Recently, a lot more has come out about what exactly happened on the set of Doctor Who when Christopher Eccleston was the Ninth Doctor. While there is still no doubt a lot of information about that to come out, not only from Eccleston, but also Billie Piper, Russell T Davies, and Julie Gardener to name a few, Eccleston has gotten more comfortable over talking about his time on the show. In a…

Being granted an interview with Christopher Eccleston would always be a big deal; for a Doctor Who fan who was introduced to the show through the Ninth Doctor, however, it’s doubly so. It’s fair to say that, without Eccleston (alongside many others, notably former showrunner Russell T Davies and ex-producers, Julie Gardner and Phil Collinson), the Doctor Who Companion website wouldn’t be…

Dracula, the three-part drama from Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, is available to watch on BBC iPlayer once more. The TV series, which loosely followed the successful format of Sherlock (i.e. three 90 minute episodes), originally screened at the start of the year, but you can relive the humourous horror in all its glory on the BBC streaming service.

This joins a number of boxsets added back to…

Christopher Eccleston has proved, once more, that he’s a hero, this time by speaking out about the illness that affected him during his time on Doctor Who and the depression which led him to contemplate suicide.

In his new memoir, I Love The Bones Of You, the Ninth Doctor actor writes:

“Many times I’ve wanted to reveal that I’m a lifelong anorexic and dysmorphic. I never have. I always…

The cover has just been unveiled for Christopher Eccleston’s upcoming memoir about his father’s influence and struggle with dementia. And judging from the blurb, it promises to be a revealing and heart-breaking account, especially to those who have family members suffering from the illness.

Eccleston, who played the Ninth Doctor in 2005, says:

“My father was an “ordinary man”, which of…

Filming has begun on the third series of popular BBC drama, The A Word, which stars Ninth Doctor actor, Christopher Eccleston as Maurice Scott, grandfather of Joe (Max Vento), who is on the autistic spectrum.

The show, which first aired on BBC1 in March 2016, made a great impact, exploring the lives of the Hughes family as they adapted to a new dynamics within their family. This third series…

It seems strange to think that, until relatively recently, Christopher Eccleston was known as the ‘grumpy Doctor’.

He was the one who dramatically quit after just one season of the show and didn’t really want to be involved in promotional opportunities or appear at conventions. Instead, he wanted to be in the odd Hollywood blockbuster and develop an impressively eclectic CV, acting in the likes of

Christopher Eccleston is set to appear at the London Film Comic Con, marking the first time the Ninth Doctor himself will take part in a signing. The A-Word actor will appear on the Sunday 29th July at the Olympia London event. At least one of Eccleston’s successors, Twelfth Doctor Peter Capaldi, is also due to appear over the weekend. His companion Pearl Mackie (who played Bill Potts on the…

Over a decade after he left Doctor Who, Christopher Eccleston has shone a little more light on the consequences of his departure from the BBC show. Eccleston quit playing the Ninth Doctor after just one series, apparently due to disagreements with the production crew, although the exact circumstances remain unknown. In quite a revealing interview, he said: “What happened around Doctor Who almost…

Christopher Eccleston has lauded the casting of Jodie Whittaker as the Doctor while chastising the BBC for resting on their laurels. Speaking on Lorraine Kelly on her ITV chat show (via Digital Spy) about the return of The A Word, Eccleston, who helped reinvent the Doctor for the BBC in 2005, felt that it was about time the BBC moved on. “Hurrah! The BBC have gone as far as they can with skinny…

This evening, The A Word is back on BBC1, once more starring the Ninth Doctor, Christopher Eccleston; in preparation for its return, Eccleston has given a moving interview about the series, his passion, and autism. The drama, written by Peter Bowker (Marvellous), shows how a family cope with finding out the youngest member, Joe (Max Vento) is on the autistic spectrum. While it deals with the…

Christopher Eccleston is set to star in a new BBC One drama series, Come Home, where he will play a father forced to cope after his wife walks out on the family. The three-part series has been written by Danny Brockelhurst and will be filmed in Northern Ireland. The Beeb promises a story that will examine “the messy realities of parenthood, marriage, and what happens when a mother switches the…

To celebrate Christopher Eccleston’s 53rd birthday, it feels right to cast our net beyond the confines of Doctor Who, and look at his other work. It’s time to remember and maybe re-evaluate the other shows and films he’s appeared in. Here’s a brief sample of his extensive credits that deserve another look. Thor: The Dark World In…

Peter Capaldi will be in the first episode of Doctor Who spin-off, Class – which debuts on Saturday 22nd October! The Doctor will crop up in For Tonight We Might Die, enlisting the help of four alienated students and their teacher at Coal Hill Academy, Charlie (Greg Austin), April (Sophie Hopkins), Ram (Fady Elsayed), Tanya (Vivian Oparah), and Physics tutor, Miss Quill (Katherine Kelly). The…