‘Doctor Who’s most complained about episode revealed

Doctor Who episode ‘Dark Water’ received the most complaints to broadcast regulator Ofcom since the show was revived in 2005. The opening part of Season 8’s two-part finale aired in November 2014 and featured Danny Pink (Samuel Anderson) being killed in a car accident. The story later revealed that the dead are able to feel … >

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Matt Smith begins filming ‘Patient Zero’ movie in London

Production has started on Doctor Who star Matt Smith’s new action-thriller, Patient Zero. Smith appears alongide Game of Thrones actors Natalie Dormer (Margaery Tyrell) and John Bradley (Samwell Tarly) in the movie about the fight against a global pandemic. The cast also includes Stanley Tucci. Patient Zero will be shooting in and around London until mid-April. … >

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‘Doctor Who’ book review: New short story collection ‘Time Trips’

Released as eBooks across 2014, the ‘Time Trips’ stories invited a group of well-known writers to come and play in the Doctor Who universe. The eight stories have now been collected into a hardback volume, wrapped with an additional dust-jacket tale. With each writer choosing their Doctor and period of the show, and only eight … >

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The Timeline of the Doctor: Making sense of Matt Smith’s ‘Doctor Who’ era

Here at CultBox we are aware that the era of the Eleventh Doctor has been accused of being a tad confusing.

We are also aware that, if you were watching ‘The Time of the Doctor’ on Christmas Day, it is just possible that you had to endure an onslaught of enquiries from sizzled relatives, asking you to explain the plot. In the interest of public service, therefore, we have sought to summarise the story arc of the Eleventh Doctor… And we think we’ve got it right, honestly we do.

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‘Doctor Who’ writer Moffat on possibility of Paternoster Gang spin-off

Steven Moffat has revealed that the BBC are keen to commission a Doctor Who spin-off featuring Madame Vastra, Jenny and Strax, but he is reluctant for it to happen. Speaking to Doctor Who Magazine in Issue 484 (out now), Moffat commented: “I’m always slightly worried that you can’t keep repeating the joke. And there’s always … >

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