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Audiences don't yet know Doctor Who companion Belinda Chandra very well, and admittedly that's because she's only been in two episodes of the show thus far. But some deleted scenes may have given her more of a backstory.

Varada Sethu's Belinda Chandra has had a good reception so far. Audiences are impressed with the way she's not dazzled by time travel and not particularly charmed by the Doctor. She's certainly very different to the companion who came before her, Millie Gibson's Ruby Sunday, who befriended the Doctor straight away. But Russell T Davies had more in mind for Belinda which was left on the cutting room floor.

He revealed all in a new issue of Doctor Who Magazine, via Radio Times. Belinda's debut episode, "The Robot Revolution" begins with her receiving a star naming certificate from her boyfriend, but it was nearly something different. "There was a very different opening for Belinda,...

Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper are returning to Doctor Who! The original stars of the 2005 revival will reunite as the Ninth Doctor and his companion, Rose Tyler. However, this time, they will appear in an audio drama instead of on TV.

The new series, The Ninth Doctor Adventures, will feature twelve full-cast episodes. It marks the 20th anniversary of their first appearance in Doctor Who. The first episode, Snare, is written by Tim Foley and takes place between Father’s Day and The Empty Child.

Here’s the official synopsis from Big Finish:

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“Kevin left the Powell Estate a long time ago. He wasn’t going to be trapped there. But all these years later, he’s back and clearing out his dad’s old flat. At least his neighbors, the Tylers, are still here.

But Rose has a...

Doctor Who fans have gotten some exciting news. Christopher Ecclestone and Billie Piper have reunited to start work on their new Doctor Who project, which will see them reprise their roles as the Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler, respectively.

At the Gallifrey One convention in Los Angeles, California, it was announced that Eccleston and Piper are voicing their Doctor Who characters for a 12-part audio drama series from Big Finish Productions. Also revealed was the name of the project, which is Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor Adventures. The wait will just be until this summer, when the series launches in August 2025. It's a reunion that comes two decades after Eccleston and Piper helped bring Doctor Who back into the mainstream for new generations of fans. A viral image of the two actors reunited can be seen below, per the official Doctor Who X account.

The trip of a lifetime continues!

Doctor Who is more than just a legendary sci-fi show. Throughout its six-decade history, the show has managed to blend a wealth of history's best influences with The Doctor's intergalactic adventures. From Mary Seacole to Nikola Tesla, all of these figures have allowed fans to explore their true impact on the world while still enjoying what the universe has to offer.

In Season 5, the show welcomed one of history's most unconventional artists and told his distressing story in a completely new light. "Vincent and the Doctor" didn't shy away from Van Gogh's mental illness and instead created an episode that still captures fans' hearts to this day.

Vincent and the Doctor Puts a Spin on a Historical Legend

Renowned actor Bill Nighy accepted the role on the condition that he would not be credited or bothered by any press. This is the first episode since 1963 to simply fade to black.

Doctor Who is widely regarded as one of the most successful franchises in history, and with its new home on Disney+, it seems that this success will grow exponentially. Whether they became fans in the early 1960s or tuned in during the 2005 reboot, Doctor Who is a very accessible show, and fans have a lot of content to sink their teeth into. Therefore, the franchise continues to be loved by fans, and the 60-year-old show presents no signs of slowing down.

Alongside countless episodes, the franchise has also released a handful of spin-offs, including Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures. Although the show has the potential to expand its universe even further, only a few ideas make it onto television. Yet, one project from the mid-2000s got very close to the production stage but was called off at the last moment very unexpectedly. Rose Tyler: Earth Defence would have...

Warning: spoilers ahead for Doctor Who 60th anniversary special "The Star Beast."

Donna Noble's family plays a significant role in Doctor Who, with various members getting involved in the Doctor's adventures. Donna's mother, Sylvia, has tried to prevent Donna from remembering her travels with the Doctor and remains skeptical of him. Shaun Temple, Donna's husband, only learns about her secret past and connection to the Doctor in the 60th anniversary special.

