Category Archives: Whoniversity

BAFTAs: Steven Moffat on ‘Doctor Who’ Season Finale, 50th Anniversary, and New ‘Sherlock’

Steven Moffat at the BAFTA TV Awards in London, May 12, 2013 (Photo: BBC AMERICA)

Doctor Who was feted with a special 50th anniversary tribute at Sunday’s BAFTA TV awards in London, and lead writer/executive producer Steven Moffat was on hand on the red carpet, where he chatted with our own Alan Moloney about ...

The Daleks Invade The Beano, Followed Closely By The Doctor

The Doctor reads the Beano

A curious thing happened at my house on Monday.

My son subscribes to the Beano, a long-standing institution of a comic (and definitely not a comic book) that I used to read when I was a kid, and my dad used to read before me. It’s a knockabout, vaguely anarchic affair, full of ...

Meet the Designer Behind Those ‘Doctor Who’ Movie Posters

Lee Binding, the graphic designer behind the 'Doctor Who' movie posters for Season 7. (Photo: Lee Binding)

Last year, in the preview for Season Seven, Doctor Who‘s producers announced that each of the episodes would pack the punch of a blockbuster movie. And in keeping with that aim, a dramatic, movie-style poster would be released for ...

WATCH: ‘He Said, She Said’ – A ‘Name Of The Doctor’ Prequel

Clara and the Doctor in 'He Said She Said'

This came out over the weekend, amid all the excitement of the BAFTAs and Daleks on the red carpet, and it’s worth making a fuss about, so consider this a suitably fuss-filled moment.

‘Doctor Who’s Day Roundup: Countdown to the Season Finale…

The Name of the Doctor

In this past Saturday’s episode penned by Neil Gaiman, the Cybermen returned and were blown to bits, their technology seemingly obliterated while at the same time — and rather thrillingly — not quite atomized. Also, Clara got a ...

‘Doctor Who’ Recap: ‘Nightmare In Silver’

Nightmare In Silver

NOTE: Doctor Who fans, we’re giving you a weekly chance to win a set of Eleventh Doctor novels containing Tommy Donbavand’s Shroud of Sorrow, Nicholas Briggs’ The Dalek Generation, and Justin Richards’ Plague of the ...

BAFTA Celebrates 50 Years Of ‘Doctor Who’

Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman on 'Doctor Who' (Photo: BBC AMERICA)

This weekend it’s the BAFTA Television Awards, hosted by Graham Norton. And, in recognition of 50 years of wonderment, 50 years of hiding behind soft furnishings, and 50 years of providing a LOT of work for British TV actors – ...

The Greatest Moms Of ‘Doctor Who’

Madge Arwell (played by Claire Skinner)

This Sunday is Mother’s Day, a fact you really should all already know if you don’t want to spend the weekend apologising. But if you HAD forgotten, or you know your mom appreciates some sci-fi examples of positive ...

‘Doctor Who’s Day Roundup: Here Comes a ‘Nightmare In Silver’

Nightmare In Silver

It’s been a long wait, but now the second Neil Gaiman-written Doctor Who story will soon be upon us. “Nightmare In Silver” is on BBC AMERICA this Saturday at 8/7c, but before we can dig out the polish and rags, ready ...

‘Doctor Who’ Recap: ‘The Crimson Horror’

'The Crimson Horror'

NOTE: Doctor Who fans, we’re giving you a weekly chance to win a set of Eleventh Doctor novels containing Tommy Donbavand’s Shroud of Sorrow, Nicholas Briggs’ The Dalek Generation, and Justin Richards’ Plague of the ...