Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat has revealed that he currently believes Peter Capaldi will continue playing the Doctor beyond the end of the next season. Capaldi joined as the Twelfth Doctor in 2013 and Season 10 will be his third season in the role. Matt Smith and David Tennant both played the Doctor for three … >
Filming is now complete on the first block of filming for the new season of Doctor Who. Season 10 began production in Cardiff last month, with Pearl Mackie joining Peter Capaldi’s Doctor as new companion Bill and comedian Matt Lucas returning as Nardole. The show’s official Twitter account announced this morning: “That’s a wrap on block 1! … >
Fancy a Doctor Who/Star Wars mash-up video to celebrate the end of the week? YouTube user SWL Pham has taken the Doctor’s brilliant confrontation with Robin Hood in 2014’s ‘Robot of Sherwood’ episode and added the only thing that could improve the scene: LIGHTSABERS. Watch the clip… The new season of Doctor Who began filming in Cardiff last month, with Pearl … >
Matt Lucas has posted the first photo of the new Doctor Who cast all together. The next season of Doctor Who began filming in Cardiff last month, with Pearl Mackie joining Peter Capaldi’s Doctor as new companion Bill and comedian Matt Lucas returning as Nardole. Lucas posted the pic on Instagram, commenting: “The happiest day #doctorwho #thedoctor #bill #nardole” A … >
Doctor Who star Peter Capaldi wants to get the middle eight back in the show’s theme tune. A middle eight is a short section (typically of eight bars) in the middle of a conventionally structured song, generally of a different character from the other parts of the song. The current shortened version of the Doctor Who … >
Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat says he “slightly fumbled” the launch of last year’s season. Season 9 continued the previous season‘s line-up of Peter Capaldi as the Doctor and Jenna Coleman as companion Clara Oswald. The launch trailer concluded with the line: “Same old, same old, just the Doctor and Clara Oswald in the TARDIS.” It was the first … >
Doctor Who star Peter Capaldi has revealed which of the Doctor Who episodes he’s starred in so far have been his favourites. The Scottish actor first appeared as the Twelfth Doctor in the show’s 50th anniversary special, ‘The Day of the Doctor’, in November 2013 and his first full season launched in August 2014. Asked by DWM in … >
Mike Bartlett will make his Doctor Who debut with an episode in Season 10, the BBC has confirmed. The writer had a huge hit on BBC One last year with his drama series Doctor Foster, starring Suranne Jones, who played Idris in Neil Gaiman’s first Doctor Who episode, ‘The Doctor’s Wife’. Doctor Foster will return for a second … >
Australian writer Sarah Dollard has written an episode of Doctor Who for the new season, the BBC has confirmed. Dollard wrote 2015’s ‘Face the Raven’ and has previously written episodes of Being Human, Aussie soap Neighbours and BBC Two’s thriller The Game. She commented last year ahead of her first episode: “Getting to play in the Doctor Who toy box … >
Frank Cottrell-Boyce has written an episode of Doctor Who for the new season. The British screenwriter and author made his Doctor Who debut in 2014 with Season 8’s ‘In the Forest of the Night’. Cottrell-Boyce’s new story will be Season 10’s second episode, the BBC confirmed today. Episode 1 will be Steven Moffat’s season opener, which will introduce Pearl Mackie … >