Donna Noble may be the most notable member of her family in terms of saving the universe from temporal doom, but all of her relatives have some importance to the world of Doctor Who. The days of young Tardis companions abandoning anonymous families to join the Doctor's adventures are over. In modern Doctor Who, the entire family gets involved, whether that be Jackie Tyler and Mickey Smith, the Jones family, or Rory's dad hunting dinosaurs. Out of all...

Doctor Who has had its fair share of cringeworthy moments throughout its long history, with lines that either didn't age well or didn't land as intended. Some examples include outdated slang, sexist undertones, size comparison jokes, and inappropriate innuendos. Breaking the fourth wall and forcing sentimental moments also fell flat.

Doctor Who is no stranger to the odd moment of camp, but, unfortunately, some scenes simply come across as cringeworthy. Since the show's beginning in 1963, Doctor Who has introduced hundreds of interesting characters and storylines across time and space, drawing in viewers generation after generation with each and every actor to play the Doctor. Due to how long Doctor Who has been on the air, however, there are plenty of times when a line either didn't quite land in the way writers were hoping for, or aged very badly by modern standards.

A cringeworthy moment isn't necessarily bad, of course.

Jenny and Missy are returning to the Doctor Who franchise for a 60th anniversary audio event. The longest-running sci-fi television series in history, Doctor Who first premiered in 1963, and ran until 1989. The show was revived in 2005 and is currently still running, with David Tennant soon reprising his role as The Doctor in time for the franchise's 60th anniversary. He will be succeeded by the Fifteenth Doctor, played by Sex Education's Ncuti Gatwa.

In an announcement from Big Finish, it was revealed that Georgia Tennant and Michelle Gomez will be returning to Doctor Who for the 60th anniversary audio event, Once and Future.

Just Revealed!

Doctor Who's centenary special "The Power of the Doctor" completed the journey of one classic series companion. In the closing moments of the special, as the Thirteenth Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) prepared to regenerate alone, it was juxtaposed with scenes set at a support group for former Doctor Who companions. Spearheaded by Graham O'Brien (Bradley Walsh), the group featured at least one companion from every decade of the show from the 1960s to the 2020s.

Although the 2000-2010 companions were notable for their absence, Chris Chibnall toyed with bringing back Jackie Tyler (Camille Coduri) to Doctor Who via a laptop. The absence was consistent with Chibnall's reasoning for not including the modern Doctors, as he believed they may appear in 2023's 60th-anniversary specials alongside David Tennant and Catherine Tate. The most surprising member of the support group was Melanie Bush (Bonnie Langford), companion of the Seventh Doctor (Sylvester McCoy), mainly...

Warning! Spoilers for the Doctor Who Centenary Special, The Power of the Doctor.

The script for the Doctor Who 60th Centenary special, "The Power of the Doctor," has been published by the BBC, and it reveals that Chris Chibnall almost brought back an unexpected companion in Jackie Tyler. After the episode's climax, in which both Jodie Whittaker's Doctor and Sacha Dhawan's Master were severely injured by the creature who powered the Cyber-planet, the Doctor had left Yaz on earth so she could regenerate by herself. Yaz soon discovered that she was not alone, however, as Graham had started a support group for former Doctor companions across his many regenerations.

The ending of "The Power of the Doctor" is heartwarming, with Graham, Yaz, and classic-era Doctor Who companions including Bonnie Langford's Mel (Sixth and Seventh Doctor companion) finding a new family in one another to fill in the...

With Jodie Whittaker's last episode as the Doctor on the way, fans are getting ready to say goodbye to the 13th Doctor. Though Doctor Who has made fans comfortable with changes in the cast, it is going to be the start of a new era entirely, and fans aren't sure what to expect.

With new companions, a new Doctor, and a new showrunner on the way, there are almost certainly going to be new fan-favorite characters to latch onto. Yet, while that's certainly something to look forward to, many past fan-favorite characters have actually turned out to be pretty annoying after a rewatch.

