Bernard Cribbins sadly left us last year – but Doctor Who has found space to respectful acknowledge him.

If you’ve not seen The Star Beast and Wild Blue Yonder, there are spoilers here. But very light ones.

This article was originally published at the end of November, and was updated once we’d seen Wild Blue Yonder.

There are inevitable ties to Russell T Davies’ fourth series of Doctor Who in his return to the show, The Star Beast. The new episode – and the new era of Doctor Who – debuted on BBC One at the end of November, and you can read our review of it here.

The fourth series of revived Doctor Who saw David Tennant’s Doctor partnered with Catherine Tate’s Donna Noble, just as we saw again this weekend. But for many, the standout character of that series was Bernard Cribbins’ Wilf. A wonderful character, played by a wonderful actor,...