Former Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat explained the importance of writing gags into Doctor Who scripts to British Comedy Guide. He and the previous Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies agree on this point. “Russell and I were interviewing each other for Doctor Who Magazine recently and in the process of doing that we suddenly … >
Georgia & David Tennant’s Doctor Who Quiz, a fundraiser for Marie Curie, an organization which supports people with terminal illnesses, will go live online tonight, Tuesday, December 15 at 20:00 GMT. Among the Tennant’s Doctor Who guests for the quiz are Jodie Whittaker, Matt Smith, Peter Capaldi, Peter Davison, Russel T Davies, John Barrowman, Billie … >
In conjunction with a Halloween Doctor Who watch-along of the Seres 3 episode Blink, Steven Moffat shared his first draft script of the episode titled Sally Sparrow and the Weeping Angel. Meaning to share it on the day of the watch-along, Moffat had some trouble opening the original draft as it was saved in an … >
A book featuring collection of stories written by Doctor Who writers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic will be available for purchase in support of BBC Children in Need. Penguin Random House offers Doctor Who: Adventures in Lockdown, available now now from UK retailers ahead of its release in on 5th November 2020. The official … >
Following six successful fan watch-longs, Doctor Who Magazine writer Emily Cook has organized another communal fan watch-along and live tweet-along of the Doctor Who series 4 two-part story The Stolen Earth and Journey’s End with David Tennant (the Doctor) and Catherine Tate (Donna Noble), John Barrowman (Captain Jack Harkness), Freema Agyeman (Martha Jones), writer Russell … >
Doctor Who writers and creatives have created content to provide encouragement to fans as they experience the isolation and anxiety caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The most recent content is a short story by former Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat. His story, The Terror Of The Umpty Ums, features the thirteenth Doctor communicating with a … >
Following the successful fan event, #SaveTheDay, Doctor Who Magazine writer Emily Cook has organized another communal fan watch and live tweet of the first episode of the modern Doctor Who series on its 15th anniversary. On Thursday March 26, Cook invites fans all over the world to watch Rose from their homes with its writer … >
In the latest The Big Issue magazine, Christopher Eccleston revealed how he felt he was made to feel like a villain as fans celebrated the return of Doctor Who in 2005. “Nobody worked harder than me on my 13 episodes of Doctor Who. I adored playing the character. The problem was that as it was … >
Christopher Eccleston feels he helped reinvent Doctor Who by being the first actor to give the ninth Doctor a northern accent. Eccleston thinks there was “an equation there between intelligence and the upper classes.” That changed when the Doctor, a character known for solving problems and fighting evil though itelligence and not brute strength, stopped … >
From her surprise reappearance in ‘Partners in Crime’ to their dramatic reunion, Doctor Who teased Rose’s return throughout Series 4. The Dimension Cannon box set fills that gap in the Doctor Who canon, following Rose’s quest thought parallel universes to find him. Returning with Billie Piper are Camille Coduri and Shaun Dingwall, the latter making … >