Doctor Who – ScienceFiction.com https://sciencefiction.com Science Fiction (sci-fi) news, books, tv, movies, comic books, video games and more... Wed, 18 Nov 2020 03:46:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.15 Comic Archive: ‘Star Trek the Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation² https://sciencefiction.com/2020/11/18/comic-archive-star-trek-the-next-generation-doctor-who-assimilation%c2%b2/ https://sciencefiction.com/2020/11/18/comic-archive-star-trek-the-next-generation-doctor-who-assimilation%c2%b2/#disqus_thread Wed, 18 Nov 2020 17:40:30 +0000 https://sciencefiction.com/?p=355397 Welcome to the Comic Archive!  There have been so many amazing stories, characters, and series produced from comic book publishers for almost 100 years now; this column will serve to celebrate some of the tales you may or may not know about.  Each week, we’ll take a story arc or trade paperback/collected story from a non-new comic (three years old or further back), and discuss the details with you.   Ah, the time-honored tradition of the crossover.  In the pop-culture world, it’s a way – sometimes, fun and cheeky, sometimes dubious and world-threatening – of bringing together characters, properties, or worlds from two or more franchises to let them interact, collaborate, fight, etc.  It’s usually an affair to remember – hopefully for the right reasons, because it was so darned cool, but sometimes it’s for infamous “OMG that didn’t work what the Hell were they thinking” reasons instead. In 2012, comic-book publisher IDW decided it was high time to combine two of their most high-profile sci-fi properties for a feature event: ‘Star Trek The Next Generation’ and ‘Doctor Who.’  IDW is no stranger to mashing-up two or more of their series, as they routinely do with many of their licensed […]

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]]> https://sciencefiction.com/2020/11/18/comic-archive-star-trek-the-next-generation-doctor-who-assimilation%c2%b2/feed/ 0 Doctor Who Fans Have Voted On Who Is The All-Time Best Doctor https://sciencefiction.com/2020/10/01/doctor-who-fans-have-voted-on-who-is-the-all-time-best-doctor/ https://sciencefiction.com/2020/10/01/doctor-who-fans-have-voted-on-who-is-the-all-time-best-doctor/#disqus_thread Thu, 01 Oct 2020 15:17:33 +0000 https://sciencefiction.com/?p=355235 With a strange production schedule that will only provide one lonely new episode of ‘Doctor Who’ this calendar year (the “holiday special” episode titled “Revolution of the Daleks, currently slated to air in December 2020), fans have been starving for content about everyone’s favorite oft-regenerating space-traveling Time Lord.  Thanks to a recent poll, at least now we have a definitive(ish) answer to which incarnation of the Doctor is the favorite among the show’s fans. Popular UK site RadioTimes conducted a poll of over 50,000 fans recently, and the results were quite a close race – but in the end, the victor was the Tenth Doctor, brought to life on-screen by David Tennant from 2005-2010.  It’s clear that fans have a special place in their hearts for the modern-era Doctors, as Tennant’s first-place finish was a less than 1% margin of victor over the current Thirteenth Doctor, Jodie Whittaker, and third-place finisher Peter Capaldi, aka the Twelfth Doctor.  As RadioTimes reports of Tennant and Whittaker’s “photo finish:” Both actors took 21% of the overall poll vote with over 10,000 votes apiece, with Tennant squeaking ahead with just 100 extra votes in the final count. At other points, Whittaker had been leading […]

