Filming is underway on this year’s Doctor Who Christmas episode and the special’s director has been confirmed. The new issue of DWM reveals that Ed Bazalgette will helm 2016’s festive outing. Bazalgette has previously directed episodes of Poldark, Casualty and DCI Banks. He also directed two of last year’s Doctor Who episodes, ‘The Girl Who Died’ and ‘The Woman … >
The first photo of the cast of the new Jumanji movie has appeared online. Kevin Hart – who stars in the movie alongside Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, Karen Gillan and Jack Black in the movie – posted the photo on Instagram earlier today. Directed by Jake Kasdan (Bad Teacher, Sex Tape), the new film follows the events of the original … >
The storylines in BBC Three’s Class will apparently contain some “mature themes,” viewers have been warned. Set in contemporary London at Coal Hill Academy, the eight-part YA sci-fi series will premiere on BBC Three online and air on BBC One in October. Peter Capaldi is rumoured to be guest starring in the first episode of the new Doctor Who spin-off, which … >
Many Doctors and companions have gone on to great (but not greater, of course!) things after leaving Doctor Who. The show is often also lucky enough to nab up-and-coming young actors for guest roles before they make their way to fame and fortune. Some of them played fan favourites and Who viewers got to see … >
Imagine, if you will, the following scene. You’re sat having a relaxed lunch sat outside a bar in one of the many side streets around Montmartre. As you finish your drink and toy with asking for the bill (l’addition) you realise you recognise the music playing in the background from inside. You concentrate for a … >
While we are still recovering from last month’s superb era mash-up of ‘Classic Doctors, New Monsters’, Big Finish takes another of their ranges into unknown territory as Bernice Summerfield enters ‘The Unbound Universe’; a parallel dimension where David Warner is the Doctor. Meanwhile, Gwen Cooper wraps up Torchwood’s second audio season with ‘Made You Look’ – … >
During her three seasons on Doctor Who, Clara Oswald appeared to take on several guises. Through Jenna Coleman’s introductory storyline, which involved splinters of Clara living out doomed lives in proximity to the Doctor, we were introduced to the companion as an enigma… or as the Doctor memorably named her, the “Impossible Girl”. With that mystery … >
Tom Baker has long been obsessed with his own mortality, famously purchasing his own gravestone which is handy as ‘The King of Cats’ begins on the way to his funeral. When he first returned to the role of the Doctor, it was for the now defunct AudioGo in three series of linked adventures, written by … >
Marking the 30th anniversary of ‘The Trial of a Time Lord’, Colin Baker has discussed his time in Doctor Who. Baker was chatting exclusively to CultBox‘s Jeff Moody to promote the DVD release of coming-of-age movie A Dozen Summers. Colin, it’s thirty years this month since ‘The Trial of a Time Lord’. When did you … >
Christopher Eccleston has discussed his regrets about only doing one season of Doctor Who. The Leftovers actor played the Ninth Doctor for one year in 2005 and later declined the invitation to return as the Doctor in 2013’s 50th anniversary special. Over the years it has emerged that the making of 2005’s season was fraught … >