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Ever since it was announced that Pearl Mackie and Mark Gatiss were returning to Doctor Who for Peter Capaldi’s final episode this Christmas, many fans have wondered if we’ll be seeing other familiar faces join the Twelfth Doctor for his last journey. Most specifically, Whovians have mused about whether Capaldi’s former companion Jenna Coleman could be making an appearance, with rumours swirling for months that the Clara Oswald star could be popping into the series for a last goodbye. Well…

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But for showrunner Stephen Moffat and retiring Doctor Peter Capaldi, the responsibilities that come with playing the role of the time travelling doctor will stay with the actor forever. Because once you’ve played the Doctor, you need to make sure his image isn’t tarnished. In a recent interview with Digital Spy, Moffatt told of how former Doctors have an ’emphatic’ responsibility that stays with the actors for the rest of their lives. He said: ‘You will always be an ambassador…

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In the run-up to the announcement of Jodie Whittaker’s casting in Doctor Who, it’s fair to say that pretty much the whole world was desperate to find out the identity of the Thirteenth Doctor. And now it’s emerged that one particularly determined fan was none other than Eleventh Doctor Matt Smith, who apparently called up every useful number in his phonebook to try and find out the truth before Whittaker was revealed. “I was literally – I was phoning people…

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Writer and actor Victor Pemberton has passed away, aged 85. Pemberton was one of a select few to have written for and appeared in Doctor Who. In 1967, he appeared in Patrick Troughton story ‘The Moonbase’ as the scientist Jules Faure, who ended up being converted into a Cyberman. Shortly afterward, Pemberton was hired as assistant to Doctor Who‘s story editor Peter Bryant, script-editing classic serial, ‘The Tomb of the Cybermen’. He was responsible for writing one of the story’s…

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Ever since Jodie Whittaker was announced as the thirteenth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who, former Time Lords all over the shop have been offering kind words and support, from David Tennant and Christopher Eccleston to Colin Baker. But Eleventh Doctor Matt Smith’s words of encouragement might be our favourite yet – because upon finding out that Whittaker was to be the first female incarnation of the Doctor, he elected to sing to her instead. “When I found out…

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