After months of speculation, it’s only been relatively recently that we learned that Doctor Who‘s future would go on without the help of Disney, with the BBC setting plans into place for its return with a Christmas special in 2026. While we don’t know who’s going to star in it just yet (we kind of have an […]
Disney and the BBC’s Disintegrated ‘Doctor Who’ Deal Is Leaving Its Spinoff in Limbo
We already could tell just from the way things went from the last few months that Disney and the BBC’s two-year partnership for Doctor Who‘s latest era wasn’t going great—and that was before we really started getting a picture of just how messy things were behind the scenes. But now we’ve just got our latest example […]
Anita Dobson Wouldn’t Mind the Rani Returning Whenever ‘Doctor Who’ Does
When Mrs. Flood first popped up in Doctor Who as Ruby Sunday’s quirky neighbor, Mrs. Flood, it felt like a small role, only slightly more than a cameo. But there was something about the elderly lady that caught viewers’ attention, especially when her debut in “The Church on Ruby Road” included a fourth-wall break showing […]
9 People Billie Piper Could Play in ‘Doctor Who’ Now That ‘Doctor Who’ Probably Needs to Figure That Out
Good news: Doctor Who is alive. Bad news: Doctor Who is now alive and probably has to deal with one of the most bizarre cliffhangers in over 60 years of cliffhanging history. With yesterday’s news that the BBC would be continuing Doctor Who‘s future after the termination of its partnership with Disney starting with a new Christmas special […]
Carole Ann Ford Reveals What Could’ve Been the Purpose of Her ‘Doctor Who’ Return
It’s no secret at this point that the latest season of Doctor Who ended with an almighty mess—leaving the series in a state of limbo that has only continued to get messier as time has gone on. One of the first initial signs of that messiness, beyond the content of “The Reality War” itself, was […]
The BBC’s ‘Doctor Who’ Secrecy Stopped It From Defending Millie Gibson From Tabloid Reports
Millie Gibson has spoken out about being unable to respond to a series of reports made by British tabloids about her time on Doctor Who—out of concerns from the BBC that doing so could potentially jeopardize revealing then-upcoming storylines from the show. Speaking to the I Paper, Gibson touched on a series of reports from […]
Prince William Walking Around the TARDIS Set Is a Nice Reminder That ‘Doctor Who’ Is Not Dead Yet
Doctor Who‘s peculiar limbo is going to stick around for a good while yet, it seems, as no one is too keen to definitively put a point to the show’s future beyond a general, hopeful desire that one day it will return. That’s meant that ever since the show’s bizarro mess of a season finale […]
David Tennant and Billie Piper Have a ‘Doctor Who’ Pitch
Even a Time Lord (or a guy who’s spent a great deal of his career wrangling Time Lords) can’t confirm when Doctor Who will return. But the BBC has made assurances we’ll see the TARDIS again, with or without Disney assistance, and while viewers may have had mixed feelings about the Fifteenth Doctor’s farewell, there’s […]
‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Paid Off a ‘Doctor Who’ Joke
The latest episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds planted the seeds for what’ll eventually become classic Star Trek by giving James Kirk (Paul Wesley) time in the captain’s chair. Along the way, it also decided to have a little crossover with Doctor Who. In this week’s “The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail,” Kirk and the Farragut crew […]
Russell T Davies Wants You to Stop Asking Him If ‘Doctor Who’ Is Dead or Not
We can officially add Russell T Davies to the list of creative people who’ve become irritated with fans wanting updates on a particular project they’re inextricably linked to. Think George R.R. Martin and The Winds of Winter, or James Gunn and The Batman Part II. Now, the Doctor Who showrunner from 2005-2010 and again since […]