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]]> https://sciencefiction.com/2020/10/01/doctor-who-fans-have-voted-on-who-is-the-all-time-best-doctor/feed/ 3 ‘Game Of Thrones’ Is “Officially” Crowned The Best TV Show Of The 21st Century https://sciencefiction.com/2020/07/31/game-of-thrones-is-officially-crowned-the-best-tv-show-of-the-21st-century/ https://sciencefiction.com/2020/07/31/game-of-thrones-is-officially-crowned-the-best-tv-show-of-the-21st-century/#disqus_thread Fri, 31 Jul 2020 13:00:29 +0000 https://sciencefiction.com/?p=354677 TV in 2000 was in a sad state, as remnants from the ’90s like ‘Beverly Hills 90210’ and ‘Boy Meets World’ left the airwaves and reality TV swept the world with the first seasons of ‘Survivor’ and ‘Big Brother’ leading to an onslaught of bottom-feeder horrors like ‘Who Wants to Marry A Multi-Millionnaire’, on which two strangers were married on live television, invaded the boob tube. But what a difference 20 years makes, as TV is now turning out projects that blow away theatrical films in terms of emotional weight and jaw-dropping shockers.  TV of the 2000s and 20-teens has hosted such winners as ‘The Sopranos’, ‘Mad Men’, ‘Dexter’, ‘Sons of Anarchy’, ‘The West Wing’, ‘Downton Abbey’, and sooooo many more.  Nowadays, streaming is king, delivering newer buzzy hits like ‘Fleabag’, ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’, and ‘Orange is the New Black’. But what are the absolute BEST shows of the 21st century?  The UK’s Digital Spy asked readers that very question.  In honor of their first digital issue, available through Amazon News+, the publication took a poll, and the results…? Well, for starters, none of the shows I mentioned are on the list. Hoist your chalice!  ‘Game of Thrones’ has “officially” […]

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]]> https://sciencefiction.com/2020/07/31/game-of-thrones-is-officially-crowned-the-best-tv-show-of-the-21st-century/feed/ 6 ‘Doctor Who’: ‘Farewell, Sarah Jane’ Reunites ‘The Sarah Jane Adventures’ Cast For A Final Tribute To Elisabeth Sladen https://sciencefiction.com/2020/04/20/doctor-who-farewell-sarah-jane-reunites-the-sarah-jane-adventures-cast-for-a-final-tribute-to-elisabeth-sladen/ https://sciencefiction.com/2020/04/20/doctor-who-farewell-sarah-jane-reunites-the-sarah-jane-adventures-cast-for-a-final-tribute-to-elisabeth-sladen/#disqus_thread Mon, 20 Apr 2020 18:05:38 +0000 https://sciencefiction.com/?p=353007 Russell T Davies has taken advantage of social distancing by returning to the world of ‘Doctor Who’, the series that he helped to relaunch in 2005, in order to honor the anniversary of the passing of Elisabeth Sladen who died on April 18, 2011, from cancer.  Sladen originally portrayed perhaps the most popular ‘Doctor Who’ companion of all, Sarah Jane Smith, from 1973 until 1976, opposite Jon Pertwee’s Third Doctor, and Tom Baker’s Fourth Doctor.  She was so popular that she returned as part of the reboot series in 2005, to co-star with David Tennant (the Tenth Doctor), before being spun off to her own series, a children’s program called ‘The Sarah Jane Adventures’, also created by Davies and aired on CBBC.  That series came to an abrupt end when Sladen passed away, but in her honor, Davies penned a fifteen-minute farewell episode, written with the approval of Sladen’s family. He then sent the script to various co-stars from ‘The Sarah Jane Adventures’ and ‘Doctor Who’, who acted out their parts separately before they were edited together.  The episode is tied together by narrator Jacob Dudman, who has previously voiced the Doctor himself in various audio dramas. Among the actors featured […]

