The latest episode of Doctor Who concluded Toby Whithouse’s two-part story that began with ‘Under the Lake’. While the first part hit some traditional notes, with a claustrophobic base-under-siege setting and terrific ghostly monsters, the conclusion brought in time-travel dynamics and a fourth-wall breaking introduction from the Doctor. > Buy Season 9 on DVD on … >
Lily James (Downton Abbey) and Matt Smith (Doctor Who) star in the UK teaser trailer for Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. A fresh twist on Jane Austen’s widely celebrated novel, based on Seth Grahame-Smith’s 2009 novel, the movie arrives in UK cinemas on Friday 12 February next year. > Buy the book on Amazon. The official … >
Doctor Who Season 9’s opening two-parter was stuffed full of vintage Dalek goodness, as well as having both Davros and Missy in play. It also threw back links to various previous adventures for the Doctor. Here are five classic tales that we recommend you Seek-Locate-Exterminate… ‘Genesis of the Daleks’ (1975) The Fourth Doctor’s first … >
From Damon Lindelof, the co-creator of the hit series Lost, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment brings the thought-provoking new HBO series The Leftovers to Blu-rayTM and DVD for the first time on Monday 5 October. To celebrate the release, we’ve got Blu-rays to give away to 3 of our Twitter followers! For a chance to win, … >
BBC Worldwide has confirmed the extras for this month’s DVD release of classic Doctor Who ‘The Underwater Menace’. Starring Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor and packed with wealth of un-missable extras, the DVD is available to buy from Monday 26 October. > Order ‘The Underwater Menace’ on DVD on Amazon. The fifth serial from … >
Doctor Who star Michelle Gomez was engaging in an entertaining Q&A on Twitter last weekend. Almost inevitably, the possibility of a spin-off series for Missy was mooted, something that Gomez sounded enthusiastic about. There have of course been several spin-off series from Doctor Who before – two of them being led by the great Elisabeth … >
Don’t miss Game of Thrones star Kit Harington in his most action-packed role to date as agent Will Holloway, in the gripping espionage thriller based on the award winning TV series, Spooks. > Buy Spooks: The Greater Good on Amazon. To celebrate the release of Spooks: The Greater Good on Blu-ray™ and DVD on Monday … >
So, what did you think of Doctor Who Season 9’s epic opening story? > Buy Season 9 on DVD on Amazon. > Buy Season 9 on Blu-ray on Amazon. Following yesterday’s double-bill omnibus screening on BBC One, let’s take a look at the best, worst and middling bits of ‘The Magician’s Apprentice’ and ‘The Witch’s … >
‘Consider The Doctor’, says Missy. Pause! We’ll consider The Doctor in a (Dalek) sec. But first we need to consider a more important question, which one day may be of universal importance to the show: Does Missy always carry thirty feet of sturdy rope around on her person? Or did she make it, like her … >
Fans of Steven Moffat’s Doctor Who are used to looking to his earlier work for signs of Who to come. But increasingly, it’s his 1999 Comic Relief skit, ‘The Curse of Fatal Death’, which looks less like a parody of the programme and more like a template for where it would head under his stewardship. … >