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Comic Book Review – Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor Vol. 2 – Fractures

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Tony Black reviews Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor Vol. 2 – Fractures… After their adventures in India, the Doctor and Clara return to her present – but danger is slipping through the cracks between universes, and London (and UNIT!) have no defence against the Fractures! Will the Doctor risk all of reality to reunite a […]

Comic Book Review – Doctor Who: Supremacy of the Cybermen #2

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Tony Black reviews Doctor Who: Supremacy of the Cybermen #2… Cyberships on fire in the Thames, as the Ninth Doctor battles for the soul of London! Dinosaur danger for the Eleventh Doctor, as the Cybermen attempt to conquer human prehistory! Caught in the middle of an ancient alien war, the Cybermen present a third side […]

Comic Book Review – Doctor Who: Supremacy of the Cybermen #1

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Tony Black reviews Doctor Who: Supremacy of the Cybermen #1… For the Cybermen’s 50th-anniversary… YOU WILL BE DELETED! Exiled from Gallifrey at the very end of Time, Rassilon, fallen leader of the Time Lords, has been captured by the last of the Cybermen. Now the Cybermen have access to time travel. With it, every defeat […]

Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat says black actor was offered role but “it didn’t work out”

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During an interview in the latest issue of Doctor Who magazine, showrunner Steven Moffat has revealed that the BBC has previously offered the role of the Doctor to a black actor, and while that particular casting never came together, he believes it should happen in the future. “I certainly don’t think there’s ever been a […]

Pearl Mackie joins Doctor Who as the Doctor’s new companion Bill

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The BBC has announced that Pearl Mackie (Doctors) has joined the cast of Doctor Who for the next series, taking over from Jenna Coleman’s Clara Oswald as Bill, the new companion to Peter Capaldi’s Doctor. “I’m incredibly excited to be joining the Doctor Who family,” she said. “It’s such an extraordinary British institution, I couldn’t […]

Titan celebrating 50th anniversary of the Cybermen with Doctor Who summer crossover event

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Titan Comics and BBC Worldwide have announced that they will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of one of the Doctor’s most iconic foes the Cybermen this summer with the five-part, bi-weekly adventure Doctor Who: Supremacy of the Cybermen. Check out the five covers to the first issue here…   This special crossover event comic entitled […]

Katherine Kelly to lead Doctor Who spinoff Class

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Back in October, it was announced that Doctor Who would be getting a spinoff entitled Class, and now the BBC has revealed that Katherine Kelly will lead the cast as a Coal Hill School teacher in charge of a group of students played by Greg Austin, Fady Elsayed, Sophie Hopkins, and Vivian Oparah. “We searched far […]

Peter Capaldi undecided whether he’ll continue on Doctor Who beyond series 10

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Back in January, it was announced that Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat is to step down from the long-running BBC sci-fi, with Chris Chibnall (Broadchurch) set to take over following the tenth series in 2017. Speaking to the Radio Times, the current Doctor Peter Capaldi has revealed that the BBC has invited him to stay on in […]

Maisie Williams will not be returning to Doctor Who

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Whovians hoping to see more of Maisie Williams in the next series of Doctor Who will be disappointed to hear that the Game of Thrones actress won’t be returning to the iconic British sci-fi show. “Everyone’s hyping about it, which is very exciting, but I guess that’s more of a publicity thing,” states Williams (via […]