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New Doctor Who showrunner Chris Chibnall has made many changes behind the scenes of the show, the latest of which has come to light. The visual effects of the show have been worked on since it came back in 2005 by a company called Milk VFX. They used to be a part of The Mill, before being spun into their own company. However, their time on the show has come to an end, as visual effects producer Louise Hastings confirmed to the…

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The ultra-secretive casting of Jodie Whittaker as the 13th Doctor in Doctor Who didn’t just extend to the greater British public – but also to many people working on the show! That specifically includes outgoing visual effects team Milk FX – a company involved in one guise or another with the show since 2005 – who had no inkling of Whittaker landing the role until it was formally announced. As visual effects producer Louise Hastings told the Radio Times, “we were kept in the…

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  A Doctor Who series 11 round-up, with news of two more being added to the cast, and the shoot returning to Sheffield… More news continues to filter through about the currently-in-production Doctor Who series 11, that of course sees Jodie Whittaker taking on the title role. Thus far, the production has been to Cardiff, Sheffield and Cape Town. And this week, they’re back in Sheffield again, as filming continues on block three of episodes for the new run. Several…

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Doctor Who series 11 has been filming in South Africa this year, and a little bit of casting news has come to light… You can add another face to the cast list for Doctor Who series 11, thanks to the fine sleuthing work of Girly Letters on Twitter. The new run of the show recently filmed two episodes in South Africa for the second block of episodes, and one of the guest stars was Aki Omoshaybi. He’s playing, as per his agent’s…

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Fan anticipation is already huge for Doctor Who‘s groundbreaking 11th series, and now we’ll have even more to savour from a supersized opening adventure. After Peter Capaldi hung up his keys to the big blue box in last year’s Christmas special, Jodie Whittaker is taking over the reins as the first female version of the time-travelling troublemaker. And to celebrate the beginning of a new era, the Beeb is apparently making the debut instalment of series 11 quite a bit longer than…

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Doctor Who fans can finally get an insight into how the show’s 50th anniversary special might’ve played out if Christopher Eccleston had agreed to return. Steven Moffat included the ninth Doctor in his first draft of ‘The Day of the Doctor’, but rewrote the script to feature John Hurt’s War Doctor when Eccleston declined to appear. But now, a script from the earlier draft will be released for the first time, and it’s all for a very good cause. The excerpt will…

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