Russell T. Davies, the former Doctor Who showrunner – and one of the most pivotal men in the series’ history – appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs on Sunday. Naturally, he talked about Who, describing it as being his ‘whole life for five years’ and an institution that ‘earns a place in the national hearth.’ Russell even selected as one of his discs a series anthem: Neil Hannon singingM…

The DWC are sad to report that Production Designer Michael Pickwoad, the visionary behind the look of Doctor Who for the last seven years, has passed away aged 73.

BAFTA nominee Pickwoad oversaw the look of the series from Matt Smith’s festive special A Christmas Carol until the end of the Peter Capaldi era in Twice Upon a Time. Perhaps his finest contribution was the recent TARDIS redesign…

As we’ve already discovered, 2016 was full of top-quality drama. We’ve covered the likes of The A Word and The Durrells, and detailed the successes of Line of Duty and Humans, and in this concluding part, it’s time to see out the year – with espionage, terrorism, and a whack around the head. The Night Manager The BBC lavished a huge amount of money on this production, an adaptation of a John Le…