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Broadchurch producer Sam Hoyle is joining Chris Chibnall on Doctor Who series 11, which will see Jodie Whittaker taking on the famous starring role as The Doctor. Hoyle recently joined the series as co-executive producer, and will be working with showrunner Chris Chibnall and executive producer Matt Stevens. She previously worked on all three series of ITV’s Broadchurch with Chibnall, and also on his two films for BBC1, The Great Train Robbery: A Robber’s Tale and A Copper’s Tale. She…

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BBC’s Doctor Who website interviewed Jodie Whittaker about taking on the role of the Doctor… 1) What does it feel like to be the Thirteenth Doctor? It’s very nerve-racking, as it’s been so secret! 2) Why did you want the role? To be asked to play the ultimate character, to get to play pretend in the truest form: this is why I wanted to be an actor in the first place. To be able to play someone who is literally…

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As announced late last night, Jodie Whittaker’s 13th Doctor is to be joined by three new regulars in Doctor Who series 11, including former Hollyoaks star Tosin Cole. Tosin will play Ryan during the 10-week run in Autumn 2018, kicking off with a 60-minute episode for the opening launch – introducing the new Team TARDIS of Whittaker, Cole, Bradley Walsh and Mandip Gill. Chris Chibnall, the new Doctor Who showrunner, says: “The new Doctor is going to need new friends,”…

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Doctor Who fans across the world have been celebrating the news that the 13th Doctor, as played by Jodie Whittaker, will be joined by three new companions, including ex-Hollyoaksstar Mandip Gill. She will play Yasmin during series 11’s ten-week run in Autumn 2018, kicking off with a 60-minute episode for the opening launch introducing the new Team TARDIS of Whittaker, Gill, Bradley Walsh, and Tosin Cole. Mandip said: “I am over the moon to be joining the Doctor Who family. This is an iconic show…

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Bradley Walsh, host of ITV quiz show The Chase, has officially been announced as one of the new companions in Doctor Who series 11, set to air in 2018. He will star alongside Jodie Whittaker’s Thirteenth Doctor and fellow new companions Mandip Gill and Tosin Cole. Playing a character called Graham, Walsh will be seen in a series of ten 50-minute episodes (with the opener being a 60-minute special). The 57-year-old entertainer is very much a Whovian and even watched the show during the First Doctor’s era. “Am…

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Doctor Who’s first female Time Lord will be joined by three new companions, the BBC has announced. Jodie Whittaker, who takes over as the 13th Doctor next year, will be joined by new cast regulars Bradley Walsh, Tosin Cole and Mandip Gill, as well as Sharon D Clarke in a returning role. Walsh will star as Graham, Cole will play Ryan and Gill will play Yasmin. Walsh said he was looking forward to being part of the show – some…

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The BBC was staying tight-lipped this week over reports that scenes for a forthcoming episode of Doctor Who were shot at the Bluebell Railway…. Social media said that a film crew was at the vintage steam line on a day when the railway was entirely closed to the public. The Bluebell Railway could not confirm that Doctor Who was the subject of the activity. No trains were scheduled to run that day in any case. There is extra interest in…

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Nardole may have last been seen saying his goodbyes to The Doctor on a colony ship at the end of Doctor Who series ten but it sounds as though that goodbye of his wasn’t quite so final. Matt Lucas has dropped a hint that we may well encounter him in the Whoniverse again, telling Den of Geek that his relationship with the series isn’t exactly over. “I’m really glad I did it,” he began, “No regrets at all, only gratitude. I’m not…

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