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Doctor Who joins the Comic Con Metaverse with three panels!

18 September 2020 admin Comments 0 Comment

This year Doctor Who will have a strong presence at New York Comic Con X MCM Comic Con Metaverse with two exciting panels joining the already announced Doctor Who Spotlight panel from BBC America featuring Jodie Whittaker, Mandip Gill and Bradley Walsh.

Doctor Who Metaverse Comic Con

New York Comic Con and MCM Comic Con’s Metaverse is a multi-faceted digital event with a focus on the fan experience. From October 8-11, Metaverse will exclusively live stream free panels on the New York Comic Con YouTube channel.

Doctor Who Spotlight | BBC America

Thursday 8th October

BBC America, in partnership with HBO Max is excited to bring together a new spotlight on Doctor Who and the series’ return to New York Comic Con with the Doctor herself, Jodie Whittaker, companion Yaz, played by Mandip Gill, and Graham O’Brien, played by Bradley Walsh. Together with moderator Melanie McFarland, TV Critic for Salon.com, they will look back at their epic past two series in the TARDIS, which have been packed with shocking twists, turns and surprises and discuss their favourite moments to date.

The Making of Time Lord Victorious

Saturday 10th October

This panel will see producer and writer James Goss talk about how the ambitious multi-platform project Time Lord Victorious came together. He will be joined by Joe Sugg, Nicholas Briggs and Ayesha Antoine for a sneak peak of the animated series Daleks! due to launch in November as well hearing more from the cast about what fans can expect, who they play, and how they filmed their voiceovers during the global pandemic.

Exclusive: New Doctor Who games

Sunday 11th October

Also joining the Comic Con line-up is Maze Theory’s exclusive panel around new Doctor Who games, which will see Ingrid Oliver (Doctor Who), Maze Theory’s Studio Director Russ Harding, writer Gavin Collinson and CEO of Kaigan Games, Azmi Shah, reveal exclusive new Doctor Who adventures that form a trilogy of experiences across multiple gaming platforms.

Check out all of the Doctor Who panels at the Comic Con Metaverse here.

Jodie Whittaker and Mandip Gill to appear in special New York Comic-Con Doctor Who panel

9 September 2020 admin Comments 0 Comment

The TARDIS-travelling pair will be taking a look back at their last two years on the BBC sci-fi drama.

Jodie Whittaker and Mandip Gill in Doctor Who (BBC)

Missing all the Doctor Who chat ever since series 12 finished back in March? Well, you’re in luck – because it sounds like the press machine is lumbering back to life ahead of upcoming festive special Revolution of the Daleks, with Jodie Whittaker and Mandip Gill confirmed to be attending a special Doctor Who panel at the upcoming New York Comic-Con.

Hosted by moderator Melanie McFarland, the panel will apparently shine “a new spotlight” on Doctor Who as the pair “look back at their epic past two seasons in the TARDIS, which have been packed with shocking twists, turns and surprises,” and the whole thing is set to stream live online on Thursday 8th October at 2:45pm ET (that’s about 7:45PM UK time, if you’re wondering).

From the sounds of it, this panel will be resolutely focused on the duo’s Doctor Who past – quite pointedly, the event description says they’ll “discuss their favourite moments to date” – but with only a couple of months between the panel and the episode’s probable airing, it seems unlikely that the topic of Revolution of the Daleks can be skirted entirely.

That’s what we’re telling ourselves anyway, as we clutch our “Captain Jack Lives” banners and eagerly await the Dalek Civil War.

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And who knows? Maybe the fact that only Whittaker and Gill are in the line-up suggests that the rumours about co-stars Bradley Walsh and Tosin Cole departing the series this winter weren’t greatly exaggerated after all. Or maybe their internet connections just aren’t good enough to join in with what (we assume) will be another virtual panel.

Still, even if Whittaker and Gill just keep it nostalgic, we’re sure fans will be delighted to see them reunited and chatting all things Who. We have to keep ourselves going until the festive special arrives somehow…

Doctor Who: Revolution of the Daleks comes to BBC One in late 2020/early 2021.