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Doctor Who Magazine writer and BBC Radio editor Emily Cook announced last week that the final "Doctor Who Lockdown" global rewatch was canceled out of respect for the protests against police brutality towards the Black community that was inflamed by the killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers Cook said the[...]

On Wednesday, Doctor Who Magazine writer and BBC Radio editor Emily Cook announced that Saturday's final "Doctor Who Lockdown" global rewatch was canceled out of respect for the protests taking place around the world against police brutality towards the Black community that was inflamed by the killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis,[...]

Once again, the BBC is giving us nice things for free! And of course it's Doctor Who Over on the official Doctor Who YouTube channel, you can stream a short story from BBC Audio's Doctor Who Audio Annual "Conundrum" is read by Matthew Waterhouse, who played Adric, one of the 4th Doctor's (Tom Baker) final[...]

Less than a month after BBC Books announced their contributions to BBC Studios' upcoming massive multi-platform event "Time Lord Victorious," Big Finish has stepped up to announce their role in the 12-week immersive experience Paul McGann returns as the Eighth Doctor in a trilogy of full-cast audio drama adventures, facing off against his sworn enemies,[...]

killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis, Minnesota, police officers, Doctor Who Magazine writer and BBC Radio editor Emily Cook announced via Twitter that this Saturday's final Doctor Who Lockdown global rewatch has been canceled In her statement, Cook stated that the decision was made "out of respect for the feelings of Doctor[...]

The BBC keeps giving us nice things And for free! This comes right after the final Doctor Who Lockdown Rewatch of former showrunner Steven Moffat's final two episodes World Enough and Time and The Doctor Falls As of Monday, the BBC Writer's Room, their online resource for students of screenwriting and hobbyists, is offering the[...]

Once BBC America stops streaming the most-recent Series 12, it will end up on HBO Max as well. Every series of Torchwood is now on the streaming service as well That's the first two regular seasons, the miniseries Torchwood: Children of Earth that blew up the show's format and was one of the most politically searing[...]

Doctor Who Magazine writer and BBC Radio editor Emily Cook announced on Twitter that the final rewatch will be "The Ends of the Earth" and "The Doctor Falls", Peter Capaldi's final two regular episodes before he regenerated into Jodie Whittaker in the Christmas Special "Twice Upon a Time" This rewatch will blow out all the[...]

It's hard to believe it but we've actually come to the penultimate global rewatch of Doctor Who Lockdown's amazing run, and much of that has to do with the hard work and dedication of Doctor Who Magazine writer and BBC Radio editor Emily Cook On Saturday, Cook was joined by showrunner/writer Russell T[...]

In a surprise release on Wednesday, the BBC unveiled a short John Rebus drama written by Ian Rankin starring Brian Cox John Rebus: The Lockdown Blues finds retired Edinburgh cop Rebus, the hero of more than 20 novels by Rankin, trapped in lockdown and contemplating his own mortality This is a big deal The Rebus[...]

Doctor Who Magazine writer and BBC Radio editor Emily Cook announced today that the next Doctor Who Lockdown rewatch would be the penultimate one So it's going to be another epic two-episode rewatch, this time of episodes "New Earth" and "Gridlock" Showrunner Russell T Davies has already confirmed he would be live-tweeting and writing a[...]

This time, Doctor Who Magazine writer and BBC Radio editor (and hardest-working Who fan on the planet) Emily Cook set our sights on Matt Smith and Jenna Coleman-starrer "The Rings of Akhaten" and wrapped up the event with a very appropriate gift Kicking things off at 8 pm British Standard Time (3 pm Eastern Time in[...]

After the original show went off the air on the BBC, the gap was filled by original and slightly more adult-oriented novels published by Virgin Books and new audio dramas produced by Big Finish The production company began with some of the surviving leads like Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, and Paul McGann in[...]

Doctor Who Lockdown announced the subject of their next global rewatch/live-tweet: Matt Smith and Jenna Coleman's “The Rings of Akhaten”.

Doctor Who Magazine writer and BBC Radio Editor Emily Cook has another line-up of impressive names set for this Saturday's Doctor Who Lockdown global rewatch of Doctor Who: An Adventure in Space and Time Starting at 7 p.m U.K British Standard Time (2 p.m U.S Eastern Standard Time, which means you might be reading this[...]

Doctor Who Magazine writer and BBC Radio Editor Emily Cook has another line-up of impressive names set for this Saturday's Doctor Who Lockdown global rewatch of Doctor Who: An Adventure in Space and Time Starting at 7 p.m U.K British Standard Time (2 p.m U.S Eastern Standard Time), writer-actor Mark Gatiss and actor Sacha Dhawan[...]

