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After 13 years away from the smash-hit British sci-fi series Doctor Who, showrunner and executive producer Russell T. Davies is back and ready to (slightly) reintroduce the Doctor in a way that’s a bit more nuanced and bolder than ever before. This time around, in the series’ 14th season, the Doctor…

Russell T Davies is the latest high-profile TV industry figure to criticize Netflix for allowing real-life Baby Reindeer characters to be identified online. In an interview with The Times, the Doctor Who writer said the BBC would have been “much stricter” with editorial compliance processes had it…

Doctor Who showrunner Russell T. Davies has issued some doom-and-gloom thinking behind why the hit sci-fi series needed to partner with Disney+. Speaking to the They Like to Watch podcast, the storied British showrunner declared that the BBC is “somehow, surely, undoubtedly on its way out in some…

EXCLUSIVE: Bad Wolf’s unusual deal to make BBC Studios show Doctor Who helped boost the Sony-owned production outfit’s revenues. Bad Wolf was handed the production contract to Doctor Who in September 2021 as part of an agreement to restore Russell T Davies to the role of showrunner. Bad Wolf…

Harry Potter actress Miriam Margolyes has become the latest big name to join the cast of Doctor Who. Margolyes, a beloved UK acting vet, will voice Meep, the iconic creature adapted from The Star Beast comic strip. "I'm relieved I got to work on Doctor Who before I died,” said Margolyes. “With…

British big-hitters Russell T. Davies, Jack Thorne and Dennis Kelly are preparing to stand with writers around the world today in support of striking scribes on a global day of solidarity and action. Badged ‘Screenwriters Everywhere,’ writers and protestors from almost two-dozen countries will march…

‘Doctor Who’ Unveils Jonathan Groff First Look Jonathan Groff has begun filming his Doctor Who scenes and the BBC has unveiled a first look. The BBC is keeping details about Groff’s character close to its chest but the images show him dressed in Victorian-style clothing flanked by the new doctor…

The BBC is making a feature-length drama about the remarkable true story of one of the world’s first medical trials for the drug that became Viagra, which once again pairs It’s A Sin’s Russell T. Davies with Nicola Shindler. Shindler’s Quay Street and Welsh indie Boom are behind Men Up, starring the…

British actor Phil Davis says he has resigned his membership from BAFTA in the wake of Sunday's BAFTA Film Awards which he called "an embarrassing travesty."  In a Twitter post, Davis, who was a Supporting Actor BAFTA nominee for his role in Mike Leigh's 2004 Vera Drake, wrote, "The BAFTA awards were…

David Tennant returned to Doctor Who last night as the 14th Doctor after a 12-year hiatus and the Good Omens star said he was “worried it would be difficult to get in the groove again.” Alongside Catherine Tate, who played Donna Noble during Tennant’s previous stint as the 10th Doctor between 2005…

One of the UK's most successful TV writers and producers has left no one in any doubt as to his opinion of the British government and their decisions, calling the members of the leading Conservative party “murderers, bastards, abusers and liars.” Russell T. Davies, credited with revitalizing Doctor Who back in 2005…

The Morning Show star Augustus Prew and Sherlock’s Mark Gatiss have boarded Russell T Davies’ ITV drama Nolly starring Helena Bonham Carter. A first-look image has been unveiled of Harry Potter star Carter playing Noele Gordon, nicknamed Nolly, the star of former British soap Crossroads who was one of the most famous…