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Correspondence between the BBC and Cardiff council shows how the authority tried to keep the announcement of the closure of the Doctor Who Experience under wraps for as long as possible Wales Online are reporting this evening. The popular Cardiff Bay attraction is set to close later this year when a five-year lease comes to an end. But despite enquiries as far back as June 2016 from Wales Online journalists wanting to let people know what the future held the…

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Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat has addressed the possibility of CGI being used to revive past Doctors on screen. The technique was prominently used recently in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, with a substantial role for Peter Cushing’s character Grand Moff Tarkin, despite the actor’s death in 1994. There has been much discussion since the film’s release about the process, with some fans welcoming the use of the technology while others found it off-putting and disrespectful. Cushing played ‘Dr. Who’ in…

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Steven Moffat is hard at work on his final series of Doctor Who (and a Christmas special) for later this year. But he has confirmed that he will not be seeking to write for the show’s new boss, Chris Chibnall – or at least not for the foreseeable future. Speaking to RadioTimes.com at the Radio Times Covers Party, Moffat said he believes the new man should put his own stamp on the show – even if he told us with a smile…

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He announced last week that he would be letting someone new regenerate into Doctor Who following the next season of the show. And now Peter Capaldi’s on-screen sidekick, Pearl Mackie, has revealed how she feels about the show’s current leading man quitting the series. Having only been able to work with him for one run of new episodes, Pearl – who plays Bill – has admitted how sad it is to see him go. Speaking of the time she’s spent…

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He’s had a busy year making waves in Quantico and The Pass but now Russell Tovey’s back in Britain, would he ever consider stepping back into the Tardis? The one-time Doctor Who guest star remains a firm favourite among fans of the sci-fi series so when RadioTimes.com caught up with him on the BAFTA Film Awards red carpet we just had to ask if he’d be up for filling the vacancy when Peter Capaldi steps down? “Let’s see, let’s see…

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As anyone that’s grown up watching Doctor Who will know, the Time Lord’s had some pretty scary enemies over the millennia. Daleks, the Daemons, Nimons and the Weeping Angels – to name but a few – have all, at one time or another, had kids of all ages cowering behind the sofa. And that familiar hiding place looks like it might be getting a lot renewed use if the frankly terrifying creature is anything to go by. Pictured earlier today…

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A Manchester music charity has secured a £42,000 grant to open up the city’s full archive of items from the private collection of Delia Derbyshire. The celebrated composer will be forever remembered as the person who remixed and recorded the Doctor Who theme tune using groundbreaking analogue recording techniques. Electronic music charity Delia Derbyshire Day (DD Day) will now be able to mark what would have been the 80th birthday of the pioneering musician by improving access to the collection…

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