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The live TV broadcast, or overnight, got 4.73 million views, which is up from 4.62 million viewers for the first 60th Anniversary Special "The Star Beast." On top of that, the Radio Times reported that during Christmas week from December 25th to the 31st, Doctor Who was viewed on television and the BBC iPlayer over[...]

In addition, Gatwa posted a selection of fan art that's crossed his path since taking on the TARDIS. Image: BBC "Nah, the love for The Church on Ruby Road was unreal My head is slowly coming out of the festive fog and wrapping my head around the fact I am now fully THEE DOCTOR hehe 😏," our[...]

You really can't escape Doctor Who in the British Film and Television industry. Image: BBC Just in case you've been living in a nuclear bunker for the last twenty years, Tennant is best known for his acclaimed run as Doctor Who His other prominent credits include Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Good Omens, and Broadchurch[...]

what we do know is that we haven't seen what the deal is with the Sea Devils since 2022's Jodie Whittaker-starring special, "Legend of the Sea Devils" (written by Ella Road & then-showrunner Chris Chibnall and directed by Haolu Wang). Image: BBC Here's a look at the screencaps we mentioned – expect more details or some kind[...]

What makes that news even sweeter is knowing just how much it bothered the folks behind the 144 messages sent to the BBC after the anniversary episode "The Star Beast" aired complaining that it was "inappropriate" for Finney's transgender character to appear in the special and that the move was "anti-male." Just to put it[...]

But that's clearly over now, based on the image of Catherine Tate's Donna Noble from "Wild Blue Yonder" that RTD charged earlier today – with the words "Back to work" accompanying it (along with the shocked/scared emoji). Image: BBC Screencap Here's a look at RTD's post from earlier today – followed by a look back at his[...]

Here's one to watch out for: Domino Day, an original new supernatural series created and written by BAFTA-nominated Lauren Sequeira and produced by Fremantle's Dancing Ledge Productions for the BBC Supernatural and Science Fiction series on British TV are a bit rare these days unless they're called Doctor Who, and hopefully, this one will have[...]

The sequel series is set in the present, more than forty years after the end of the second and last season of the series on the BBC, and will star Cleese and his daughter Camilla Cleese, who is co-writing the scripts with him A fan asked him on Twitter, "Any update on the newest faulty[...]

Taking to Instagram, Davies offered wishes for a happy new year by teasing a look at the TARDIS on one of the sets from the 2024 Christmas Special – with this tantalizing tease: "But what terrible secrets does it hide..?" Previously, we learned that Nicola Coughlan (Derry Girls, Bridgerton) is guest-starring in the holiday event –[...]

With Netflix's Scott Pilgrim Takes Off & One Piece, Prime Video's Gen V, and HBO's The Last of Us, we had projects that challenged expectations and put an end to the argument that there are projects that television could never do right by – with BBC's period crime drama The Gallows Pole telling a tale[...]

New Year's Day is coming, and the BBC just has to give us a relevant Doctor Who video; this time, it's the times the series did New Year's Day, but that only reminds us that New Year's Day sucked for the Doctor The New Year's Day Specials were deeply mediocre and unmemorable, featuring the most[...]

Fans just love a wild theory, and Twist's multiple appearances as more than one character are food for just that. Susan Twist in "Doctor Who": BBC Twist made her first appearance in the opening minutes of the second 60th Anniversary Special "Wild Blue Yonder," where she played Isaac Newton's (Nathaniel Curtis) housekeeper Mrs Merridrew In the Christmas[...]

So to catch a glimpse of David Tennant going #backtofanboy just felt right… Image: Catherine Tate Instagram Stories Screencap And here's a look back at the teaser trailer that was released on Christmas Day for Season 1, with Doctor Who set to return to BBC, BBC iPlayer & Disney+ screens in May 2024: Doctor Who: Looking Ahead to[...]

Okay, we will readily admit that five months seems like a long time – but remember how quickly RTD and his team made the past year go by before the anniversary eps finally hit? The next few months are going to fly by – with things like the following 2024 trailer from BBC iPlayer helping[...]

The BBC has released an hour-long compilation of multiple Doctor crossovers from Doctor Who In some ways, this is a last hurrah, a look back at the last era(s) of Doctor Who before Russell T Davies' new Disney era of the show with Ncuti Gatwa brings in a new tone to the show It's being[...]

