16 posts tagged ‘the doctor’
Peter Capaldi says he's his favorite Doctor
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One of the Doctor Who Christmas Special's Best Scenes Was a Disney Suggestion
Gizmodo,
When the BBC announced that it was partnering with Disney to bring Doctor Who to its international streaming audience under the show’s latest era, there was some bristling that the House of Mouse would have an element of creative control, rather than simply financial involvement. But speaking on Disney’s influence on… Read more...
Doctor Who's Big Regeneration Twist Means Everything and Nothing
In contemporary fandom, canon is king. This is not a jab against an admiration of an ordered continuity and worldbuilding, the necessary aspects of creating a story to be lost in. But what goes beyond it—a yearning for raw, wiki-able data and facts that can be collated and held in amber, where interpretation gives way… Read more...
Doctor Who's 60th Anniversary Is Finally Joining Magic: The Gathering
A few months ago Wizards’ latest Magic: Universes Beyond release celebrated 60 years of Doctor Who in style, with decks filled with cards from every era of the show... except its then-upcoming present. That’s all changing very soon, thankfully. Read more...
Doctor Who Saved Its Biggest Gift for Itself
For a show that is often so optimistically forward thinking—and where change is baked into its hearts—Doctor Who often has a bittersweet view of its own past. Heroes and friends come and go, goodbyes are frequent and brief, and a lot of them are permanent, especially when part of the key to its longevity is that its… Read more...
The Doctor dances as a new Doctor Who trailer finally lets Ncuti Gatwa strut his stuff
[This article contains spoilers for the most recent Doctor Who special, “The Giggle.”] Read more...
Doctor Who's Return Is the Biggest UK Drama Launch of the Year (So Far)
Initial overnight ratings have come in for Doctor Who’s highly anticipated return this past weekend in “The Star Beast,” and it’s good news for the show: numbers are way, way up, even if they’re also way, way down compared to where the show used to be. But, for good reason! Read more...
Doctor Who's Russell T. Davies On the Importance of Showing Trans Struggles
For as much as Doctor Who’s first 60th anniversary special, “The Star Beast,” was a celebration of the old, it also brought plenty of new with it—including Heartstopper’s Yasmin Finney as Rose, Donna Noble’s trans teenage daughter. But for as important as Rose became to the episode, for showrunner Russell T. Davies,… Read more...