Current Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat has revealed that he is “very, very excited” to see what his replacement Chris Chibnall does with the show next year. The Broadchurch creator was announced as the new lead writer of Doctor Who last January and his first season will launch in 2018. Here’s everything we know so far about … >
At the end of another productive year for the audio wizards at Big Finish, we have picked out ten of the best new titles from the past 12 months. We’ll be counting down our highlights from the main Doctor Who ranges in a separate list, but 2016 was a spectacular year for Big Finish’s other properties … >
The Counter-Measures team, first spun out of Remembrance of the Daleks back in the 1960s, now have their feet firmly placed in the early 1970s, at least in terms of style. In this first set of four one-disc stories, the team of Sir Toby (Hugh Ross), Group Captain Ian Chunky Gilmore (Simon Williams), Dr Rachel … >
Glass. I’ve been thinking about glass this week, and if you’ve just watched tonight’s Humans then you can probably see where I’m going with this. It’s often the case that separating a conversation with a sheet of glass instantly makes it more interesting (Silence of the Lambs, Skyfall, Star Trek Into Darkness, me last Thursday telling … >
Doctor Who star Peter Capaldi has revealed that he is still unsure if he will stay on as the Doctor after next year’s season. Capaldi told Wales Online: “I’ve been asked to stay on and I haven’t made my mind up about that yet, mainly because I don’t want to have to make that decision. I’m trying … >
November’s stories from the Doctor Who audio wizards at Big Finish show the truly demonstrate the range of the programme. While the Sixth Doctor and Mrs Constance Clarke, combat a beautiful new design of Dalek, Hartnell era companions Peter Purves and Maureen O’Brien bring to life a comic tinged historical in the Italian Renaissance. Meanwhile, … >
If your Doctor Who fan credentials are old enough, you’ll be able to realise how disquieting it might have been to learn that Class was premiering on BBC iPlayer. Your paranoid, withered fanboy heart would have known that the BBC were betraying the Time Lord, and throwing the spin-off show onto a funeral pyre where … >
BBC bosses apparently want Doctor Who to feel like “a brand new show” when new showrunner Chris Chibnall takes over in 2018. According to The Mirror, the shake-up will see Peter Capaldi and new co-star Pearl Mackie departing as the Twelfth Doctor his new companion, allowing Chibnall a “clean slate” for his era. Capaldi has played the … >
2016 has been another stellar year for Young Adult literature! As the year comes to a close, we’ve picked out five of our favourite new YA books for your Christmas list… ‘The Diabolic’ by S. J. Kincaid S.J. Kincaid burst on to the YA scene in 2012 when her debut novel, Insignia, was shortlisted for the … >
Happy golden fiftieth anniversary, Cybermen! Almost as old as Doctor Who itself, those silver nemeses have grown from just another monster of the week to become the only other creatures to rival the Daleks in longevity and iconography. Over the years, they have featured as the primary villains of 16 Doctor Who stories (with a … >