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Fans will get their first chance to see Jodie Whittaker in action in the new series of Doctor Who on Sunday. https://twitter.com/lizo_mzimba/status/1017740828297527296 Footage promoting the next series of the time travel drama will air during the BBC’s half time coverage of the World Cup final. Even though England are not playing it is still expected to attract viewing figures in excess of 10 million. Sunday’s footage comes almost exactly a year after Whittaker was revealed to be replacing Peter Capaldi…

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Following on from the first ever Doctor Who digital broadcasting event kicking off earlier this year, now it’s time for Torchwood to come to Twitch. For a seven-week period from the end of May, TwitchPresents set about airing over 500 episodes from 26 seasons of the classic series of Doctor Who worldwide and starting this Sunday (July 15), Captain Jack Harkness will be joining in the fun too. Torchwood originally aired between 2006 and 2011, and all four series of…

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Jodie Whittaker wants to bring you “hope” with her first series of Doctor Who. The former Broadchurch star steps into the TARDIS for series 11 to usher in a brand new era as the first-ever female Doctor, having debuted in an explosive final scene in the 2017 Christmas special. In a new interview with Entertainment Weekly, Jodie jokes that the dramatic theme of her Doctor’s regeneration will definitely be carrying over into the full series. https://www.instagram.com/p/BlJIH_YltAf/?utm_source=ig_embed “Well, I would say…

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BBC America has officially confirmed details of the upcoming Doctor Who panel at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con – and it’s not when we were expecting. We assumed that Doctor Who would take one of the prime panel spots over the weekend of the show. As it happens, though, it’ll be taking place on Thursday July 19th, at 11.45am (US PT time). As had been previously reported, Jodie Whittaker, Tosin Cole, Mandip Gill, Chris Chibnall and Matt Strevens are all…

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A few weeks ago it was revealed that the upcoming series of Doctor Who would have a pretty significant presence at annual San Diego Comic-con, with the BBC sci-fi series upgrading to a panel in Hall H (the largest venue) to introduce Jodie Whittaker’s Thirteenth Doctor to the world. And now we finally have some more details about exactly when we can expect to see the panel in action, with BBC America revealing that it’ll take place on Thursday 19th July at 11.45 am local time. For…

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The news comes by way of an unofficial leak, with the online CV of television editor Edel McDonnell listing this year’s special as his most recent job. The credit was originally spotted and posted by @Ruther2 on Twitter. McDonnell’s page also listed Wayne Yip as director of the special. Yip’s got Doctor Whoprevious, having helmed two series 10 episodes, ‘The Lie of the Land’ and ‘Empress of Mars’. He also directed two episodes of the spin-off series Class and has worked on Preacher, Cloak & Dagger, Misfits and Utopia. We did reach…

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