A fair bit of mystery has surrounded surrounded Samantha Spiro’s role in ‘Doctor Who’, but the latest episode offers us a little clue. A little while ago you may have seen reports that Samatha Spiro, known to Game Of Thrones fans as Melessa Tarlay, would be appearing in the new season of Doctor Who. Well now, … >
So, it turns out this was nothing to do with Warren Ellis and Michelle Gomez gave a very restrained performance. One of these was more unexpected than the other. Consider your options, and then pick whichever one of these false realities most appeals to you: Press 1 if you weren’t expecting an episode based on … >
In a change from rubbing shoulders with political figures like Winston Churchill and Richard Nixon, this week’s episode of Doctor Who, ‘Extremis’, sees the Time Lord recruited by none other than the Pope. While Doctor Who generally has little time for religion – although the Third Doctor famously took some inspiration from Buddhist teachings – it does … >
‘Extremis’, the 6th episode of Doctor Who season 10, is packed full of Steven Moffat’s trademark high-concept themes and plot twists. Oh, and it’s dark – very dark. Doctor Who has always been great at making you feel sympathy for the strangest things. Just this season, we’ve been invited to consider the perspective of alien puddles, … >
The striking Doctor Who episode ‘Oxygen’ all started with a single email… Writer Jamie Mathieson has taken to his personal website to illuminate just a little of the work that went into creating the episode ‘Oxygen’. He’s shared the text of the original treatment email he sent to Steven Moffat – a mail that started what he calls the … >
Are you ready for the weekend? Well, Bill Potts is here to help you make the right decisions about how to spend you time… It’s the weekend… IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITIES! Getting in touch with friends, and making plans for a night out… So you can hang out with people you really like spending time with… … >
Doctor Who returns to BBC One this weekend with a new episode, ‘Extremis’, written by Steven Moffat himself. In the Haereticum – the Vatican’s secret library of blasphemy – there is an ancient book known only as The Veritas. Throughout history, anyone who has ever read it has immediately taken their own life. Now a new translation … >
This first instalment of a three-part Doctor Who adventure perfectly sets up the finale of Peter Capaldi’s time in the TARDIS. There’s a piece of text going round online and it makes all who read it want to kill themselves. But enough about my review for ‘Mummy on the Orient Express’, we’ve got a new Doctor … >
Michelle Gomez was too… When a certain tabloid – which shall remain nameless – decided to spoil the reveal of John Simm’s return to the role of The Master in series 10 of Doctor Who, it reduced some of the impact of the news. Apparently, Stephen Moffat had expressed a wish that the secret be kept … >
Though today’s Doctor Who news has been all about Missy, this short clip is sure to whet you appetite for Saturday. There’s not much to go on here, we’ll admit, but 10 seconds of Doctor Who is better than no Doctor Who, right? See, told you. Still, it’s enough to get us pumped for the … >