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]]> https://sciencefiction.com/2020/04/20/doctor-who-farewell-sarah-jane-reunites-the-sarah-jane-adventures-cast-for-a-final-tribute-to-elisabeth-sladen/feed/ 1 The ‘Doctor Who’ Holiday Special Will Be The Final Voyage For Tosin Cole And Bradley Walsh https://sciencefiction.com/2020/03/03/the-doctor-who-holiday-special-will-be-the-final-voyage-for-tosin-cole-and-bradley-walsh/ https://sciencefiction.com/2020/03/03/the-doctor-who-holiday-special-will-be-the-final-voyage-for-tosin-cole-and-bradley-walsh/#disqus_thread Tue, 03 Mar 2020 21:30:01 +0000 https://sciencefiction.com/?p=351877 The Doctor will say goodbye to two of her three Companions in this year’s holiday special.  Bradley Walsh and Tosin Cole are leaving the series following that event.  Both were cast at the same time as the show’s current lead, Jodie Whittaker, in the show’s eleventh season, with Walsh playing Graham O’Brien, the step-grandfather of Cole’s Ryan Sinclair.  Both joined The Doctor on her missions following the death of Grace, Graham’s wife, and Ryan’s grandmother.  Though their relationship was tense at first, particularly on the part of Ryan, their many adventures have brought them closer together. An inside source revealed to The Mirror: “Two years is a long time in the world of Doctor Who. Yaz will be back but Christmas will be the last outing for Ryan and Graham.” The holiday special has already been filmed, and it is known that the principal antagonists will be the Daleks.  It has not yet been announced whether this episode will air on Christmas or New Years Day.  The reason for Graham and Ryan’s departures is unknown.   RELATED:  BBC Gives Fans An Early Christmas Gift With A ‘Doctor Who’ “Festive” Episode   In the U.S., Walsh is pretty much exclusively known […]

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]]> https://sciencefiction.com/2020/03/03/the-doctor-who-holiday-special-will-be-the-final-voyage-for-tosin-cole-and-bradley-walsh/feed/ 2 BBC Gives Fans An Early Christmas Gift With A ‘Doctor Who’ “Festive” Episode https://sciencefiction.com/2020/03/03/bbc-gives-fans-an-early-christmas-gift-with-the-return-of-a-doctor-who-festive-episode/ https://sciencefiction.com/2020/03/03/bbc-gives-fans-an-early-christmas-gift-with-the-return-of-a-doctor-who-festive-episode/#disqus_thread Tue, 03 Mar 2020 14:05:10 +0000 https://sciencefiction.com/?p=351869 Chris Chibnall decided to shake things up when he took over the reins as showrunner for BBC’s ‘Doctor Who.’ In his first year, he expelled the appearance of familiar foes, excluded multi-episode stories and removed the joy of spending Christmas with the Doctor by not having a holiday episode. Many fans were understandably dismayed at the news, but it seems Chibnall has had a change of heart! This year, he brought back the Judoon and Cyberman and a thrilling three-part ending for Season 12 – and it doesn’t stop there! At the end of Sunday’s ‘Doctor Who’ finale, fans were left with a doozy of a cliffhanger and were left wondering what happens next? Will we have to wait through another drought of no episodes for almost a year before witnessing the resolution of the Doctor’s fate?   RELATED:  Is This Classic ‘Doctor Who’ Theory The Key To “The Fugitive Of The Judoon?”   As Chibnall exclaimed: “We can’t leave the Doctor there! On that cliffhanger! Well, we did!” Thankfully, the BBC and Chibnall won’t make us wait too long for the answer as they have announced that this year, the Doctor will return in an all-new “festive” episode and […]

