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Doctor Who Returns To The BBC Proms for 2024 season

Doctor Who Returns To The BBC Proms for 2024 season

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Doctor Who makes its much-anticipated return to the Proms with a brand-new show celebrating the latest adventures of the Doctor with Prom 47 and 48 on Monday 26th August 2024 and both 2.30pm and 7.00pm Showcasing Murray Gold’s epic music for the series performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the Prom features sequences from the series on big screens, spectacular lighting and a host of special guest appearances – and, yes, there will be monsters! A concert like no other…

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First Look at Ncuti Gatwa with Varada Sethu and Millie Gibson ahead of Series 15

First Look at Ncuti Gatwa with Varada Sethu and Millie Gibson ahead of Series 15

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Like many Doctors who have come before him, one is not enough for the Fifteenth Doctor and in season two, he will have two companions by his side as Varada Sethu steps aboard the TARDIS. Varada joins the Whoniverse from a galaxy far, far away after starring in the Disney+ Star Wars series Andor. Now she straps in for another journey through time and space alongside Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor and Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday. Sethu says:…

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Golda Rosheuvel jumps aboard the TARDIS.

Golda Rosheuvel jumps aboard the TARDIS.

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She joins Doctor Who as Jocelyn, who the Doctor and Ruby collide with in their first adventure in the TARDIS together As Doctor Who gears up for its highly anticipated simultaneous global premiere this May, the episode titles have now been revealed for the season, as well as another incredible guest star who has jumped aboard the TARDIS. And, as another Easter treat, viewers will be given another official trailer that will launch on the BBC Doctor Who social channels…

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Watch the new trailer for Series 14!

Watch the new trailer for Series 14!

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Ready to rock through time? Watch the new trailer for Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson’s first season of Doctor Who! The new season of Doctor Who will see Ncuti Gatwa return as the Fifteenth Doctor, alongside Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday, it comes after they made their highly acclaimed debut on Christmas Day in The Church on Ruby Road. Within the upcoming series, audiences will see the Doctor and Ruby travel through time and space on adventures to unknown lands, to…

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DAME SIAN PHILLIPS AND FURTHER CASTING ANNOUNCED FOR SERIES 14

DAME SIAN PHILLIPS AND FURTHER CASTING ANNOUNCED FOR SERIES 14

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Further casting has been announced for the upcoming series of Doctor Who, the first to star Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson as The Doctor and Ruby Sunday respectively. Revealed in the latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine, available to buy now, Dame Siân Phillips has joined the cast, as well as Callie Cooke. Also revealed is the cast playing iconic band The Beatles. They are George Caple (as Paul McCartney), James Hoyles (as Ringo Starr), Phillip Davies (as George Harrison)…

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BBC Abandons Generative AI for Doctor Who!

BBC Abandons Generative AI for Doctor Who!

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Summary of complaint: The BBC has received complaints about reports that it is exploring generative AI in Doctor Who promotion. BBC response: As part of a small trial, marketing teams used generative AI technology to help draft some text for two promotional emails and mobile notifications to highlight Doctor Who programming available on the BBC.  We followed all BBC editorial compliance processes and the final text was verified and signed-off by a member of the marketing team before it was sent. We have…

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Steven Moffat Returns To Doctor Who!

Steven Moffat Returns To Doctor Who!

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Yes, okay, fair enough – apologies to everyone I’ve very slightly misled – I am in fact writing an episode of the series of Doctor Who. Exactly like I said I never would. What can I tell you? There was begging, there was pleading but finally Russell agreed to let me have another go – so long as I got out of his garden. — Steven Moffat Former Showrunner Steven Moffat makes an explosive return to the new series of…

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Doctor Who is set to make an explosive return on 11 May!

Doctor Who is set to make an explosive return on 11 May!

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Doctor Who is set to make an explosive return on 11 May. The TARDIS will make its global premiere around the Whoniverse and for those in the UK, for the first time ever, the Doctor will land with two episodes premiering on BBC iPlayer at 00:00  on Saturday, before arriving on BBC One later that day right before the Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final. At the same time, those outside of the UK can watch the Doctor and Ruby on their epic adventures…

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BBC is exploring generative AI to increase experimentation and improve Doctor Who promotion!

BBC is exploring generative AI to increase experimentation and improve Doctor Who promotion!

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Experimentation is at the heart of how we approach marketing at the BBC. Testing and learning on how we let audiences know what BBC content is most relevant to them and we know they might love underpins our digital marketing strategy. However, experimentation in marketing typically requires more time spent on the creative work to make extra assets. Generative AI offers a great opportunity to speed up making the extra assets to get more experiments live for more content that…

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Pamela Salem: 1944 – 2024

Pamela Salem: 1944 – 2024

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The Gallifreyan Newsroom is sad to report the death of actress Pamela Salem who died yesterday 21st February 2024 at her home in Florida. Pamela will be well known to Doctor Who fans for starring in two adventures as Toos in The Robots of Death (1977) and as Professor Rachel Jensen in Remembrance of the Daleks (1988), a role she reprised for Big Finish Productions’ officially licensed audio drama spin-off series Counter Measures. She was also heard as one of the many voices of…

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