Executive producer Phil Collinson gave an exclusive update to Doctor Who Magazine 586 on Series 14 production from his office at Wolf Studios in Cardiff. “Filming began for the next season on Monday 5 December, with a week in studio. On some incredible sets!” Jane Tranter proudly described one of the sets in a separate … >
Doctor Who producers, casting director and Millie Gibson revealed new details about the characterisation and casting of the Fifteenth Doctor and his companion Ruby Sunday in Doctor Who Magazine 586. The Fifteenth Doctor: Showrunner Russell T Davies revealed in a DWM Zoom interview which included executive producers Phil Collinson, Julie Gardner and Jane Tranter “as … >
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 … >
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 … >
In an interview with former Doctor Who Magazine editor Tom Spilsbury in Total TV Guide magazine, Russell T Davies promised staggering surprises for fans during the festive season following the 60th anniversary specials. “I’m sorry there’s no special his year, but I absolutely promise, this time next year, you’ll be staggered with the surprises we’ve … >
According to Millie Gibson’s CVs for both her agency and Spotlight, she stars as companion Ruby Sunday in a Doctor Who episode directed by Mark Tonderai. Tonderai directed the Series 11 Doctor Who episodes The Ghost Monument and Rosa. Rosa was a Hugo Awards finalist for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form. Tonderia was quoted in … >
A film crew was busy on Cardiff Bay Barrage in Penarth, Friday and Saturday night, 16 and 17 December to film scenes for Doctor Who with Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson. The BBC released photographs of Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson in costume as the Doctor and companion Ruby Sunday ahead of the filming on … >
According to his Letter from the Showrunner column in Doctor Who Magazine 585, Russell T Davies has revealed that Block One, currently filming now with director Dylan Holmes Williams, consists of two Doctor Who episodes. “I wonder if those [filming] locations will have made the papers by the time you read this?,” Davies wrote in … >
In Doctor Who Magazine 585, Russell T Davies revealed the episode count for Series 14 of Doctor Who starring Ncuti Gatwa and the plans for a festive special and future series going forward. “The Fifteenth Doctor’s first full season will be eight episodes long, with a Christmas special, making it nine episodes every year (and … >