Jenny

The reveal that the Doctor actually had a cloned daughter was a major one, and many fans were incredibly excited to see that she survived her introduction by regenerating. Yet many fans find the Tenth Doctor's mini-me to be incredibly irritating after rewatching once or twice.

Warning: contains spoilers for all episodes listed.

The wonderful thing about ranking articles is that they’re a safe space where everyone feels confident and happy in sharing their favourites without fear of unexamined bilious ejaculations, in the understanding that everyone’s tastes are different, and it’s only Doctor Who for God’s sake. It’s not like someone dies if we don’t like ‘Inferno’.

Similarly, fandom responded to Russell T. Davies’ innovations and expansions to Doctor Who with calm and measured articulations of their likes and dislikes, and no shrill hyperbole written in blinkered rage and 2am on Outpost Gallifrey. This author definitely didn’t.

It wasn’t always going to be this way. Most pitches and attempts at continuing Doctor Who after its 1989 cancellation were aiming for a cult BBC Two or post-watershed BBC One audience because it was considered Science-Fiction first and a family show second,...

Since the revival of Doctor Who, there have been at least nearly 40 companions who have helped to save the world. However, there have only been a select few that have left a memorable impression on the fans - Rose, Martha, and Clara just to name a few.

Related: Doctor Who: 5 Worst Things The Doctor Did To The Companions (& 5 Worst They Did To Him)

Question is, which companion do you believe changed the most? Do you think it was for the better or the worst? From Mickey Smith to Jackie Tyler, keep reading to discover which 5 companions grew a lot and the 5 companions that didn't.

Mark Harrison Oct 24, 2017

As Doctor Who series 11 adds a trio of soap opera stars to its cast. And it makes sense...

What do Mandip Gill, Tosin Cole and Bradley Walsh have in common? Other than the fact that they're all joining Jodie Whittaker's Doctor as part of the regular cast of Doctor Who's next series, they've all acted in soap operas. Even 12 years since the show was revived by a former Coronation Street writer, that still makes some fans nervous.

Whatever your thoughts on Corrie, EastEnders and other serial dramas (to give them their proper name – the nickname comes from an outdated observation about soap companies sponsoring many of them), they're the best, most relevant training ground for young actors in British television. It's also more relevant to the experience of working on Doctor Who than you might necessarily expect.

We won't go so far as Doctor Who...

Spoilers! Here are our ultra-nerdy viewing notes and geeky spots from Doctor Who series 9's The Witch's Familiar...

The Witch’s Familiar may have been less frantic than The Magician’s Apprentice, but it contained just as many back-references and kisses to the past - in addition to the ones documented in last week’s article. So here are all the geeky things we were able to notice in this week’s episode…

As ever, let us know in the comments if we missed any. The article starts once you scroll past Daphne The Spoiler Squirrel...

Callbacks of the Daleks

This isn’t the first time the Doctor has wielded a Dalek gunstick. Having narrated every Dalek story to date for Davros in 1975’s Genesis Of The Daleks, the fourth Doctor then destroys the recording using a Dalek gun. Dalek gunsticks were also wielded by the Dalek-humans in David Tennant Story Evolution Of The Daleks.

From ampersands to The Apprentice, from dinner ladies to Dirty Den, here's a selection of nerdy in-jokes from Doctor Who series 2...

Last month we took a look at Doctor Who Series One as it celebrated its 10th Anniversary. Specifically, we delved deep into the murky world of in-jokes and sweet nerdy references.

Let’s take another trip back in time and have a look at the more notable and interesting references and in-jokes from Doctor Who Series Two, starring David Tennant and Billie Piper, where the credit of “Doctor Who” had been changed back to “The Doctor”. Pfft, party poopers.

New Earth

Old-skool fans would have been forgiven for being excited at the prospect, given that “New Earth” was a planet mentioned in the 1974 classic Invasion Of The Dinosaurs (though it didn’t actually exist in that story, it was a fake world). But all fans could get excited at...

