We’ve had lots of messages asking if Class will get a traditional television broadcast in the UK. The new eight-part Doctor Who spin-off, created by YA author Patrick Ness, began filming in Cardiff in April and will premiere on BBC Three this autumn. BBC Three became an online-only channel earlier this year, meaning that viewers need an internet connection to watch … >
Peter Capaldi has almost accidentally let slip a big spoiler about an upcoming scene featuring the Doctor. Taking part in a panel at Awesome Con in Washington D.C. on Sunday with former Doctor Who co-star Jenna Coleman, who played Clara from 2012-2015, he hinted at a scene that he has recently filmed. WARNING: POTENTIAL SPOILERS BELOW! … >
Ryan McNaught, aka ‘The Brick Man’ from Brick Man Experience, has constructed a replica of Doctor Who‘s TARDIS from Lego on Bondi Beach in Sydney. The full-size (on the outside) Lego TARDIS took 300 hours to build, using 75,000 bricks, and weighs 400 kilos. Watch an amazing time-lapse video showing the team building it… New episodes of Doctor Who … >
The first writer for the new season of Doctor Who has been revealed. Mark Gatiss will return with his ninth episode in 2017. It will be his third story for Peter Capaldi’s Doctor. The Sherlock co-creator confirmed the news in an interview with WhoSFX. Discussing his first Doctor Who episode, 2005’s ‘The Unquiet Dead’, Gatiss said: “It seems so natural now … >
New Doctor Who star Pearl Mackie has revealed that she feels “touched” by the response from fans since her introduction. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time actress was officially announced as the Doctor’s new companion last month. Writing in the new issue of Doctor Who Magazine, Mackie thanked Doctor Who fans for their “incredible dedication and unapologetic Whovian love”, saying that “this fandom cannot … >
A great video has been posted online mashing up the Doctor Who title sequence with upcoming Marvel movie Doctor Strange. Starring Sherlock‘s Benedict Cumberbatch as the title character, Doctor Strange will be the 14th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. YouTube user Jason Rico, who created the clip, commented: “Ever noticed how the Seal of the Vishanti looks … >
Famous for her role as the scheming Servalan in Blake’s 7, actress Jacqueline Pearce has recently starred alongside John Hurt in the War Doctor audios. In this frank and fruity interview, Nicholas Briggs takes a champagne-fuelled walk through her life and career. Pearce had a turbulent childhood; her mother left at a young age and … >
Michelle Gomez has revealed what would happen if she wrote a Doctor Who episode and it’s fittingly bonkers. Asked by a fan at MegaCon in Orlando last weekend what the story would be if she was allowed to write an episode, Gomez replied: “It’d be set in some kind of Victorian era with Daft Punk music playing in the background and Captain … >
Doctor Who star Paul McGann has revealed that he feels like “there’s still a bit of potential” for the Eighth Doctor to appear onscreen again. The actor made his debut as the Time Lord twenty years ago this month in 1996’s ‘TV Movie’ and reprised the role in 2013’s minisode ‘The Night of the Doctor’, which had 2.5 … >
The new issue of Doctor Who Magazine has revealed that Steven Moffat will still be Doctor Who showrunner for 2017’s Christmas special. When it was announced earlier this year that Moffat would be leaving, it was unclear exactly which episode would be his swansong, with the press release merely stating that Season 10 would be his last. It was expected that … >