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Television James Whitbrook & Gordon Jackson

Your 2021 Hugo Award Finalists Include The Mandalorian, The Good Place, N.K. Jemisin, Susanna Clarke, and More

Last year’s Hugo Awards ceremony certainly had its issues, but getting nominated for a Hugo Award is still a big deal, especially when there’s such an impressive—and diverse—set of finalists. Book-wise, N.K. Jemisin could get her fourth Best Novel award if she defeats the third novel by Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell’s Susanna Clarke. The…

Books & Comics Rob Bricken

Spider-Man Tom Holland Discusses His Post-No Way Home Future With Marvel

The Shazam sequel adds to its cast. One of the Titans’ new antagonists gets a shiny new costume. Plus updates from Doctor Who, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Superman & Lois, and more. Friday spoilers dropping in 3…2…1… Nocebo Eva Green, Mark Strong, and Chai Fonacier will star in Nocebo, a new psychological thriller…

Television James Whitbrook & Gordon Jackson

Welcome John Bishop to the Cast of the Upcoming Season of Doctor Who

Recently, two of the Doctor’s three companions were announced to be leaving the show, leaving a potential gap in the show’s ensemble cast. Now, we might know about who’s going to be filling it. In a cheeky short video on the Doctor Who Twitter, the BBC announced yesterday that John Bishop is joining the cast…

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Doctor Who‘s ‘Fugitive Doctor’ Was an Unplanned, Last-Minute Twist

The introduction of a new Doctor is, like, a pretty big deal on Doctor Who. So when season 12’s “Fugitive of the Judoon” brought us Jo Martin’s Doctor on the lam, it felt like the culmination of something huge. But it turns out her debut was kind of out-of-the-blue—and one the showrunner doesn’t know will…

io9 Beth Elderkin

Doctor Who Season 13 Will Be Just 8 Episodes Long

Good news: in spite of the ongoing covid-19 pandemic, production has begun on the next season of Doctor Who, to air sometime in 2021. Bad news: said pandemic means that instead of 11 episodes of Doctor Who, we’ll be getting only eight. Announcing the start of production on the official Doctor Who website yesterday, showrunner…

io9 James Whitbrook

Chris Chibnall’s New Doctor Who Short Story Is a Deeper Glimpse Into Regeneration

The circumstances of the Thirteenth Doctor’s regeneration were particularly momentous because while she, like most Doctors before her, was able to regenerate just fine, moments later she was flung out of her ship above the Earth and left to fall to the planet’s surface as her TARDIS both exploded and dematerialized—“dematerialexploding”—before her eyes. This was…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore

Doctor Who Charts Itself an Exciting New Future—By Going Back to the Very Beginning

Modern Doctor Who has been fascinated with one central question its past self rarely cared to engage with: Doctor who? It imagined more than the clever twist of its title and sought to place its hero on the grand pedestal of a mystery solved. But last night, it finally asked the question for real, and…

io9 James Whitbrook

Doctor Who’s Sacha Dhawan Talks About Going From Recreating History to Making It

The Master is back and he’s feeling inspired. Doctor Who is getting ready for its season finale, which pits Jodie Whittaker’s Doctor against the Cybermen, and co-star Sacha Dhawan is sharing new details on what it’s like going from playing a real-world Doctor Who director to one of the show’s most-significant characters, while noting how…

io9 Beth Elderkin

Doctor Who‘s Showrunner Wants You to Know That the New Time Lord Is No Joke

We take it you’ve heard the news about the Doctors Who? Jodie Whittaker’s no longer the only active Doctor running around in the BBC’s series, and fans have understandably been scrambling to make sense of the revelation. In the fifth episode of Doctor Who’s current season, it’s revealed that Ruth Clayton (Jo Martin) is actually…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore

Chris Chibnall Cast a Black Woman as the Doctor, But It’s Only Just a Start

In this week’s episode, “Fugitive of the Judoon,” the BBC’s Doctor Who made history by casting a Black woman, Jo Martin, as the Doctor for the first time in the series’ 57-year history. Let’s talk about it. One of the biggest changes showrunner Chris Chibnall brought to his run as head of the long-running sci-fi…

io9 Constance Gibbs

Doctor Who’s Surprise Return Says They Kept It a Secret From Almost Everyone…Except David Tennant

Doctor Who’s latest episode was full of surprises—to the point where a major cast member making their long-awaited return wasn’t even the biggest part! The actor behind one of the coolest cameos this side of the TARDIS is sharing details about that fateful Chris Chibnall phone call, what his codename was on set, and why…

io9 Beth Elderkin

Doctor Who Just Flipped Its Entire Script

Last night’s Doctor Who was meant to be, like much of season 12 so far, a reminder of its more familiar self of the past few years in the wake of last season’s bold experiments with the tone and scope of the show. Familiar aliens stalking familiar Earth streets, a monster-packed romp just like the…

