Russell T Davies’ three-part drama, A Very English Scandal, is heading to BBC One shortly. It marks the first time that he’s worked with Hugh Grant, too. But had history have taken a slightly different turn, their paths may have crossed earlier. Davies has confirmed in a new interview to promote that show that he … >
Back when there was no outlet for fans, and no Doctor Who on the television to watch, it was the terrific Doctor Who Magazine that kept the flag flying. You can hardly accuse it of following the money, either, given that it was existing at a time when Doctor Who was hardly the high profile … >
Despite being an essential part of the Pertwee years, the Doctor’s connection with UNIT – his alien-fighting army allies – faded within two years of Tom Baker’s arrival in Doctor Who and they were not seen again en masse until the last series of the classic era. With Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart and co hailing from the 1970s/80s … >
Christopher Hamilton Bidmead became script editor of Doctor Who in late 1979, brought onboard by new Producer John Nathan-Turner. Bidmead had been an actor, scriptwriter and journalist, and was recommended to JNT by Robert Banks-Stewart (who had written for the show in the mid-Seventies). He inherited a situation where JNT and Executive Producer Barry Letts … >
Murray Gold’s tenure as composer on Doctor Who may have now, sadly, come to an end, but there’s still more of his music to be released at least. In fact, the soundtrack to Doctor Who series 9 has just now gone on sale. The soundtrack is available for streaming, for download and on CD. If … >
The classic Doctor Who adventure Genesis Of the Daleks regularly – and rightly – bubbles to the top end of lists of the show’s finest ever stories. Headlined by Tom Baker of course, it’s an astoundingly ambitious, challenging slice of Who, with Baker, Elisabeth Sladen and Ian Marter on top form. It first debuted back … >
Following last year’s box set of The Ninth Doctor Chronicles from Big Finish, the partially narrated format has been used again to give stories drawn from David Tennant’s tenure. This collection offers one tale with each of his regular companions, though Donna is replaced with her mother, and one from the time of the 2009 specials, … >
When Doctor Who triumphantly returned to our screens in 2005, Christopher Eccleston was of course cast as the Time Lord by the man who brought the show back, Russell T Davies. In recent months, Eccleston has opened up about his departure from the show, and how he fell out with certain people behind the scenes. … >
BBC Studios now takes on the work of BBC Worldwide, in attempting to make sizeable amounts of cash from the BBC’s assorted shows and brands. Unsurprisingly, Doctor Who is a big part of that. Ahead of the 2018 Global Licensing Show, BBC Studios has published a promotional page of information on its licenses, and there’s … >
It’s been just shy of four months since Peter Capaldi’s last moment as the 12th Doctor was screened at the end of the Doctor Who Christmas special, Twice Upon A Time. Thing is, not much has been seen of Capaldi since. He’s done some convention work, but other than that, his profile has been quite … >