To end a week celebrating New Who's 10th birthday, here's a bumper list of Doctor Who titbits from Russell T Davies' The Writer's Tale...

We’ve touched on why The Writer’s Tale, the 2008 (expanded in 2010) compendium of correspondence between Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies and journalist Benjamin Cook, deserves a space on your bookshelf here.

In short, The Writer’s Tale is both a screenwriting masterclass and an unparalleled look behind the scenes of new Doctor Who. As well as following the production triumphs and emergencies as the show lurches “from one crisis to another”, it lets you witness story ideas being created in the wild. See pivotal Doctor Who moments tottering unsurely out of Davies’ mind like new-born giraffes and watch them transform into sleek, galloping beasts of majesty! Think of it like a classy David Attenborough doc on storytelling, with bonus David Tennant photos and chat about Tony from Skins.

In June 2009, in brilliant Doctor Who correspondence book The Writer’s Tale, Russell T Davies reflected on series 1 opener, Rose…

Anyone with an interest in screenwriting and/or Doctor Who most likely already has a copy of A Writer’s Tale, a book composed of Russell T. Davies and Benjamin Cook’s email correspondence over Davies’ final two years as the Doctor Who showrunner. If they haven’t, then they need one. It’s that simple.

Of the many things A Writer’s Tale has to offer (how often does an opportunity come along to follow the million-miles-a-minute whirr of a creative brain commenting on its workings with honesty and humour?), one gem in particular is contained in the final pages of its extended 2010 reprint.

In 2009, just as Davies was packing up to move to La after handing over the reins to the BBC series, Cook asked him to re-watch Rose four years on,...

“We’re all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?”

The Doctor, Doctor Who, Series 5, Episode 13

Perhaps I expected too much.

Yesterday my dear friend and fellow columnist John Ostrander did an excellent job in explaining “wibbly-wobbly storytelling” that marred “The Time Of The Doctor,” Matt Smith’s final bow as the Gallifreyian.

I feel the same way as John. Though I will try not to repeat what John wrote because I expect you to click here and read his thoughts, but I just want to add some of my own.

The whole episode, as John and others have said, did feel extremely rushed and cramped – it could have used at least an extra 15 minutes, though I would have preferred a two-hour special, which I believe Matt deserved as it was his Doctor, especially, that reignited the global Doctor Who frenzy.

I still feel cheated out...

Jackie Tyler

Portrayed by: Camille Coduri

Doctor: Ninth Doctor, Tenth Doctor

Story: 4 stories, from “The Parting of the Ways” (June, 2005) to “Journey’s End” (July, 2008), though she appears in several other stories as Rose’s mother or Pete’s wife, separate from the adventure of the week.

Background: Jackie is the single mother of the teenaged Rose when her life is turned upside down by Rose joining the Doctor in the Tardis. She ends up embroiled in several of the Doctor’s adventures. Despite her (comparatively) lengthy association with the series, we know very little about her outside of her relationship with her daughter.

Family/Friends: Jackie married Pete Tyler and the two had a somewhat contentious relationship, despite caring for each other deeply. When Rose was a baby, Pete died after being hit by a car. An adult version of Rose was there at the time and held Pete while he passed,...

Pete Tyler

Portrayed by: Shaun Dingwall

Doctor(s): Ninth Doctor, Tenth Doctor

Story: 3 stories (4 episodes): “Father’s Day” (May, 2005), “Rise of the Cybermen”/“The Age of Steel” (May, 2006), “Doomsday” (July, 2006)

Background: Pete is one of only a handful of characters on Doctor Who that audiences meet in separate dimensions, including Companions Liz Shaw, the Brig, Mickey Smith, and ally Jackie Tyler (though we only meet her doppelganger very briefly). First introduced as Rose’s father who’d died when she was a baby, a bit of a dreamer and get-rich-quick schemer who, though his heart was in the right place, wasn’t the best husband, the Pete we spend more time with is an incarnation from an Alternate Dimension, affectionately called “Pete’s World” by the Doctor. This version found success with one of his early schemes and is a well-respected, incredibly wealthy executive and inventor. In this timeline,...

