Steven Moffat has admitted he was upset not to be able to persuade Christopher Eccleston to appear in the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special. As has been widely reported before, the Doctor Who showrunner originally approached Eccleston to be in ‘The Day of the Doctor’ but the actor declined. The episode aired on Saturday 23 November 2013 and … >
The what, we hear you ask? The Doctor Who Bot on Skype, of course… Calling itself ‘an innovative digital experience’ – The Doctor Who Bot will allow Skype users to interact with the Time Lord as they are recruited to assist in a six part multimedia adventure called ‘The Saviour of Time’. “Do you have … >
Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat has commented on the attempts to get The Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson to film an episode. Moffat had previously revealed: “I’ve spoken to [Peter Jackson] face to face, and he would like to do one. He accepts that there’s no money and that there’s no time, and … >
Since 2005, Doctor Who has given us a Christmas special every year. While some have been the perfect gift, there are some that we’ve wanted to exchange for something else in the Boxing Day sales. Yes, it’s currently May, but it’s always a suitable time for a Christmas feature when you have a TARDIS. Here’s how … >
The idea of time travel is a crucial staple of Doctor Who. But often the stories don’t tend be about time travel so much as simply include time travel. Here are five stories that have a stronger focus on time travel than most and provide some interesting uses of it along the way… ‘The … >
Beginning in the early 1980s, the Myth Makers videos built up a tremendous archive of video interviews with the cast and crew of Doctor Who. This new DVD release collects together six of the main players of the Pertwee era. Hosted by Nicholas Briggs, long before he became the ‘voice of the Daleks’, each film … >
While the Twelfth Doctor has returned to our television screens with a new season, his predecessors remain busy on audio all year long. April was no exception, bringing outings for his Fourth, Fifth and Tenth incarnations. The Fifth Doctor and Nyssa star in a pair of two-part stories, ‘Alien Heart’ and ‘Dalek Soul’ which form … >
Doctor Who is a show that has always been flanked by controversy of one kind or another. It’s that typical divisiveness, the utter separation between views of what the show should be, that’s come to be a fact of the discourse around it in recent years. That makes Season 10 all the more of an anomaly … >
As a life-long Doctor Who fan, the hardest and most annoying question to answer is, “Who’s your favourite Doctor?” Here Liam South provides five reasons why the Eleventh Doctor should be your answer… Bowties were never cooler. (Bowtie sales actually did rise after ‘The Eleventh Hour’ aired). Matt Smith’s two distinct looks (the … >
“Past or future?” The choice offered to Bill Potts in ‘Smile’ is one his new friends are often asked to make when first they step through the doors of his TARDIS. Pre-order the new season on DVD on Amazon here. Pre-order the new season on Blu-ray on Amazon here. With Bill enjoying her first trip to the past in ‘Thin … >