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]]> https://sciencefiction.com/2020/03/03/bbc-gives-fans-an-early-christmas-gift-with-the-return-of-a-doctor-who-festive-episode/feed/ 0 The Cybermen Are On The March In The Trailer For The ‘Doctor Who’ S12 Finale https://sciencefiction.com/2020/02/25/the-cybermen-are-on-the-march-in-the-trailer-for-the-doctor-who-s12-finale/ https://sciencefiction.com/2020/02/25/the-cybermen-are-on-the-march-in-the-trailer-for-the-doctor-who-s12-finale/#disqus_thread Tue, 25 Feb 2020 17:42:07 +0000 https://sciencefiction.com/?p=351439 It may seem that ‘Doctor Who’ Season 12 just started, but it’s already almost over, as we head into the final new episode of this batch, entitled “The Timeless Children.”  This installment promises to answer a few running questions, including who is “The Timeless Child” and what do their actions mean for The Doctor and The Master?  Fans may have already met him, with the recent introduction of Brendan (Evan McCabe), who is very likely the “Child” in question.  But is he friend or foe? ‘Doctor Who’ Series 12, Episode 10 “The Timeless Children”: The Cybermen are on the march. The last remaining humans are hunted down. Lies are exposed, truths are revealed. And for the Doctor, nothing will ever be the same. In the trailer for this weekend’s episode, the Cybermen can indeed be seen “on the march,” as they have been amassing over the past few episodes.  This episode also promises to bring the Thirteenth Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) confronting The (new) Master (Sacha Dhawan), who previously teased her (and viewers) with the ominous revelation: “They lied to us.  Everything we were told was a lie. We are not who we think. You or I. The whole existence of […]

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]]> https://sciencefiction.com/2020/02/25/the-cybermen-are-on-the-march-in-the-trailer-for-the-doctor-who-s12-finale/feed/ 0 Chris Chibnall To Remain As ‘Doctor Who’ Showrunner For A Third Season https://sciencefiction.com/2020/02/24/chris-chibnall-to-remain-as-doctor-who-showrunner-for-a-third-season/ https://sciencefiction.com/2020/02/24/chris-chibnall-to-remain-as-doctor-who-showrunner-for-a-third-season/#disqus_thread Tue, 25 Feb 2020 02:00:45 +0000 https://sciencefiction.com/?p=351428 The ‘Doctor Who’ finale of Season 12 is upon us and with the penultimate episode, “Ascension of the Cybermen,” leaving us to wonder if any of the Doctor’s companions will be returning for another season, someone who will return (besides Jodie Whittaker as the Doctor) will be the current series showrunner Chris Chibnall. “I do know I’m coming back for a third season,” Chibnall told Entertainment Weekly. “Yeah, absolutely. Chibnall’s first season with Whittaker as the first female Doctor left fans divided. With a new Doctor and the declaration that his first run would all be standalone episodes with no familiar foes, Season 11 was a bumpy regeneration for the series. When Season 12 was announced, Chibnall seemingly embraced what worked in the past and re-established two-part episodes and brought back the Cyberman and the Judoon.  Two years since the Season 11 finale would pass before the series would return, but the wait was worth it with the surprising return of the Master and Captain Jack. Would fans have to wait that long again for Season 13?   RELATED: Is This Classic ‘Doctor Who’ Theory The Key To “The Fugitive Of The Judoon?”   Chibnall gives fans a glimmer of […]

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]]> https://sciencefiction.com/2020/02/24/chris-chibnall-to-remain-as-doctor-who-showrunner-for-a-third-season/feed/ 0 You May Need A Stiff Drink After The Last Two Episodes Of ‘Doctor Who’ S12 https://sciencefiction.com/2020/02/20/you-may-need-a-stiff-drink-after-the-last-two-episodes-of-doctor-who-s12/ https://sciencefiction.com/2020/02/20/you-may-need-a-stiff-drink-after-the-last-two-episodes-of-doctor-who-s12/#disqus_thread Thu, 20 Feb 2020 15:45:53 +0000 https://sciencefiction.com/?p=351309 The current 12th season of ‘Doctor Who’ is about to wrap up and showrunner Chris Chibnall says fans will feel “wrung-out” and “a little bit open-mouthed” by the twin finale episodes, “Ascension of the Cybermen,” and “The Timeless Children.”  He even recommends having a “very strong drink” to process it!  Not only do these episodes bring back the classic ‘Who’ villains, the Cybermen, but the last episode may resolve the “Timeless Child” storyline that has been hovering over the series almost since the introduction of Jodie Whittaker’s 13th Doctor.   RELATED:  Is This Classic ‘Doctor Who’ Theory The Key To “The Fugitive Of The Judoon?”   “Ascension of the Cybermen” airs this Sunday, with “The Timeless Children” arriving on the following Sunday, March 1.  In anticipation, Chibnall divulged to EW: “We’re not just going big on the finale in episode 10.  Episode 9, ‘Ascension of the Cybermen,’ obviously sees the return of iconic monsters. It’s the first time Jodie’s Doctor, the Thirteenth Doctor, has squared off against them. We have both old and new designs of the Cybermen, there’s more than one Cyber-variant in the story. And it’s a big, space-spanning, spaceship-lasery, Cybermanny sci-fi story. Properly epic. It’s set in the […]

