A Doctor Who film crew set up a shot involving two actors and a huge new monster at Swansea University Bay Campus on 4 January. The filming was for Series 14 of the programme. Spoilers follow. The campus was set dressed with signs which said “FINETIME”. “DIAMOND PLAZA” and “ARCHITECT HIGH C.C. ARBROATH”. Filming prep … >
A Doctor Who film crew built a campaign headquarters set at Capitol Shopping Plaza in Cardiff, Wales on 3 January. The campaign headquarters setup included large posters and bills advertising an organization named Albion and a candidate named Roger ap Gwilliam. The slogans included “Bigger Better Bolder Britain” and “Vote for Gwilliam”. There is filming … >
In a world-exclusive interview in Doctor Who Magazine 586, Millie Gibson talks about playing new companion Ruby Sunday, what it’s like acting alongside Fifteenth Doctor Ncuti Gatwa, and how she discovered she’d secured the role: “I went to get a spray tan for the NTAs [National Television Awards], and I was in the room waiting … >
According to sources cited by Nicola Methven of The Mirror, the BBC will bring back two lost Doctor Who episodes in animated form to mark 60th anniversary of the programme. Two Season 4 stories from the 1960s, The Smugglers and The Underwater Menace, are to be animated and released on Blu-ray and DVD. The 1966 … >
Scott Handcock’s Production Diary in Doctor Who Magazine 586 gives some insights into Doctor Who Series 14 and specials filming production. Filming Block One: Sam Care is the cinematographer (DOP) working with director Dylan Holmes Williams. Some recce (pre-filming locations reconnaissance) was reported for this block on 21 November in “urban environments”, 22 November in … >
The Cultbox Collection — ten shows coming in 2023 to add to your list of viewing resolutions New Year means plenty of posts looking back on 2022 and forward to the year ahead. At the Cultbox Christmas Dinner, we put the names of the dozens of TV programmes we’re looking out for in 2023 onto … >
The annual Short Trips competition remembers the contribution of the late Big Finish staffer Paul Spragg. For the last seven years, audio producers Big Finish have run their annual Paul Spragg Memorial Short Trips Opportunity. The competition honours the life of Paul Spragg, the dearly missed and much-loved producer’s assistant who was always keen to … >
On December 25, 2022, a sixty-second trailer, publicity photos and some statements were released for the three Doctor Who 60th anniversary specials to air in 2023. What follows is a breakdown of the trailer complete with screen shots and information. It opens with a shot of London highlighting Tower Bridge. Fourteenth Doctor (David Tennant): “I … >
A sixty-second action-packed trailer for the Doctor Who 60th anniversary landed on December 25, 2022 as a special Christmas treat. It has now been revealed that alongside previously announced Catherine Tate, Yasmin Finney and Neil Patrick Harris, Jacqueline King will be reprising her role as Donna’s mother Sylvia, and Karl Collins as Donna’s long suffering … >
Several official Doctor Who social media outlets, with the cryptic caption “Tomorrow. #DoctorWho”, have teased something coming on December 25, 2022. Tomorrow. #DoctorWho pic.twitter.com/HyFNZ9fc1l — Doctor Who (@bbcdoctorwho) December 24, 2022 The very brief clip included in the December 24 post shows Neil Patrick Harris as his Doctor Who 60th anniversary special character in a … >