Doctor Who Series 12: filming in Cardiff with Jodie Whittaker

Filming continued on Doctor Who Series 12 during a night shoot at the Cory’s Building on Bute Street in Cardiff, Wales on Monday, March 18, into the early morning hours of Tuesday, March 19. One fortunate fan was able to snap a selfie with thirteenth Doctor actress Jodie Whittaker.   View this post on Instagram … >

Posted Filed under

Catherine Tate was surprised to be asked back to Doctor Who

In a podcast interview with her former Doctor Who costar David Tennant, Catherine Tate revealed that she was surprised to be asked to reprise her role as Donna Noble as a regular companion on the show. Both Catherine Tate and David Tennant reminisced about their shared experiences on David Tennant Does a Podcast With…. Debuting … >

Posted Filed under

Doctor Who: Black Thursday/Power Game review

February’s Doctor Who main range release from Big Finish is a brace of single disc fifth Doctor stories rather than the more common double-disc story. Peter Davison is joined by Tegan (Janet Fielding), Turlough (Mark Strickson) and newly re-voiced shape-shifting android Kamelion (Jon Culshaw). The first story is Black Thursday, the tale of a 1902 … >

Posted Filed under

Doctor Who Series 12: back to “Sheffield”

On Monday, March 11, a Doctor Who film crew once again set dressed a Cardiff Central Police Station on the campus of Cardiff University in Wales as the headquarters for the Hallamshire Police.   View this post on Instagram   When austerity amalgamation goes extreme – Cardiff police station becomes part of Sheffield #filmingnotonlocation A … >

Posted Filed under

Audio Review: The Diary Of River Song series 5

Since opening her diary for Big Finish, the time-travelling archaeologist Professor River Song (Alex Kingston) has dutifully picked her way back up her husband’s timeline, most recently reaching the Fourth Doctor. For this fifth volume however, River chronicles encounters with another Time Lord – one who is presented in four different, but equally deadly flavours. … >

Posted Filed under

Jodie Whittaker to receive the Freedom of the City of London

Jodie Whittaker will be one of 106 women who will be awarded Freedom of the City of London to mark last year’s centenary of the Representation Of The People Act, which gave some women voting rights. The largely symbolic award, which dates back to the 13th Century, used to include the rights to herd sheep over … >

Posted Filed under

The First Doctor Adventures Volume 03 review

The latest four-disc boxset for the recast Big Finish first Doctor team provides two stories for our enjoyment: one a pure historical, the other a rather different beast altogether. The first story is Marc Platt’s The Phoenicians, a sumptuous tale of royalty, history, legend and desperate measures. David Bradley’s Doctor has all the style, charm … >

Posted Filed under