10 h. ago Russell T Davies responds to claims Doctor Who is ‘woke’: ‘Why be toxic?’

Doctor Who boss Russell T Davies has said he has no time for “online warriors” who complain that the show is too “woke”

Events

57 h. ago Harris Dickinson and Lola Young among stars on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 Europe List

The prestigious list has previously predicted some of the biggest stars of the future, including Sam Smith, Florence Pugh and Ncuti Gatwa.

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4 d. ago Doctor Who suffers major ratings blow as Ncuti Gatwa returns for the new series amid axe fears

Doctor Who has received its lowest overnight ratings to dating as Ncuti Gatwa reprising his role as the Doctor over the weekend. 

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5 d. ago Doctor Who: The Robot Revolution on BBC One review: a new dream team is born

Varada Sethu more than holds her own against Ncuti Gatwa’s mercurial Time Lord in this fun space romp

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5 d. ago BBC Doctor Who season 2 filming locations as Ncuti Gatwa returns as Time Lord

BBC Doctor Who has been filmed in Wales since 2004 and the new season, Ncuti Gatwa's second as the Time Lord, is no different

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6 d. ago The real story behind Ncuti Gatwa’s ‘dark, sexy’ Shakespeare play: Were The Bard and Marlowe lovers or rivals?

As Born With Teeth brings a ‘ferociously sexy’ take on literature’s greatest mystery to the West End, we separate the tantalising facts from wild fiction

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6 d. ago Who is starring in the new series of Doctor Who as Graham Norton confirmed to appear?

The newly regenerated Time Lord returns to our screens this weekend, but who else could we see?

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6 d. ago ‘I can’t believe I’m paid to watch Ncuti Gatwa!’: Doctor Who’s boundary

From being crowned Miss Newcastle to making waves in Star Wars’ first same-sex couple, the Doctor’s latest assistant has had a stellar rise to fame. The actor chats stunts, space and why she’s hungry for moreMost teenagers rebel against their parents in small ways: sneaking out, stealing a nip of Cointreau, arriving home past curfew. Not Varada Sethu, the Newcastle-raised actor who’s about to grace screens as new companion Belinda Chandra in the forthcoming season of Doctor Who. Her rebellion took on a go-big-or-go-home attitude befitting a future screen star: when she was 18 she entered, and subsequently won, the Miss Newcastle beauty pageant. “Oh my God, I thought that was gonna be buried somewhere!” she exclaims when I bring it up. The whole thing was “kind of an accident”, she explains: “My sister and I were walking around in Eldon Square shopping centre, and they asked us if we wanted to enter, and I thought: ‘Yeah, I’ll give it a go’ – I thought it might piss off my paren...

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6 d. ago What’s up, Doc? How Doctor Who lost its mojo – and how it can get it back

Ever since its deal with Disney+, ‘Doctor Who’ has become a different, more family-friendly show. Ed Power has some ideas about how it could regain its former glories

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6 d. ago Ncuti Gatwa to star in 'dark, sexy West End play about Shakespeare and Marlowe

Born With Teeth will be hitting the West End this summer, featuring Gatwa as Christopher Marlowe and Edward Bluemel as William Shakespeare in a “ferociously sexy” take on the relationship between the playwrights

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6 d. ago Ncuti Gatwa to star in play about rival playwrights Shakespeare and Marlowe

Born With Teeth follows Marlowe and Shakespeare as the pair collaborate in the backroom of a pub.

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9 d. ago When Does Doctor Who Season 15 Start? Release date and episode schedule as Ncuti Gatwa returns to the TARDIS

There looks like being plenty of thrills and spills in the new series of the beloved BBC sci-fi series.

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1 week ago The 10 scariest Doctor Who episodes, ranked from Midnight to Blink

As the show celebrates its second season with Ncuti Gatwa, we look at the terrifying moments that had viewers diving behind the sofa

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2 w. ago Doctor Who boss rules out 'too expensive' star to play Doctor Who if Ncuti Gatwa leaves role

In the 63 years Doctor Who has been on our screens there has never been a Welsh Doctor

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2 w. ago Real reason new Doctor Who companion was chosen for TARDIS role

Former Miss Newcastle Varada Sethu battled to become an actress and says that she and Ncuti Gatwa play time-travellers who 'really are equals'

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2 w. ago Varada Sethu says Doctor Who makers doing the ‘right thing’ with diversity

The Indian-born actress will join the series as Belinda Chandra, a new companion to the Doctor, played by Ncuti Gatwa.

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2 w. ago ‘Woke’ criticism of Doctor Who proves show on right track, says its newest star

Varada Sethu joining series as Doctor’s latest companion, marking first time Tardis team is wholly people of colourCriticisms that Doctor Who has become too “woke” prove the series is doing the right thing by being inclusive, its new star Varada Sethu has said.Sethu plays the Doctor’s latest travelling companion, Belinda Chandra, in new episodes airing next month. With Ncuti Gatwa returning as the Doctor, the pairing marks the first time a Tardis team will comprise solely people of colour. Continue reading...

Culture

2 w. ago Doctor Who's Ncuti Gatwa joins Brian May and his wife Anita Dobson at the star

The stars were out in force for the premiere of the second season of Doctor Who in London on Monday.

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2 w. ago Ncuti Gatwa: Beautiful to explore relationship with new Doctor Who companion

The new season of Doctor Who sees Belinda Chandra and the time-travelling alien come up against ‘great dangers’ and ‘ferocious enemies’.

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3 w. ago ITV Coronation Street star breaks silence on 'exciting' new role after soap exit

Charlie Condou, who played in Coronation Street's Marcus Dent, has joined the cast of Doctor Who as the show's 15th Doctor Ncuti Gatwa's companion for an "exciting" new escapade

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