There was much speculation in the build up to the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special, The Day Of The Doctor, that Christopher Eccleston would return in a role he’d insisted he’d left behind. As it happened, Steven Moffat wrote the original script with that in mind, with Eccleston ultimately turning the opportunity down, that in … >
As part of an interesting Twitter chat that saw people choosing their favourite Doctor Who episodes from each series of the revived show yesterday, Gareth Roberts – who’s written a fair few of the choices that came up – dropped in some information on a particular episode that he put together, that never made it … >
The BBC has announced a brand new book of Doctor Who stories featuring one of the Doctor’s more notable foes: Michelle Gomez’s Missy! The Missy Chronicles will be published by BBC Books on February 22nd, in time for International Women’s Day. It’ll cost £9.99, and it features stories from Jacqueline Rayner, Cavan Scott, Paul Magrs, James … >
UPDATE: Whilst Mark Tonderai hasn’t been officially announced as the director of Doctor Who series 11’s second block of episodes, he clearly is. The shoot has been in and around the Cape Town area of South Africa this past week or two, and Tonderai’s Instagram account has now revealed that it’s headed to the desert for … >
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, … >
With Doctor Who series 11 well into production, and now that Peter Capaldi has regenerated into Jodie Whittaker, a new era of the show is underway. Steven Moffat is no longer overseeing the show, and in his place has come Chris Chibnall. One of the jobs that Chibnall gets as part and parcel of that … >
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 … >
A new look at Jodie Whittaker as the 13th Doctor!
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 … >
Thus far, if you wanted to see the official collection of deleted scenes from Doctor Who series 10, you had to pick up the DVD or Blu-ray release of the show. However, thanks to BBC America, the collection of scenes – running to just over 13 minutes – have been released online. What’s more, you … >