Before you read on, there are spoilers ahead for this week’s review of Doctor Who. The Sea Devils last emerged from their aquatic depths in Warriors of the Deep. Thirty-eight years later, the iconic sea creatures are back. The amphibious cousins of the Silurians are naturally up to no good. It’s 1807. Madame Ching, the infamous pirate … Read more
Doctor Who’s Centenary Special has a teaser trailer – and it’s almost time to bid farewell to Jodie Whittaker’s Thirteenth Doctor. The clip, titled ‘The Thirteenth Doctor’s Final Adventure’, has more than a few surprises – so what we’ll do is break down and analyse what’s what. We start with the return of The Master (Sacha … Read more
Craige Els, best known in the world of Doctor Who as Karvanista, will be returning to the series as a different character for Jodie Whittaker’s penultimate special. Previously, Els appeared throughout the six-part series, Flux as one of the Lupar, an alien race who took the form of giant dog creatures. Karvanista was a previous companion to the Doctor … Read more
Christopher Eccleston has ruled out returning to Doctor Who for a future multi-Doctor story, namely the upcoming 60th anniversary in 2023, courtesy of a report from Doctor Who TV. After portraying the Ninth Doctor for one year back in 2005, Eccleston’s short-lived and much-loved tenure as the Time Lord made his absence from 2013’s 50th-anniversary episode … Read more
In an interview with Doctor Who Magazine, (courtesy of The Radio Times), the show’s current executive producer, Matt Strevens has revealed details of a “massive feature-length epic” final episode. With the finale expected to air sometime in late 2022, the second special, “Legend of the Sea Devils”, will air over the Easter holidays. Strevens will be departing … Read more
Before you read on, there are spoilers ahead for this week’s review of Doctor Who. As a new year begins, the BBC dishes out the annual, feature-length episode of Doctor Who for 2022. “Eve of the Daleks” serves as Jodie Whittaker’s third to last episode as the Thirteenth Doctor, and to all intents and purposes, packs … Read more
Jodie Whittaker will be killed off by the Daleks in the upcoming New Year’s Day special of Doctor Who. By that statement, it would seem the showrunners have decided to axe Whittaker’s incarnation a bit earlier than first intended. However, we do have three more episodes featuring Whittaker’s female Time Lord, and the good news … Read more
Russell T. Davies has given a casting update on the next series of Doctor Who, with regards to who’ll play the next Time Lord. In an interview with The Guardian, Davies revealed that while auditions are underway, they “have genuinely not cast anyone yet.” Davies will be returning to the hit sci-fi show after eleven years, succeeding current … Read more
Before you read on, there are spoilers ahead for this week’s review of Doctor Who: Flux. We’ll begin with the Sontarans. Those pesky, potato heads, as it was revealed during last week’s “Survivors of the Flux”, have formed a sneaky alliance with the Grand Serpent (Craig Parkinson), who’s just taken control of UNIT, while the sinister Time … Read more
Before you read on, there are spoilers ahead for this week’s review of Doctor Who: Flux. We’ll start with Craig Parkinson’s Grand Serpent. According to Chibnall, the role was written with the Line Of Duty actor in mind, and it’s clear to see why. Parkinson excels as the villainous, intergalactic dictator on Vinder’s home planet, first introduced in … Read more