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The Doctor Won’t Shut Up Badenoch?

The Doctor Won’t Shut Up Badenoch?

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Kemi Badenoch launched her Conservative leadership campaign on Monday with a pointed attack on Doctor Who actor David Tennant that provoked some ridicule online. MPs were returning to Westminster after the summer break with the six Tory candidates seeking support ahead of the first round of voting in their leadership race on Wednesday. At her formal launch in Westminster, Ms Badenoch lashed out at Labour and called for change in the Conservative Party after its demoralising defeat by Sir Keir Starmer in July. The shadow communities secretary,…

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Yorkshire Tory MP links rising male crime to appointment of female Doctor Who

Yorkshire Tory MP links rising male crime to appointment of female Doctor Who

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According to The Yorkshire Live website, Yorkshire Tory MP has linked the rising levels of crime committed by men to female actors taking leading roles in Doctor Who, Ghostbusters and Star Wars. Don Valley MP Nick Fletcher, speaking in a debate to mark International Men’s Day, asked if it was “any wonder we are seeing so many young men committing crime” while “good” male role models were being replaced on TV and at the cinema. Mr Fletcher said Parliament had…

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Doctor Who themed wedding in Cornwall, with TARDIS and Dalek

Doctor Who themed wedding in Cornwall, with TARDIS and Dalek

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Every fan of Doctor Who knows he (or now she) is nothing without a companion – as proven by two superfans of the sci-fi show who vowed to travel time and space together for the rest of their lives when they married on Saturday. West Cornwall’s answer to The Doctor and Rose – although with a somewhat happier ending to their first kiss – are Andrew and Amanda Segal, who used the BBC series as the theme for their wedding….

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Hope for Doctor Who fan’s Dalek as councillors urged to save its shed from extermination

Hope for Doctor Who fan’s Dalek as councillors urged to save its shed from extermination

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A sci-fi enthusiast whose model Dalek angered planning officials is hoping councillors will “see sense” and let him keep the tourist attraction. Art teacher Neil Cole was ordered to ‘exterminate’ the small wooden shed which houses a full-sized Doctor Who villain in January, when bureaucrats told him the structure contravened the grade-II listed status of his home. After applying for retrospective planning permission for the shed, which helps advertise the small museum of science fiction memorabilia in the basement of…

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Family-run sci-fi museum faces closure after council orders it to exterminate shed housing Dalek display

Family-run sci-fi museum faces closure after council orders it to exterminate shed housing Dalek display

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A family-run museum dedicated to Doctor Who and the world of sci-fi may be forced to close because a newly installed Dalek display does not comply with planning regulations. The Museum of Classic Sci-Fi is home to an entire gallery devoted to Doctor Who and has attracted hundreds of visitors, but the owners of the tourist draw, in the village of Allendale, Northumberland, have been ordered to exterminate a shed that houses a large replica Dalek. ‘Gutted’ Art teacher Neil Cole built the model from scratch…

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Mystery after The TARDIS appears outside village butcher’s shop

Mystery after The TARDIS appears outside village butcher’s shop

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Doctor Who’s Tardis has mysteriously appeared outside a village butcher’s shop – and remains shrouded in mystery. The authentic wooden police box materialised up against the window at Gawthorpe’s butcher’s in Commercial Road, Skelmanthorpe. The Tardis – which stands for Time and Relative Dimension in Space – is the Doctor’s fictional time machine. It appeared on Sunday, much to the surprise and delight of locals who have been lining up for selfies. Skelmanthorpe is the home village of the new…

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This Dalek from Doctor Who is 3D printed and motorised

This Dalek from Doctor Who is 3D printed and motorised

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While you’ve been able to 3D print yourself a Doctor Who Dalek for quite some time now, this motorised version by maker Matthew Palulis is one of the best. This is thanks to the ability of this print to drive around on your floor. Hidden inside of the print, the Dalek is sitting on top of the chassis of a regular toy RC car, and it can be driven around as such. After a weekend of printing on two separate…

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VOTE DALEK!

VOTE DALEK!

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Whatever you do, if you live in the United Kingdom tomorrow (Thursday June 8th 2017) don’t forget to vote! (“VOTE DALEK“)   Here is a party political broadcast on behalf of “The Dalek Party”!

Alan Cumming was asked to play the Doctor – but there was one crucial requirement that put him off

Alan Cumming was asked to play the Doctor – but there was one crucial requirement that put him off

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We’re still in the dark as to who will be Peter Capaldi’s replacement on Doctor Who, but we can confirm that it will certainly not be Alan Cumming. The Good Wife star says that he has been approached for the role on two occasions in the past, but had turned it down purely on the basis that it would mean spending eight months of the year in Cardiff. Speaking at Listowel Writer’s Week in Ireland, the Huffington Post reports how…

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Armando Iannucci compares Theresa May to Doctor Who’s Weeping Angels

Armando Iannucci compares Theresa May to Doctor Who’s Weeping Angels

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If ever there was a man who could make astutely rib-tickling political observations, it’s Armando Iannucci. The man who gave us The Thick of It (and Peter Capaldi’s fabulously foul-mouthed Malcolm Tucker) knows how to put a brilliantly satirical spin on politics, so it’s little wonder he’s already rolling out the humdingers ahead of election day on 8th June. Iannucci was a guest on the first episode of the new series of The Last Leg on Friday night, and while…

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