Things are about to get festive, with a Doctor Who rewatch and tweet-along to the Ninth Doctor story, The Unquiet Dead.

These rewatches are to bring the Who community together during the coronavirus situation. The Lockdown Whoproject has been spearheaded by the superb Emily Cook, and involve cast and crew revealing behind-the-scenes secrets and anecdotes on Twitter, while fans join in by…

Pull up a chair, folks: we’re going to have a story. It is a cautionary tale of making promises you can’t easily keep, something many newly married couples and the Brexit delivery team have learned the hard way. It will not be easy reading, but there is a point, if you squint hard enough. It starts on a warm Monday afternoon and yours truly is about to do something rash.

“Listen,” I say to Phil…

The Ninth Doctor. Only a few years ago, they were words we would never hear – we thought. And then we got two! Seriously though, the return of Doctor Who has been analysed immensely, with all sorts of opinions based on fact, fancy, and fish written across the media and Internet. But one thing is constant throughout the discourse and readings of the first 13 episodes of 21st Century Who.…

Mark Gatiss has revealed that he was sent a rather sweet email from new showrunner Chris Chibnall to write an episode for his first series – he also confirmed that Series 11 will feature an all new writing team. Gatiss, who has written 9 episodes for Doctor Who including The Unquiet Dead, Victory of the Daleks, and Empress of Mars, had already ruled himself out of writing an episode for Jodie…

Devil’s End, 18 months after the events of The Dæmons… ‘Help us. Sister! Help us.’ Glowing figures danced in Miss Hawthorne’s dreams as she tried to sleep. It was the third night she’d been visited, each growing worse. ‘Who are you? What do you want?’ ‘Please help us. Please. Before the veil closes once more.’ She forced herself awake and lay gasping for breath. After reciting a soothing…

While Christopher Eccleston is a wonderful actor, and frankly a joy to watch in everything he’s in, it’s fair to say not all he’s appeared in has been lavished with praise. But even the most critically-acclaimed series and films should be viewed in different lights. Yesterday, we covered his appearances in the Marvel Universe, as a member of The Beatles, and in an ITV thriller which is due back…

Can it really be more than a decade since Series 1 ended? Coming up to 12 years this summer since the Ninth Doctor breathed his last, his gallant effort to save his companion causing his demise? Doctor Who Series 1 did a lot of things right. The Ninth Doctor? Tick. A fantastic relevance? Tick. Proper drama? Double tick. And of course: monsters – always a key ingredient in Doctor Who, and that…