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Watch first trailer for ‘Doctor Who’ Christmas ep: ‘The Return of Doctor Mysterio’

The first footage has been unveiled from this year’s Doctor Who Christmas special. 2016’s festive adventure began filming in Cardiff last month and features the return of Matt Lucas as Nardole alongside Canadian actor Justin Chatwin (Shameless, American Gothic) as a “superhero character.” The episode is titled ‘The Return of Doctor Mysterio’ and is written by showrunner Steven Moffat. Watch the trailer… The new season of Doctor Who will … >

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Title revealed for ‘Doctor Who’ Christmas special

The title has been announced for this year’s Doctor Who Christmas episode. 2016’s festive special began filming in Cardiff last month and features the return of Matt Lucas as Nardole alongside Canadian actor Justin Chatwin (Shameless, American Gothic) as a “superhero character.” Written by showrunner Steven Moffat, the episode is reportedly titled ‘The Return of Doctor Mysterio’. Doctor Who is known as Doctor … >

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Nardole will be ‘like an anti-companion’ in new ‘Doctor Who’

Matt Lucas will apparently be “quite different from your normal companion” in Doctor Who this Christmas. 2016’s festive special began filming in Cardiff earlier this month and features the return of the Little Britain star as Nardole. It is also rumoured that Canadian actor Justin Chatwin (Shameless, American Gothic) will guest star as a “superhero character.” Lucas made his debut as Nardole, who met … >

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‘Poldark’ director joins ‘Doctor Who’ Christmas special

Filming is underway on this year’s Doctor Who Christmas episode and the special’s director has been confirmed. The new issue of DWM reveals that Ed Bazalgette will helm 2016’s festive outing. Bazalgette has previously directed episodes of Poldark, Casualty and DCI Banks. He also directed two of last year’s Doctor Who episodes, ‘The Girl Who Died’ and ‘The Woman … >

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‘Doctor Who’ Christmas special’s guest companion revealed

The companion in this year’s Doctor Who Christmas episode has been revealed. 2016’s festive special began filming in Cardiff this week. Steven Moffat revealed in June that the Christmas ep will not feature Pearl Mackie and that new companion Bill won’t be introduced until the first episode of Season 10 next year. He teased: “So there’ll be somebody else – a … >

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Hit stage show ‘Peter Pan Goes Wrong’ coming to BBC One this Christmas

BBC One is bringing the Olivier Award winning hit play Peter Pan Goes Wrong to television this Christmas, straight from the West End stage. Co-written by the creators of the award-winning stage comedy The Play That Goes Wrong, the production is renowned its physical comedy and finely-tuned farce, featuring Buster Keaton-inspired slapstick delivered with split-second timing. Shane Allen, Controller Comedy Commissioning commented: “This word of … >

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5 classic ‘Star Wars’ toys revisited

It sometimes seems, with ever increasingly-detailed playsets and figures coming on to the market, that ‘toys’ today aren’t really designed for children at all, but are in fact aimed squarely at the adult collector market. It’s a shame, because I’m sure I can’t be the only child of the 1970s who spent many a happy … >

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‘Downton’ creator says there’s 64.5% chance of movie happening

Downton Abbey writer Julian Fellowes has confirmed that he would “love to do a movie” spin-off. The period drama concluded last month with a feature-length Christmas special following six seasons. > Buy the complete Season 1-6 box set on Amazon. Speaking at the 21st National Television Awards at The O2 Arena in London, Fellowes told … >

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‘Downton Abbey’ execs hoping movie will happen

The makers of Downton Abbey are “keen” to reunite the cast for a big-screen spin-off. The period drama concluded last month with a feature-length Christmas special following six seasons. > Buy the complete Season 1-6 box set on Amazon. Executive producer Gareth Neame told Deadline: “I’m glad about the movie question because it replaces the … >

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‘Billionaire Boy’ review: Very enjoyable, silly family fare

Based on David Walliams’ book of the same name, Billionaire Boy is the inspiring story of one man’s quest to unleash his potential to become an exceptionally terrible person with the help of a miraculous windfall – or possibly the story of one boy’s discovery that wealth isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. We … >

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