The TARDIS has been spotted multiple times during recent filming of the upcoming spin-off series, Class. It’s safe to assume this means Peter Capaldi will be making an appearance as the Twelfth Doctor. Now that they are clearly willing to show characters from Doctor Who (and include references to Barbara Wright as also spotted during recent filming), what do you guys think on the chances of Ian Chesterton coming back?
Given all the excitement around the new Doctor Who companion, it’s easy to forget that there is a brand new Doctor Who spin-off coming this year. Thankfully, star Katherine Kelly is here to remind us that what we really should be looking forward to in 2016 is Class. The BBC3 show written by YA author Patrick Ness is currently filming, so Kelly is hard at working learning her lines. Which makes this Instagram post showing her Class script very interesting…
The stars gathered for the opening of an exhibition of artwork from the classic Doctor Who novels at the Cartoon Museum in London. A stone’s throw from the British Museum more than 30 ancient holy relics went on display on Thursday night – “ancient and holy” as far as Doctor Who fans are concerned anyway. I’m talking about the original cover artwork that appeared on the Doctor Who novels published by Target Books in the 1970s and 80s. These rare…
Doctor Who’s casting director Andy Pryor is already praising the “fresh” chemistry between Peter Capaldi and new companion Pearl Mackie. The actress was unveiled as The Doctor’s latest time-travelling companion Bill last week in a short film that had the two dodging Daleks. “There was a chemistry that felt fresh and new and different to Peter’s relationship with Jenna [Coleman],” Pryor said. “You could see Peter [Capaldi] fizzing with ideas in that audition reading and in the clip that was…
ACTRESS PEARL MACKIE was given a top-secret code name to stop news of her new role as Doctor Who’s latest companion leaking out. BBC bosses were desperate to keep the signing under wraps so the star was referred to only as “Meantown”. I can reveal Pearl was chosen after casting director Andy Pryor auditioned more than 50 candidates for the role, which has previously been filled by BILLIE PIPER, KAREN GILLAN and most recently JENNA COLEMAN. She won him over…
Hi-DE-HI! actor Barry Howard has died aged 78, it has been confirmed. The star – best known for playing Barry Stuart-Hargreaves in the first seven series of the BBC sitcom – lost his battle with cancer this week. Barry Howard played Oliver Barnes, a member of the Sliver Cloak gang, in the 2010 story The End of Time. His agent, Sharry Clark, confirmed the sad news to the BBC and called him “very talented”, adding that she would “miss him…
PETER CAPALDI was forced to hide the fact he knew his new Doctor Who co-star Pearl Mackie recently, in order to keep her casting a secret. The actor, who plays the Time Lord himself, went to see The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time earlier this month, which stars the actress and his soon-to-be on-screen companion. After being invited behind-the-scenes to meet the cast, the 58-year-old had to pretend he and Pearl, 28, had never met before. Speaking…
She was unveiled as the Time Lord’s new companion on Saturday. Pearl Mackie was met by a crowd of excited fans as she emerged from the Gielgud Theatre in London’s West End following her star turn in The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time. It will be months before the 28-year-old star makes her first appearance in Doctor Who, but she was offered a taste of the heightened fame her new role will give her on Monday night….
NEW Doctor Who companion Pearl Mackie brought out the best in Peter Capaldi during her audition for the role of Bill, it would seem. The rising star, who was unveiled on Saturday as the official replacement for Jenna Coleman on the sci-fi programme, was one of around 50 actresses who were tried out for the job, casting director Andy Pryor has explained. “There was a chemistry that felt fresh and new and different to Peter’s relationship with Jenna,” he told…
Sir Lenny Henry, (who starred as “The Doctor” in a 1985 spoof sketch in his award winning programme “The Lenny Henry Show) is to receive a special BAFTA at this year’s TV awards ceremony in May. The Alan Clarke award, named in honour of the late TV director, was last presented in 2015 to screenwriter Jeff Pope. Actor and comedian Sir Lenny will receive his award on 8 May for his outstanding contribution to TV. Krishnendu Majumdar, chairman of Bafta’s…