Russell T Davies’ new Channel 4 drama It’s A Sin has been attracting great reviews since it hit the screens in January. The five-part story is set in the 1980s and follows a group of young people through the AIDS epidemic, charting their lives as the illness takes a devastating toll. As with all of Davies’s work, it’s a series that combines some very serious themes with moments of fun, and here…

In an interview with Big Finish, former Doctor Who showrunner, Steven Moffat has alluded to a lack of time as the reason the Paternoster Gang were never given the spin-off treatment on TV.

Moffat created the fun trio – comprised of Silurian, Madame Vastra (Neve McIntosh), Strax the Sontaran (Dan Starkey), and the human Jenny Flint (Catrin Stewart) – for A Good Man Goes to Warand brought them…

The steelbook Blu-ray version of Doctor Who Series 6 is out now, but if you want a copy, we advise you be quick: previous special instalments of this range have sold out fast, leaving desperate fans to explore the depths of eBay, third party sellers, and various other secondhand sources.

This steelbook, with gorgeous new cover art, includes every episode from Matt Smith’s second full season as…

The Hungry Earth/ Cold Blood is a curious beast, in that it introduces ideas to a new generation but actually recycles many – certainly the main ethical core of the piece – from Classic Doctor Who. Of course, it’s not great shock that it does this: the two-part storyline brought the Silurian race into the 21st Century in much the same way as Rise of the Cybermen/ The Age of Steeldid for the…

I used to hate Matt Smith. I thought he was a dreadful choice for a new Doctor. Too young, too inexperienced, not taking it seriously. Just not ready, somehow. Karen Gillan was no better. They looked like two teenagers who’d hotwired the TARDIS and were taking it for a joyride through Stretham. Worst casting decision ever. I can’t speak for anyone else, but for me, Doctor Who died that day.

Th…

The Silurians – otherwise known as Homo Reptilia, or sometimes, the Eocenes – hadn’t seen seen in Doctor Who since 1984 when they made a return to the show in 2010 with the two-part Matt Smith story, The Hungry Earth/ Cold Blood. It had to re-introduce the Silurians and their rich mythos, while making sure that long-term fans and viewers were as impressed as the newcomers who were meeting them…

You can pre-order the newly-unveiled steelbook of Doctor Who Series 6 now.

The Blu-ray follows the sell-out success of previous NuWhoseries on steelbook – that is, Series 1 to 5, so far, plus the 2009 specials. Series 6 features artwork by Sophie Cowdrey, capturing a few key images from the run of stories, including the Eleventh Doctor’s longer jacket and stetson, the threat of the Silence and…

“The Rhinoform bipeds are coming!” said no one, because Doctor Who’s rhinoceros-based monsters of choice are called the Judoon. Which is a far easier word to assimilate for the small-brained interplanetary police force.

Doctor Who fans first encountered the Judoon in Series 3 opener Smith and Jones, which also introduced companion Martha Jones. The Judoon’s rather unusual approach to policing…

Steven Moffat blasted his second season onto our screens with a superfast speedboat of confidence, imagination, and energy. The season teemed with ideas, boiling from his endlessly inventive and dynamic brain. Stories didn’t just have one linear idea, or one measly sub-plot: they often had three or four plots running simultaneously like programs on a deranged, superheating computer. Linear…

Frances Barber, who played Madame Kovarian in Doctor Who Series 6, has enthused about her time on the show – and revealed the one prop she was allowed to take away after filming had been completed.

And no, it probably won’t surprise you. After all, Kovarian was originally credited as the “Eye Patch Lady”.

When asked how she felt about her time on Doctor Who, she said:

“Absolutely loved…

Festive viewing means an increased audience for our favourite shows, which is why Doctor Who has become a staple of Christmas for over a decade now. They give the series bigger exposure, introducing a few million more people to the world(s) of the Doctor.

These specials typically bring in around 10 millions viewers, but there are exceptions. So which festive story was watched, on original…

Steven Moffat did something brilliant in The Day of the Doctor: he saved Gallifrey. Well, the Doctor did. But more than that, he made it so the Doctor never actually destroyed his home planet at all.

And Moffat feels guilty about it:

“The Day of the Doctor was a success. Record ratings, awards, rave reviews. By any measure, it did alright. But… I’m still haunted by the guilt.

“I know some of you,…

In theory, I am not a fan of fan theories. Too self-indulgent, too anal-gazing, and they also take too long to explain… but then I was asked for to write something extra-lengthy to help DWC readers through the dregs of Boxing Day (they’re playing those Harry Potter films again), and I figured since I’m a fan-writer writing for a fan-website to a fan-audience maybe self-indulgent anal-gazing is…