The BBC announced on Friday that the duo is set for new home lockdown comedy Staged, airing on BBC One from Infinity Hill and GCB Films In the series, Tennant and Sheen are members of a cast who find themselves furloughed when their West End production is shuttered Considered the cream of the crop of[...]

by Peter Fincham and Jon Plowman, concentrating on the BBC's political comedy The Thick Of It, which also was translated into the movie In The Loop and the HBO show Veep, by the creator of all three, Armando Iannucci The show had Iannucci on, alongside Rebecca Front who placed Nicola Murray MP, a minister placed[...]

Doctor Who Magazine writer and BBC Radio Editor Emily Cook revealed on her twitter feed that it would be Doctor Who: An Adventure in Space and Time The rewatch will take place on Saturday May 23th at 7 pm British Standard Time, which is 2 pm Eastern Time in the United States Joining the livetweet[...]

Doctor Who Magazine writer and BBC Radio editor Emily Cook returned on Wednesday with the Doctor Who Lockdown global rewatch of the horror-vibing episode "Listen" Set during Peter Capaldi's first season as The Doctor, the Series 8 episode finds the Doctor tracking a creature with an uncanny and eerie ability to hide, while Clara (Jenna[...]

The next Doctor Who Lockdown rewatch episode has been announced, with Doctor Who Magazine writer and BBC Radio editor Emily Cook revealing it would be the horror-tinged episode "Listen" from Series 8, Peter Capaldi's first season as The Doctor The rewatch will take place on Wednesday, May 20th at 7 pm British Standard Time, which[...]

This Sunday marked the next edition of Doctor Who Magazine writer and BBC Radio editor Emily Cook's Doctor Who Lockdown global rewatch event, with all screens set for "The Fires of Pompeii" Joining the rewatch to live-tweet their thoughts and perspectives were episode writer James Moran, as well as Tracy Childs, Francesca Fowler, and François[...]

Now, the BBC has released all the scripts of the season for free for all to read The scripts can be found on the BBC's Writers' Room website.  The BBC Writers' Room website is an educational resource for students and screenwriters It includes lessons, interviews with writers and producers, opportunities to submit scripts, and free[...]

Nearly two weeks after BBC Studios announced the massive multi-platform event "Time Lord Victorious" would be launching in September 2020, BBC Books announced their contributions to the 12-week immersive experience October 2020 brings the release of the novel The Knight, The Fool and The Dead by Steve Cole, followed in December 2020 with Una McCormack's[...]

In addition, both seasons of CBS All Access' Tell Me A Story will also be getting some network space (with the series officially canceled by CBS All Access); as will BBC Studios' half-hour British comedy Dead Pixels, and Canadian crime procedural Coroner. Something unnatural is happening in the swamps outside Marais, Louisiana When a mysterious illness strikes[...]

Doctor Who Magazine writer and BBC Radio editor Cook made the announcement via Twitter. The next Doctor Who Lockdown global rewatch will be "The Fires of Pompeii", image courtesy of Doctor Who Lockdown and BBC. We're in Pompeii And it's #VOLCANODAY 🌋 Join in with a tweetalong of The Fires of Pompeii! Featuring live tweets from writer @jamesmoran,[...]

We never thought we'd be writing this sentence: The BBC has started to run esports tournaments for Rocket League Not that there's anything wrong with that or the game, we just assumed we'd be writing that about Sky Sports, ITV, or even Channel 4 long before the flagship British Broadcasting Corporation decided to do it[...]

With plenty of people still finding uses for those BBC Zoom backgrounds Welcome all, to the daily Lying In The Gutters a long-running run around the day before and the day ahead You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. From BBC Zoom to Marvel Comics #1000 – The Daily LITG 10th May[...]

So the third season of BBC America and AMC's Killing Eve has been building towards something that I can't wait to see "resolve" itself by the time the season wraps It's safe to say that Eve (Sandra Oh) and Villanelle (Jodie Comer) have both been a little off their games lately Between Kenny's (Sean Delaney) death, Villanelle[...]

You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Bechdel, BBC, Baron Corbin and the Ten Most-Read Stories yesterday Bleeding Cool continues to report from the comics industry shutdown, with Alison Bechdel combined with Rick And Morty to take the top spot Who knew? Keep up with your Daily LITG. Bechdel, BBC and Baron Corbin inThe[...]