A bearded Peter Capaldi has today been speaking to Doctor Who fansite RadioTimes at their swanky cover party and talked a little about what’s ahead. On preparing for Series 10: “You have to be fit to do Doctor Who and so I’ve just been getting myself ready and I’ll be getting into training to start the show. When we start, it’ll run for nine months and the most important thing is to be there and to be fit and be…
We are already expecting big changes with Doctor Who after the next series airs in 2017 as Steven Moffat is stepping down as show producer and handing over the reigns to Broadchurch creator Chris Chibnall. But reports are now suggesting that Peter Capaldi will exit the show at the same time, with a source close to the BBC allegedly saying that Chibnall will be bringing in his own actor to play the Time Lord. The source told The Mirror: ‘Bosses…
The Fourth Doctor crosses paths with his old partner in crime, for the biggest heist the galaxy has ever seen! Coming in June Doctor Who: The Trouble With Drax, the sixth story of The Fourth Doctor Adventures Series Five, sees the return of Gallifrey’s most famous cockney! Drax originally appeared in the classic Fourth Doctor story The Armageddon Factor, portrayed by the late, great Barry Jackson. Now in his second incarnation, (Ray Brooks – The Knack… and How to Get…
The Doctor Who writer and Sherlock co-creator paid tribute to the showrunner on Twitter. It’s little wonder Mark Gatiss plays the impossibly intelligent Mycroft Holmes on Sherlock because he’s got a knack for saying very clever yet cheeky things at precisely the right time – like the moment Steven Moffat announced his Doctor Who departure. Gatiss tweeted this rather cryptic Latin message just moments after the big news broke. Sclavus liberatus felix est.x — Mark Gatiss 💙 (@Markgatiss) January 22,…
Chris Chibnall might have just been named the new showrunner of Doctor Who, but his history with BBC’s classic sci-fi show stretches back much, much further than that. He’s already been a Who and Torchwood writer since 2006, but one of his first TV encounters with the Doctor came as far back as 1986. Chibnall appeared on BBC feedback show Open Air, discussing the latest series with the then-writers as a representative of the Doctor Who Appreciation Society. Yep, this…
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BBC bosses have decided to delay the new series until spring next year, in a bid to ensure his final run is a major TV event. Doctor Who fans will be hoping that time flies – because the next series is going to be held back until 2017. The season will be the swansong for show chief Steven Moffat. The move also means the family sci-fi show, starring Peter Capaldi as the time travelling Doctor , can return to its…
The head writer and executive producer of Doctor Who, Steven Moffat, is to step down from the show, the BBC has confirmed. His last series will go out in spring 2017 following a Christmas special, after which he will be replaced by Broadchurch writer Chris Chibnall. Moffat took over the reins on series five of the world’s longest running sci-fi series in 2010. BBC One’s controller, Charlotte Moore, said Moffat was an “absolute genius”. In a statement, the BBC said…
She was a viewer favourite on Doctor Who. But, despite leaving the long-running BBC show, British actress Jenna Coleman still managed to delight sci-fi fans, this week. The brunette beauty made a special appearance at Magic City Comic Con in Miami, Florida, where she cut a casual figure on Saturday. The 29 year-old was a VIP guest at the annual event, which celebrates the popular fantasy genre. Wearing a floaty, floor-length summer dress with a leather jacket, the fresh-faced star…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTZHvARAixM If you are a fan of both Star Wars and Doctor Who, then this week must have been nothing but pure joy. Between your probable multiple viewings of The Force Awakens and the return of River Song in last night’s Christmas special (You can read Kyle Anderson’s review here), it was definitely a good time to be a fan. Thanks to the above video, you can see what happens when you combine these two things. Ken from Hampton’s Hand-Crafted…