Every year the American news magazine Time decides who will receive its Person of the Year award. The award is decided as a result of consideration of who had the most significant effects on global events that year. And as such, it has had many historically villainous characters winning the competition, as well as heroic … >
Steven Moffat has discussed his reasons for quitting his role as Doctor Who showrunner. The BBC confirmed last month that Moffat will step down at the end of the next season. As rumoured for some time, Season 10 will not air in 2016. Instead there will be just a Christmas special this year, plus BBC … >
Bryan Fuller has been announced as co-creator and executive producer of the brand new Star Trek TV series. Best known for his work on Hannibal, Dead Like Me, Wonderfalls and Pushing Daisies, the American screenwriter and producer began his writing career on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager. CBS Television Studios revealed … >
Life On Mars co-creator Ashley Pharoah is adapting Deborah Harkness’s historical fantasy novel, A Discovery Of Witches for TV. Deadline reports that Bad Wolf, founded by former Doctor Who execs Jane Tranter and Julie Gardner, has acquired the TV rights to first installment in Harkness’s All Souls Trilogy, which has sold more than 3.5 million … >
Arrow star John Barrowman has hinted that he’s hopeful for a return as Captain Jack when Chris Chibnall takes over as Doctor Who showrunner. Chibnall, a lead writer on the first two seasons of Torchwood, was announced as the new showrunner of Doctor Who last month and his first season will launch in 2018. Captain … >
Doctor Who star Matt Smith approves of Chris Chibnall’s appointment as current showrunner Steven Moffat’s replacement. Broadchurch creator Chris Chibnall was announced as the new lead writer of Doctor Who last month and his first season will launch in 2018. Chibnall wrote several Doctor Who episodes for the Eleventh Doctor, including ‘Dinosaurs on a Spaceship’ … >
Doctor Who star Matt Smith has revealed that he’d be up for returning as the Doctor in audio stories. John Hurt and Alex Kingston recently reprised their roles as the War Doctor and River Song respectively in brand new adventures for Big Finish. David Tennant and Catherine Tate are also back as the Tenth Doctor … >
Doctor Who star Matt Smith sounds hopeful that more movies in the Terminator franchise “may get picked up in the future.” It was revealed last month that the planned sequel to 2015’s Terminator Genisys movie has been officially removed from Paramount’s release schedule following the disappointing reaction and poor box office results for the reboot. … >
BBC Worldwide has revealed details of a stunning limited edition steelbook for the latest season of Doctor Who . The steelbook Blu-ray will be released on Monday 7 March; the same day as the previously-announced complete Season 9 box set arrives on DVD and Blu-ray. > Pre-order the steelbook exclusively on Amazon. It features exclusive … >
BBC One has released the trailer for upcoming drama series The Night Manager, starring Hugh Laurie (House) and Tom Hiddleston (Thor). Adapted by writer David Farr (Hanna), the six-part contemporary interpretation of John le Carré’s 1993 espionage novel begins at 9pm on Sunday 21 February on BBC One. > Buy the book on Amazon. The Night Manager is … >