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Over the past few weeks Doctor Who just keeps on dropping hints that some serious death is coming to the sci-fi series, with new companion Bill (aka actress Pearl Mackie) seemingly on the chopping block at some point during the series finale. Way back in an early series trailer she said she wouldn’t miss travelling with the Doctor “even if it kills me,” while the official summary for next week’s episode World Enough and Time notes that the Doctor witnesses…

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‘The Romans’ work is robbery, slaughter, plunder. They do this work and call it empire. They make deserts and call it peace.’ A political shock with profound consequences for the border between England and Scotland? In telling the story of the “lost” Roman Ninth Legion, this airy, lyrical instalment of Doctor Who once again chimes eerily with current events. But there’s plenty to digest in The Eaters of Light even before we get to the meat of the thing. First,…

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A new image has been released for the Doctor Who series 10 finale, which sees Missy (Michelle Gomez) and the Master (John Simm) together for the first time. The pair are seen either side of the Doctor (Peter Capaldi) as they put their own chilling spin on the iconic poster image that previously accompanied Doctor Who’s 50th anniversary special, The Day of the Doctor. Simm will return to Doctor Who as the Master for the first time since New Year’s…

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Doctor Who – The Eaters of Light, had an audience of 2.89 million viewers, a share of 22% of the total TV audience, according to unofficial overnight figures. The overnight rating is the lowest the series has received in its history, just below that received by The Lie of the Land, which was up against the Britain’s Got Talent final. Doctor Who faired relatively well compared to other programmes on Saturday with all suffering from the good weather across the…

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  June Whitfield, also known to Doctor Who fans as “Minnie Hooper” in Doctor Who: The End Of Time has been made a dame in the Queen’s birthday honours. June Whitfield, is an actress with a long history of beloved television comedy. The 91-year-old star of Terry and June and Absolutely Fabulous told the BBC the honour had come as “a great surprise”. “I never in a million years thought I would become a dame,” said the actress, who received…

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To Doctor Who fans looking in from the outside, it probably seems as if taking charge of the show would be the best job on the planet. So they may have been surprised to learn recently that Chris Chibnall -– who becomes boss of the iconic BBC sci-fi series when Steven Moffat departs this Christmas – initially had his doubts about the role. But regular series writer Mark Gatiss has now revealed his own misgivings about taking the top job, telling students…

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