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This Saturday’s episode of Doctor Who will apparently be a real game-changer for the sci-fi series, with head writer and executive producer Steven Moffat describing it as “uncharted territory” for the nearly 54-year-old drama. “The Doctor has already lost, Earth has already fallen and it hasn’t just happened,” the Scottish screenwriter says in a new promotional video for eighth episode The Lie of the Land (written by Being Human scribe Toby Whithouse). “It happened six months into a new totalitarian…

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This week’s episode of Doctor Who looks to be putting the Time Lord in a pretty dire situation, with the evil Monks ruling the world and the human race forgetting that they haven’t always lived in this dystopian situation. Frankly, it’s a mystery as to how the Doctor (Peter Capaldi) will ever find his way out of it – unless of course, the answer is that he won’t have to solve it at all, and we’re about to be hit…

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The consolidated BARB rating for Extremis was 5.53 million – the week’s 20th most-watched programme (and eighth biggest individual show).

After a flashback appearance in Doctor Who series 10’s sixth episode, Michelle Gomez’ villain Missy is finally about to play a significant role in the sci-fi series, with the evil Time Lady reuniting with Peter Capaldi’s Doctor (and presumably meeting Pearl Mackie’s companion Bill for the first time) in new pictures from this Saturday’s episode The Lie of the Land. And for the first time we’re getting a look at the interior of the vault which puzzled us for weeks,…

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Planning for the 2017 Christmas special is well underway, with one of Steven Moffat’s go-to directors at the helm. It’s not-long been confirmed that Rachel Talalay will direct the 2017 Christmas Special of Doctor Who, the final chapter of Steven Moffat’s time on the show. Speaking to Huffington Post, Steven Moffat confirmed that Talalay – for whom this will be her seventh time in the director’s chair on Doctor Who – would be in charge. Specifically, he said the following… “Frankly,…

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Doctor Who – The Pyramid At The End Of The World had an overnight viewing audience of 4.01 million viewers, a share of 20.4% of the total TV audience, according to unofficial figures. Top for BBC One for the day was the coverage of the FA Cup Final which preceeded the Doctor and had an average of 6.43 million watching. The football had a peak auience of 9.56 million. Overall ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent was once more top for the…

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From Ancient Egypt to state-of-the-art weaponry and cutting-edge biochemistry – this breakneck adventure spanned the lot. The 12-part series passed its halfway point with episode seven, The Pyramid at the End of the World. That pyramid was just a pointy red herring So the whole “make a 5,000-year-old pyramid suddenly appear at the centre of a warzone” stunt was just misdirection by those pesky Monks. A distraction to keep the Doctor and the human race busy while the world was…

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The future’s looking bright for Doctor Who, with the sci-fi drama apparently headed for at least five more series on the BBC. The news comes in a press release about a new deal the corporation has made with Chinese company SMG (Shanghai Media Group) Pictures, intending to expand the Doctor Who brand and increase the fanbase in China by making the entire Doctor Who catalogue (including spin-offs Torchwood and Class) available on Chinese TV channels and On-Demand services. Interestingly, the…

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