Steven Moffat – who previously won the Hugo Award on four occasions for his scripts for Doctor Who – is in contention with two of his colleagues for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form in this year’s Hugo Awards. Moffat’s script for A Good Man Goes to War goes up against Neil Gaiman’s The Doctor’s Wife and Tom MacRae’s The Girl […]
According to Doctor Who producer Caroline Skinner, the fifth episode of the seventh series will be filmed in New York City. The story, which will feature the departure of Rory and Amy as well as the return of the Weeping Angels, has been written by executive producer Steven Moffat, who promised that not everyone will “get out alive”. The news […]
Stargate and Farscape star Ben Browder is the latest addition to the Doctor Who cast, according to the new issue of Doctor Who Magazine. In addition to the previously-announced Rupert […]
Suranne Jones, currently starring in ITV cop drama Scott and Bailey, has been cast as Eve opposite The Fades’ Tom Ellis in Joe Ahearne’s adaptation of James Herbert’s horror story […]
British actor David Morrissey has been cast as The Governor, the sadistic leader of a group of survivors, in the third season of AMC’s The Walking Dead. The character has become a fan favourite in the original comicbook series on which the series is based, and is the focus of a sequence of prequel novels which began last year. Morrissey […]
The hype for Doctor Who‘s 50th anniversary in November 2013 has begun. The press release noting the start of filming on Doctor Who promises “fourteen big blockbuster-movie episodes – each […]
IDW has now confirmed the story that broke late last week with details of the official crossover between Star Trek: The Next Generation and Doctor Who: Assimilation2 Launching in May, the […]
Doctor Who has been voted Virgin Media TV Show of the Year for 2011 in the just-announced Virgin Media Awards. Arthur Darvill’s Rory Williams was TV Character of the Year, while the moment the Doctor was shot in the opening episode of the sixth series was hailed as Most Explosive TV Moment. Karen Gillan is officially the Hottest Female of 2011 […]
Speaking to Digital Spy backstage at the National Television Awards after being hailed as Best Male Dramatic Actor by the public, Doctor Who star Matt Smith made it clear that although he has always had an interest in films, and might be drawn towards directing, he is not yet contemplating life as a former Time Lord. “I’m here for the […]
Doctor Who stars Matt Smith and Karen Gillan were both successful in the National Television Awards, voted for by the general public, which were presented on January 25th. Smith won Best Male Dramatic Performance, with Gillan awarded the female equivalent, each beating their counterparts on Torchwood, John Barrowman and Eve Myles. Doctor Who failed to be acclaimed Best Drama, with […]
According to a report at Bleeding Cool, Russell T Davies’ new children’s show, Aliens vs Wizards will be put together by the team that had been working on the fifth series of The Sarah Jane Adventures before it was brought to a premature end by the sad death of Elisabeth Sladen last April. The site says that the show is […]
With filming only days away, the cast on J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek sequel continues to expand. Hot on the heels of the announcement of Doctor Who star Noel Clarke’s arrival comes news that Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch has also signed up for a role in the new 23rd Century odyssey. According to Deadline, there is no word yet whether he’s […]
Noel Clarke, best known to genre fans for his stint playing Mickey Smith on the revived series of Doctor Who, has joined the cast of J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek sequel, according to a report at Variety. Clarke will play a family man with a wife and young daughter in the new movie, which is expected to start shooting later this […]
Following criticism by Ofcom, UK digital channel Watch has suspended all repeat broadcasts of the adult Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood. The channel had been rerunning the first two seasons of […]
According to executive producer and head writer Steven Moffat, there will be a change in personnel in the TARDIS during the upcoming seventh series of Doctor Who. “The final days of the Ponds are coming during the next series,” Moffat announced at the press launch for the Christmas Special, The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe held tonight. “Then the Doctor […]
Two long-missing Doctor Who episodes were aired on December 11 for the first time in nearly 50 years at the Missing, Believed Wiped convention at the British Film Institute in […]
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