Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat has revealed that the new season will feature fewer two-part stories than last year. 2015’s season was made up almost entirely of multi-part stories and ‘paired’ episodes, with the exception of Mark Gatiss’s ‘Sleep No More’. > Buy the complete Doctor Who Season 9 box set on DVD on Amazon. > Buy the complete Doctor Who … >
Today marks exactly 20 years since Paul McGann made his Doctor Who debut as the Eighth Doctor on UK screens in ‘The TV Movie’. The Doctor finds himself in San Francisco in 1999 whilst transporting the remains of the Master, now deceased, back to Gallifrey. But when the Master’s essence escapes and the Doctor is badly … >
Steven Moffat has responded to a fan’s query about the identity of the mystery lady in the barn in last year’s Doctor Who finale. A scene set on the Doctor’s home planet of Gallifrey, in the barn that was first seen in ‘The Day of the Doctor’, features an elderly lady finding Peter Capaldi’s Doctor and warning that … >
The word ‘epic’ is thrown around a lot online, but sometimes it is actually justified. The folks at PiscesRising on YouTube have produced what must surely the most epic interpretation of Australian composer Ron Grainer’s Doctor Who theme ever. Watch the video… In case you were wondering, the lyrics are “a mix of Sanskrit, faux Latin and various Doctor Who … >
Today marks exactly twelve years since it was announced to the press that Billie Piper was going to be the new Doctor Who companion. Piper was best known at the time as the late-’90s teen pop star behind the Number 1 hit songs ‘Because We Want To’ and ‘Girlfriend’. Since leaving Doctor Who in 2006 she has gone on to … >
Can you believe it’s almost a decade since Rose Tyler’s time as a regular companion on Doctor Who came to an end? ‘Doomsday’ aired on 8 July 2006 and if that makes you feel really old then it turns out you’re not the only one… Actress Billie Piper told DS: “I go and meet the fans sometimes at these … >
Jenna Coleman made her first ever Kansas City appearance at Planet Comicon on Saturday. The former Doctor Who star chatted with fans about her best moments as Clara, breaking the TARDIS on her first day, being ‘the Impossible Girl’, catching up on Game of Thrones, her favourite books, her advice for aspiring actors, and working with both Matt Smith and Peter … >
A set of new images has been unveiled from the upcoming movie adaptation of Jojo Moyes’ hit novel Me Before You. The romantic drama stars Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) and Sam Claflin (The Hunger Games), alongside Jenna Coleman (Doctor Who), Matthew Lewis (Harry Potter) and Charles Dance (Game of Thrones). > Buy the book on Amazon. Me Before You arrives in … >
Next year’s official Doctor Who annual will be published this autumn and the cover artwork has been unveiled. Doctor Who: The Official Annual 2017 is released on 6 October by BBC Children’s Books and is available to pre-order now. > Order the annual on Amazon. The official blurb for the 64-page book reads: “Join the Doctor for brand-new adventures … >
The concluding episode of Toby Whithouse’s two-part Doctor Who story in Season 9 was bookended by the Doctor discussing the Bootstrap Paradox. A time travel paradox in which an object or information can exist without ever being created, the concept became a key part of the plot in ‘Under the Lake’ and ‘Before the Flood’ as the Doctor hypothesises ‘Who really composed Beethhoven’s Fifth?’ … >