“My main starting point for The Ghost Monument was finding out that humans can survive unaided in deep space for up to 12 minutes,” Chris Chibnail and I, then-showrunner of Doctor Who revealed to Psychics Monthly, the magazine for physicists who can’t spell. “I think I learned that in a dream, but it’s definitely true and if you ever get the chance to go into space without a spacesuit, any…

The Mirror is reporting that more former Doctor Who companions will make “a host of cameo appearances” in Jodie Whittaker’s last story as the Thirteenth Doctor. Minor spoilers follow, alongside a shed-load of speculation… It’s already been confirmed that Sophie Aldred and Janet Fielding are coming back as Ace and Tegan Jovanka respectively, but now, rumours persist that they won’t be the only…

There have only been a few times in the history of Doctor Who when there was a four person crew inhabiting the TARDIS for any substantial amount of time. Sydney Newman created the basic concept, where an old man called the Doctor travels through time and space in a machine with his granddaughter, and two teachers. It was to be an educational program that entertained within the the realm of…

It looks as if a couple of companions will be returning for Jodie Whittaker’s last episode as the Thirteenth Doctor, an as-yet-unnamed story planned to air as part of the BBC’s Centenary celebrations next year. Two actors have been spotted on location during filming. Ready for potential spoilers? Both Bradley Walsh and Tosin Cole have been seen in the area during shooting of the…

Originally this was going to be about things that I’ve found enjoyable about the Thirteenth Doctor’s era so far. However, with the news that Jodie Whittaker is now leaving the series in 2022 with three specials to round out her time on the show, this will probably feel more like a look back on her era. So, in no particular order here are 13 things I’ve loved about the Thirteenth Doctor’s…

For the record, when I first heard about a woman being cast as the Doctor, several thoughts sprang to mind. First, I just knew the torches and pitchforks would come out — and they did. There was a lot of foaming at the mouth. If they did this right after Tom Baker left, we would have been well over this by now. On the flip side, there were brigades of women rejoicing, some of whom would demand…

It appears that Missy, the female incarnation of the Master, will meet the Thirteenth Doctor and her companions in a new book, The Wonderful Doctor of Oz. Probably. Missy isn’t mentioned in the synopsis but does appear on the cover, so… It’s one of two new adventures for the Doctor, written by Jacqueline Rayner, and available to buy now. While The Wonderful Doctor of Oz features Jodie…

Chris Chibnall scripts often present to me like transcripts of somebody trying to recount the events of a Russell T Davies series finale that they saw, with subtitles, on a TV over a dentist’s chair 12 years ago. They get the shape of it – the right moments occur and in roughly the correct order — but the nuance is lost under the sound of the suction. Doomsday of the Metaltrons borrowed with some…

It’d been exactly 10 months since we last saw Team TARDIS, in the second half of the Series 12 finale. That also happens to be the case with the Doctor being locked up in the Judoon prison (“maximum security facility”), while her Fam are safely back home on Earth. (Did Chris Chibnall deliberately slip this in, or was it just a coincidence?) First of all… the pre-titles. Beginning with a pastiche…

It’s been a little while since we last saw the Thirteenth Doctor and the events of Revolution of the Daleks have bedded in. Graham O’Brien and Ryan Sinclair have now left the TARDIS and the next series of Doctor Who is being filmed right now. Fortunately, it’s always a good time to look back, so today we spotlight the New Year’s Day special. In his review, Frank Danes was less than impressed,…

Prisons feature heavily in the opening pages of this novelisation of The Witchfinders. An unnamed character writes a despairing letter from their cell whilst awaiting a grim fate. An alien queen leads her army through a dungeon which shifts and reforms to confound their efforts to escape. Only the TARDIS crew are free to roam and explore. The theme of being imprisoned, whether physically or in…

The award for Most Useless Companion goes to… Ryan Sinclair. Of course it’s Ryan. Oh sure, I could beat around the bush for a while, then land on the Sultan of Sulk like a ton of bricks, but no. He’s gone and that can only be a good thing.  Time to celebrate, and in keeping with our new global motto, “Let’s have Fun in ’21!”, why not keep things positive — let’s look at previous companions…

Earlier today, I watched a programme that was quite like Doctor Who. It looked quite like Doctor Who: there was the hardware, the TARDIS, the Daleks, Captain Jack Harkness, some companions – but there was something lacking. Characterisation, pace, intelligent ideas, heart, drama, excitement, peril, laughs – little things like that. Oh yes. And it lacked a convincing performance by the actor…

Did Doctor Who Series 12 really air just last year? It all feels so long ago, and now, we’ve finally got the resolution to The Timeless Children‘s cliffhanger, in which Jodie Whittaker’s Thirteenth Doctor was imprionsed by the Judoon… Plus, of course, we’ve had something of a follow-up to Fugitive of the Judoon, which saw the brief return of John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness – albeit only…

I’ve recently been energized, as I’m sure you have, by the action stills for the upcoming not-Christmas special, Revolution of the Daleks. First, we have the Doctor marking time (interesting). Then, we got that tension-filled shot of Yaz, Graham, and Ryan staring at the table the latter assembled, wondering… will it hold? Some heavy stuff, that. But it got me thinking about how the Doctor treats…

Graham O’Brien is leaving the TARDIS in the upcoming festive special, Revolution of the Daleks, so what’s been actor, Bradley Walsh’s favourite episode that he’s filmed? O’Brien joined the Thirteenth Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) on her travels in The Woman Who Fell to Earth, and has faced off against Daleks, Cybermen, and the Master. He’s gone with one of the most well-received episodes of Doctor…

Bradley Walsh and Tosin Cole are leaving Doctor Who in a story which Chris Chibnall describes as “very emotional”.

Their last episode will screen on New Year’s Day 2021: that’s right, it’s Revolution of the Daleks, which means that we’ve only got one more episode with Graham O’Brien and Ryan Sinclair.

This will presumably leave Mandip Gill as Yasmin Khan, solely travelling alongside Jodie…