The first idea of how many people have been watching Class has been revealed. Created by YA author Patrick Ness, the new Doctor Who spin-off launched last month on BBC Three, which is now only available to watch online on BBC iPlayer. BARB (Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board) have released their TV Player Report for the … >
The BBC has revealed new storyline information for this year’s Doctor Who Christmas special. ‘The Return of Doctor Mysterio’ will air on Sunday 25 December on BBC One. Written by showrunner Steven Moffat and directed by Ed Bazalgette (Poldark), the episode will be 60 minutes long. The official synopsis reads: “This Christmas sees The Doctor join … >
If your Doctor Who fan credentials are old enough, you’ll be able to realise how disquieting it might have been to learn that Class was premiering on BBC iPlayer. Your paranoid, withered fanboy heart would have known that the BBC were betraying the Time Lord, and throwing the spin-off show onto a funeral pyre where … >
After last time’s planet hopping excitements, we wished for a less frenetic episode and a chance to connect with the characters of Class. Clearly knowing better, Patrick Ness has delivered ‘Detained’, with character development aplenty, locked inside a claustrophobic single-roomed story. School detentions are rarely this eventful we imagine, as an asteroid colliding with the … >
A new teaser has been unveiled for this year’s Doctor Who Christmas special. The 30-second trailer from Fathom Events is to promote the release of ‘The Return of Doctor Mysterio’ in select US cinemas next month. For the second year in a row, Fathom Events and BBC Worldwide present a special two-night presentation of Doctor Who‘s festive adventure … >
BBC bosses apparently want Doctor Who to feel like “a brand new show” when new showrunner Chris Chibnall takes over in 2018. According to The Mirror, the shake-up will see Peter Capaldi and new co-star Pearl Mackie departing as the Twelfth Doctor his new companion, allowing Chibnall a “clean slate” for his era. Capaldi has played the … >
With a title that might be a reference to Tegan, but is more likely a nod to a Mel Gibson movie, ‘Brave-ish Heart’ concludes last week’s story. Taking the fight to Corakinus, before he could wreak havoc on Earth, April (Sophie Hopkins) and Ram (Fady Elsayed) embarked on a desperate mission to the dark, volcanic planet … >
After last week’s terrific study in grief, Class picks up on the events which launched BBC Three’s new Doctor Who spin-off last month; that of the Shadow Kin threat and the precarious status of April’s heart. While we have been following the lives of Quill and the Coal Hill students, the Shadow Kin have been working … >
After a busy series opener and a slightly less frenetic, if rather gory follow-up, Class settles in to its weekly pattern with ‘Nightvisiting’, which draws its beautifully macabre premise from the notion of the dead returning to visit those left behind. Despite seeing a fair amount of death on the show already, the episode focused … >
We cannot tell a lie – the long wait for the next season of Doctor Who has been excruciating. But as these last ten months or so have passed ever so slowly, with barely a TARDIS dematerialisation sound to be heard, here at Cultbox we’ve used the time wisely and revisited the Peter Capaldi era thus far. From … >