Earlier this month, CultBox posted an article which asked the question “Is the Doctor Who New Year’s special, ‘Resolution’ the de facto Series 11 finale?” At the Resolution screening at BFI Southbank on December 18, showrunner Chris Chibnall made a statement which seems to support this concept. The BBC released a teaser which leaves no doubt … >
A new set of production stills from the Doctor Who New Year’s special, Resolution were released by the BBC. I will provide some plot and cast information to go with them. Ryan Sinclair meets his father, Aaron in a Sheffield cafe. Ryan’s body language is not receptive. Love interests Mitch (Nikesh Patel) and Lin (Charlotte Ritchie). … >
The Short Trips format offers writers a chance to be as ‘out there’ as they desire, stretching Doctor Who’s ever-flexible format into almost any direction and none more so than in Simon A Forward’s latest offering, a rather unusual murder mystery tale for the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa and Tegan. Set within a curious community of anthropomorphised … >
On Christmas day, the BBC released a teaser video for the Doctor Who New Year’s special, Resolution. At the end of the video, you can hear a Dalek voicing the familiar rant, “Exterminate!” CultBox had previously reported that Chris Chibnall had spoken the name of the main threat in the special during the panel after … >
In an interview with the LA Times, Doctor Who composer Segun Akinola revealed showrunner Chris Chibnall’s original intentions for the thirteenth Doctor’s attributes. “He mentioned hope and warmth, and essentially being quite a steadfast character as well, morally.” The thirteenth Doctor’s moral steadfastness is very apparent in Doctor Who Series 11, more so than any … >
Several Doctor Who-related photos and recordings can be found here. I will add to the collection as I find more so it might be worth it to to revisit this site in the days leading up to Christmas and New Year’s Day. Doctor Who ’Twas the Night Before Christmas narrated by Bradley Walsh. Christmas Dinner at … >
In their latest War Master boxset, Master Of Callous, Big Finish gives us a story given plenty of time to breathe and develop. Possibly driven by Derek Jacobi’s availability, the War Master is a continual presence through the set of four stories, despite only being a major part of two of them. It’s a masterclass … >
A screening of the Doctor Who New Year’s special, Resolution was held for the press and special guests at BFI Southbank in London, Tuesday evening, December 18. BBC Director-General Tony Hall and Doctor Who showrunner Chris Chibnall both introduced the special prior to the screening. Doctor Who show runner Chris Chibnall now takes to the … >
As the title of this latest (seventh) UNIT boxset from Big Finish suggests, this collection of stories is about things we’ve met before. What this set does is take that idea and put it in the hands of some different writers from the bulk of Big Finish’s recent new-Who releases. How did they do? First … >
The November release from the Big Finish Doctor Who – Early Adventures range is Entanglement. Written by noted writers Robert Khan and Tom Salinksy (writers of Brexit The Play), it’s a pastiche of Cambridge (and Oxford) as might have been in the 1930s complete with eccentric tutors, impenetrable college traditions and boisterous undergraduates all at … >