A beheading scene which featured in this Saturday’s episode of Doctor Who has been edited out. Following the beheading of two journalists by IS in recent weeks, the BBC has decided to remove the scene from the climactic battle. Robot of Sherwood,written by Mark Gatiss, was filmed in February, long before the IS hit the headlines. A spokesman for the […]
Day of the Doctor director Nick Hurran will be helming Syfy’s new six hour miniseries written by Life on Mars’ Matthew Graham based on Arthur C. Clarke’s classic SF novel Childhood’s End. […]
Jamie’s awa’ in his time machine again: Frazer Hines, who played Jamie McCrimmon on Doctor Who in the 1960s (pictured with Patrick Troughton as the Doctor), is set to guest star on Outlander, the Starz series inspired in part by the character he played. There were rumours last week that Hines had been spotted being fitted for a costume, but […]
The official list of titles, authors and directors for Doctor Who series 8 has been released by the BBC, with a few surprises in the credits. Presumably because of the need to provide continuity on the new Doctor’s characterisation, head writer Steven Moffat is credited or co-credited with all bar one of the first half dozen episodes. It is worth […]
In an upset at the 2014 Hugo Awards, Doctor Who was beaten by Game of Thrones for the Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form). There were six nominations on the ballot […]
BBC Worldwide will no longer be streaming the Q and A from the Sydney premiere of Deep Breath, part of the Doctor Who World Tour. According to the official website, […]
BBC Worldwide has just announced that the Q and A sessions from the Doctor Who World Tour will be streamed live to the Doctor Who YouTube channel over the coming two weeks. The stars of the show Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman as well as Lead Writer and Executive Producer Steven Moffat will be taking part in Q& A sessions in various […]
Australian-based animation company Planet 55 has been the subject of much speculation recently regarding their work on the Doctor Who range, with many commentators expecting them to be currently engaged on […]
The new Doctor is set to make an impression on America – or at least, the producers of Entertainment Weekly certainly think so. They’ve given the cover to Peter Capaldi […]
Giving his first full interview about playing the Doctor to this week’s Sunday Times, Peter Capaldi has confirmed that he insisted on no romance between his incarnation of the Time […]
Deep Breath, the premiere episode of Doctor Who’s eighth season, will be shown in cinemas worldwide, BBC Worldwide announced on July 25, with tickets going on sale from 1 August at 11 am from UK cinema chains Odeon, Empire, Cineworld, Vue, Omniplex and Picture House. An exclusive event will take place at London’s Odeon, Leicester Square on August 23rd with […]
With confirmation today that there will be an official screening of the opening episode of Series 8 as part of the BFI’s Sci-Fi: Days of Fear and Wonder series on August 7th (tickets will be available via ballot), BBC Worldwide has issued an update about the leak of the material, confirming that rather more was lost than first thought. “We […]
When the five scripts for the start of Doctor Who’s Series 8 leaked onto the internet earlier this week, it was understood that the actual episodes themselves had not been […]
Comedian and actor Sanjeev Bhaskar is joining in the Doctor’s final battle of series 8, it has just been announced. Bhaskar, who recently was seen in a reunion episode of […]
Scripts for the first episodes of the new series of Doctor Who have leaked online. The scripts were sent to the BBC’s office in Miami for translation, in preparation for the global premiere of the series on August 23rd, but were leaked. The BBC issued a statement via Radio Times: “BBC Worldwide is currently investigating a security issue around Doctor Who […]
The Doctor Who Appreciation Society is holding a special event on Wednesday July 23rd to celebrate the unveiling of a plaque dedicated to Doctor Who‘s first producer, Verity Lambert. The blue heritage plaque will be on display at Riverside Studios, where many early episodes of Doctor Who were recorded, until the venue closes for development in the autumn, when it will be […]
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