A finale four-and-a-half billion years in the making, Steven Moffat says
that "Hell Bent will push the Doctor further than he's ever been pushed
before, turning him into a, "mad, bad, dangerous bastard."
The final episode continues the story on from Face The Raven and Heaven
Sent, the two episodes in which the Doctor lost companion Clara Oswald,
was betrayed by immortal frenemy Ashildr and was then teleported to
a labyrinthian castle, where he only managed to escape by tunnelling
through a wall four hundred times harder than diamond over the course of
four-and-a-half billion years. It's a long story. And on the other side
of the wall? His home planet of Gallifrey – revealing that it was all a
scheme by the Time Lords. Speaking to RadioTimes.com, Moffat says, "I think we probably take the
Doctor right to the very end of his tether. I've toyed with it in the
past but never really gone the whole hog. What would happen if you
really, really, really pissed him off? If you took everything from him,
broke his heart, kicked the crap out of him and he got up again – what
would you be facing then? It's called Hell Bent for a reason. As has
been threatened occasionally in the series, what happens when he gets
really mad? Well, this is it. Yes, he goes back to Gallifrey, and he
goes back in a very bad mood. " "It took a long time to kind of figure out what it'd be like if he went
back there. You've seen him go back – I'm going to talk like a tragic
fanboy now – in The War Games and he's obviously a bit sheepish; in
Deadly Assassin, he's a bit of a bad boy. But now he's the guy who won
the Time War. And they'd be terrified if he showed up. He becomes a badass Doctor, and that's always fun as he doesn't do
badass very often. He's too nice. But if you push him far enough – and
by god, we push him in episode 11 – it all gets a bit Clint Eastwood."
A brand new trailer and poster have been unveiled for Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, starring Lily James (Downton Abbey) and Eleventh Doctor Matt Smith.
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A fresh twist on Jane Austen’s widely celebrated novel, based on Seth Grahame-Smith’s 2009 novel, the movie arrives in UK cinemas on Thursday 11 February next year.
The official synopsis reads: “A mysterious plague has fallen upon
19th century England, the land is overrun with the undead and feisty
heroine Elizabeth Bennet is a master of martial arts and weaponry.
Casting aside personal and social prejudices, Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy
must unite on the blood-soaked battlefield to rid the country of the
zombie menace and discover their true love for one another.”
Four new images for this year's, as of yet to be titled Christmas special starring Peter Capldi and Alex Kingston returning as River Song.
Here's the synopsis for the episode: “It’s Christmas Day in the future and the TARDIS is parked on a
snowy village street, covered in icicles, awaiting its next adventure.
Time traveler River Song meets her husband’s new incarnation, in the
form of Peter Capaldi, for the first time this Christmas."
Alex Kingston returns to Cardiff
to reclaim her role as Professor River Song for the highly anticipated
2015 Doctor Who Christmas special, part of BBC One’s essential seasonal
viewing.
It’s Christmas Day in the future and the TARDIS is parked on a snowy
village street, covered in icicles, awaiting its next adventure. Time
traveller River Song meets her husband’s new incarnation, in the form of
Peter Capaldi, for the first time this Christmas.
Day one of filming the eleventh Doctor Who Christmas special starts
this week and is written by Lead Writer and Executive Producer, Steven
Moffat, produced by Nikki Wilson and directed by Douglas Mackinnon
(Doctor Who, Sherlock).
River Song made her first Doctor Who appearance in 2008 in ‘Silence
in the Library’ and ‘Forest of the Dead’ and has appeared in 15 episodes
to date.
Award winning Alex Kingston comments on her reappearance, “To be
honest, I did not know whether River would ever return to the show, but
here she is, back with the Doctor for the Christmas special. Steven
Moffat is on glittering form, giving us an episode filled with humour
and surprise guest castings. I met Peter for the first time at Monday’s
read through, we had a laugh, and I am now excited and ready to start
filming with him and the Doctor Who team. Christmas in September? Why
not!”
Steven Moffat, Lead Writer and Executive Producer, adds, “Another
Christmas, another special for Doctor Who - and what could be more
special than the return of Alex Kingston as Professor River Song? The
last time the Doctor saw her she was a ghost. The first time he met her,
she died. So how can he be seeing her again? As ever, with the most
complicated relationship in the universe, it’s a matter of time...”
Steven explains when the meeting of River Song and the Twelfth Doctor takes place:
"It's immediatetly after The Angels Take Manhatten (2012). River’s just seen Matt Smith’s Doctor lose Amy and Rory, and obviously
before The Name of the Doctor [2013] because she’s dead in that.”
Speaking of ending things, Steven Moffat also revealed that this might have been his last ever Doctor Who episode: “We’ve just lost Clara, so I didn’t want to go straight into a new
companion. I’ll be honest, I brought River Song back in
because I thought there was a possibility I’d never write for Doctor Who again so that’d be my goodbye.”
Joining Peter Capaldi and Alex Kingston in this year's Christmas adventure arecomedians Matt Lucas and Greg Davies.
A short synopsis reads as:
It’s Christmas Day on a remote human colony and the Doctor is hiding
from Christmas Carols and Comedy Antlers. But when a crashed spaceship
calls upon the Doctor for help, he finds himself recruited into River
Song’s squad and hurled into a fast and frantic chase across the galaxy.
King Hydroflax (Greg Davies) is furious, and his giant Robot bodyguard
is out-of-control and coming for them all! Will Nardole (Matt Lucas)
survive? And when will River Song work out who the Doctor is?
“All will be revealed on a starliner full of galactic super-villains
and a destination the Doctor has been avoiding for a very long time.
The BBC Cymru Wales produced drama will return to BBC One on
Saturday, 19 September with a 12 episode series, followed by the
Christmas special on Friday 25 December.
Steven Moffat has revealed that Doctor Who's next companion doesn't even have a name yet - but told Digital Spythat the new character will fundamentally change the series.
Moffat explained that the character is in "quite early stages" - but
that he has already pitched the companion and the arc of series 10 to
the BBC.
