The first writer for the new season of Doctor Who has been revealed. Mark Gatiss will return with his ninth episode in 2017. It will be his third story for Peter Capaldi’s Doctor. The Sherlock co-creator confirmed the news in an interview with WhoSFX. Discussing his first Doctor Who episode, 2005’s ‘The Unquiet Dead’, Gatiss said: “It seems so natural now … >
New Doctor Who star Pearl Mackie has revealed that she feels “touched” by the response from fans since her introduction. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time actress was officially announced as the Doctor’s new companion last month. Writing in the new issue of Doctor Who Magazine, Mackie thanked Doctor Who fans for their “incredible dedication and unapologetic Whovian love”, saying that “this fandom cannot … >
A great video has been posted online mashing up the Doctor Who title sequence with upcoming Marvel movie Doctor Strange. Starring Sherlock‘s Benedict Cumberbatch as the title character, Doctor Strange will be the 14th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. YouTube user Jason Rico, who created the clip, commented: “Ever noticed how the Seal of the Vishanti looks … >
Famous for her role as the scheming Servalan in Blake’s 7, actress Jacqueline Pearce has recently starred alongside John Hurt in the War Doctor audios. In this frank and fruity interview, Nicholas Briggs takes a champagne-fuelled walk through her life and career. Pearce had a turbulent childhood; her mother left at a young age and … >
Michelle Gomez has revealed what would happen if she wrote a Doctor Who episode and it’s fittingly bonkers. Asked by a fan at MegaCon in Orlando last weekend what the story would be if she was allowed to write an episode, Gomez replied: “It’d be set in some kind of Victorian era with Daft Punk music playing in the background and Captain … >
Doctor Who star Paul McGann has revealed that he feels like “there’s still a bit of potential” for the Eighth Doctor to appear onscreen again. The actor made his debut as the Time Lord twenty years ago this month in 1996’s ‘TV Movie’ and reprised the role in 2013’s minisode ‘The Night of the Doctor’, which had 2.5 … >
The new issue of Doctor Who Magazine has revealed that Steven Moffat will still be Doctor Who showrunner for 2017’s Christmas special. When it was announced earlier this year that Moffat would be leaving, it was unclear exactly which episode would be his swansong, with the press release merely stating that Season 10 would be his last. It was expected that … >
Bringing together a trio of former companions, the latest tale from the Doctor’s home planet deals with the thorny topic of changing history. While the previous Gallifrey release, ‘Intervention Earth’, took us into the distant future with a later incarnation of Romana, ‘Enemy Lines’ returns to more familiar ground with Lalla Ward’s Romana II. Picking … >
The ultimate cat cosplay adventure arrives this summer from Genix Lab and Channel 4’s games division, All 4 Games. Fancy Cats will be free to download on the App Store, the Google Play store and the Amazon App Store. Whether it’s Purr-fessor Dumbleclaw or X-Men‘s Kitty Pryde, cosplay your cat as a variety of claw-some characters from the worlds of film, gaming, comic … >
A Doctor Who fan has recorded an incredible acapella rendition of the show’s 2005 theme tune. YouTube user GuyWithAnAmazingHat (and it really is a very cool hat) commented: “It’s been a year since I’ve started doing acapella, and the first one I made is the original Doctor Who theme, now I’m starting another year with the new theme…” Watch … >