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Doctor Who – The Companion Conundrum
By Dan Lloyd Since the revival of Doctor Who back in 2005, many incarnations of the last Time Lord have come and gone The ninth Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) was paired up with Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) Their relationship was one that you would expect – a wise old explorer showing a young girl who was naive[...]
Doctor Who Writer To Reboot Metal Hurlant Chronicles
This story is kind of important to me having worked on the first two seasons. Doctor Who and Being Human writer Jamie Mathieson has signed on to reboot the sci-fi series Metal Hurlant Chronicles The Twilight Zone-style anthology aired in two six-episode series that went form deep space to the old west to a bomb shelter[...]
Ten Thoughts About Doctor Who – The Caretaker
The Late Doctor Doctor Who is now late Airing in the UK after Strictly Come Dancing it starts at 8.30pm and finished at 9.15pm It is now a post watershed show – well most of it This is new, for the UK at least A darker Doctor has a darker timeslot to match 2 The Two Claras We[...]
tony lee
Lee has written for Doctor Who, Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek, Starship Troopers, Sherlock Holmes and Wallace and Grommit… so he knows some tricks to playing with other people's toys Here are some of the highlights from that conversation. Q: My first question is how much creative control do you have over the characters and story? Do[...]
Titan's Exclusive Doctor Who Vinyls Line Up For New York Comic Con At Booth 2142
And they have the vinyls… And they're bringing these exclusive Doctor Who vinyls to New York Comic Con, at booth # 2142… Doctor Who TITAN: 8" Trenzalore TARDIS Figure   When the Doctor travelled to Trenzalore to visit his tomb he found his grave was marked by, what else, his beloved TARDIS Only, after years of decay it had[...]
13 Photos From Doctor Who – The Caretaker
A lot of images released from BBC America giving us a look at this weeks episode of Doctor Who called The Caretaker This episode takes place at the school where Clara Oswald (Jenna Coleman) and Danny Pink (Samuel Anderson) work and the Doctor (Peter Capaldi) gets hired on as John Smith to be the caretaker[...]
Ten Thoughts About Doctor Who: Time Heist
So, I've just seen Doctor Who: Time Heist. 1 I Stole A TARDIS And Ran Away I've Been Running Ever Since… The Doctor left Gallifrey as a thief, and has nicked a fair few things over the years, from parts of a Key To Time Even his own TARDIS called him "my thief" But a full[...]
Doctor Who Christmas Special Adds Frost And Troughton
The BBC announced the cast for this years Doctor Who Christmas episode and two names jump out Nick Frost (The World's End) will reunite with Steven Moffat for the production which has begun filming. "I'm so thrilled to have been asked to guest in the Doctor Who Christmas special, I'm such a fan of the show,"[...]
Doctor Who: Listen, By Way Of Nigel Auchterlounie
Nigel Auchterlounie is a cartoonist who writes and draws the Dennis And Gnasher strip in British kids weekly comic, The Beano. He also watches Doctor Who Then writes and draws what he remembers of it… including Daleks in most episodes Here is the season so far, and last night's episode below… Nigel Auchterlounie is a cartoonist[...]
Ten Thoughts About Doctor Who: Listen
Another week, another new Doctor Who Truly we are a blessed nation. 1 Keep Reading That Doctor Who Annual Short Story Steven Moffat wrote Corner Of The Eye for the Doctor Who Storybook 2007 about a race called Floofs that lived alongside humans, hidden from them, controlling them, only to be seen in the… you guessed it[...]
Ten Thoughts About Doctor Who: Robot Of Sherwood
Three episodes of Doctor Who in three weeks And this is my favourite… 1 Is This The Real Life? Is It Just Fantasy? Shakespeare In Love beat Saving Private Ryan to the Oscar Why? It wasn't just the marketing campaign It was the realisation that if you set up something ridiculous, but then gradually add more realistic[...]
Mark Gatiss And Tom Riley Talk Robot Of Sherwood
Tonight's episode of Doctor Who, Robot of Sherwood was written by the talented Mark Gatiss (Co-creator of Sherlock and plays Mycroft) and stars Tom Riley (Di Vinci's Demons) as Robin Hood EW chatted with the two  and specifically asked Gatiss what it is like writing for Peter Capaldi: I've written for all four of the modern[...]
Two Sets Of Storyboards For Doctor Who: Into The Dalek
First, the Spike Milliganish storyboards from Doctor Who: Into The Dalek director Ben Wheatley. And in comparison, the more polished storyboards of James Iles. Including how the Dalek antibodies were oruginally supposed to look and act…. First, the Spike Milliganish storyboards from Doctor Who: Into The Dalek[...]
Anthony Horowitz Responds To Philip Morris Over Doctor Who Showrunner Rumours
Yesterday, as part of a series of Facebook posts in which Doctor Who Missing Episode recoverer Philip Morris talked trash about Steven Moffat's run on the show, Morris reported what he claimed were well sourced rumours regarding Moffat's replacement on Doctor Who as showrunner, namely Anthony Horowitz. He then tweeted the rumour to UK journalists on[...]
Doctor Who And The Time Lord Midlife Crisis – Look! It Moves! by Adi Tantimedh
Adi Tantimedh writes, We're just two weeks into the new season of Doctor Who and there are already interesting things happening under the hood. By the second episode, Peter Capaldi is settling into the role and is playing a darker, more brooding Doctor He's less warm than Christopher Eccleston, David Tennent and Matt Smith, but carries even[...]
Meet Mr. Pink, The Companion's Companion
Last night on the second Peter Capaldi episode of Doctor Who, we got to meet Danny Pink (Samuel Anderson) A former soldier with an obvious case of guilt working at the Coal Hill School with Clara Oswald (Jenna Coleman)… so two school teachers from Coal Hill and an older Doctor I wonder if that makes[...]
Ten Thoughts About Doctor Who: Into The Dalek
Another week, another episode of Doctor Who How did we get to be so lucky? 1 Coffee But No Chips. That's the kind of Doctor we have now Leave the chips, but pick up a hitch-hiker in an exploding space ship under attack from Daleks in an asteroid field As you do And since, he's just had[...]
Erik's Weekly Watch – Erik Versus The Doctor (You Know Who)
By Erik Grove Welcome back to another edition of Erik's Weekly Watch! Next week I'm going to start diving into the Fall TV season with some picks and recommendations for the best new TV shows but this week brings a very special Doctor Who edition! [youtube]http://youtu.be/TivqZTq5u6Y[/youtube] When I was nineteen I went on a backpacking/ road trip/ drunken[...]