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‘Doctor Who’s Day Roundup: David Tennant Wins an Emmy; Karen Gillan in New Movie Trailer

Fraser McAlpine — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:02:32 +0000

• Congratulations are in order: David Tennant won an Emmy this past Friday (June 14) for his voicing Huyang the droid in the animated series Star War: The Clone Wars.

WATCH: Arthur Darvill Talks His Broadway Debut, Reacts to Matt Smith’s ‘Doctor Who’ Exit

Tom Brook — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 10:30:01 +0000

When asked who should become the Twelfth Doctor, Arthur Darvill responds...

‘Doctor Who’s Day Roundup: The Eleventh Hour

Fraser McAlpine — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 13:00:59 +0000

So, there’s really only one story this week. The sad news that Matt Smith will be hanging up his fez, loosening his bow tie and putting his screwdriver back in his sonic toolbox after the 50th anniversary and this year’s ...

Matt Smith to Leave ‘Doctor Who’

staff — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 22:30:38 +0000

This was released to press today (June 1):

Matt Smith to leave Doctor Who

A Companion To The Doctors: The Fifth Doctor

Fraser McAlpine — Thu, 23 May 2013 14:48:39 +0000

For fans of Doctor Who, a regeneration is always a tricky time. You’ve spent the preceding years bonding with this guy, becoming accustomed to his face, enjoying his little quirks and habits, only to discover that he is now dead, ...

‘Doctor Who’s Day Roundup: Steven Moffat, Matt Smith, and Jenna Coleman Accept Peabody Award

Fraser McAlpine — Tue, 21 May 2013 17:12:09 +0000

Steven Moffat, Jenna Coleman, and a freshly shorn Matt Smith were in New York last night (May 20) to accept one of the highest honors in media, the Peabody award. Doctor Who picked up a special Institutional Peabody award for its ...

‘Doctor Who’ Recap: ‘The Name of the Doctor’

Fraser McAlpine — Sun, 19 May 2013 18:51:42 +0000

NOTE: Doctor Who fans, here’s your last 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 ...

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

Kevin Wicks — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:39:42 +0000

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

Fraser McAlpine — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:09:25 +0000

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

Kevin Wicks — Wed, 15 May 2013 15:09:50 +0000

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 ...