These days you can’t move a parsec without encountering a constellation of dietary advice designed to get you ‘beach-bod ready’ for the first time you set foot on the automatic sand of Space Florida. I picked up the latest copy of Cybermen’s Health and found it recommended that the best way to get ‘steel-hard abs’ … >
Mike Bartlett will make his Doctor Who debut with an episode in Season 10, the BBC has confirmed. The writer had a huge hit on BBC One last year with his drama series Doctor Foster, starring Suranne Jones, who played Idris in Neil Gaiman’s first Doctor Who episode, ‘The Doctor’s Wife’. Doctor Foster will return for a second … >
We love The Master. The Doctor’s wayward childhood friend has been a bearded cigar-smoking charmer, a snarling cross between Keith Richards and Marty Feldman, a giggling silent movie baddie, Julia Roberts’ less talented brother, a manic flesh eating jack-in-the-box and most recently a Scottish Mary Poppins. And each incarnation comes with a moment that shows … >
The Doctor’s uncanny ability to change his whole appearance and personality has revitalised Doctor Who on a regular basis over the past five decades. Before 2005, regeneration looked utterly different each time, with the director of the day putting their own spin on the change. Some used practical effects and others opted for video imagery … >
The BBC has announced the first guest star for the new season of Doctor Who. Stephanie Hyam has signed up for a role in Season 10. She will play a character named Heather in either Episode 1 or Episode 2. Hyam appeared as Jane in the recent Sherlock special ‘The Abominable Bride’. She has also been in BBC Three’s Murdered by My Boyfriend and … >
Australian writer Sarah Dollard has written an episode of Doctor Who for the new season, the BBC has confirmed. Dollard wrote 2015’s ‘Face the Raven’ and has previously written episodes of Being Human, Aussie soap Neighbours and BBC Two’s thriller The Game. She commented last year ahead of her first episode: “Getting to play in the Doctor Who toy box … >
The BBC has officially announced today that Matt Lucas will be joining the cast of Doctor Who as a regular next season. The Little Britain star made his debut as Nardole in last year’s Christmas special, ‘The Husbands of River Song’. A new press released confirms: “Matt Lucas returns to Doctor Who from the opening episode of series 10 which starts … >
BBC Three’s new Doctor Who spin-off will have an LGBT lead character, the show’s writer has announced. Created by YA author Patrick Ness, Class began filming in Cardiff in April. The eight-part series is set in contemporary London at Coal Hill School and “will shine a light on a whole new corner of the Whoniverse.” Ness revealed the news on Twitter … >
Frank Cottrell-Boyce has written an episode of Doctor Who for the new season. The British screenwriter and author made his Doctor Who debut in 2014 with Season 8’s ‘In the Forest of the Night’. Cottrell-Boyce’s new story will be Season 10’s second episode, the BBC confirmed today. Episode 1 will be Steven Moffat’s season opener, which will introduce Pearl Mackie … >
Ever get the feeling that there’s rather a lot of people being told to ‘shut up’ in Peter Capaldi’s era of Doctor Who? Well, it turns out you’re not imagining it. As part of his brilliant range of Doctor Who infographics, fan Paul Smith has calculated exactly how often there have been commands for characters to stop talking over the years. … >