Broadchurch star Jodie Whittaker has been revelaed as the Thirteenth incranation of the Time Lord. The actress will be the first woman to play the Doctor, and will take over from Twelfth Doctor, Peter Capald when he regenerates in this year's Christmas special.
"Change my dear, and not a moment too soon"
The announcement was made on BBC One following Roger Federer’s win over Marin Cilic in the Wimbledon men’s final.
Steven Moffat won't be leaving "Doctor Who" as showrunner quite yet at the end of the upcoming series 10.
"I’ve got so much more time left on ‘Doctor Who," he said at a press roundtable during New York Comic Con on Friday. — I'm not just doing this Christmas, I'm doing next Christmas as well.”
Moffat's
had a long run with the BBC series, where he began as a writer when it
was revived in 2005 then took over as showrunner from Russell T. Davies
in 2010. He'd previously been announced as handing over showrunning duties to Chris Chibnall ("Broadchurch") after the 10th season, which will start airing in April.
BBC Worldwide and Sanrio Global Ltd have announced a new partnership with an amazing new mash-up.
Spring
2017 will see four books in a new range which sees the Doctor’s
regenerations imagined in the style of Roger Hargreaves, creator of the
Mr. Men.
These storybook mash-ups, written and illustrated by Adam
Hargreaves, combine the iconic storytelling of Doctor Who with the
whimsical humour and design made famous by his father, Roger Hargreaves.
The first four released will be: Dr. First, Dr. Fourth, Dr. Eleventh and Dr. Twelfth.
Check out the details and the four amazing covers below!
Doctor Who meets The World of Hargreaves brings to life Doctor Who
characters in the distinctive story-telling and illustrative style of
Roger Hargreaves.
Penguin Young Readers, a division of Penguin
Random House is master publisher and will release twelve titles, one for
each Doctor.
The first four titles are published in Spring 2017
This Christmas, the Doctor teams up with a comic-book superhero in New York for a heroic special titled, The Return of Doctor Mysterio.
We also have a brand new image and a behind-the-scenes trailer to share.
The Return of Doctor Mysterio sees the Twelfth Doctor, as played by Peter Capaldi, teaming up with an investigative journalist, played by Charity Wakefield (Wolf Hall), and a superhero to save New York from a deadly alien threat.
Finally. The BBC revealed the new companion to Peter Capaldi's Twelfth Doctor as Pearl Mackie. Her character is named Bill. WHO is Bill? We have a while to wait and see. Next year in fact. Unless this clip is from the Christmas episode this year?
What do we know about the new companion?
1. She's never encountere the Daleks before ....as you can see from the clip above.
2. The character is called Bill.
3. Pearl Mackie is an amazing young talent from Brixton, South
London and has most recently performed in the National Theatre's West
End production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time.
4. Coincidentally, Pearl has appeared in another BBC programme featuring doctors – the medical drama series Doctors!
5. Pearl also performs as a singer, a passion for music shared with Peter Capaldi. Maybe we’ll see a Doctor and companion duet!
6. Not that she’ll need to use these with the TARDIS’ Translation
Circuit, but Pearl speaks French and Spanish – great skills for any
traveller.
7. We all know the Doctor likes a dance, so Pearl’s moves may come in
handy… She’s skilled in Ballet, Jazz, Period Dance and Tap!
8. Pearl honed
her craft at Bristol's Old Vic Theatre School, the same school Samantha
Bond trained at, aka Mrs Wormwood in Doctor Who spin-off The Sarah Jane
Adventures.
It's official – the BBC will reveal the identity of Jenna Coleman's successor this Saturday.The new Doctor Who companion will be unveiled at half time during the Everton v Manchester United FA Cup semi-final on BBC1.
The live edition of Match of the Day starts at 4:50pm with the game
kicking off at 5:15pm, meaning fans should know who will be joining
Peter Capaldi's Doctor in the TARDIS some time between 6pm and 6:15pm.
