It’s been confirmed that there won’t be a Doctor Who panel at San Diego Comic-Con later this month. SDCC 2016 kicks off at the San Diego Convention Center with a preview night on 20 July and continues until 24 July. BBC America has announced: “There will not be a panel at SDCC for BBC AMERICA’s Doctor Who this year, … >
The director of Drive had told Metro that he’d love to make a film version of Doctor Who. Nicolas Winding Refn was chatting to the newspaper ahead of the release of his new movie, Neon Demon, in UK cinemas this Friday. The Danish filmmaker said: “I love Doctor Who. I like the imagination.” However, Refn admitted: “I guess … >
A trailer has been released for The Secret Agent, BBC One’s upcoming three-part drama from the makers of Line of Duty. Adapted by Tony Marchant (Garrow’s Law) from Joseph Conrad’s classic thriller, the new series stars Toby Jones (The Hunger Games), Vicky McClure (Line of Duty), Stephen Graham (This is England), Tom Goodman-Hill (Humans) and David Dawson (Ripper Street). The Secret Agent begins at 9pm on Sunday 17 … >
Unofficial Doctor Who spin-off Daemos Rising, a direct sequel to ’90s adventure Downtime, arrives digitally remastered on DVD later this month. Starring Beverley Cressman (Downtime) with Miles Richardson (Midsomer Murders) and narrated by Ian Richardson (House of Cards), the 2004 film is also a sequel to Jon Pertwee’s classic Doctor Who story ‘The Daemons’. Daemos Rising will be released on … >
From the makers of Line of Duty, BBC One’s The Secret Agent will begin later this month. Adapted by Tony Marchant (Garrow’s Law) from Joseph Conrad’s classic thriller, the three-part drama stars Toby Jones, Vicky McClure and Stephen Graham. The cast also includes Tom Goodman-Hill (Humans) and David Dawson (Ripper Street). Episode 1 airs at 9pm on Sunday 17 July on … >
The second director for the new season of Doctor Who has been revealed. Bill Anderson – a newcomer to Doctor Who – will be helming episodes, it has been confirmed on the online CV of new companion actress Pearl Mackie. Anderson has previously directed episodes of Spooks, Lewis, Taggart, DCI Banks and Mr Selfridge. He … >
Steven Moffat has hinted that big changes are ahead in his final season as Doctor Who showrunner. It was announced in January that Moffat will step down as lead writer after eight years, with Broadchurch creator Chris Chibnall taking over for 2018’s season. Season 10’s opening episode began filming in Cardiff last week, with Pearl Mackie filming her first scenes as new companion Bill and … >
BBC One has released a clip from the next episode of Merlin star Colin Morgan’s new supernatural drama series, The Living and the Dead. All six episodes are already available to watch now as a box set on BBC iPlayer and Episode 2 airs at 9pm on Tuesday 5 July on BBC One. In this clip, Nathan wants to help when a young worker … >
Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat has described his third year in the role as “a tough, time time.” The year’s production was reportedly “fraught with difficulties” and featured the departure of Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill halfway through Season 7, the show’s 50th anniversary special and the departure of Matt Smith in 2013’s Christmas special. Moffat … >
Matt Lucas has recorded a short behind the scenes video on location to celebrate his first day back filming Doctor Who. It was officially announced earlier this month that the comedy actor will be joining the cast of Doctor Who as a regular in Season 10, which began filming last week. Lucas commented: “We’re at Cardiff University today, doing some running around.” The Little Britain … >