‘Voyage of the Damned’ is the most-watched episode of Doctor Who on original broadcast in the UK since the show’s 2005 revival. Guest starring singer Kylie Minogue, David Tennant’s third Christmas special pulled in 13.31 million viewers in December 2007. In second place is the following year’s festive adventure, ‘The Next Doctor’, with 13.1 million … >
For a show as beloved as Doctor Who, its fans aren’t half critical of it. Several episodes during the modern era have being crucified for falling short of the expected level of quality. Every season has (hopefully only) one of them. Those episodes that, shall we say, underperform in the post-season polls. For Season 9, … >
Doctor Who star David Tennant performed his iconic final line in ‘The End of Time’ in various different ways during filming. Watch all three alternate takes of the ‘I don’t want to go’ line, with Tennant and director Euros Lyn explaining their choice in behind the scenes footage…
David Tennant demonstrated his attempt at a South African accent in a recent episode episode of Room 101. The Doctor Who star appeared on Frank Skinner’s BBC One comedy series to reveal the dislikes that he wants to put into the depths of Room 101. Watch the clip…
Off the back of three terrific, exciting episodes, Jessica Jones slows down a little for a final set of episodes that generally bring things to a satisfying conclusion. Most Netflix shows with a thirteen episode run tend to lack enough story to fill all 13, leading to a fair bit of padding in the later … >
First things first: why the heck is Martha married to Mickey? As far as swan songs go, ‘The End of Time’ certainly is one. Doctor Who bids farewell to the Tenth Doctor over two episodes that run the emotional range from zany to heartbreaking to downright ridiculous (often within the same scene), concluding with a … >
Poor old Tenth Doctor does go through an awful lot of feelings: all by his lonesome after memory wiping his best pal and saying bye to his lady love as she disappears into a different universe with a dude who looks just like him. Thank goodness he makes a new friend in ‘The Next Doctor’, … >
Watching this many Doctor Who Christmas specials in rapid succession is an odd experience, and I’m only not even halfway in. I am having to muster levels of festive I never knew I had in me. Bring it on, ‘Voyage Of The Damned’! Not quite set on Earth, but not far off, the Doctor finds … >
Donna Noble at her splendid shoutiest: what more could anyone want from a Doctor Who Christmas, really? Just what we needed after a very sad Tenth Doctor burned up a sun to say bye to Rose Tyler, 2006’s ‘The Runaway Bride’ is unapologetically silly, with just enough punch of emotion. The Robot Santas from ‘The Christmas Invasion’ … >
It was a time of uncertainty for Doctor Who: after a single successful season, Christopher Eccleston had chosen to regenerate, and for the second time in 2005, viewers watched with a mix of curiosity and trepidation as a new Doctor found himself. A whole new generation of viewers were being introduced to that heady mix … >