Jack Harkness

Portrayed by: John Barrowman

Doctor(s): Ninth Doctor, Tenth Doctor

Tenure: 5 stories (10 episodes), from “The Empty Child”/”The Doctor Dances” (May, 2005) to “The Stolen Earth”/”Journey’s End” (July, 2008). He‘s also the lead of Torchwood, a spinoff of Doctor Who.

Background: Captain Jack Harkness is human from the 51st century who is a former model turned former Time Agent turned con man when he first meets The Doctor in WWII London. After helping the Doctor and Rose save the day, Jack joins the Tardis team until his death. Brought back to life (permanently) by a Time Vortex-y Rose, Jack goes on many other adventures (detailed in Torchwood) before running across the Doctor and Martha. Jack leaves the Tardis a second time (more Torchwood), before returning to help the Doctor and Donna save the universe and leaving the Tardis for the third and, so far, final time.

Cameron K McEwan Aug 16, 2016

Cameron sings the praises of 25 classic and modern Doctor Who adventures that went underappreciated. See what made the cut below...

Doctor Who fans can be an odd bunch at times (and by that I mean all the time), what's gold to one is dross to another. And when you think everyone is agreed on a genuine stinker (Timelash, for example), you'll find it has admirers in abundance. But what's here are some of the stories that, for whatever reason, get overlooked, underseen and, perhaps, undervalued - in no particular order.

The Awakening

Two-parters often get forgotten about (in classic Doctor Who at any rate) and this Peter Davison story, whilst perhaps best known to Who fans for a famous blooper featuring a horse, has some tremendous imagery and beautiful location shooting. Best of all is the villain of the piece, The Malus, who put the willies...

Feature Cameron K McEwan 26 Apr 2013 - 07:00

Cameron sings the praises of twenty-five classic and modern Doctor Who adventures that deserve more love. See what made the cut below...

Doctor Who fans can be an odd bunch at times (and by that I mean all the time), what's gold to one is dross to another. And when you think everyone is agreed on a genuine stinker (Timelash, for example), you'll find it has admirers in abundance. But what's here are some of the stories that, for whatever reason, get overlooked, underseen and, perhaps, undervalued - in no particular order.

The Awakening

Two-parters often get forgotten about (in classic Doctor Who at any rate) and this Peter Davison story, whilst perhaps best known to Who fans for a famous blooper featuring a horse, has some tremendous imagery and beautiful location shooting. Best of all is the villain of the piece, The Malus,...

Check out this incredibly awesome set of Doctor Who poster fan art created by ElectroCereal. He's created three illustrations; one for the ninth, tenth, and eleventh doctors. Each illustration that was created includes a note from the artist. 

I love Doctor Who, and I've really been enjoying Matt Smith in the role of The Doctor, he's been incredibly fun to watch. But I also really liked both Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant. I would have liked to see more of Eccleston, but Smith might just be my favorite Doctor so far though. Check out the art below and let us know who your favorite Doctor is!

This one is special :3 As some of you may already know, i'm a Huuuge Doctor Who fan, so, when i thought of making some new posters for this con season i couldn't reject the idea of paying a little tribute to the Doctor!

Using the new Doctor Who Limited Edition Gift Set, your noble author will make his way through as much of the modern series as he can before the Christmas episode,The Snowmen.

If Lars von Trier had thought of it, it would have been one of the Five Obstructions. Make a Doctor Who episode, but don’t use The Doctor. It rather limits the drama, doesn’t it? far from it, it gives you a chance to do a story about friends and mystery, and…

Love And Monsters

by Russell T Davies

Directed by Dan Zeff

Elton Pope (Not that Elton, and not that Pope) is relating his adventures on his video blog. He’s just met The Doctor, who was fighting an alien in a disused industrial building…as he does. Elton begins to relate his history a bit – he remembers seeing The Doctor in his kitchen back with he was a toddler,...

