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Shepka Productions has announced the digital release of their new revenge thriller, Dead Before They Wake. Perhaps the most interesting cast member in this one is Sylvester McCoy — yes, the Seventh Doctor — but it sounds like his role is a minor one. Alex is a nightclub bouncer who’s about to encounter a more grisly side of night life. He’s been hired by a retired lawyer to track down a missing teenage girl. It’s as bad as they think — she’s been abducted by a trafficking ring, and they’ve got a limited amount of time to find the bad guys, take them down and bring her home. Dead Before They Wake stars Nathan Shepka, Grace Cordell (Cara), Manjot Sumal, Kareem Nasif (The Job). Also starring Doctor Who legend Sylvester McCoy and Patrick Bergin. The film was directed by Andy Crane and Nathan Shepka, and features an original...

Seemingly inspired by the Rotherham child rape scandal, Nathan Shepka’s film has both a streak of sentimentality and an appetite for violence

Here is a vigilante thriller co-directed, written by and starring prolific low-budget Scottish film-maker Nathan Shepka, which has a kind of grim integrity despite the uneven acting and numerous rough edges. Seemingly inspired by the Rotherham grooming gang scandal, but transposing the story to Glasgow, Shepka plays laconic nightclub bouncer Alex, who is asked to do a Jack Carter and rescue a teenage girl from sex-trafficking hell.

Not that this takes place in a world where anyone does anything out of innate goodness. The job, and the accompanying 20 grand, are sent his way by a retired lawyer (ex-Doctor Who Sylvester McCoy) who is trying to cover up the fact that the girl’s mother is a heroin addict sleeping with a major politician. But Alex isn...

While there are plenty of memorable Doctor Who episodes, there are also several underrated stories that simply aren’t as appreciated as they should be. The greatest Doctor Who stories of all time stand out for their iconic villains, gripping plots, and brilliant characters. However, there are other installments from both the classic and modern eras of the show that also contain these elements, yet are underrated by audiences for various reasons.

The post 2005 reboot of Doctor Who is typically remembered better by current audiences, and while there are some harsh realities of Doctor Who’s classic era, there are still many great stories to enjoy. Every incarnation of the Doctor has a serial or episode that isn’t as well received as others, but this doesn’t mean they’re terrible, either. Regardless of why, it’s important to know that these underrated Doctor Who serials are still endearing and fantastic watches,...

One of the most important details about The Lord of the Rings' Gandalf is his staff, which he changes multiple times throughout the movies. Gandalf is one of the most vital characters in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit movies, with Ian McKellen playing the role in all six films. McKellen consistently delivers one of The Lord of the Rings' best performances and successfully brings one of J.R.R. Tolkien's most important characters to life.

Throughout Gandalf's many appearances, his staff is one of his defining features. The staff is not just used as a way to wield and enhance his magic, with Gandalf being capable of performing magic without a staff. Gandalf's staff has tremendous symbolic value, signifying his authority as a wizard and as one of The Lord of the Rings' Maiar. During his time as Gandalf the Grey and as Gandalf the White,...

Stars: Nathan Shepka, Grace Cordell, Sylvester McCoy, Rebekah Clark, Manjot Sumal, Patrick Bergin | Written by Nathan Shepka | Directed by Andy Crane, Nathan Shepka

Nathan Shepka’s been a busy man, over the past couple of years and working in various combinations of actor/writer/director/producer, has given us a trio of solid, if rather low budget films, the crime thriller Holiday Monday, its sequel Lock & Load and the mystery When Darkness Falls. His first foray into horror, a nunsploitation film The Baby in the Basket, will drop in February.

Today, however, the film up for review is Dead Before They Wake, a crime film that gets considerably dirtier and grimmer than his previous efforts. It opens as Alex (Nathan Shepka) has to break up an attempted rape behind the Glasgow nightclub where he works as a bouncer.

Most of the time, though, his life is rather dull. He lives alone in a trailer park,...

