Doctor Who: Steven Moffat on why companions can’t die
Spoilers. Steven Moffat has been chatting about the fate of Doctor Who companions – and why it’s wrong they should die in active duty.
Spoilers. Steven Moffat has been chatting about the fate of Doctor Who companions – and why it’s wrong they should die in active duty.
Jodie Whittaker is sort-of playing a doctor on our TV screens tonight in the new TV drama Trust Me, and so she’s been doing promotional work for it. In an interview on BBC 6 Music, the small matter of her upcoming stint as our favourite Time Lord of course came up.
Former Doctor Who star Christopher Eccleston is the latest ex-TARDIS resident to chime in on the bold casting of Jodie Whittaker as the first female human in the role.
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As we reported earlier, Steven Moffat hadn’t originally intended to do the tenth series of Doctor Who, that finished last month with The Doctor Falls. Instead, he was expecting that job to go to Chris Chibnall, but Chibnall’s commitment to Broadchurch for ITV meant a delay in him taking over Doctor Who. Moffat, therefore, steered … >
The latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine (issue 515) is out now, and in it has seemingly come some confirmation that the show is taking a slightly extended break before its next series. It had been rumoured for some time that there was going to be an 18 month gap between the start of series … >
Just a quick update for collectors of Doctor Who DVDs: the BBC in America has confirmed that it plans to release the upcoming Doctor Who Christmas special, Twice Upon A Time, on February 20th 2018. Whether the UK release comes a little earlier, or goes in line with that, remains to be seen. As this … >
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As the mantle passes from one Doctor to another this Christmas, outgoing Doctor Who star Peter Capaldi has promised to follow a tradition set by his predecessors. Chatting to the Daily Star, Capaldi revealed that previous actors in the role of the Doctor, specifically David Tennant and Matt Smith, were helpful to him in dealing … >