BBC One’s adaptation of J.K. Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy will launch later this month. Based on the Harry Potter author’s global bestseller, the three-part mini-series begins at 9pm on Sunday 15 February on BBC One. The Casual Vacancy is adapted for TV by Sarah Phelps (The Crimson Field) and stars Michael Gambon (Harry Potter), Julia McKenzie … >
Doctor Who will return for a full season in 2014, starring Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor alongside Jenna Coleman as Clara. This news summary will be updated regularly as more details are revealed, with the latest updates at the top of each section. Rumours and unconfirmed reports will be marked with a *. > … >
One of the keys to Doctor Who’s longevity is surely its versatile format, which allows it take risks and be something different with each adventure. As well as altering its supporting cast and location on any given week, it also enjoys the luxury of swapping genre. From pure historical to space opera, Victorian melodrama to … >
Question. If Doctor Who has such a flexible format, why does it revisit its own ideas so often? Conjecture. Because ideas breed ideas – just not necessarily new ones. For the bulk of its running time, ‘Time Heist’ plays – as it intends to – like a sassy, spacey variation on the heist thriller. However, … >
Bankers, eh? You know the drill. Boo, hiss, etc. Since the real-world economic crisis (now also canon in Doctor Who thanks to ‘The End of Time’) they’ve become besuited bogeyfolk. Like The Silence, but with champagne corks. Still, after ‘Listen’ it’s not like you can keep your savings under the bed. Callous, calculating, and ruthless, … >
Doctor Who‘s new series continues this weekend with ‘Time Heist’. Written by Sherlock‘s Stephen Thompson and Steven Moffat, the episode guest stars Keeley Hawes (Spooks), Jonathan Bailey (Broadchurch) and Pippa Bennett-Warner (The Smoke). The Doctor turns bank robber when he is given a task he cannot refuse – to steal from the most dangerous bank … >
A set of new official promotional images has been released for the next episode of Doctor Who, titled ‘Time Heist’. Written by Sherlock‘s Stephen Thompson and Steven Moffat, the episode airs at 7.30pm on Saturday 20 September on BBC One and is described by Moffat as “like a heist movie done with Doctor Who”. The … >
Spooks movie The Greater Good arrrives in cinemas next year, starring Game of Thrones actor Kit Harington. With Peter Firth reprising his role as Harry Pearce, CultBox decided to take a look back at the spy drama’s previous spooks to see which other characters made it out alive and could possibly return… Zoe Reynolds … >
The BBC has reveled details of Doctor Who Extra, a brand-new series available exclusively on BBC iPlayer. Doctor Who Extra will follow Peter Capaldi “every step of the way throughout the creation of his first season as the Doctor”. The 12 programmes will trace “the highs and lows of Doctor Who’s most ambitious run of … >
Sanjeev Bhaskar has joined the cast of Doctor Who‘s new series. The 50-year-old Goodness Gracious Me star will appear in Series 8’s finale, which is currently filming in Cardiff. Bhaskar commented: “I’m thrilled to have made a small contribution to – and now be part of – the Doctor Who universe. Another dream box ticked!” … >