The Doctor

Image: BBCDoctor Who’s 60th anniversary in November 2023 is giving the series a chance to go seemingly as bonkers as it wants. Shove David Tennant in as a new Doctor? Sure. Russell T. Davies is back like it’s 2008? Hell yeah. TikTok and Twitter superstar Sooz Kempner is getting her own series of comics, books, games, and media tie-ins? ...Okay?This morning the BBC announced Doom’s Day, a new transmedia Doctor Who campaign with Kempner—an award-winning comedian, sketch artist, and actor likely best known worldwide for her…

Image: BBCEver since Russell T. Davies was announced as returning to Doctor Who, the former/upcoming showrunner has made clear that he wants the show to be more than just a single series—something he’d championed the last time he was involved in making it. Now, it looks like he’s already moving into making that a reality.The Radio Times is reporting that Doctor Who’s Earth-based anti-alien-invasion organization UNIT—the UNified Intelligence Taskforce in Doctor Who’s modern era, having formerly been a United Nations entity…

Screenshot: BBCDoctor Who has always rather infamously been a show with ideas far beyond the budgetary constraints of an ailing public broadcaster—a mainstay in the realm of wobbly sets and dodgy alien costumes. It’s a reputation that’s persisted even into its modern era. But as sci-fi TV becomes more and more lavish, that’s about to change.When news hit that Disney had acquired worldwide streaming rights to the upcoming seasons of Doctor Who last year, there were likewise reports that the House of Mouse’s investment in…

After some rumors around Jemma Redgrave’s return to the Doctor Who franchise, the BBC has confirmed that she will be reprising her role as fan-favorite Kate Lethbridge-Stewart, Chief Scientific Officer at the United Nations Intelligence Taskforce and daughter of classic Who’s even more beloved UNIT commander, Brigadier Sir Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart. But Redgrave isn’t the only new star announced.Aneurin Barnard (Peaky Blinders) will be joining the series as Roger ap Gwilliam, although no more information has been…

Screenshot: BBCWhen the BBC dropped our first big look at the Doctor Who 60th anniversary specials over Christmas, there were plenty of surprises—more looks at David Tennant’s new-old Doctor, teases for just how Donna Noble re-enters the Time Lord’s orbit, Neil Patrick Harris’ mysterious showman. But perhaps the biggest of all? Just how deep down the rabbit hole Russell T. Davies is going.That’s because the trailer gives us two glimpses at strange alien forces playing a role in the upcoming celebrations. At first glance,…

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…

Image: BBCThe BBC has released the first official look for Ncuti Gatwa’s season of Doctor Who, where he’ll be taking over for Jodie Whitaker as the Fifteenth Doctor. Also pictured is his companion Ruby Sunday, as played by Millie Gibson.Gatwa’s casting was first confirmed all the way back in May amidst endless rumors and speculation, back when it initially seemed like he’d be the Fourteenth Doctor before it was revealed that David Tennant was making his return. Since then, details on Gatwa’s incarnation have been…

Image: BBCWhen Chris Chibnall took over Doctor Who, one of the strangest decisions to come out of his era was a simple programming change: the Doctor Who Christmas specials, a tradition since 2005, were suddenly no more, replaced by New Year’s Day specials. Now, five years later, we know that the change is being reversed.Previously, the BBC had quietly confirmed an episode “over the festive period” in 2023 with its announcement that Doctor Who would return in November next year for three specials celebrating the series’…

Image: BBCFifty-nine years ago today, families across the UK sat down to tune into “An Unearthly Child,” the beginning of an adventure across space and time decades in the making for Doctor Who. We’ve come a long way since then, and gained double the Davids Tennant since we last celebrated, and the BBC really wants you to remember that.To mark the 59th anniversary of the series today, the BBC has largely celebrated by looking ahead to next year’s big 6-0. You want a new logo? You got it, Whovians, it’s basically the same…

Photo: BBCSurprise! If you were still waiting on all the news for Doctor Who’s 60th anniversary, in time-twisting form the BBC is already teasing us with news for what’s to come beyond it—like a new face joining team TARDIS.Announced by the BBC during tonight’s annual “Children in Need” telethon event, Millie Gibson will play the new companion alongside Ncuti Gatwa’s 15th Doctor. No details were revealed about the character, beyond the fact that their name is Ruby Sunday.“Whilst still being in total disbelief, I am beyond…