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]]> https://sciencefiction.com/2020/02/20/you-may-need-a-stiff-drink-after-the-last-two-episodes-of-doctor-who-s12/feed/ 0 ‘Doctor Who’: The Doctor Interferes With Mary Shelley’s Creative Process In This Preview Of “The Haunting Of Villa Diodati” https://sciencefiction.com/2020/02/14/doctor-who-the-doctor-interferes-with-mary-shelleys-creative-process-in-this-preview-of-the-haunting-of-villa-diodati/ https://sciencefiction.com/2020/02/14/doctor-who-the-doctor-interferes-with-mary-shelleys-creative-process-in-this-preview-of-the-haunting-of-villa-diodati/#disqus_thread Sat, 15 Feb 2020 00:08:34 +0000 https://sciencefiction.com/?p=350970 As legend has it, Mary Shelley and her husband, Percy Shelley were vacationing in Lake Geneva, and were visited by their close friend Lord Byron.  Unfortunately, due to constant rain, the group was stuck indoors at the Villa Diodati and had to find ways to amuse themselves.  Byron challenged Mary and Percy to a ghost story writing contest.  Mary was initially unable to come up with one until stumbling upon the idea of a reanimated corpse.  This was the birth of her creation ‘Frankenstein’, a book that is often considered the birth of science fiction. In the upcoming episode of ‘Doctor Who’, The Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) and her companions visit the Villa Diodati on the fateful night when Mary was supposed to deliver her spooky tale… except in reality, it seems Mary just wants to dance!   RELATED: ‘Doctor Who’: Chris Chibnall Discusses Upcoming ‘Frankenstein’-Inspired Episode “The Haunting Of Villa Diodati”   Even though The Doctor has explicitly warned her companions not to interfere with history, it seems that she must step in to coax Mary to come up with ‘Frankenstein’ as history has chronicled. As Yaz (Mandip Gill) points out: “Excuse me, Doctor, you broke a rule.  Next, you’ll […]

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]]> https://sciencefiction.com/2020/02/14/doctor-who-the-doctor-interferes-with-mary-shelleys-creative-process-in-this-preview-of-the-haunting-of-villa-diodati/feed/ 0 The Titles Of The Last Two ‘Doctor Who’ Episodes Of Season 12 Have Been Revealed https://sciencefiction.com/2020/02/07/the-titles-of-the-last-two-doctor-who-episodes-of-season-12-have-been-revealed/ https://sciencefiction.com/2020/02/07/the-titles-of-the-last-two-doctor-who-episodes-of-season-12-have-been-revealed/#disqus_thread Fri, 07 Feb 2020 20:52:52 +0000 https://sciencefiction.com/?p=350341 The Cybermen will be back and they are closing out the 12th season of ‘Doctor Who’. Even though the season kicked off with ‘Spyfall – Part One’ and ‘Skyfall – Part Two’, the last two episode titles have been released and each has its own name.  Part One, which will air on February 23, will be named “Ascension of the Cybermen,” while Part Two, airing on March 1, will be entitled “The Timeless Children.”  It is already known that the Cybermen will actually return in the February 16 episode, “The Haunting of Villa Diodati,” so it looks like events in that episode will set up the two season-enders. Showrunner and executive producer, Chris Chibnall wrote both “Ascension of the Cybermen” and “The Timeless Children,” and Jamie Magnus Stone directed.  Stone previously directed the episodes ‘The Last Day’ and ‘Clara and the TARDIS’, and this season’s ‘Spyfall -Part One’ and ‘Praxeus’.   RELATED: ‘Doctor Who’: Chris Chibnall Discusses Upcoming ‘Frankenstein’-Inspired Episode “The Haunting Of Villa Diodati”   The two-part finale features guest actors Ian McElhinney and Steve Toussaint.  As McElhinney said: “I very much enjoyed my time on Doctor Who. The team were a delight to work with and everyone was very […]

