Doctor Who Showrunner, Russell T Davies, Says "Mavity" Gag Won't be Explained Because It's "Funny"

#DoctorWho Showrunner, Russell T Davies, Says "Mavity" Gag Won't be Explained Because It's "Funny"

Russell T Davies, showrunner on Doctor Who, has said that the ongoing references to “mavity” instead of gravity won’t be explained, even though there is an explanation. Davies says: “It’s not resolved, it’s permanent. It’s absolutely permanent. That’s what gravity is. It’s funny. It’s very funny and it makes me laugh and it’s staying. “It’s enormously funny. All the comic strip people are…

RTD2: Bigger on the Inside? Unravelling the Strands of Doctor Who Series 14

RTD2: Bigger on the Inside? Unravelling the Strands of #DoctorWho Series 14

Has Russell T Davies tried to fit too much into too small a season? He had to create a 60th anniversary special before his new star was free to film, show off the range of genres Who can do for a new audience, make a long plot or arc worth sticking around for, provide Easter eggs to keep know-it-all fans busy, launch a platform for extended media and spin-offs, and yes, shape the show in sympathy…

View On WordPress

What Is Mavity? The Gravity Gag Explored in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Doctors' Eras

What Is Mavity? The Gravity Gag Explored in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Doctors' #DoctorWho Eras

When answering fan questions via an exclusive IMDb interview video, the Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby Sunday actors Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson discussed what happened behind the scenes involving the word, “mavity”. Unsurprisingly, they had no idea what it meant whilst filming The Church on Ruby Road and Season 1/Series 14, up until the second 60th anniversary special Wild Blue Yonder aired on 9th…

View On WordPress

Viewing Figures for Doctor Who Christmas Day Special, The Church on Ruby Road, Revealed

Viewing Figures for #DoctorWho Christmas Day Special, The Church on Ruby Road, Revealed

The BBC has announced the final viewing figures for Ncuti Gatwa’s first full episode of Doctor Who, the Christmas Day special, The Church on Ruby Road. Overall, across all platforms in the UK, 7.49 million people watched the special, topping the last two specials, Wild Blue Yonder and The Giggle, which starred David Tennant as the Fourteenth Doctor. 7.61 million tuned in for The Star Beast, the…

View On WordPress

What Did You Think of Doctor Who: The Giggle?

What Did You Think of #DoctorWho: The Giggle?

Doctor Who is now in its 61st year, so we’ve appropriately been treated to 61 minutes of action were the Fourteenth Doctor (David Tennant) was reunited with the Toymaker (Neil Patrick Harris), a character not seen on screen since 1966’s The Celestial Toymaker. Yes, the 60th anniversary celebrations are over, but we’ve got plenty of Doctor Who still to come: after all, the Fifteenth Doctor,…

View On WordPress

Here's What the Doctor Who Companion Thought of Wild Blue Yonder

Here's What the #DoctorWho Companion Thought of Wild Blue Yonder

As we race towards the end of Doctor Who‘s 60th anniversary, there’s just enough time to ruminate on Wild Blue Yonder, the second episode featuring David Tennant as the Fourteenth Doctor and Catherine Tate as Donna Noble. Simon Danes largely enjoyed the episode, and, in his review, enthused: “The aliens were very alien. There was a real sense of otherness about them: unsettling, different,…

View On WordPress

Here's the First Look Trailer at the Second Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Special, Wild Blue Yonder

Here's the First Look Trailer at the Second #DoctorWho 60th Anniversary Special, Wild Blue Yonder

The BBC has premiered the first look trailer for Wild Blue Yonder, the second in a trilogy of 60th anniversary Doctor Who episodes. And we don’t have long at all to wait before we enjoy this second adventure for the Fourteenth Doctor: it airs next Saturday (2nd December 2023) on BBC1 and Disney+! The trailer, featuring David Tennant and Catherine Tate as the Doctor and Donna Noble respectively,…

View On WordPress

What Did You Think of Doctor Who: The Star Beast?

What Did You Think of #DoctorWho: The Star Beast?

Happy 60th anniversary to Doctor Who! The franchise has begun its celebrations of 60 years with The Star Beast an adaptation of a Doctor Who Magazine comic strip, this time with David Tennant as the Fourteenth Doctor, plus Catherine Tate and Jacqueline King returning as Donna and Sylvia Noble respectively. The special also stars Yasmin Finney as Donna’s daughter, Rose, and kicks off a trilogy of…

View On WordPress

Is Donna Noble Going to Die in the Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Specials?

