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New Counter-Measures: series 2 review of the Doctor Who spin-off

Counter-Measures has long since escaped the 1960s and their roots as a Doctor Who spin-off (from Revelation of the Daleks) and carved a path that in this set of stories sees them plough further into the 1970s and then curve right back towards their roots. The first story is The Splintered Man by Roland Moore, … >

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Doctor Who series 11: pictures from the Cape Town filming

Production on Doctor Who series 11 has been based in Cape Town, South Africa since the start of the year, with block two of episodes now filming. Mark Tonderai is directing this block, and reports of location work have been popping up on Twitter over the past week or so. Furthermore, the Girly Letters account … >

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Doctor Who: Christmas special legal action threat downplayed

This story contains spoilers for the Doctor Who Christmas special, Twice Upon A Time. An odd story yesterday popped up at The Mirror, that suggested last month’s Doctor Who Christmas special, Twice Upon A Time, was set to be the subject of legal action. In an article entitled ‘Row breaks out over Doctor Who Christmas … >

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Doctor Who series 11: director revealed for block three of episodes

Doctor Who series 11 is introducing another new director to the show, with the third block of episodes for Jodie Whittaker’s first run set to be steered by Sallie Aprahamian. Aprahamian has directed shows such as Teachers, This Life, Extremely Dangerous, The Sins and The Lakes in the past. She’s got a strong background in … >

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Landbound – Doctor Who Short Trips audio review

In 2016, to honour the memory of a much missed colleague, Big Finish launched the first ‘Paul Spragg Short Trip Memorial Opportunity’. Offering writers new to the company the chance to submit a short story idea, with the prize of a commission and its subsequent release, it yielded the entertaining Seventh Doctor tale ‘Forever Fallen’ … >

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Doctor Who: Twice Upon A Time proves to be iPlayer hit

UPDATE: Further to the story below, it’s now been revealed that Doctor Who has added 1.045m viewers to its tally courtesy of iPlayer up to and including December 31st. Twice Upon A Time is still available on the service for another week or two as well.  Proved to be quite the ratings success in the end, Peter Capaldi’s … >

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