Award winning actress Billie Piper joined her Doctor Who costar David Tennant in a podcast on October 20. She spoke of her initial experience playing Rose Tyler opposite Christopher Eccleston’s ninth Doctor while filming Doctor Who. “I didn’t grow up with [Doctor Who] and then actually when we started making it, everyone said it was … >
Her Own Bootstraps, September’s Short Trip, is another which fills in a little continuity reference, like 2019’s Battle Scars. Here, we run with the idea that the Ninth Doctor was present at the eruption of Krakatoa in 1883. The story, as the title suggests, centres on a bootstrap paradox. It begins with the Doctor, travelling … >
The long-running BBC genealogy show Who Do You Think You Are? will feature Jodie Whittaker, along with other celebrity guests David Walliams, Liz Carr and Ruth Jones as part of a series to air in October. Thirteenth Doctor actress Whittaker learns the reality behind a family myth surrounding her great uncle’s sacrifice in WWI while unearthing some … >
Series 3 of The A Word will begin in May on BBC One…
BBC America has partnered with BBC Studios and Fathom Events to bring Doctor Who to the big screen on Sunday, January 5 at 2:00 p.m. EST. This one-day-only special event, featuring the premiere episode Spyfall and an exclusive early unveiling of the second episode of the new season, will be simulcast to over 600 cinema … >
HBO stands for Home Box Office Inc and it is a US cable television company which advertises itself as the ‘home to the shows that everyone is talking about – from ground-breaking series, documentaries and sports to the biggest blockbuster movies available anywhere. In fact, HBO reckon it will always be cooler than Netflix or … >
When Doctor Who returned in 2005, the roles of Script Editor and Producer had changed. The Script Editor was no longer a creative role, and was now about storytelling logic, continuity and liaising between writers and the production team. The Show Runner (who was also an Executive Producer) was the main creative force, commissioning stories, … >
Doctor Who star Jodie Whittaker will read the story of an intrepid girl on CBeebies Bedtime Stories. Whittaker will read Ada Twist, Scientist – the third in a series of books written by Andrea Beaty and illustrated by David Roberts. Beaty considers Whittaker’s narration of her book, “the best of all things!” WHAT? WHAT? WHAT? … >
In an interview with TV & Satellite Week magazine, Alan Cumming revealed that he was once asked if he was interested in playing the role of the Doctor in Doctor Who. “They didn’t offer me the job, but I was approached about it. I still have a flat in London so I assumed I’d be … >
Jodie Whittaker revealed to Attitude magazine that she had failed to win a role in a previous Doctor Who series. “I’ve seen the odd episode [of Doctor Who] because I’ve got a friend in it, and I’m aware of it obviously. I went to drama school about the time that Christopher Eccleston was announced in … >