Is Donna Noble Going to Die in the #DoctorWho 60th Anniversary Specials?

Is Donna Noble going to die in the 60th anniversary specials? That’s a question that fans have been pondering since the news broke that both David Tennant and Catherine Tate were announced as returning, respectively playing the Fourteenth Doctor and Donna. After all, the Doctor has told us that, after wiping her memories of her time with him to save her life, if she ever remembers him or their…

View On WordPress

Covers Revealed for the Target Novelisations of Doctor Who's 60th Anniversary Specials

Covers Revealed for the Target Novelisations of #DoctorWho's 60th Anniversary Specials

The covers for the three upcoming Target novelisations of the Doctor Who 60th anniversary specials have been released, and though they don’t spoil anything from the plots or tell us too much about what each Fourteenth Doctor adventures has in store for us, they are nonetheless gorgeous. These covers have original art by Anthony Dry, who uses the pointillism technique to evoke the work of Chris…

View On WordPress

David Tennant Says Wild Blue Yonder Is "Unlike Any Doctor Who Episode Ever"

David Tennant Says Wild Blue Yonder Is "Unlike Any #DoctorWho Episode Ever"

David Tennant, who plays the Fourteenth Doctor in the upcoming 60th anniversary specials, has said that these three episodes are “Russell [T Davies, showrunner] off the leash.” And while we don’t know much about the middle episode, Wild Blue Yonder, Tennant promises it’s unlike anything Doctor Who has ever done before. He enthused: “I was surprised, when I saw what that first script was based…

View On WordPress

Are We Getting a New Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Trailer This Weekend?

Are We Getting a New #DoctorWho 60th Anniversary Trailer This Weekend?

It seems very likely that we’ll be treated to a brand new teaser trailer for the upcoming Doctor Who 60th anniversary specials tomorrow — that is, Saturday 23rd September 2023, exactly a month before Doctor Who celebrates 60 years on TV. The trailer is likely to debut before the first live show of Strictly Come Dancing, seeing as the BBC has started to play a teaser clip that mixes the Doctor…

View On WordPress

Yasmin Finney Confirmed to Play Donna's Daughter in Doctor Who (Wait, Didn't We Know This Already?)

Yasmin Finney Confirmed to Play Donna's Daughter in #DoctorWho (Wait, Didn't We Know This Already?)

The BBC has confirmed that Yasmin Finney will be playing Rose Noble, daughter of Donna and Shaun Temple in the Doctor Who 60th anniversary specials. But didn’t we know this already? Well, yes, unofficially. The BBC only confirmed this yesterday (30th August 2023), to celebrate Finney’s birthday. Nonetheless, fans on location during filming overheard various interactions that implied Yasmin was…

View On WordPress

The Standard Edition of the Fourteenth Doctor's Sonic Screwdriver Is Available (Good Luck Finding It)

The Standard Edition of the Fourteenth Doctor's Sonic Screwdriver Is Available (Good Luck Finding It)

Following a special edition release, Character Options has released a standard edition of the Fourteenth Doctor sonic screwdriver, but right now, many of the major toy outlets have already sold out. That means that you’ll still be able to find it, but your best bet is through local stores, eBay, and Amazon third parties. Which is kind of good news — it means both that Doctor Who‘s still as…

View On WordPress

The Three Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Specials to be Adapted Into Target Novelisations

The Three #DoctorWho 60th Anniversary Specials to be Adapted Into Target Novelisations

The three upcoming Doctor Who 60th anniversary specials will be turned into Target novelisations, the first (and perhaps only) stories for David Tennant’s Fourteenth Doctor! Each book — The Star Beast by Gary Russell, Wild Blue Yonder by Mark Morris, and The Giggle by James Goss — will have specially commissioned cover artwork by the regular Target novel artist, Anthony Dry, inspired by the work…

View On WordPress

David Tennant's Return for Doctor Who's 60th Anniversary Is "A Victory Lap"

David Tennant's Return for #DoctorWho's 60th Anniversary Is "A Victory Lap"

David Tennant describes his return for the Doctor Who 60th anniversary as “one last shot before you get too old to do it again”. Though thoughts are naturally turning to Ncuti Gatwa’s first season as the Fifteenth Doctor (seeing as he’s currently filming Series 14, so we’re seeing on-location shots), we’ve got three episode of Doctor Who still to come later this year. They’re feature Tennant,…

View On WordPress