It was an impressive debut for Ncuti Gatwa's Fifteenth Doctor & Millie Gibson's Ruby Sunday – and a pretty impressive performance by the BBC overall on Christmas day The Russell T Davies-penned Doctor Who Christmas Special "The Church on Ruby Road" was just one of the big viewing highlights from the holiday – and now that[...]

Gone are the British emotional reserve, hello to the swashbuckling Ncuti Gatwa as a Doctor who wears his heart on his sleeve and lives his best life. "Doctor Who: The Church on Ruby Road" Image: BBC The plot of "The Church on Ruby Road" is kept as simple as possible so that Davies can establish the new[...]

Davies's Doctor Who Christmas Special "The Church on Ruby Road" only hours old on BBC iPlayer & Disney+, our sights are already set on May 2024 That's when the first full series of adventures featuring Ncuti Gatwa's Fifteenth Doctor and Millie Gibson's Ruby Sunday gets underway Before offering you a look at what's to come, we[...]

On that very personal level, I'm glad that I waited (intentional or otherwise) because, for me, "The Church on Ruby Road" was just as much (if not more) of a reaffirmation of what makes the show so special as the trio of anniversary episodes – and why Davies is exactly the right "ringmaster" to lead the[...]

But what we do get is a look at the Doctor & Ruby in action – and yes, that's the Beatles… Image: BBC Screencap Here's a look at the teaser trailer that was released earlier today, with Doctor Who set to return to BBC, BBC iPlayer & Disney+ screens in May 2024: Doctor Who: Looking Ahead to Series[...]

Photo credit: Sooz Kempner The Christmas Episode of EastEnders will air on BBC One at 945pm and will end up on Britbox overseas after that How many people stream the latest episodes of EastEnders in the US, we wonder? It used to be on PBS in the US, but no longer before the current years of[...]

Ahhh, Christmas, and it's time for the BBC's Ghost Story for Christmas, with this year being Lot No 249, writer-director Mark Gatiss' adaptation of the Victorian era short story that's an unknown and seminal horror story for many reasons Kit Harrington plays Abercrombie Smith, an archetypal young Victorian gentleman studying medicine at the hallowed halls[...]

Davies's Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor) & Millie Gibson (Ruby Sunday)- starring Doctor Who Christmas Special, "The Church on Ruby Road." In addition, it was also confirmed that shortly after "Ruby Road," viewers on BBC One & BBC iPlayer will be getting a look at what's to come with the next series of adventures – with[...]

249 is this year's Ghost Story for Christmas on the BBC (and Britbox for overseas streamers), an adaptation of the short story by Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle, written and directed by Doctor Who writer, actor, and fan Mark Gatiss, who is also a fan of British horror literature, movies, and anthology television shows[...]

As you await patiently for Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson's first outing as the new Doctor and companion in this year's Doctor Who Christmas Special, the BBC would like you to luxuriate in four hours' worth of clips from nearly twenty years worth of Christmas specials. "Doctor Who": BBC Just as Prince Albert, Queen Victoria's husband, was[...]

Shortly after "Ruby Road" airs, viewers on BBC One & BBC iPlayer will be getting a look at what's to come – so we're assuming that means we'll be getting that preview dropping on YouTube and social media To further drive home the point, we were even treated to an official image of the duo[...]

Here's a look: Image: BBC Image: BBC Image: BBC Image: BBC And since we're ending the mini image gallery with a look at Gatwa, it feels only right that we give him a chance to give us a "tour" of the Fifteenth Doctor's "Classic" look (we're big fans of the trainers): Doctor Who: "The Church on Ruby Road": A Christmas Special[...]

Davies's Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor) & Millie Gibson (Ruby Sunday)- starring Doctor Who Christmas Special, "The Church on Ruby Road." We're talking preview images, new footage, a revealing interview with Gatwa, and more – so let's jump right in! Image: BBC Image: BBC Image: BBC Image: BBC Following up on Gibson's "Get to Know" video from yesterday, we have a[...]

They're going to do the big push" – with Davies adding that the push for the anniversary episodes made more sense being run through the BBC and BBC iPlayer Here's a look at the interview with Davies & EP Jane Tranter – with Davies touching upon Disney+'s plans beginning at around the 7:20 mark: Doctor Who:[...]

Kate Winslet goes hardline politician in the upcoming HBO miniseries The Regime, suspiciously resembling a younger, sexier Margaret Thatcher.