‘Death in Heaven’ is a resolutely modern episode of Doctor Who, mixing Russell T Davies-style widescreen excess with the endlessly imaginative twists of Steven Moffat’s dark vision for the show like a pimped-up juggernaut driven by Edgar Allen Poe. It’s also one of the most poignant season finales the programme has produced under the auspices … >
It’s not hard to ‘say something nice’ about ‘Death in Heaven’. It’s that rare episode under Moffat’s tenure: a Part 2 (this is the first since May 2011). It’s also that even rarer thing in 21st century Who: a finale as exciting as it is satisfying. Satisfying not simply in terms of the immediate plot, … >
YouTube user Ross Goodall has uploaded a heart-warming video featuring a message from Peter Capaldi to his 9-year-old autistic son. Goodall commented: “This arrived just before Thomas’ nanny’s funeral and helped him to deal with his grief in a profound way. Thankyou Peter so much.” Watch the video…
If you’re reading this, then you’re on the Internet. And if you’re on the internet, there’s no way you’ve managed to avoid the revelations of ‘Dark Water’. So, let’s see exactly how dark this water was below the surface… “Just this once, everyone lives!” The rebooted Doctor Who has a noble tradition of turning … >
Well, here it is. And, woah. Let’s start with the headlines, shall we? It’s good. Actually, it’s very good. In order to say anything else, we have to invoke what’s quickly becoming a cliché even in spoiler-free reviews: if you really don’t want to know anything – stop reading now. Seriously. In this past week, … >
The BBC has released a brand new one-minute clip from this weekend’s Doctor Who finale. Written by Steven Moffat, ‘Death in Heaven’ airs at 8pm on Saturday 8 November on BBC One. Watch the clip… The synopsis reads: “With Cybermen on the streets of London, old friends unite against old enemies and the Doctor takes … >
On a cold Tuesday evening in Cardiff, a screening was hosted at the National Museum of Wales for this weekend’s Doctor Who finale, ‘Death in Heaven’. CultBox were in attendance, and without giving too much away (or the Cybermen will find us), here are some of the things viewers have to look forward to: … >
Just before tragedy struck in ‘Dark Water’, Clara was preparing to come totally clean to Danny Pink about all her adventures with the Doctor. Did you spot all the references to previous episodes written on the Post-it notes stuck in her flat? Most intriguingly, did you spot the ‘THREE MONTHS’ note? Did this suggest that Clara … >
In a break from rehearsing his new play, State Red, Doctor Who star Samuel Anderson gave CultBox some of his time to answer our questions about the life and death of Danny Pink. CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR ‘DARK WATER’ IF YOU’VE NOT YET SEEN IT So, with different writers and directors coming in for … >
So, in the event, it was as many had predicted: the Master is now a woman. Let’s look at that sentence again. Steven Moffat has brought the Master back – as a woman. The man who regenerated the Doctor into Joanna Lumley in ‘The Curse of Fatal Death’ has now done something similar for the … >