The Vikings gave us a lot of words that we use in common English. I saw it on a Horrible Histories once so it’s true. One of them was ‘happy’. That’s fortunate, because it’s a great word to apply to ‘The Girl Who Waited Died’ – 45 minutes of Saturday-morning style fun that should make … >
The new season of Doctor Who continues next weekend with ‘The Girl Who Died’, written by Jamie Mathieson (‘Flatline’) with showrunner Steven Moffat. Captured by Vikings, the Doctor and Clara must help protect their village from Space Warriors from the future: the Mire. Outnumbered and outgunned, their fate seems inevitable. So why is the Doctor preoccupied … >
Primary teachers of the world – look away now! In this episode of Doctor Who, there are Vikings and (gasp!) they are not completely historically accurate! Inside a peasant’s hut, there is the anachronism of a leather-bound book, while, in a costuming decision bound to inflame the great Viking headgear controversy, warriors wear helmets that, … >
The BBC has released the official story details for the fifth episode of Doctor Who‘s new season, which features Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams in a guest role. Written by Jamie Mathieson (‘Flatline’) with showrunner Steven Moffat, ‘The Girl Who Died’ will air at 8.20pm on Saturday 17 October on BBC One. The synopsis … >
The Inbetweeners star Blake Harrison will lead the cast of Tripped, a 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, … >
Being Human writer Jamie Mathieson will return to Doctor Who next season for an episode co-written with Steven Moffat. Mathieson joined the Doctor Who writing team last year with ‘Flatline’ and ‘Mummy on the Orient Express’. He told CultBox last year: “If my computer ever gets hacked, there’s massive folders full of Doctor Who ideas! … >
Writer Jamie Mathieson has revealed that he has “massive folders full of Doctor Who ideas”. The Being Human writer penned two episodes for Peter Capaldi’s debut season, ‘Flatline’ and ‘Mummy on the Orient Express’. Speaking exclusively to CultBox in October, Mathieson commented: “I would love to [return next year]; that would be great. I had … >
There’s nothing flat about this week’s episode of Doctor Who. Occupying the slot, and something of the feel, of the traditional Doctor-lite episode, ‘Flatline’, in the event, proves to be not so light on Doctor. Whether it’s Peter Capaldi delivering a performance that is literally out of the box, or Jenna Coleman’s Clara stepping up … >
For a while now, the writing’s been on the wall for The Doctor and Clara’s relationship, and this episode draws a very clear line in that story arc. Sometimes literally. We’re back to present day Earth, but due to a mix of a malfunctioning TARDIS and plot contrivance, several miles away from Danny, still at … >
BBC One has released a clip from the next episode of Doctor Who. Written by Jamie Mathieson, ‘Flatline’ airs on Saturday 18 October on BBC One and is described by Steven Moffat as “a horror story” and “a proper scary one”. Watch the clip… The official synopsis reads: “Separated from the Doctor, Clara discovers a … >