• 38 years in the making, Doctor Who “Shada” is completed!

    38 years in the making, Doctor Who “Shada” is completed!

    Too many early Doctor Who episodes have, sadly, been lost over the years. Some have been found in garages, some have never surfaced. One such serial, “Shada”, was technically not lost but rather never finished. The Tom Baker serial, which was designed to be the final serial of the 1979-80 season, was never finished due to a […]

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  • A deep dive analysis of Jodie Whitaker’s new Time Lord outfit

    A deep dive analysis of Jodie Whitaker’s new Time Lord outfit

    Ever since the 2005 revival of Doctor Who when Christopher Eccleston took the keys to the TARDIS as the 9th incarnation of The Doctor, I have followed with great interest how time pretty much stops like in The Day The Earth Stood Still when a new Doctor or companion is announced. I’m sure it was similar with Doctors […]

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  • Jodie Whitaker’s TARDIS is about to get crowded with companions

    Jodie Whitaker’s TARDIS is about to get crowded with companions

    Bradley Walsh, Tosin Cole and Mandip Gill will join the 13th Doctor, Jodie Whitaker when the series returns in 2018. In typical Doctor Who fashion, little to nothing is known about the three new ‘companions’. Walsh will be playing a character named Graham while Cole will be playing a character named Ryan and Gill will play a character called […]

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  • ‘The Prisoner’ turns 50!

    ‘The Prisoner’ turns 50!

    Perhaps the greatest television series of all-time (sorry, it’s not Downton Abbey) turned 50! late last month. The Prisoner is made up of 17 hours of  pure television greatness running on ITV in the UK from 29 September 1967 through 1 February 1968. Patrick McGoohan, who co-created, co-wrote, co-directed, co-executive produced and starred in the series as Number […]

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  • Jodie Whittaker takes the keys to the TARDIS as 13th Doctor

    Jodie Whittaker takes the keys to the TARDIS as 13th Doctor

    Moments after Roger Federer defeated Croatia’s Marin Čilić at Wimbledon in three straight sets to win the Wimbledon Mens Finals, and after 54 years, the BBC announced The Doctor is finally a woman.  Despite the Time Lord’s being able to regenerate as women, as demonstrated when Michelle Gomez became The Master/Missy, the traveling Time Lord at the […]

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  • Piloting the Tardis 101 with Bill and Nardole

    Piloting the Tardis 101 with Bill and Nardole

    As we all know, The Doctor is an alien Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey who travels through all of time and space in his TARDIS with his companion. In anticipation of Saturday’s series 10 premiere on BBC1 and BBC America, companions Pearl Mackie (Bill Potts) and Matt Lucas (Nardole) give us an up-close-and-personal crash course […]

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  • Pearl Mackie’s “Bill” becomes Doctor Who’s first openly gay companion

    Pearl Mackie’s “Bill” becomes Doctor Who’s first openly gay companion

    When Doctor Who returns to BBC One on April 15, the Doctor (Peter Capaldi) will meet a new friend, Bill Potts. Now, Pearl Mackie, the actress who plays Bill, has confirmed that her character is openly gay, saying that “…representation is important, especially on a mainstream show“. It shouldn’t be a big deal in the 21st Century,” she […]

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  • Case Histories/Harry Potter star, Jason Isaacs, set to boldly go where no man has gone before in ‘Star Trek Discovery’

    Case Histories/Harry Potter star, Jason Isaacs, set to boldly go where no man has gone before in ‘Star Trek Discovery’

    Case Histories and Harry Potter star, Jason Isaacs, is set to boldly go where no man has gone before. Well, actually, no man except for William Shatner and Patrick Stewart. Isaacs, who is sure to be a familiar face to public television fans as the brooding Scottish private detective, Jackson Brodie, in Case Histories, has signed on to play Captain Lorca, […]

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  • Doctor Who S10 trailer speak volumes in :30 seconds

    Doctor Who S10 trailer speak volumes in :30 seconds

    Having just recently left Liverpool and the 2017 BBC Showcase, it seems rather appropriate that we begin talking all things Doctor Who given what sat outside my screening cubicle for 5 days. I have to say while it was a combination of equal parts extreme greatness and semi-creepiness all at the same time, it did really make me realize […]

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