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Class Season 1 Episode 1 Review – ‘For Tonight We Might Die’

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Alex Moreland reviews the first episode of the Doctor Who spinoff Class… “You can’t seriously expect these juveniles to deal with whatever’s going to come through these tears in space and time?!” Class starts as any typical Doctor Who episode might: someone’s running from a monster in a darkened corridor. In beginning this way, there’s […]

Comic Book Review – Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor #13

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Chris Sanderson reviews Doctor Who:The Twelfth Doctor #13… Earth is under attack from an ancient species who yoked suns and spanned galaxies before we’d even evolved opposable thumbs. Cities are tumbling under their assault, people are dying in droves… and only two people in the universe can save us. But first the Doctor and Clara […]

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 […]

Steven Moffat dismisses rumours about a shorter series 10 for Doctor Who

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Yesterday The Mirror reported that the tenth series of Doctor Who would run for half of its usual twelve episodes to allow Peter Capaldi to pursue other projects, but Who fans can now breathe easy as showrunner Steven Moffat has dimissed the rumour as “bunk”. “We’re making a full series,” Moffat tells Radio Times. “I […]

BBC announces Doctor Who spinoff Class

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The BBC has announced a new Doctor Who spinoff series entitled Class, which comes courtesy of acclaimed YA author Patrick Ness. The series will run for 8×45 minute episodes and will take place in contemporary London. Incredible dangers are breaking through the walls of time and space, and with darkness coming, London is unprotected. With […]

Comic Book Review – Doctor Who: Four Doctors #5

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Villordsutch reviews Doctor Who: Four Doctors #5… We finally arrive at the last chapter of Doctor Who: Four Doctors, and with the cruel amount of time Titan Comics have made us wait for the last slice of the series in this weekly event, Paul Cornell and Neil Edwards better have delivered us something rather impressive […]

John Hurt returns as the War Doctor with Big Finish

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We only got to witness the War Doctor for mere minutes during the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary episode “The Day of the Doctor“, however John Hurts presence as the Doctor captured the imagination of Whovians across the globe and made us internally and externally scream for more knowledge on the short life of this incarnation.   Well […]

No Doctor Who series 10 in 2016?

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With series nine of Doctor Who set to premiere on the BBC next month, a rumour has emerged from the British satirical magazine Private Eye suggesting that there will be no full series in 2016. The magazine claims that BBC staff have been informed that showrunner Steven Moffat’s commitments to Sherlock will delay the tenth […]