You know the rules. Some days in Doctor Who, nobody dies at all. Some days, everybody lives. But today is not that day, and certainly not for poor Danny Pink, knocked down and killed by a car – an unfortunate ordinary death for an ordinary bloke. Very un-Rory. Probably registering only 0.2 Adrics on the … >
“I am the spirit of dark and lonely water,” the spooky, black-robed ghoul in a notorious public information film of the 1970s once intoned. “Ready to trap the unwary, the show-off, the fool…” The Twelfth Doctor should have listened. In his short life so far, he’s been careless, conceited and crass. Yes, there’s been heroism, … >
It feels like Peter Capaldi’s first year of Doctor Who has only just begun, yet this weekend is the first part of Season 8’s finale already! > Order Season 8 on DVD on Amazon. > Order Season 8 on Blu-ray on Amazon. As we prepare to head into ‘Dark Water’ on Saturday night, CultBox has … >
Now that it’s been revealed that Missy’s agenda involves Clara (“I have chosen well”), and with the growing collection of people gathered into her Promised Land (aka The Nethersphere), we cannot help but begin to speculate on the possible destination of the Owsald/Pink romance. Danny and Clara’s relationship has blossomed since their first awkward foot-in-mouth … >
The extras for the upcoming DVD and Blu-Ray release of Doctor Who‘s new season have been announced. The 5-disc box set will be available from Monday 24 November, featuring all 12 episodes from Season 8. The release date has been pushed back a week from the originally announced Monday 17 November, as the BBFC rating … >
The BBC has released a music video for Foxes’ rendition of ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’, featuring brand new clips from the remining four episodes of Doctor Who‘s current season. Foxes’ cover of the classic Queen song featured in the most recent episode, ‘Mummy on the Orient Express’. Watch the full video… Still to come in … >
Okay, hands up anyone who knew that this episode would crack an ‘Are you my Mummy?’ joke! Yep, that’ll be just about everyone then… With a title this brazen, we’d have been disappointed if ‘Mummy on the Orient Express’ had eschewed predictability. The latest in a sub-genre of Doctor Who stories that have given us … >
The BBC has released two new previews clips for the next episode of Doctor Who. ‘Mummy on the Orient Express’ airs at 8.35pm on Saturday 11 October on BBC One. Written by Jamie Mathieson and guest starring Frank Skinner and singer Foxes, the episode is described by Steven Moffat as “stunning in a very glamorous … >
It was on a June evening in 2010, with the Silence ringing in our ears, when we first heard there was a mummy on the spacebound Orient Express. Looking back, it was a blast of chaff: words to distract us from questions about the Silence, and infer that the Christmas special would feature a festive … >
The BBC has released a set of promotional images for the eighth episode of Doctor Who‘s new season. ‘Mummy on the Orient Express’ airs at 8.35pm on Saturday 11 October on BBC One. Written by Jamie Mathieson and guest starring Frank Skinner and singer Foxes, the episode is described by Steven Moffat as “stunning in … >