On Doctor Who’s Finale, the Biggest Questions Have the Smallest Answers
Doctor Who is a show about questions more than anything else—more than about time, than about space, than about monsters, than about running up and down corridors to and away…
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…
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’s Anniversary Anthology Is Returning for a Mystery New Episode
Last year, one of the best aspects of celebrating Doctor Who’s 60th anniversary—aside from the pretty great specials themselves—was Tales of the TARDIS, the special anthology-format retelling of classic Doctor…
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 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…
Andor’s Verada Sethu Will Be Doctor Who’s Next Companion
Image: Disney/Lucasfilm As Ncuti Gatwa’s just beginning his tenure on Doctor Who, his newest companion Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson) won’t be along for his full ride. Per Variety, Gibson will…
Christopher Eccleston Still Has a Strong Ask For Returning to Doctor Who
Christopher Eccleston has had a long road of private and publicly processing his time on Doctor Who—for many years, the actor simply refused to talk about why, having helped turn…
Doctor Who Saved Its Biggest Gift for Itself
For a show that is often so optimistically forward thinking—and where change is baked into its hearts—Doctor Who often has a bittersweet view of its own past. Heroes and friends…