Given the momentous nature of this year’s Christmas special, it’s hardly surprising that both the departing Doctor Peter Capaldi and showrunner Steven Moffat wanted to get everything right – so much so in fact that Capaldi insisted on an eleventh-hour change to his regeneration scene. Speaking to BBC presenter Jo Whiley in a new interview, which aired on BBC Radio 2 on Thursday 21st December (and…

It’ll come as no surprise that Peter Capaldi’s final regular episode as the Twelfth Doctor will make everyone cry – but apparently, the cast were left reeling not from the regeneration but from another scene apparently of particular importance to the storyline. As part of her Access All Areas Doctor Who special, which airs on BBC Radio 2 later this month, Jo Whiley visited the set of Twice Upon A…

You’re not the only one who shed a tear when Peter Capaldi announced he’d be leaving Doctor Who this year – Capaldi himself cried too. The announcement was made in January on Jo Whiley’s Radio 2 show, and now the host has revealed: “That was one of the funniest, most extraordinary moments I’ve ever had on air I think. The fact that he chose to come on our show – and I remember saying to my…

The news we’ve all been waiting for is finally here: Jodie Whittaker is the Thirteenth Doctor. She takes over from Peter Capaldi’s Twelfth Doctor, and of course is the fourteenth core actor to play the role, after William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann, John Hurt, Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant, Matt Smith, and…

Shhhh! Can you keep a secret? No, I didn’t think so. And it appears that Steven Moffat doesn’t think anyone else can keep a secret, either. Oh, sure, he wanted to keep the fact that Peter Capaldi was leaving as quiet as possible for as long as possible, but he just knew that it wouldn’t remain that way and someone would let the cat out of the bag. So, with this in mind, he recently told SFX…