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]]> https://sciencefiction.com/2020/02/07/the-titles-of-the-last-two-doctor-who-episodes-of-season-12-have-been-revealed/feed/ 0 Old School ‘Doctor Who’ Fans Aren’t Happy With This Week’s Last-Minute Rescue https://sciencefiction.com/2020/02/05/old-school-doctor-who-fans-arent-happy-with-this-weeks-last-minute-rescue/ https://sciencefiction.com/2020/02/05/old-school-doctor-who-fans-arent-happy-with-this-weeks-last-minute-rescue/#disqus_thread Wed, 05 Feb 2020 16:30:52 +0000 https://sciencefiction.com/?p=350033 Some ‘Doctor Who’ fans are a little confused, even miffed, at the climax of the most recent episode “Praxeus,” in which Jodie Whittaker’s Thirteenth Doctor manages to save policeman Jake (Warren Brown) with a tricky, last-split-second maneuver.  Jake had volunteered to pilot a ship in order to spread an antivirus to prevent a deadly outbreak, but the ship started falling apart around him.  The Doctor’s precision rescue involved materializing the TARDIS around him. This got fans thinking, why didn’t The Doctor use this same technique to save former companion Adric (Matthew Waterhouse) who died during the “Earthshock” storyline, in a very similar manner.  This was Season 19 of the classic series, which aired in 1982, with Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, and Adric is one of the few companions who was shown to have actually and definitively died.  However, his death came in a way that was close to Jake’s near-death, in a spacecraft that crashed into Earth before The Doctor could save him.  So longtime fans are curious as to how the Thirteenth Doctor could pull off this rescue when the Fifth couldn’t.   RELATED: ‘Doctor Who’: Chris Chibnall Confirms Jo Martin’s Character Is THE Doctor     […]

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]]> https://sciencefiction.com/2020/02/05/old-school-doctor-who-fans-arent-happy-with-this-weeks-last-minute-rescue/feed/ 1 ‘Doctor Who’: Chris Chibnall Discusses Upcoming ‘Frankenstein’-Inspired Episode “The Haunting Of Villa Diodati” https://sciencefiction.com/2020/02/04/doctor-who-chris-chibnall-discusses-upcoming-frankenstein-inspired-episode-the-haunting-of-villa-diodati/ https://sciencefiction.com/2020/02/04/doctor-who-chris-chibnall-discusses-upcoming-frankenstein-inspired-episode-the-haunting-of-villa-diodati/#disqus_thread Tue, 04 Feb 2020 22:27:15 +0000 https://sciencefiction.com/?p=350025 The next historical figures the TARDIS crew will encounter are the legendary authors Mary Shelley, her husband Percy Shelley, and her lover Lord Byron, on that fateful night at the Villa Diodati in Geneva in which the writers engaged in a contest to tell the scariest ghost story.  After being unimpressed by her fellows’ efforts, Mary laid the foundation for what would become her most enduring work — ‘Frankenstein’. Of course, in a ‘Doctor Who’ twist, the episode “The Haunting of Villa Diodati” features the return of familiar villains, the Cybermen, who show up, and lo and behold, help inspire Shelley’s famous monster tale.\   RELATED:  ‘Doctor Who’: Chris Chibnall Confirms Jo Martin’s Character Is THE Doctor   Speaking to Radio Times, showrunner and executive producer Chris Chibnall revealed: “We’ll be seeing Mary Shelley and Lord Byron, on the night she writes Frankenstein.  Maxine Alderton, who’s written that episode, is an absolute Mary Shelley and Byron… not a buff, she’s an expert. She studied them, she loves them, she knew all about them, she came with a great idea.  And it was completely irresistible. I think to spend a night with them, in a haunted house, feels absolutely prime Doctor […]

