BBC Two’s upcoming Doctor Who drama, An Adventure in Space and Time, will be shown in London this autumn as part of the BFI’s year-long 50th anniversary celebrations.
This afternoon we attended the BFI’s Doctor Who screening of 2005’s two-part Series 1 finale, starring Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose.
The inclusion of a Target Books novelisation in BBC Books’ 50th anniversary collection seems most appropriate. With the scarcity of repeats during the show’s original run, before the advent of home video, many fans will have experienced older stories and earlier Doctors through the pages of just such a book.
In a world of bloggers, long lenses and tabloid tattle, Doctor Who casting news and storyline leaks attract the same scrutiny as the soaps. Wonderfully, thanks to the misdirections of the production team, a few things still sneak to air undiscovered.
There’s some awesome cult TV coming up this autumn – from Doctor Who‘s 50th anniversary special and BBC One’s new fantasy drama Atlantis to the final series of Misfits and the return of Sherlock.
We’ve teamed up with Argos to give away a 32-inch Samsung LED TV worth £249.99 to one of our Twitter followers – perfect for watching this autumn’s epic new shows!
Doctor Who showrunner Steven Mofat has revealed that Peter Capaldi’s Doctor “won’t be the dashing young man he was a minute ago”.
We get used to waiting as Doctor Who fans, don’t we? This past year especially has tried the collective patience of millions of us, as we’ve waited for the news of the new: new episodes, new specials, new Doctors. And also – almost as exciting – a new soundtrack. So, has the wait for 2 … >
ITV has announced the commission of Lucan, based on the life of flamboyant aristocrat, Lord Lucan.
Doctor Who writer Neil Cross has described the recent casting of The Thick of It star Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor as “an outstanding choice”.