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Where do you go for inspiration when naming your new child? Yellow Pages? Classic literature? Radio Times TV schedules? That last one might not be as weird as it sounds. We’ve been checking out the Office of National Statistics’ annual list of the 100 most popular names for boys and girls in England and Wales, and have noticed that a certain sci-fi drama keeps popping up. Unless we’re very much mistaken, Doctor Who has inspired an awful lot of new parents…

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The silence around the Doctor Who Christmas special has become almost eerie. Peter Capaldi and new companion Pearl Mackie are deep into filming on series ten – which is not due to air until 2017 – and yet the BBC have fed us location shots, episode details and news of guest-stars. Meanwhile, enthusiastic fans have, as usual, been sharing their own snaps from the set. But when it comes to the festive episode – airing in just a few months and surely in the can…

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It’s the last week of term for brand new Doctor Who spin-off ‘Class’ as filming wraps after 4 months. Here we have the first on set picture and it’s definitely looking like the darker take on the Whoniverse that series creator Patrick Ness promised when the series was first announced last year. The image shows Katherine Kelly’s mysterious Miss Quill standing with student April (Sophie Hopkins) in the hallway of Coal Hill School, apparently at night. April is aiming an…

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Stroud-based Snow Business is playing its part in the filming of the 10th new series of Doctor Who. The company, which describes itself as being a world leader in snow and winter effects, had one of its vans on the set of filming at Kings Weston House. The front of the grade I listed house, in Kings Weston Lane in Kingsweston, had been covered in fake snow. It is the first time the wedding and conference venue has been used…

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