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John Simm says “you never know” when asked about The Master return in Doctor Who

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John Simm, who has just returned to Doctor Who for its season ten finale, isn’t yet ruling out another appearance in the popular sci-fi series. First appearing as The Doctor’s nemesis The Master back in 2007, the actor returned for ‘The Doctor Falls’, and while he was mortally wounded at the season’s end, we didn’t see the […]

The First Doctor joins the Twelfth Doctor in the Doctor Who Christmas Special 2017

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As revealed in this evening’s series ten finale of Doctor Who [read our review here], this year’s Christmas Special will be a multi-Doctor adventure which sees the Twelfth Doctor (Peter Capaldi) joined by the First Doctor (David Bradley) in what will be Capaldi’s final outing as the Time Lord. Here’s the first two promotional images showing […]

Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 12 Review – ‘The Doctor Falls’

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Villordsutch reviews Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 12: The Doctor Falls… Directed by: Rachel Talalay Written by: Steven Moffat The Doctor – A Pity…No Stars…I’d hoped there would be stars. Following on from last week’s rather fantastic opener “World Enough and Time” the closing chapter of Series 10, sees the bowing out of long time showrunner Steven Moffat […]

David Tennant doesn’t think Olivia Colman is “a serious option” for Doctor Who

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With Peter Capaldi’s tenure as The Doctor coming to an end, there’s been intense speculation as to who’ll be the next actor to take on the role of the Time Lord in the long-running sci-fi series Doctor Who. As always when a regeneration is on the horizon, there’s been calls for the BBC to introduce […]

Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 11 Review – ‘World Enough and Time’

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Villordsutch reviews Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 11: World Enough and Time… Directed by: Rachel Talalay Written by: Steven Moffat Alien – Are you human? Missy – Now don’t be a bitch. The curtain is finally being called for Twelfth Doctor’s run.  Here in this penultimate episode of the tenth series, we begin with Part One of […]

Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 10 Review – ‘The Eaters of the Light’

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Villordsutch reviews Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 10: The Eaters of the Light… Directed by: Charles Palmer Written by: Rona Munro Doctor – It’s as if his bones have disintegrated. Nardole – Ew! What could do that? Doctor – Complete and total absence of any type of sunlight. Nardole – Death by Scotland. When Doctor Who was […]

Doctor Who series 11 could possibly follow one storyline

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Some major changes are coming for the eleventh series of Doctor Who including a new showrunner and thirteenth incarnation of the iconic Time Lord, but perhaps even more intriguing is the fact that the upcoming series could shift from an episodic format to following a singular storyline. Incoming showrunner Chris Chibnail spoke to the Royal Television Society about taking […]

Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 9 Review – ‘Empress of Mars’

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Villordsutch reviews Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 9: Empress of Mars… Directed by: Wayne Yip Written by: Mark Gatiss Captain Catchlove – Don’t belong!? We’re British! Mars is part of the Empire now! After the past three episodes of Doctor Who which linked across a rather dark three-story arc, this week’s episode from Mark Gatiss (The Unquiet Dead, Sleep […]

Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 8 Review – ‘The Lie of the Land’

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Villordsutch reviews Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 8: The Lie of the Land… Directed by: Wayne Yip Written by: Toby Whithouse Missy – “Awkward” At the close of The Pyramid at the End of the World, Bill made the ultimate decision to save the Doctor by giving consent to the Zombie Monks, who were residing within a “new” ancient Pyramid.  What […]