Power of the Doctor art featuring Jodie Whittaker

New Doctor Who images released for ‘The Power of the Doctor’

The BBC has released new images for the Doctor Who BBC centenary special The Power of the Doctor. UNIT headquarters, as filmed at Hodge House in Cardiff, is featured heavily in the new images as are Jodie Whittaker (the Doctor), Mandip Gill (Yaz), Jemma Redgrave (Kate Stewart), Janet Fielding (Tegan) and Sophie Aldred (Ace). Sacha … >

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The electric costumes of Doctor Who Series 12

In Doctor Who Magazine 557, Ray Holman described the process behind the creation of the creatures and costumes of Doctor Who Series 12. Many of the costumes contained electronic components. Kasaavin One might think that the Kasaavin in Spyfall were computer-generated imagery but they were entirely practical effects. “They were the most technical creatures that … >

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Doctor Who ‘The Haunting of Villa Diodati’: breakdown of the trailers

The BBC has released two trailers for the eighth episode of Doctor Who Series 12, The Haunting of Villa Diodati. The official The Haunting of Villa Diodati synopsis: “Nobody mention Frankenstein. Nobody interfere. Nobody snog Byron.” Should be easy right? The Doctor and gang arrive at the Villa Diodati, Lake Geneva, in 1816 – on … >

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First glimpse of Lord Byron in Doctor Who ‘The Haunting of Villa Diodati’

“Nobody mention Frankenstein. Nobody interfere. Nobody snog Byron,” is how the Doctor  instructs her companions before they visit the renowned literary inhabitants of 1816 Villa Diodati near Lake Geneva in Switzerland. The BBC has released a photo of four of the actors portraying the villa residents in the eighth episode of Doctor Who Series 12, … >

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Doctor Who, ‘The Haunting of Villa Diodati’ synopsis and cast

The BBC has released the synopsis for the eighth episode of Doctor Who Series 12, The Haunting of Villa Diodati : “Nobody mention Frankenstein. Nobody interfere. Nobody snog Byron.” Should be easy right? The Doctor and gang arrive at the Villa Diodati, Lake Geneva, in 1816 – on a night that inspired Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. … >

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