Doctor Who New Year’s Special: new cast announcements

According to the Radio Times, the BBC has announced three cast members for the Doctor Who New Year’s Special. The guest cast list and the names of their characters: Charlotte Ritchie: Lin Nikesh Patel: Mitch Daniel Adegboyega: Aaron Cultbox had previously reported that Daniel Adegboyega’s CV on his agent’s website listed his character’s name as Isaac Sinclair. This discrepancy … >

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Doctor Who lost episode The Macra Terror: animation coming soon

Four 25-minute missing episodes of the Doctor Who serial The Macra Terror, which were originally part of the mostly-lost fourth season, have been animated for the first time and will be released on DVD, blu-ray, special edition steelbook and digital download March 18, 2019. The original broadcast, starring Patrick Troughton, Anneke Wills, Michael Craze and Frazer Hines, … >

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The Good Place renewed for season 4

Holy forking shirtballs. Here’s some good news: NBC has renewed The Good Place for its fourth season. But can the show’s fourth run bring The Good Place back on track after a wobbly-at-times third season?

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BBC festive line-up and air dates announced

The BBC have formally announced their festive line-up and a shedload of air dates for their Yuletide programming, including Luther, Doctor Who and Les Misérables… Kicking things off is the channel’s hotly anticipated animated adaptation of Richard Adams’ Watership Down. It’ll boast the voice talents of stars like Olivia Colman, John Boyega, Sir Ben Kingsley, and Peter … >

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BBC are adding 100+ boxsets to iPlayer

The BBC have announced that this Christmas they’ll be adding boxsets of over a hundred beloved series to BBC iPlayer, from A Very British Scandal to Upstart Crow… The BBC’s director of content Charlotte Moore announced the news in a statement: “Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without finding an extra little something beneath the tree and this year we … >

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Doctor Who, The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos: the Desolation connection

Some interesting concurrences have appeared in the publicity photos released for the tenth and final episode of Doctor Who Series 11, The Battle of Ranskoor Ave Kolos released by the BBC. The insignia on the sleeve of Commander Paltraki (Mark Addy) shows three stars. The planet given the warning designation “Desolation” in the second Doctor Who … >

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