For some it’s Thanksgiving, but for sci-fi fans across the globe, it’s Doctor Who Day! For those blissfully unaware, November 23rd marks 60 years of the world’s longest-running science fiction program. Spanning a whopping soon-to-be forty seasons, a TV movie, and countless expanded universe media, Doctor Who is one of the most prolific and beloved franchises in television history. In the
Read MoreWell Whovians, we’ve nearly made it. We’re at just under a week until Doctor Who has returned to our screens with the first of three-anniversary specials, celebrating 60 years of sci-fi glory. If that wasn’t monumental enough to tune in, the specials also feature the return of David Tennant as The Doctor and Catherine Tate of Donna Noble. For fans of
Read MoreWell Whovians, we’re finally here. We’ve made it to November, the big anniversary month for Doctor Who. For 60 years the legendary sci-fi series has been charming audiences around the globe, so for such a big occasion, there’s plenty to celebrate. While we still have a bit longer to wait for the three specials featuring the return of David Tennant and
Read MoreAre you tired of all the Doctor Who news and articles we’ve been rolling out this past year? No? Good. I didn’t think so, after all, it’s the show’s 60th anniversary and we have to celebrate in style. I’m so excited for the three upcoming specials starring David Tennant and Catherine Tate, that it’s hard to go to bed at night.
Read MoreWhat’s Doctor Who without the Daleks? As the first aliens the Doctor ever faced in the show, the Daleks have been here since the very beginning. And, as loathsome and evil as they may be, there’s no other Doctor Who monster quite as iconic, persistent, or strangely beloved. Each Doctor has faced off with the scourges of Skaro on screen at
Read MoreWhile Doctor Who is mainly known for being a fun, zany, family show, people often overlook how genuinely scary it can be. Family-friendly horror is a delicate balance to maintain, but the British sci-fi classic has been doing it flawlessly since the beginning. Who has been terrifying children and parents alike for six decades now. Indeed, several British horror authors have
Read MoreDoctor Who began 60 years ago, presumably not knowing the legacy that it would leave on the science-fiction landscape. When the first serial, An Unearthly Child, aired, viewers were introduced to the insanely intelligent but equally grumpy curmudgeon who was the first of now fourteen Doctors, soon to be fifteen with Ncuti Gatwa’s introduction later this year. William Hartnell brought the
Read MoreDoctor Who anniversary specials of the past have always been a big event with plenty of fanservice. Oftentimes, anniversary specials have featured the Doctor’s most iconic foes, like the Daleks, the Master, and the Cybermen (or in some cases, all three). But in the case of the upcoming 60th Anniversary specials, showrunner Russell T. Davies is taking a different approach to fanservice.
Read MoreThe Ninth Doctor was known to carry a banana in his pocket “just in case”, in the wildly popular sci-fi series Doctor Who. In case of what, you say? Well in case he wanted to make banana bread of course! Okay, okay, before any Doctor Who fans start getting angry, the Doctor never did say why he had the banana or
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