Despite rumors swirling for decades about a female Doctor happening in Doctor Who, the BBC avoided it until Jodie Whittaker's run as the Thirteenth Doctor. As the first female Doctor, Whittaker was failed by showrunner Chris Chibnall, whose controversial "Timeless Child" storyline drastically changed Doctor Who canon. Still, as the first woman to play the Doctor, Whittaker herself was praised for her fun, fresh take on the Doctor, her warm, lively personality bubbling through as one of the most empowering female TV characters of the decade. So to say the first run of a female Doctor was a mixed bag would be accurate.

That's not to say Doctor Who hasn't come close to a female regeneration - it has, a few times. But it never panned out, for various reasons, though arguably the real reason has never been given publicly. For a show that's as long-running as Doctor Who,...

Doctor Who aired episodes out of order back in 1988, and created a ridiculous plot hole. Modern Doctor Who viewers are used to the idea there's a loose narrative flow running through the series, one that typically builds to a climax in a season finale. Sure, there's some debate over whether Doctor Who season 14 was broadcast in order, but otherwise everything seems to flow pretty well.

Classic Doctor Who was a little different. Stories ran through multiple episodes, but tended to be stand-alone. There were occasions where continuity mattered, usually involving major events in a companion's life, but otherwise the stories were all designed as fresh jumping-on points. All that began to change in Sylvester McCoy's Seventh Doctor era, which foreshadows modern Who in quite a few ways. Unfortunately, this caused a subtle plot hole that remains rather amusing to this day.

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A classic Doctor Who star reveals how Russell T Davies set up a return for former Doctors in future episodes, and his interest in coming back again. While the cast of Doctor Who has almost always focused on the main character in any given era, the show is no stranger to reintroducing Doctors from previous parts of the series. This includes those who were around prior to its 2005 revival, such as Sylvester McCoy, who portrayed the Seventh Doctor, returning to his role in the 2022 special, "The Power of the Doctor."

Speaking with The 50% Doctor Who Podcast (via Radio Times), McCoy revealed that Russell T Davies actually set up returns not only for his Seventh Doctor, but other classic leads from Doctor Who's history. The actor revealed the 60th anniversary spinoff show, Tales of the Tardis, which revealed new adventures from classic Doctors, was meant as a bridge to reintroduce them into the main series.

The best Christian Christmas movies remind viewers just why celebrating the holiday is so important - and not just because of the Biblical event that led to the holiday in the first place. While there’s no shortage of Christmas movies out there, those that devote themselves to keeping themes like love, family, gratitude, and togetherness at their core feel few and far between by the 2020s.

This is what makes Christian Christmas movies so important. What’s more, the best Christian films to watch at Christmas aren’t limited to retellings of the birth of Jesus, either. There are many movies with all sorts of settings and characters that have an important faith-based message about the holiday, and viewers seeking a solid seasonal holiday film with Christian themes have no shortage of variety to choose from.

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"Someone has to get her out." An official trailer has debuted for an indie thriller called Dead Before They Wake, made by indie actor / filmmaker Nathan Shepka as is latest creation. Yet another story involving the entirely fictional and yet apparently super scary "sex trafficking network" that many films are using as a villain these days. Conspiracy theory Bs but whatever. Nightclub bouncer Alex is tasked with tracking down a young girl suspected of being snared by a sex trafficking network weeks ago. As he delves deeper into the dark depravity within the city's seedy underbelly, he begins to question his own morals and comes to believe that the safe return of the girl will lead to his ultimate redemption. Starring Nathan Shepka (of Lock & Load), Grace Cordell, Manjot Sumal, Kareem Nasif, along with Dr Who legend Sylvester McCoy and Patrick Bergin. Not really sure this film will save any lives despite its noble intentions.

Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers Of London novels are heading to the small screen at last, and details have landed.

Writer Ben Aaronovitch came to prominence to many of us for writing two two seminal Sylvester McCoy Doctor Who stories – Remembrance Of The Daleks and Battlefield. These were in the late 1980s, under the stewardship of script editor Andrew Cartmel. Incidentally, if you want to know what the day to day process of creating this era of Doctor Who was like, Cartmel’s book Script Doctor, a collection of diary excerpts chronicling his time on the show, is well worth reading.

