An Adventure in Space and Time is a 90 minute biopic written by Mark Gatiss that stars David Bradley (Game of Thrones, Harry Potter) as William Hartnell the actor who played the First Doctor. Brian Cox plays BBC Head of Drama at the same, Sydney Newman, who was instrumental in the creation of the show […]
Doctor Who: BBC releases “An Adventure in Space and Time” pictures
The BBC have shared more pictures from the Doctor Who creation biopic An Adventure in Space and Time. It’ll feature David Bradley as William Hartnell, the actor who played the first doctor. Written by Mark Gatiss, An Adventure in Space and Time follows Hartnell as he struggles his way through the first few years of […]
First photos of the new retro TARDIS
Mark Gatiss is filming a new Doctor Who drama called “An Adventure in Space & Time” for the show’s 50th. It’ll tell the story of the “genesis of Doctor Who”, run for 90 minutes and look at the people who brought the series of life. We know, for example, it’ll look at William Hartnell, the […]
Lost Doctor Who episode regenerates through animation
There are Doctor Who episodes missing. The show is so old that it harks back to a time when companies, even the BBC, didn’t see the point in trying to perserve recordings. In fact, the final adventure of the first doctor – The Tenth Planet – is missing its last episode. The good news is […]
Doctor Who: The 46th anniversary of the first regeneration
In the closing minutes of The Tenth Planet, espisode 4, the first generation of Doctor Who fans witnessed their first ever Time Lord regeneration. William Hartnell’s First Doctor became Patrick Troughton’s Second Doctor. The second Doctor started his adventures with a trip planet Vulcan (which was mentioned in Asylum of the Daleks this year) and […]
Which Doctor Who actors have the lowest Bacon number?
You know the game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon? In it you can work out that you’re related to the actor Kevin Bacon through no more than six assocations. Google has the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon game baked into its search results. To access it search for [bacon number] followed by an actor’s name. […]
The First Doctor in Colour – back in time
The first two Doctors were filmed entirely in black and white. However, YouTuber FarFromBeingAllOver, has added colour to the William Hartnell episode in which the First Doctor says goodbye to his granddaughter Susan.
Watch a clip from the missing Doctor Who episodes
The BBC does not have all the Doctor Who episodes ever recorded. The series is so old it dates back to a time when video tape was very expensive and the BBC actually deleted some of the old espidoes in order to re-use the tapes. Good news. Two more episodes, once believed to be missing, […]
Doctor Who clip: Vampires in Venice
I’ve been to Venice and the city is a great choice for both vampires and Doctor Who. There is a risk of spoilers below but the episode is called Vampires in Venice. I’ve mixed feelings about this clip. I think they’re erring up towards the positive. I like the William Hartnell clip. “Tell me the […]
