Tom Baker, Jon Pertwee, David Tennant, Matt Smith… hell, any of them could be considered the definitive Doctor Who. In a world where particular actors are inextricably linked to characters by audiences – Sean Connery as Bond, Christopher Lee as Dracula, Christopher Reeve as Superman – we explore why thisRead More →
Some Doctor Who casting is inexplicable. You might call it bizarre, bonkers, barmy, or stunt casting. In this podcast, Christian Cawley and James McLean consider the history of Doctor Who’s guest casting ups and downs, highs and lows, covering names such as (but not limited to) Barbara Windsor, John Cleese,Read More →
House of the Dragon is the new Game of Thrones prequel that has just hit HBO and Sky Atlantic and among the cast is former Doctor Who star Matt Smith. In this podcast, we look at how Matt has faired since leaving Doctor Who in 2013, and his career upsRead More →
Recent Doctor Who news concerning the 60th anniversary and Russell T Davies’ new series s the topic of this week’s show, which takes a short pitstop in the world of Game of Thrones. Shownotes This week’s show looks at the following Doctor Who news: Composer Segun Akinola to Leave DoctorRead More →
We live in sad times, when those celebrated entertainers of our youth reach their reckoning. WIth the sad loss of Bernard Cribbins and David Warner within a week of each other, we look at how these actors impacted not just Doctor Who but the wider cinematic and televisual landscape, withRead More →
In one of those episodes where we talk over Doctor Who, James McLean and Christian Cawley revisit 1975’s The Android Invasion. Starring Tom Baker and Lis Sladen as the Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith, the serial is a rare 1970s adventure from the hand of Terry Nation – rare, asRead More →
Long ago, when we ran a popular Doctor Who news site, we dreamed of going into print. We also had an interest in Doctor Who video games, from the early 1980s to the present day. By 2013, we needed a topic for our second full fanzine. What better topic forRead More →
The crazy Doctor Who casting keeps coming, so this week’s podcast has a chat about Neil Patrick Harris before turning attention to Blu-ray boxset promos. Do Mel’s Dragon’s Den antics count as “real” Doctor Who? Is the Fourth Doctor’s chat with a disembodied head between seasons part of your canon?Read More →
It’s the question on everybody’s lips: what does David Tennant’s return as Doctor Who actually mean to the show’s ongoing story? And what’s the deal with that new sonic screwdriver? To get to the bones of it all, we’ve teamed up with Brian Terranova once again to talk Tenth/Fourteenth (?)Read More →
Prometheus, House of the Dragon, the Star Wars prequel trilogy, and many more all have one thing in common: they’re all prequels. While it remains to be seen how House of the Dragon will turn out, looking around there aren’t many people crying out for a Game of Thrones prequel.Read More →
As we saw in Survivors of the Flux, the idea of a multiverse has been reawakened in Doctor Who, 52 years after Inferno first introduced the concept to the show. In the post-Spider-Man: No Way Home/Loki/Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness cultural landscape, the concept of multiverses has becomeRead More →
Who could have imagined a David Tennant and Catherine Tate Doctor Who return really happening?Read More →
