor Who Christmas special took place in a dream and which parts were real. Written by Moffat, ‘Last Christmas’ aired tonight on BBC One and featured Spaced actor Nick Frost as Father Christmas. DON’T READ AHEAD UNTIL YOU’VE SEEN THE EPISODE! Speaking at the … >
Sherlock co-creator and Doctor Who writer Mark Gatiss has not ruled out the possibility of a crossover featuring Sherlock Holmes and the Doctor. However, he was keen to point out that it would likely only be a brief skit for charity. Gatiss told DNAIndia: “It may be possible to do a crossover for Comic Relief … >
The writers of BBC One’s The Missing have revealed that the second season will be “even more ambitious”. Starring James Nesbitt (The Hobbit), Frances O’Connor (Mr Selfridge) and Tcheky Karyo (GoldenEye), the abduction thriller’s first season concluded last week on BBC One. > Order Season 1 on DVD on Amazon. An eight-part second season with … >