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Who ever said you couldn’t have a nice time working on your birthday? We’re not sure exactly which birthday Peter Capaldi celebrated during the filming of Doctor Who this year (his 2001st, maybe?), but it certainly looks like he had a lovely time on set. Presented with a personalised chair (in Tardis-blue of course) and a birthday cake while on set for The Woman Who Lived, the 57-year-old actor thanked the crew before promptly trying to hurl said cake at…

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Are we getting a series next year or not? It’s not 100% confirmation of a 10th series, but it seems Steven Moffat is working on more Doctor Who beyond the current run. The showrunner revealed he is “just embarking on the new [series]” in an interview with The Observer. Asked what he was particularly proud of in the show’s current run, Moffat replied: “I’m proud that we get to the end of the series and it all looks pretty and…

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“Move over R2D2 and C3PO”…… K9, the World’s most famous robot dog traverses the dimensions of space and time to become the latest robot star of the big screen! Having made his TV debut nearly forty years ago in the 1977 Doctor Who TV serial “The Invisible Enemy” K9 went on to become one of the most iconic characters from the BBC series. A new look high tech K9 for today’s cinema is being prepared for film stardom. The film…

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Doctor Who: The Girl Who Died had an official consolidated rating of 6.56 million viewers. The rating issued by the Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board, or BARB, includes all those who watched the programme within one week of transmission. It does not include those watching online via iPlayer Doctor Who was the 11th most watched programme on BBC Television, and second overall on Saturday. Initial figures indicate the episode will finish at 19th in the chart. Top of the week was…

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We all know Jenna Coleman is leaving (and possibly even dying) this series, and if you have any sense you’re sad about that. Clara Oswald has moved from the irksome ‘Impossible Girl’ to an actual character, with quirks and flaws and a Blackpool accent. Seriously, go back and compare her introduction to now, it’s astounding. If the Radio Times office is going to be cut up when she leaves, just imagine what things are like on the Doctor Who set….

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We’ve seen Steven Moffat speak at a lot of panels and screenings over the years. At almost every one, he is asked the same question. At this point he is clearly fed-up with it. Yet the question refuses to go away, especially as the press and blog reports that follow his every answer seem to disagree wildly as to what he said. This only annoys Moffat further. The showrunner was asked the question yet again this weekend, during the Doctor…

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The 57-year-old, who plays the Time Lord, has agreed to stay on for at least one more series. Peter Capaldi will fire up the Tardis for at least one more series after agreeing to stay on as Doctor Who . BBC bosses had feared the 57-year-old Scot would not renew his contract and had drawn up a shortlist of possible replacements. Capaldi had privately admitted finding filming 13 episodes for nine months a year tiring. But senior BBC insiders have…

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