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Doctor Who’s Chris Chibnall Says He’s Already Working on Season 13 and Isn’t Going Anywhere

We’re still waiting for season 12 of Doctor Who—which will see the sophomore return of Jodie Whittaker as the titular Doctor—but showrunner Chris Chibnall is already prepping the TARDIS for round 13. After a year of rumors that he was preparing to leave the show, Chibnall confirmed that not only is he not quitting, he’s…

io9 Beth Elderkin

Chris Chibnall Calls Doctor Who’s Political Stories ‘Fundamental’

The latest season of Doctor Who has been breaking ground in a number of ways. Not only has it performed well in ratings with the biggest season opening since the series reboot, but it’s also done a number of episodes focusing on important social and political issues. Showrunner Chris Chibnall says this is vital, as…

io9 Beth Elderkin

Doctor Who’s Next Season Lands in 2020

On the heels of star Jodie Whittaker confirming that she’s staying on the TARDIS through season 12 of Doctor Who, the BBC has announced that the Doctor is coming back in early 2020. And she won’t be alone. After the BBC aired the Doctor Who season 11 finale (still to air here in the U.S.),…

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io9 Roundtable: Breaking Down Jodie Whittaker’s Stellar Doctor Who Premiere

io9 Roundtable: Breaking Down Jodie Whittaker's Stellar Doctor Who Premiere

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Doctor Who’s 11th Season Is Being Created By a Very Diverse Group of People

The eleventh season of Doctor Who was already going to be momentous what with Jodie Whittaker’s casting as the new Doctor, but the show’s push for inclusion and representation will also extend behind the camera. Today, the BBC announced through Doctor Who Magazine the full roster of writers and directors slated to craft Doctor Who’s…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore

It’s Going to Be a Long Time Before We Hear About Peter Capaldi’s Doctor Who Replacement

Earlier this week, Peter Capaldi confirmed that he would be departing Doctor Who at the end of 2017—and instantaneously, media outlets across the world began pondering just who will step in the TARDIS next. But if you’re excited to hear about a Post-Moffat, Post-Capaldi Who right now… you’re gonna have to wait. Amidst the frenzied…

io9 James Whitbrook

Doctor Who‘s New Showrunner Wrote a Painfully Earnest Theme Song for the Show in 1985

Let’s be fair: were all tragic teen fans once. In fact, some of us are tragic fans now. And we don’t all get the chance to be in charge of the show that we loved when we were kids. That said, this song is still painfully bad. Back in 1985, Chris Chibnall won a contest…

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Doctor Who‘s Next Doctor Rumors Are Already Heating Up

Your 2021 Hugo Award Finalists Include The Mandalorian, The Good Place, N.K. Jemisin, Susanna Clarke, and More

Spider-Man Tom Holland Discusses His Post-No Way Home Future With Marvel

Welcome John Bishop to the Cast of the Upcoming Season of Doctor Who

Doctor Who‘s ‘Fugitive Doctor’ Was an Unplanned, Last-Minute Twist

Doctor Who Season 13 Will Be Just 8 Episodes Long

Chris Chibnall’s New Doctor Who Short Story Is a Deeper Glimpse Into Regeneration

Doctor Who Charts Itself an Exciting New Future—By Going Back to the Very Beginning

Doctor Who’s Sacha Dhawan Talks About Going From Recreating History to Making It

Doctor Who‘s Showrunner Wants You to Know That the New Time Lord Is No Joke

Chris Chibnall Cast a Black Woman as the Doctor, But It’s Only Just a Start

Doctor Who’s Surprise Return Says They Kept It a Secret From Almost Everyone…Except David Tennant

Doctor Who Just Flipped Its Entire Script

Doctor Who’s Chris Chibnall Says He’s Already Working on Season 13 and Isn’t Going Anywhere

Chris Chibnall Calls Doctor Who’s Political Stories ‘Fundamental’

Doctor Who’s Next Season Lands in 2020

io9 Roundtable: Breaking Down Jodie Whittaker’s Stellar Doctor Who Premiere

Doctor Who’s 11th Season Is Being Created By a Very Diverse Group of People

It’s Going to Be a Long Time Before We Hear About Peter Capaldi’s Doctor Who Replacement

Doctor Who‘s New Showrunner Wrote a Painfully Earnest Theme Song for the Show in 1985

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