Doctor Who star Jodie Whittaker is to be the latest celebrity to read a CBeebies Bedtime Story. The first female Time Lord will read Ada Twist, Scientist – the third in a series of books by Andrea Beaty and David Roberts – later this month. “I hope that everyone enjoys it as much as I did,” said the 36-year-old star, calling the experience “an honour”. Previous Time Lords to read on the show include David Tennant, in 2009, and Christopher…
She made television history earlier this year as she became the first ever female Doctor Who. And Jodie Whittaker looked every inch the leading lady as she turned on Regent Street‘s Christmas lights on Thursday evening. The Doctor Who actress, 36, looked effortlessly chic as she dressed for the Autumnal weather in a black frilled and detailed coat. She teamed the item of clothing with a pair of dark skinny jeans and black leather pointed heel boots.
Christopher Eccleston has been talking about Doctor Who, as he does very rarely. Speaking on BBC Radio 2, the former Time Lord has reflected on his legacy, his departure, the legal action he took, and being “blacklisted” by the BBC. Asked by Jo Whiley if he is able to appreciate his legacy on Doctor Who, all these years after his departure from the show, Eccleston said the following: “Yes. I mean, well, what’s interesting about Doctor Who is, the 5-year-olds and the 10-year-olds…
The Doctor herself, Jodie Whittaker, has been announced as the guest of honour turning on the Christmas Lights this Thursday Regent Street, one of the most iconic shopping districts in London, have announced details of their big Christmas lights switch on for 2018. Festivities will be held this Thursday, November 15th, with Doctor Who’s Jodie Whittaker set to turn on the lights. The main event itself takes place from 5.30pm to 6.30 pm. The street will be closed to traffic from 5pm…
Torchwood star John Barrowman is joining I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! 2018 – and he’s taking great delight in finally getting to share the big news. “My fans will freak out,” he said ahead of entering the jungle. “I think they will be surprised, but I have known for quite a while and I am both excited and nervous now.” Barrowman, best known for playing Captain Jack Harkness in BBC sci-fi Doctor Who and Torchwood, is one…
Today, at the Asia Video Summit in Hong Kong, BBC Studios announced a content deal with myVideo that will give over 4.5 million Taiwanese viewers access to more than 200 hours of premium BBC dramas including the latest series of Luther and Doctor Who. myVideo is an OTT service owned by Taiwan Mobile, a leading telecommunications company in Taiwan offering “Quadruple Play” services – covering mobile, fixed-line, cable TV and broadband. Available in a BBC-branded space within the service, some…
It’s Halloween week on Strictly Come Dancing tonight (October 27), and that means a whole lot of interesting costumes from the dancers – and the judges. One particularly impressive dress-up came from documentary filmmaker Stacey Dooley, who gave us what judge Darcey Bussell described as being a “unique change of roles” as she channelled her inner 13th Doctor, Jodie Whittaker. Stacey thrilled Doctor Who fans as she took on the role, performing a Tango with partner Kevin Clifton. The star appeared as the first female…
John Barrowman seems to be hopeful that Chris Chibnall, Doctor Who‘s new showrunner, could be the man to help him bring back the show’s spinoff series Torchwood. He wants to set up a chat. Long before he was Doctor Who boss, Chibnall was a writer and co-producer on Torchwood. He also contributed scripts for David Tennant and Matt Smith’s Doctors in the main show. And now that he’s the man in charge of Who, Barrowman is keen to set a meeting. Barrowman revealed this to the Radio…
Stacey Dooley will take a spin in the TARDIS in a gender-swapped tribute to Doctor Who for Strictly Come Dancing‘s Halloween show. It definitely looked as if some kind of homage to the sci-fi show was in the works when the BBC confirmed that Stacey and professional partner Kevin Clifton would get into the spooky spirit this Saturday (October 27) by dancing a tango to the iconic Doctor Who theme. Stacey and Kevin spilled even more details on It Takes Two on Wednesday (October 24), telling Zoe Ball…
Doctor Who has landed itself an out of this world honour from NASA. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (that’s NASA’s proper name) has just added a group of new gamma-ray star configurations, and they’ve brought in some inspiration from the world of mythology, popular culture and science to help them decide names. And luckily for fans, that includes a Doctor Who reference. According to Radio Times, the Doctor’s time-travelling phone box the TARDIS is being used to describe one…