Post-Doctor Who, Ben Aaronovitch struck gold with novels. In 2011, he wrote Rivers Of London, the first in what would become a phenomenally successful, bestselling fantasy series.

The synopsis for that first book reads as follows:

Rivers of London follows a young officer in London’s Met Police, Peter Grant. After...

Gregor Fisher and Greg McHugh star in Scottish sitcom Only Child, and the BBC has released a first trailer. More here.

Gregor Fisher will always be inextracably intertwined with Rab C. Nesbitt, the permanently plastered Glaswegian festering in squalor alongside long suffering wife Mary Doll, played by Elaine C. Smith. The show became so popular that writer Ian Pattison adapted it into a stage show, and stars like Sylvester McCoy, Stanley Baxter and Richard E. Grant appeared in the show. Series 3 episode Touch features a very early television appearance by David Tennant, who guest stars as barmaid Davina.

As we approach the festive season, Fisher also features in arguably the sweetest story in Richard Curtis’ Love Actually, about the friendship between his character Joe and Bill Nighy’s rock star Billy Mack.

Now though? Gregor Fisher is returning to the small screen for sitcom Only Child.

Watch the trailer below:

According to the BBC,...

Doctor Who said goodbye to David Tennant for the first time in 2009 when the Tenth Doctor regenerated, but his iconic departure stands apart from that of his predecessors in a way that the show never openly acknowledges. Of all the actors to play the Doctor, Tennant's Tenth arguably experienced the most drawn-out version of the regeneration process. While preparing to change his face, he managed to hold off the ordeal long enough to visit all his old friends one last time. However, there's another reason beyond Ten's emotional farewell tour that makes his regeneration so unique.

Every Doctor Who regeneration sequence comes with consequences, but the main one is that the long-running sci-fi show's lead actor is replaced. The phenomenon has contributed massively to the franchise's 60-year history, as no single actor is required for the story to continue. That being said, there was a time when the Doctor's...

As any hardcore Whovian knows, the final TV episode of the original run of Doctor Who ends with a surprising plot hole. The current era of Doctor Who has been going strong since its 2005 revival. However, the original run of Doctor Who serials and storylines ran from 1963 until an ending in 1989 that left audiences with one glaring question.

"Survival Part 3" served as the original series finale, the final TV episode of Doctor Who. There, Sylvester McCoy's Seventh Doctor found himself in conflict with Midge, a friend of the Doctor's companion Ace who had become infected with the Cheetah Virus from Cheetah World, morphing him into an antagonist. Under the guidance of the Master, the Doctor's biggest rival, Midge challenges the Doctor to a game of chicken in which both men duel via a motorcycle collision. In the explosive aftermath, the Seventh Doctor miraculously survives, landing on a couch and a rolled mattress.

The second actor to lead Doctor Who is behind one of the show's silliest tropes, although the gag itself is often wrongly attributed to another Doctor. While every actor to play the Doctor has put their own spin on the character, the fact remains they're all embodying the same persona. As such, there are quite a lot of traits that cross over between Doctors as well as differences that emerge. Earlier Doctors, like Patrick Troughton's Second, helped build a solid foundation on which his successors could stand - even if he isn't correctly credited for all his contributions to the character.

Troughton played the Doctor in some of the greatest Doctor Who stories of all time. His version of the Time Lord was known for being much more lighthearted than his predecessor, as well as his signature unkempt appearance. One of the harsh realities of Doctor Who's classic...

Stars: Tom Butcher, Russell Biles, Ray Calleja, Aryana Neo, Corrinne Wicks, Lola Knight, Sylvester McCoy, Paul Foot | Written and Directed by James Eaves

It was pretty much inevitable that we’d get a movie like The Apocalypse Box at some point this year. With a contentious election and political rioting in both France and the UK, where the film is from, and a divisive vote just a few months away in the US, someone was going to make a politically themed horror film. And that someone is writer/director James Eaves.

