BBC Two’s increasingly fascinating police drama reaches and passes its halfway stage in this episode, yet neither DI Jonah Gabriel (Chiwetel Ejiofor) nor Joseph Bede (Christopher Eccleston) appear much closer to accomplishing their respective goals than they were in the hours after the death of gangster Harvey Wratten.
The BFI toast the 2005 revival with ‘Doctor Who: 20 Years On’ – an afternoon of episodes and discussions. In partnership with the DWAS, the BFI have announced an event celebrating two decades of “new” Doctor Who. With Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper, the show burst onto screens in 2005 proving its enduring appeal to … >
Doctor Who Magazine celebrates 20 years of the Ninth Doctor with a special edition full of all-new content. Highlights include: • In his first interview for DWM, executive producer Mal Young describes how Doctor Who was finally brought back to the screen • In another first for the magazine, Joe Ahearne – who directed more … >
Big Finish announced a series of audio adventures starring Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper. Twenty years ago, Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper reinvigorated Saturday evenings with their starring roles on Doctor Who. As the traumatised Ninth Doctor and his new companion Rose Tyler, the pair visited the end of the world, met Charles Dickens and … >
There’s another massive year coming as Jodie Whittaker joins Big Finish to lead her own series of Thirteenth Doctor audio dramas in 2025. Producers Big Finish celebrated twenty-five years of making official Doctor Who audio dramas in 2024. However, they’ve no signs of slowing down with a packed schedule for the year ahead. Here are … >
Opening thoughts Few TV shows can boast the transgenerational success and standing in UK culture that Doctor Who can. Since 1963, over a dozen actors and actresses have played the fabled Time Lord. The fact that a TV show has maintained an audience and grown a new fanbase through its 60-plus years of … >
The drama stars Asa Butterfield, Molly Windsor, Christopher Eccleston, Siobhan Finneran and Fra Free. Netflix have revealed details of their upcoming thriller Out of the Dust, from writer Julie Geary (Intergalactic). The six-part series promises to take us behind the doors of a controversial religious sect, with Molly Windsor playing Rosie – a young woman … >
Daisy Ridley stars in the extraordinary true story of Trudy Ederle. Disney have confirmed that Young Woman and the Sea, the drama about the first woman to cross the English Channel, is coming to Disney+. The film comes to the streamer on Friday, 19th July 2024 after a theatrical run which began on May 31st. … >
In an interview with SFX Magazine, Russell T Davies explained his rationale for leaving some Doctor Who plot mysteries unresolved and unexplained. According to Davies, the reason why characters break the fourth wall to talk to or wink at the audience is contained in a scene which never made it to the screen in an … >
In his final boxset (for now), Christopher Eccleston’s Ninth Doctor encounters River Song for a trio of Star-Crossed audio adventures. The formidably flirty Professor River Song has caught up with most of her husband’s faces. Since concluding her television adventures, she’s rattled though his regenerational back-catalogue in her own audio series. She’s also hooked up … >