We knew going into this episode of "Doctor Who" that we'd be watching the penultimate appearance of Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill as the Doctor's companions Amy Pond and Rory Williams. And we knew the title -- "The Power of Three" -- promised something special. This would be a hour devoted to Amy, Rory and The Doctor coming together to solve a crisis, right?

Surely we'd see how each of them have an important role to play in a storyline that delivers on the title's implicit promise: Three is better than one, or two. We'd nod our heads and think, "Yes, the Doctor is at his best with these companions." Because they're the companions we're watching right now, we love them dearly, and we're at the emotional high point of our relationship with them. We know they're going to leave, but we don't yet know how it will happen.

That...

I've never thought what it would be like to be 76 years of age. Ideally, I'd like to be able to rely on my own limbs rather than a mobile scooter, but at the same time, I'd probably be one of those moaning old gits on the bus who shouts at anyone under the age of 40. Victor Meldrew, look out.

Of course it's feasible that by the middle of the 21st century, some bright spark might have dug out a copy of The Lazarus Experiment, scribbled down a few notes, and then decided to construct a miraculous machine that allows old fogies to shed a few years. Well, why not? 50 or so years ago, the thought of recording your favourite TV programmes seemed as likely as a hamster reciting the entire works of William Shakespeare in Cantonese.

Try and sell the idea of a Lazarus machine though, and you could end up hitting a snag.

Good grief. What have we here? Stories have come and stories have gone, but few have polarised opinion to such an extent as Love And Monsters.

Love And Monsters is what's now known as the Doctor-Lite story of the season, an annual occurrence in the David Tennant years. Because this one was filmed back to back with the Impossible Pit two-parter, The Doctor and Rose only make fleeting cameo appearances. The trick would be re-used with Blink and Turn Left (although Catherine Tate's Donna would carry the action after chilling out in a spa and missing out on the crazy ride to Midnight).

So Love And Monsters is largely known as the Experimental One of NuWho's second season – or more precisely, the Experiment That Failed, since a sizeable number of fans don't like it. The episode's been attacked for a number of reasons: The cartoony humour. The rather inappropriate adult humour at the end.

In this week’s Doctor Who Adventures magazine… … there are three free Doctor Who sticker sheets! As well as a huge set of Cyber stickers, you’ll get puffy ones and a selection of shiny spaceship ones too! This week, Doctor Who Adventures looks at ten parties that went very wrong. Remember Rose’s welcome home? Or when the Cybermen crashed into Jackie Tyler’s birthday? Discover ten of the best! All this and… o Exclusive posters! o Why is the...

io9.com has featured the return of Billie Piper to Doctor Who alongside its daily dose of spoilers and other nonsense, and thrown a heavy sprinkling of Rose and Jackie Tyler photos into the mix. That's right, Camille Coduri is also returning to Doctor Who one last time - and it seems there is more to this particular return than meets the eye. Not only are Jackie and Rose Tyler wandering around the Powell Estate - rumours suggest this takes place in 2005, before the Doctor and Rose ever met...

Chaos. That’s my most lasting impression of this episode, which adds on to last week’s parade of guest stars by bringing in Jackie Tyler and Mickey Smith over the opening credits. Not that they’re not welcome, mind you. I like those characters. But is there any more room in an episode that already has Rose, Torchwood, Martha, Donna, Sarah Jane, Daleks, Davros, and special guest star Dalek Caan? (And, somewhere offscreen presumably, K9.) Well, yes, but not a lot of room. Clearly Davies, though on for next year’s specials, is tidying up the little universe he’s built over four seasons before moving on. "Journey's End" starts out reasonably self-contained, if only because so many characters are in one place, being menaced by the Daleks after the Doctor’s failed regeneration. (Did anyone not call that as a fake-out?) There’s even room for some poignancy as the Doctor watches.