After its Christmas break, production is set to begin again on Doctor Who series 11, starring Jodie Whittaker, imminently. And it look likes the year is kicking off with a location shoot, with filming work apparently already underway around Cape Town. Reports having been coming in on Twitter suggesting that crew for Doctor Who have … >
Bristol based writer / composer Timothy X Atack (who just won the biennial Bruntwood prize, Europe’s biggest playwriting prize, with Heartworn), makes his Big Finish debut with the Early Adventures story The Wreck of the World. It’s a big screen outing for the second Doctor, Jamie and Zoe, with plenty of atmosphere, a dark presence … >
Jodie Whittaker finally took the keys to the TARDIS on Christmas Day, as she become the brand new Doctor Who. She’s been filming series 11 of the show too, which premieres in the autumn, and production is set to get up and running again shortly following its Christmas break. Whittaker has given a new interview … >
Sarah Dollard’s first episode writing for Doctor Who was a significant one, as she penned the last full episode featuring Jenna Coleman’s Clara, Face The Raven. She then followed that up with series 10’s Thin Ice. But in a new interview, she’s confirmed that she won’t be returning for the next series. “I won’t be … >
Over the years Big Finish have told some great stories with the wonderful Geoffrey Beevers – one of the emaciated “crispy” Masters – as well as their own inspired casting of Alex MacQueen. Setting stories in the Time War era however offers the chance for a slice of dream casting, with Sir Derek Jacobi returning … >
If you had any doubt that it was the end of an era for Doctor Who, the BBC has released a video showing the gradual demolition of Peter Capaldi’s TARDIS. Capaldi regenerated into Jodie Whittaker on Christmas Day of course, and from the short scene we saw, it looks as if a new TARDIS will … >
Amongst the many standouts of this year’s Doctor Who Christmas special, Twice Upon A Time, was Mark Gatiss’ wonderful work in front of the camera as the Captain. Gatiss gave a wonderfully understated performance, and while on set making the episode, he made a small video diary that the BBC has now made available. It’s … >
You guys, just a heads up: the preview version had the final scene edited off but I think it looked like popular character actress Jodie Whittaker is the new Doctor, which is really exciting but you should probably stay off forums and Ian Levine’s Twitter feed for a few decades. There are spoilers below for … >
A two thousand-and-something year old man said it last Christmas, and it feels even more apt now: ‘Everything ends, and it’s always sad. But everything begins again too, and that’s always happy.’ And that’s what we have right here. An ending and a new beginning. Sad and happy all at once. Very Moffat. The mourning of … >
Production is underway on Doctor Who series 11 at the moment, with the first block of episodes for Jodie Whittaker’s opening series of the Doctor filmed. The identity of the writing staff for Doctor Who series 11 remains a secret, though, outside of incoming showrunner Chris Chibnall and his team. But according to Mark Gatiss, … >