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Doctor Who fans have gathered in Sheffield to celebrate the premiere of the first episode of the new series, which is taking place in the city. Jodie Whittaker, the new Doctor, walked the red carpet before the screening, as did Bradley Walsh, Mandip Gill and Tosin Cole, who play her companions. The premiere comes two weeks before the show launches on BBC One. It’s happening in Sheffield because the first episode – titled The Woman Who Fell to Earth –…

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The opening episode will premiere at a special screening in Sheffield next week, with the BBC having offered fans the chance to win tickets to the red carpet event. Sharon D Clarke, Johnny Dixon and Samuel Oatley are the guest stars for the opening episode, set in Sheffield. The second episode, The Ghost Monument, will feature Shaun Dooley, Susan Lynch and Art Malik as guests. The new trailer hints at the monsters that will feature across the 10 episodes –…

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Two photos from the first episode of Doctor Who Series 11, The Woman Who Fell to Earth were officially released on the @bbcdoctorwho Twitter account. They are both production stills from filming. The first photo was taken at filming at the HTC Plant in Sheffield on November 21. From left to right, the photo shows Sharon D Clarke as Graham’s wife Grace, Mandip Gill as PC Yasmin (Yaz) Khan, Jodie Whittaker as the Doctor, Bradley Walsh as Graham O’Brien and…

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Details have emerged about the first two episodes of the new series which premieres Sunday, October 7: Episode One – The Woman Who Fell To Earth Action-adventure for all the family, starring Jodie Whittaker, Bradley Walsh, Tosin Cole and Mandip Gill. “We don’t get aliens in Sheffield.” In a South Yorkshire city, Ryan Sinclair, Yasmin Khan and Graham O’Brien are about to have their lives changed forever, as a mysterious woman, unable to remember her own name, falls from the…

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Doctor Who showrunner Chris Chibnall has said it would “daft” not to acknowledge new Doctor Jodie Whittaker’s gender in the upcoming 11th series. When Whittaker was unveiled as the new star of Doctor Who last summer it was a revelation, with fans and commentators around the world intrigued by the prospect of a female incarnation of the Doctor and the new take on the series’ mythology it could bring. According to new series showrunner Chibnall, while the Doctor’s gender doesn’t…

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We know more about the on-set antics of Bradley Walsh filming Doctor Who than we do of his character, Graham O’Brien. At San Diego Comic Con press conference, Bradley Walsh described Graham as a “regular bloke from London who’s ended up living in the north of England and gets taken away on this journey. It’s like Jodie is Captain Kirk and we’re the rest of the guys on the bridge. I’m like, Lieutenant Uhura.” Walsh expounded on the Star Trek…

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