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A new (re)generation
Iconic sci-fi franchise ‘Doctor Who’ is kicking off a new era, as Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth Doctor takes control of the TARDIS. Read EW’s latest cover story.
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Meet Doctor Who expert Dr. Piers D. Britton – a real person who wrote a book on Doctor Who titled TARDISbound and teaches a class on the iconic show at the University of Redlands in California.
On the eve of Doctor Who‘s eagerly awaited 50th Anniversary special – which will be unveiled tomorrow on BBC America at 2:50 p.m. ET – Dr. Britton revealed to us 15 strange and fascinating Doctor Who facts, covering everything from Steven Moffat’s thoughts on Matt Smith’s bowtie to what inspired The Weeping Angels.
This Doctor Who 50th anniversary minisode changes EVERYTHING.
Why Peter Capaldi of ‘Doctor Who’ thought he’d never play the Time Lord.On August 23, Peter Capaldi will begin his first season starring in Doctor Who when the long-running British science-fiction show returns to BBC America. But it wasn’t so long ago that the Scottish actor and lifelong Who fan was certain he would never get his hands on the controls of the Time Lord’s TARDIS
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We ranked every former Doctor return appearance on Doctor Who
Doctor Who has featured more than a dozen actors in its title role. Thanks to the show’s timey-wimey nature, plenty of these former Doctors have come back to their beloved roles — for better or for worse.
Just because I’ve done Doctor Who doesn’t give me a divine right to walk into any other jobs…I’ll ponder it and sometimes think, ‘I’ve made a huge mistake. What am I doing?’
Hayley Atwell wants to play the Doctor on Doctor Who
Jay Z once rapped, “I’m not a businessman; I’m a business, man!” Now none other than Agent Carter star Hayley Atwell is echoing that aim-high attitude and letting that world know she’d like to appear on Doctor Who — if she gets to play the Doctor, that is.
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Guys, there’s a parallel universe where Bill Nighy is Doctor Who.
“I will say that I was approached,” said Nighy to The Express. “But I didn’t want to be the Doctor. No disrespect to Doctor Who or anything, I just think that it comes with too much baggage.”
