BBC America airs first teaser for ‘Doctor Who’ Season 9

The first teaser for the new season of Doctor Who was shown on BBC America last night. The brief clip aired during the finale of Orphan Black‘s third season. Season 9 will begin airing on BBC America in the US and on BBC One in the UK this September. Watch the teaser… > Buy Season … >

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Why can’t modern ‘Doctor Who’ get male companions right?

When Doctor Who made its triumphant re-materialisation onto our television screens in 2005 it did so with a confident swagger, an accent on more rounded characters and a whole litany of strong female characters. While the classic series was forced to bat away regular cries of sexism, the likes of Rose Tyler, Martha Jones, Donna … >

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The Doctor vs the Dinosaurs: 5 of the best dino adventures in ‘Doctor Who’

Conspicuous by their absence for the first six seasons of Doctor Who, but given their enduring popularity, it was inevitable that the Earth’s former inhabitants would menace the Doctor on screen eventually. Over the years, the prehistoric monsters have been seeing flying over London, albeit in an alternate, broken timeline in ‘The Wedding of River … >

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Win a ‘Doctor Who’ novel featuring the War Doctor!

Engines of War, an epic new Doctor Who novel about the Great Time War featuring the War Doctor (as played by John Hurt), is published in paperback by BBC Books on Thursday 18 June, priced £7.99. > Read our 5-star review of the book. To celebrate the release, we’ve got copies of the book to … >

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‘Doctor Who’ video: Are the Silence in ‘The Lodger’?

We know that the other TARDIS seen in 2010’s Doctor Who episode ‘The Lodger’ was later revealed to belong to the Silence, but did the memory-wiping aliens appear in the episode too without us realising? Take a look at the evidence… What do you reckon? It certainly looks like Amy has seen something in the … >

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