Tag Archives: Paul McGann

RIP Richard Griffiths: Five Of His Greatest Hits

By | Posted on March 29th, 2013
Richard Griffiths, as Uncle Vernon in the Harry Potter films

Richard Griffiths OBE, the Tony-winning star of stage and screen, has died at the age of 65. He had suffered complications following heart surgery.

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GALLERY: The Royal Mail Issues A Special Set Of ‘Doctor Who’ Stamps

By | Posted on December 26th, 2012
Royal Mail stamp of Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor

This March, a new collection of Royal Mail stamps will be issued to mark the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who. There will be eleven first class stamps, featuring each of the Doctor’s incarnations to date, and four second class ...

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‘Doctor Who’s Day Roundup: Look Who’s On TV Guide!

By and | Posted on December 4th, 2012
Doctor Who on the cover of TV Guide

Once again, this friendly little news roundup has been entirely swamped by an astonishingly huge event. In this case, the arrival on the front cover of TV Guide Magazine, for the first time EVER, of our favorite Time Lord, as a result ...

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The Brit List: The Fifteen Greatest Actors Who Were Almost James Bond

By | Posted on October 1st, 2012

Over the 50 years since James Bond first stalked that bloody circle at the beginning of Dr No, many, many actors have been considered for the role. Some have been dismissed by producers, some have ruled themselves out due to concerns ...

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Doctor Who’s Day Roundup: San Diego Comic-Con Preview

By | Posted on July 10th, 2012

• BBC America has announced that Matt Smith and Karen Gillan will be back at San Diego Comic-Con this year, accompanied for the first time by their co-star Arthur Darvill. Lead writer/executive producer Steven Moffat and executive ...

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Life Outside The TARDIS: Paul McGann

By | Posted on June 6th, 2012

It must be a little frustrating to be Paul McGann, specifically in relation to Doctor Who. He is just as much of a modern thespian powerhouse as Christopher Eccleston, capable of bringing the same weight and energy to the role that ...

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Doctor Who’s Day Roundup: The Convention Is Upon Us

By | Posted on March 20th, 2012

This weekend sees Doctor Who take a leap into full costume, lanyard and tongue-tied eye-bulge-squee mode, with the first official Doctor Who Convention, taking place in Cardiff. The event will be attended by such notable Who luminaries ...

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Doctor Who’s Day Roundup: Matt Smith Teases ‘Let’s Kill Hitler’ and Christmas Special

By | Posted on August 23rd, 2011

It’s only been two-and-a-half months since “A Good Man Goes to War” left us in delicious suspense for the latter half of the season. Well, that aching wait is finally over: the midseason premiere, “Let’s ...

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A Companion To The Doctor’s Companions: Grace Holloway

By | Posted on August 5th, 2011

For someone whose on-screen time with the Doctor lasted less than ninety minutes (that’s only three episodes of normal Doctor Who), Grace Holloway – played by Daphne Ashbrook – made quite an impact, not least because of all ...

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How To Dress Like The Eighth Doctor

By | Posted on July 15th, 2011

After the DIY nightmare of the Sixth Doctor’s coat, and the knitting yourself blind problems of the Seventh Doctor’s sweater, here’s a costume that should be fairly straightforward to get sorted. And we’ve ...

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