Open Channel: Tell Us Your Thoughts on Doctor Who’s 40th Season
Image: BBC Every time the BBC brings in a new actor to portray the Doctor, their inaugural Doctor Who season (and any holiday specials that precede it) carry weight behind…
Russell T. Davies Isn’t Worried About Doctor Who’s Low Ratings
Despite lofty expectations, the all-new, budget-enhanced Doctor Who has been—to be kind—a bit of a ratings bust. Speaking at a recent BAFTA Q&A, showrunner Russell T. Davies admitted as much,…
I’m Beginning to Miss Doctor Who’s Domestic Moments
The latest season of Doctor Who is barreling toward its end, and barreling toward things is something the 15th Doctor and Ruby have been doing an awful lot of in…
Doctor Who Does Pride, and Prejudice
The Doctor’s romantic history has long been a fraught topic for the show to dive into—but in its modern incarnation, the Doctor’s identity as a sexual character, and how that…
Doctor Who Swipes Right on an Incredibly Fraught Allegory
Doctor Who, like all science fiction, has always rooted its storytelling in allegory—raising ideas to challenge its contemporary audience through stories of the past, the future, of monsters, and running…
Doctor Who’s New Era Just Got Its First Banger
There are a certain amount of expectations when you say the words “a Steven Moffat episode of Doctor Who.” Over his tenure as a regular writer and then as the…
Doctor Who Returns to Remind Us We’re All Stories, in the End
Doctor Who is one of the most malleable shows on Earth. Its heroes change every few years, its titular one literally transforms into someone new. Every week a different time,…
Russell T Davies Wants to Save Doctor Who From the British Government
Russell T Davies may have already returned to Doctor Who with its 60th anniversary specials, but a new, full season of the show brings with it myriad opportunities. Doctor Who’s…
Russell T. Davies Defends Doctor Who’s Timey-Wimey New Release Schedule
There is perhaps no funnier dichotomy in sci-fi fandom than Doctor Who—a show that has inherently been about the nature of change and the mutability of time for six decades—having…
Doctor Who’s New Trailer is a Time-Traveling Delight
Image: BBC We’ve got just over a month before we finally see Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth Doctor charm it up in Doctor Who’s new season. And with May so close, BBC…