Arthur Darvill joins CW’s superhero team-up show
Arthur Darvill, best-known to genre fans for his role as Rory in the Matt Smith era of Doctor Who, has signed up to play Rip Hunter in the CW’s new […]
Game of Thrones’ Maisie Williams joins Who series 9
Maisie Williams will be making a guest starring appearance in the ninth series of Doctor Who. Renowned for her role as Arya Stark in the international fantasy drama series Game […]
Big Finish’s licence renewed to 2020!
Big Finish’s licence to produce audio adventures based on Doctor Who has been renewed by the BBC until 2020, it was announced today. ‘Last year saw Big Finish celebrate 15 years of producing new Doctor Who audio drama,’ executive producer Jason-Haigh Ellery notes. ‘A fantastic milestone for our company. I am delighted to be able to announce that our licence […]
Strangeness in Space with Sophie Aldred, Trev & Simon
Doctor Who and Tree Fu Tom star Sophie Aldred has teamed up with comedy duo Trev and Simon for a new audio series, Strangeness in Space. Described as “a new […]
Captain America leads Saturn nominations
Captain America: The Winter Soldier has an impressive 11 nominations for this year’s Saturn Awards. The list was announced by Star Trek and Big Finish star Chase Masterson on March 4th. Other multiple nominees include Interstellar (10), and Guardians of the Galaxy (9). In the television categories, The Walking Dead received 7 nominations with Hannibal achieving 6. Both The Librarians and […]
RIP Barry Newbery
Barry Newbery, whose designs were so important to the early years of Doctor Who, has died. Telos Publishing announced the news on their Facebook page, after hearing from Newbery’s daughter; […]
A familiar face returns for Doctor Who Series 9
Peter Capaldi will be facing off against Michelle Gomez’s Missy once more in Series 9, it has been confirmed. Michelle Gomez arrives in Cardiff this week to re-join the Doctor […]
LEGO Doctor Who set materialising soon!
A LEGO Doctor Who set is going to be materialising in toyshops later this year. The concept for a Doctor Who set came from the LEGO® IDEAS website where fans […]
“Lost” William Hartnell Desert Island Discs found (updated)
The episode of the long running radio series Desert Island Discs, in which Roy Plomley interviewed the first Doctor, William Hartnell, has been located – at least in part. Lucky listeners to the BBC’s iPlayer service were treated to the 16 minutes of the recording from August 23, 1965, earlier today (January 29) until the broadcast was pulled, pending an […]
RIP Barrie Ingham
Barrie Ingham, who starred in Doctor Who and the Daleks, has died aged 83. Ingham had a long career as a stage and screen actor, working with the RSC and […]
Who Beyond 50: a new book from Sci-Fi Bulletin’s editors
We don’t often push our own material here on Sci-Fi Bulletin, but this is a bit of an exception: Who Beyond 50, a series of essays by Brian J. Robb […]
Guest stars confirmed for Whithouse’s two-part Who story
With filming now underway on the ninth series of Doctor Who, the BBC has confirmed that Paul Kaye will be leading the guest cast for a two part story by […]
RIP director Fiona Cumming
Fiona Cumming, who helmed four of Peter Davison’s stories during his tenure as the Doctor, has died aged 77, according to a report posted by the Doctor Who Appreciation Society. […]
RIP Bernard Kay
Prolific British character actor Bernard Kay has died, aged 86. Initially a reporter, Kay turned to acting after the Second World War, and appeared in many genre productions. He was […]
Matt Smith’s Lost River going straight to video in US
Lost River, the movie previously known as How to Catch a Monster, is not going to get a cinema release in the US, according to a report at Variety. The […]
Jenna Coleman confirmed for Doctor Who Series 9
Following the events of the Doctor Who Christmas Special, broadcast worldwide on Christmas Day, Jenna Coleman will be back in the TARDIS for a further complete series of adventures alongside Peter […]
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