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Millie Gibson joins cast of Doctor Who as companion to the Fifteenth Doctor

Millie Gibson joins cast of Doctor Who as companion to the Fifteenth Doctor

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Millie Gibson has landed the role of Ruby Sunday, the Doctor’s new companion. Starring alongside Ncuti Gatwa, Millie will make her debut over the festive season in 2023 when the Fifteenth Doctor takes control of the TARDIS. Recently, it was announced that the BBC and Disney Branded Television have joined forces to make Disney+ the new global home, outside of the UK and Ireland, for future seasons of Doctor Who. Best known for her role as Coronation Street’s Kellie Neelan,…

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Season 24 will be re-issued in The Collection Blu-ray standard packaging

Season 24 will be re-issued in The Collection Blu-ray standard packaging

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Season 24 of Doctor Who: The Collection is the next Blu-ray title to be re-issued in standard packaging. The Doctor is faced with enemies including the Rani (Kate O’Mara) and the terrifying Tetraps in TIME AND THE RANI, Kroagnon and his cleaning robots in PARADISE TOWERS, the ruthless Bannermen in DELTA AND THE BANNERMEN and Kane (Edward Peel), the murderous ruler of Iceworld in DRAGONFIRE. With all episodes newly remastered, this Blu-ray box set also contains extensive and exclusive special features including: Extended versions of all four…

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Doctor Who Makes The Top 10 on BBC iPlayer!

Doctor Who Makes The Top 10 on BBC iPlayer!

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The most-watched boxsets and live events on iPlayer between July and September* are: Rank Programme Streams 1 Commonwealth Games 52.5m 2 Wimbledon 28.2m 3 The Capture 24.0m 4 Celebrity MasterChef 18.5m 5 Women’s Euro 2022 15.7m 6 The Secrets She Keeps 15.2m 7 Top Gear 14.2m 8 Shetland 12.4m 9 Doctor Who 11.1m 10 Match of the Day 10.9m *Excluding continuing series like EastEnders, news and children’s content

‘Doctor Who is critical to the BBC’, says boss Charlotte Moore

‘Doctor Who is critical to the BBC’, says boss Charlotte Moore

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Moore said “the fact that the Doctor himself regenerates is a great symbol for the whole of the BBC”. With Jodie Whittaker having just bowed out of Doctor Who as the Thirteenth Doctor, and David Tennant and Ncuti Gatwa both incoming as the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Doctors respectively, the long-running sci-fi show is in a particularly transitional period. As the series ramps up to its whopping 60th anniversary next year, the BBC’s chief content officer Charlotte Moore has stressed the show’s ongoing importance to…

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Power Of The Doctor: Breaks 5M Viewers!

Power Of The Doctor: Breaks 5M Viewers!

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This episode was the last of three specials that aired this year, and marked Jodie Whittaker’s final adventure as the Thirteenth Doctor. Written by Chris Chibnall and directed by Jamie Magnus Stone, the feature-length special also starred Mandip Gill, John Bishop, Sophie Aldred, Janet Fielding and Sacha Dhawan. The overnight rating for its broadcast on Sunday 23 October was 3.6m (21.7%) on BBC One. It peaked with just over 4m towards 9pm with the regeneration scene and David Tennant’s shock…

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Season 2 announced as the next instalment in The Collection Blu-ray range

Season 2 announced as the next instalment in The Collection Blu-ray range

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The second season for William Hartnell’s First Doctor is the next release to come to Blu-ray with Season 2. Season 2 is the biggest release yet – a limited edition nine disc box set from the early years of the programme, which sees William Hartnell’s First Doctor take centre-stage. Across a jam-packed season of 37 episodes, the Doctor is joined by faithful companions Susan (Carole Ann Ford), Ian (William Russell), Barbara (Jacqueline Hill), Vicki (Maureen O’Brien) and Steven (Peter Purves). Together they face off against the dreaded Daleks, the marauding Mechanoids, the ant-like…

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Doctor Who’s Legend of the Sea Devils set to air on Easter Sunday

Doctor Who’s Legend of the Sea Devils set to air on Easter Sunday

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Legend of the Sea Devils is the second in a trio of Doctor Who specials airing in 2022. The BBC has confirmed that Legend of the Sea Devils – the second in a trio of Doctor Who specials airing in 2022 – will land on BBC One and BBC iPlayer on Sunday April 17. In a swashbuckling special adventure, the Doctor (Jodie Whittaker), Yaz (Mandip Gill) and Dan (John Bishop) come face to fin with one of the Doctor’s oldest adversaries: the Sea…

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Doctor Who’s new showrunner and Doctor will bring ‘radical change’, promises BBC boss

Doctor Who’s new showrunner and Doctor will bring ‘radical change’, promises BBC boss

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As is always the way when a Doctor and their showrunner leaves, there’s huge change a-coming for Doctor Who fans as reported by Radio Times. Earlier in the year, Jodie Whittaker and Chris Chibnall announced they were leaving the TARDIS for pastures new, leaving plenty of speculation on who will be the 14th Doctor, and where the series will go next. Speaking at the Edinburgh International Television Festival, Piers Wenger, Director for Drama at the BBC, has said that the change…

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The Ninth Doctor’s next audio adventures – revealed!

The Ninth Doctor’s next audio adventures – revealed!

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New artwork, and further cast and story details are revealed for the seond volume of audio adventures for the Ninth Doctor starring Christopher Eccleston. The Ninth Doctor answers cries for help from around the galaxies in a trio of full-cast audio adventures due for release in August 2021. Alongside the previously-announced Camilla Beeput as Nova and Jayne McKenna as Audrey, this full-cast audio drama box set also teams Christopher Eccleston up with Jamie Parker (Callan, Harry Potter and The Cursed Child)…

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More Doctor Who characters join the Funko Pop! Blitz mobile game

More Doctor Who characters join the Funko Pop! Blitz mobile game

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Doctor Who returns to Funko Pop! Blitz, and this time they’re bringing along some friends and enemies! Collect some friends of the Doctor and expand your collection in the digital game from Thursday, June 17th 2021. Funko Pop! Blitz is a match-3 puzzle game featuring the Funko Pop! versions of lovable characters across multiple iconic franchises. Each week, Funko Pop! Blitz celebrates pop culture with a new collection of digital Funko Pops! These characters all come with their own unique…

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