The finalists for the 2019 Hugo Awards were announced online on April 2 by Dublin 2019. The Hugo Awards are a set of prestigious literary awards given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. Two episodes of Doctor Who Series 11 were named for Best Dramatic Presentation, … >
At the inaugural Visionary Honours 2019, held at BAFTA, London, on February 8, showrunner Chris Chibnall and writer Malorie Blackman accepted the award for TV Show of the Year for Doctor Who. Blackman and Chibnall co-wrote the Doctor Who Series 11 episode Rosa, which featured a story about Rosa Parks. View this post on … >
Some members of the Doctor Who Series 12 Writers Room have been discovered. So far, including showrunner Chris Chibnall, they are two Doctor Who Series 11 writers set to return, Ed Hime and likely Vinay Patel. Ed Hime’s online CV lists “DOCTOR WHO (SERIES 12).” Vinay Patel’s connection to Doctor Who Series 12 is slightly more … >
Imagine a universe without Yaz. We wouldn’t have had Demons of the Punjab, but on the other hand we wouldn’t have had Arachnids in the U.K.
New photos were released ahead of next Sunday’s episode of Doctor Who, Demons of the Punjab. The official synopsis: “What’s the point of having a mate with a time machine, if you can’t nip back and see your gran when she was younger?” India, 1947. The Doctor and her friends arrive in the Punjab, as … >
The guest cast list for the sixth episode of Doctor Who, Series 11, Demons of the Punjab was released: Shobna Gulati: Najia Khan, Yaz’s mother Ravin J Ganatra: Hakim Khan, Yaz’s father Bhavnisha Parmar: Sonya Khan, Yaz’s sister Leena Dhingra: Nani Umbreen, Yaz’s grandmother Amita Suman: Umbreen, Yaz’s grandmother 1947 Shane Zaza: Prem Hamza Jeetooa: Manish Shaheen Khan: Hasna Barbara Fadden, Almak, likely a demon … >
Only the Doctor Who New Year’s Day Special is left untitled. Episode 1: The Woman Who Fell to Earth Air date October 7, written by Chris Chibnall, directed by Jamie Childs Guest cast: Sharon D Clarke, Samuel Oatley, Jonny Dixon, Amit Shah, Asha Kingsley, Janine Mellor, Asif Khan, James Thackeray, Philip Abiodun, Stephen MacKenna, Everal A Walsh Episode 2: The Ghost Monument Air date October 14 … >
There is new information about Episodes 3-6 of Doctor Who Series 11 in issue 531 of Doctor Who Magazine. Episode 3, Rosa: Written By Malorie Blackman and Chris Chibnall and directed by Mark Tonderai. The Doctor, Graham, Yaz and Ryan stay the night in 1955 Montgomery Alabama. Somehow, I don’t think they stay in this … >
The titles, synopses and photos from two episodes of Doctor Who Series 11 were announced today. Episode Five: The Tsuranga Conundrum Risk to life: absolute. Injured and stranded in the wilds of a far-flung galaxy, The Doctor, Yaz, Graham and Ryan must band together with a group of strangers to survive against one of the … >
There has been quite a bit of talk that Chris Chibnall would choose a writers’ room approach to screenwriting for Doctor Who Series 11. This was somewhat belied when Chibnall’s five fellow Series 11 writers were asked by Doctor Who Magazine to employ three words describe their own episodes. The truth lies somewhere in between … >