First Doctor

Image: BBC... Because the 40th Anniversary was marked in several ways, but most notably “Scream of the Shalka,” an all-new animated webcast featuring a brand new incarnation of the Doctor: the Ninth Doctor, played by Richard E. Grant.Elsewhere, audio publisher Big Finish released a series of special stories—a trio of classic villain tales featuring Omega, Davros, and the Master, who all had connections to past anniversary specials, and Zagreus, a multi-Doctor special starring Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy,…

Image: Magic The Gathering | Wizards of the CoastToday, Wizards of the Coast has revealed the upcoming Doctor Who Universes Beyond Magic: The Gathering set at San Diego Comic-Con. The sneak peek includes eleven cards and shows off about twenty additional piece of art. The set will be released in October, but is currently available for preorder online at Amazon or at your local game store..The set will include four ready-to-play Commander Decks:TIMEY-WIMEY (Blue/Red/White)“Enjoy some fish fingers with custard with the…

Image: BBCThe TARDIS has picked up another new star for Doctor Who’s next season: drag star Jinkx Monsoon, who will appear in the upcoming 14th season of the show in what the BBC describes as a “major new role.”Spoilers of the Week: July 1stMonsoon—who has also appeared in Steven Universe, and recently on Broadway as Chicago’s Mama Morton, as well as performing and winning seasons of both Ru Paul’s Drag Race and Drag Race All-Stars—will appear alongside Ncuti Gatwa’s 15th Doctor in the 2024 season of Doctor Who.“In a…

Screenshot: BBCCome 2023, the BBC’s sci-fi series Doctor Who will be a whopping 60 years old. The network has spent months playing coy about what awaits in the 60th anniversary special, but it decided some kind of present was in order, hence the special’s first trailer.Other than its big milestone, the big boast of the special is the first turn of David Tennant as the Fourteenth Doctor after his sudden return at the end of Jodie Whitaker’s final episode back in October. Looking as sprightly as ever and confused about the…

Screenshot: BBCWell, this doesn’t feel ominous at all. Right on the heels of Jodie Whittaker’s messy finale outing as the Time-Lord, Disney has announced that the future adventures of Doctor Who will be going straight to the Disney+ streaming service, assuming you live outside of the United Kingdom and Ireland, where the venerable sci-fi series will stay on the BBC.The switch begins with the three-episode Doctor Who special starring David Tennant as the Tenth Fourteenth Doctor airing late in 2023. To be clear, Disney…

Image: BBCThe era of the 13th Doctor is over, and it went out how ultimately much of Chris Chibnall’s time as Doctor Who’s showrunner went over the last four years: with moments of brilliance outshined by a plodding, unwieldy mess of narratives that threatened to dragits excellent star down with it. In that way, it’s perhaps a fitting finale, if an unjust one.“The Power of the Doctor,” the final outing of Jodie Whittaker’s 13th Doctor and Chris Chibnall’s run as Doctor Who’s showrunner, is, like a lot of the duo’s recent…

Image: BBCIn a few weeks, Jodie Whitaker’s tenure with Doctor Who will come to an end. The upcoming Power of the Doctor special will see her Thirteenth Doctor face off against a greatest hits album of the Doctor’s more prominent foes, including the Daleks and The Master (Sasha Dhawan). After all, since this is her last time in the role, she has to go out with a bang. The sci-fi series may not have much of a presence at New York Comic-Con, but that didn’t stop the BBC from putting out a trailer to hype up the third and…

Screenshot: BBC/YouTubeThis October, Doctor Who’s Thirteenth Doctor, Jodie Whittaker, will take her final bow. Current showrunner Chris Chibnall will also be departing the series before David Tennant and Russell T. Davies return for the series’ 60th anniversary special, which we previously knew more about than the upcoming regeneration. That changed today with the official title reveal for an episode that’s arriving in just a few weeks. The BBC’s official Twitter page has revealed that Whittakerwill be saying goodbye in…

Photo: Lauren Mustoe (Getty Images)A trifecta of Doctors are assembling to celebrate 60 years of Doctor Who. With Ncuti Gatwa (Sex Education) next in line and set to start filming this November, The Hollywood Reporter has learned the transition to the next era of the show may play out a little differently. Outgoing showrunner Chris Chibnall previously confirmed that Thirteenth Doctor Jodie Whittaker would be taking her bow this October in a special that’s set to be a part of the BBC Centenary celebrations. Meanwhile, next…

The original title logo for Doctor Who Confidential when it launched in 2005.Image: BBCWhen Doctor Who returned in 2005, alongside it came a support show unlike anything else at the time: Doctor Who Confidential, an extensive weekly, behind-the-scenes breakdown of how the episode you just watched got made. Although Confidential ultimately fell by the wayside, a new report suggests its spirit might live on, thanks to the return of Russell T. Davies.British tabloid the Mirror reports that Davies has apparently commissioned…