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]]> https://sciencefiction.com/2020/02/04/doctor-who-chris-chibnall-discusses-upcoming-frankenstein-inspired-episode-the-haunting-of-villa-diodati/feed/ 0 Joe Hill’s ‘Doctor Who’ Pitches Were Rejected Because… He’s American https://sciencefiction.com/2020/02/04/joe-hills-doctor-who-pitches-were-rejected-because-hes-american/ https://sciencefiction.com/2020/02/04/joe-hills-doctor-who-pitches-were-rejected-because-hes-american/#disqus_thread Tue, 04 Feb 2020 21:04:15 +0000 https://sciencefiction.com/?p=350011 Joe Hill made a name for himself with works such as ‘NOS4A2‘,’Locke & Key,‘ and various other books and graphic novels, even before it was made public that he was Stephen King’s son.  But the one thing he was most excited about was to pitch a story to the creatives at ‘Doctor Who.’ Not only was he able to put together three ideas for one of his all time favorite shows, but he managed to get Neil Gaiman to edit his work too! According to Hill: “So, I spent a month and a half working on three pitches, and man, I have never imagined harder in my whole life. I mean, I just worked so hard on these things. And by chance, I actually wound up spending a weekend with Neil Gaiman. We were in the same place at the same time, and hanging out a lot, and he actually edited my pitches. He actually went through the pitches and was like, ‘Yes, do this. Don’t do that. This is a good idea. Hate this idea.’ You know? And I’m like, you couldn’t ask for a better editor!” Hill’s ideas and a British writing legend giving his work a review? […]

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]]> https://sciencefiction.com/2020/02/04/joe-hills-doctor-who-pitches-were-rejected-because-hes-american/feed/ 0 Here Are Two Trailers For The Next Episode Of ‘Doctor Who’, “Can You Hear Me?” https://sciencefiction.com/2020/02/04/here-are-two-trailers-for-the-next-episode-of-doctor-who-can-you-hear-me/ https://sciencefiction.com/2020/02/04/here-are-two-trailers-for-the-next-episode-of-doctor-who-can-you-hear-me/#disqus_thread Tue, 04 Feb 2020 16:26:51 +0000 https://sciencefiction.com/?p=349997 There are only two more regular episodes of ‘Doctor Who’ Season 12 before the two-part season finale.  Next week’s installment is entitled “Can You Hear Me?” and was written by Charlene James and series showrunner and executive producer Chris Chibnall  Emma Sullivan directed. Here is the episode’s description: From ancient Syria to present-day Sheffield and out into the wilds of space, something is stalking the Doctor and her friends… As Graham, Yaz and Ryan return home to see friends and family, they find themselves haunted by very different experiences. Who is the figure calling from beyond the stars for help, and why? And what are the fearsome Chagaskas terrorising Aleppo in 1380? To find the answers, Team TARDIS must embark on a mission which forces them to face their darkest fears. The episode stars the usuals– Jodie Whittaker as The Doctor, Bradley Walsh as Graham O’Brien, Mandip Gill as Yasmin Khan, and Tosin Cole as Ryan Sinclair, plus Clare-Hope Ashitey as Rakaya and Buom Tihngang as Tibo.   RELATED:  Is This Classic ‘Doctor Who’ Theory The Key To “The Fugitive Of The Judoon?”   There are two trailers for ‘Can You Hear Me?’, which you can view below:     Season […]

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