This month has seen the first stories featuring post-2005 elements released by Big Finish, with UNIT: Extinction providing a spin-off for Kate Stewart and Osgood, while Strax the Sontaran makes a guest appearance in special Jago and Litefoot release. Meanwhile the core Doctor Who ranges continue apace, with the Sixth Doctor and new companion Mrs … >
E4 has released a set of promotional photos for Tripped, the channel’s new comedy-drama set in parallel universes. Tripped was originally created by Doctor Who writer Jamie Mathieson (‘Flatline’, ‘Mummy on the Orient Express’) as Alt, a pilot for E4 last year. Mathieson is now joined on the four-part series by Harry and Jack Williams, … >
The new season of Doctor Who continues this weekend with ‘Sleep No More’, written by Sherlock co-creator Mark Gatiss. This terrifying story is assembled from footage discovered in the wreckage of Le Verrier Space Station.” > Here’s everything we know about Season 9 so far. ‘Sleep No More’ will air at 8.15pm on Saturday 14 … >
Hot on the heels of TV’s ‘Inversion of the Zygons’, Kate Stewart (Jemma Redgrave) and Petronella Osgood (Ingrid Oliver) return in Big Finish’s new audio boxset, UNIT: Extinction. This time there is no Doctor and UNIT takes centre stage, protecting the world from alien threats. UNIT: Extinction is a big moment for Big Finish as … >
Peter Capaldi’s third season of Doctor Who will reportedly begin production in May next year. Unofficial talk has circulated since August that a full season will not air in 2016, with a split season over 2016-2017 looking highly likely. > Here’s everything we know so far about Season 10. Questioned about the rumours last week, … >
Having set the bar high with Daredevil earlier this year, Marvel appear to have struck gold again with their second Netflix series, Jessica Jones, which gets off to an impressively assured start. Initially in ‘AKA Ladies Night’, there’s signs that Jessica Jones might not be the heavyweight that was expected. The opening act is perfectly … >
A brand new trailer has been unveiled for Downtime, a British sci-fi movie set in the Doctor Who universe. Originally released on video in 1995, the 70-minute adventure sees Nicholas Courtney, Elisabeth Sladen, Deborah Watling and Jack Watling reprise their roles as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Sarah Jane Smith, Victoria Waterfield, Professor Edward Travers respectively. Downtime is … >
If you’re the kind of impeccable viewer who’s been checking Etsy on a daily basis for Question Mark underpants (none at the time of writing…I’ve, err, heard), or you’re a sucker for choice chunks of Who nostalgia, or if you just savour the relief of a Part 2 that lives up to its Part 1, … >
Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat has revealed that the Doctor’s next companion won’t be a returning character. Jenna Coleman will depart the show as Clara at some point this season, but her replacement has not yet been annouced. Ingrid Oliver’s Osgood, first seen in ‘The Day of the Doctor’ in 2013, and Faye Marsay’s Shona, … >
The Doctor’s friends at the United Nations Unified Intelligence Taskforce have been a part of the show on and off since they helped the Second Doctor see off the Cybermen in 1969’s ‘The Invasion’. Formed in response to the Yeti attack (‘The Web of Fear’), their remit covers “…the odd, the unexplained. Anything on Earth … >