Two armed men kill an elderly antique dealer, making her death look like a suicide. A shot of a box-shaped object transitions to one of a ballot box. It’s the day before the election and Piers Stonesmith is making a campaign appearance. Running on the slogan “Keep Britain British” his party is behind by eight points in the polls,...

Seventh Doctor actor Sylvester McCoy defends the political storytelling of Doctor Who. Picking up the role from Sixth Doctor Colin Baker in 1987 through the classic series' end in 1989, McCoy's Doctor was both a guiding mentor and a trickster challenging the powerful forces of the universe. While his tenure would bring the series to a close, the actor reprised his role for Big Finish's audio dramas, alongside on-screen returns in Doctor Who's 1996 TV movie and 2022's "The Power of the Doctor."

As Doctor Who will re-release McCoy's season 25 in a new boxset, the actor was present at a BFI screening of the remastered "The Happiness Patrol," where he commented on why political storytelling is vital to the series' success (via RadioTimes). Defending its place in the franchise from critiques levied by certain outlets in recent years, the actor explained that part of the series' original appeal was how it...

Doctor Who TV movie writer Matthew Jacobs has reunited with Paul McGann for a new Big Finish audio story.

To date, Paul McGann’s total screen time as the Doctor clocks in at under two hours, and the majority of that can be credited to screenwriter Matthew Jacobs, who penned the 1996 TV Movie. Though it’s perhaps not the most beloved piece of Doctor Who media, most fans now acknowledge that it’s an important bridge between the classic series and the glossy sheen and higher production values of the revived show.

The film saw Sylvester McCoy’s Seventh Doctor land in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve 1999, before promptly being gunned down outside the Tardis. He regenerates into Paul McGann’s Eighth Doctor, and teams up with Doctor Grace Holloway (Daphne Ashbrook) to fight The Master, who’s taken over the body of a paramedic (Eric Roberts) and...

The Dark Wizard in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2 may not be all evil, as his motives are cryptic and tied to The Stranger's story, as teased by co-showrunner Patrick McKay. Season 2 will explore the temptation of powerful beings to turn evil, echoing Gandalf and Saruman's struggles. The seeming new threat in Middle-earth could be one of two Istari, with ties to the three mysterious female wizards from season 1.

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power showrunner Patrick McKay addresses the implications of season 2's Dark Wizard, and where it fits into the original lore written by J R.R. Tolkien. The Prime Video fantasy series explored the rise of Sauron, his quest to construct a ring to rule them all, and the coming conflicts that will shape Middle-earth's Second Age. Alongside the return of Morfydd Clark's Galadriel, Charlie Vicker's Sauron, Robert Aramayo's Elrond,...

With legal issues to work out, a Doctor Who and Star Trek crossover may not happen, but casting beloved Doctors and companions is an easier alternative. Casting Doctor Who stars like Sylvester McCoy and Michelle Gomez in Star Trek shows can attract a wider audience. Star Trek is the one franchise David Tennant hasn't starred in, making him suitable for various roles in the franchise.

Although a crossover with Doctor Who may be a legal and logistical nightmare to achieve, there's no reason that Star Trek can't cast some beloved Doctor and companion actors. At a recent San Diego Comic-Con panel with Star Trek's Alex Kurtzman, Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies stated that both franchises "must" get together. While conceding that there were a lot of legal issues to work out, Rtd urged fans of Doctor Who and Star Trek to help make it happen by sharing fan...

Russell T Davies teases Mrs. Flood's bigger role in Doctor Who season 15 after her major season 14 finale twist. Speculation about Flood being a classic character like Romana has also been addressed by Davies, hinting at possible red herrings in the show. Flood's knowledge of Time Lords and her diabolical motives make her a force to be reckoned with in the upcoming season of the sci-fi classic show.

With Anita Dobson's Mrs Flood set to take on a greater role in Doctor Who season 15, showrunner Russell T Davies has teased the character's presence and addressed speculation about her true identity. The character made her debut in Ncuti Gatwa's first full story, "The Church on Ruby Road", as the neighbor to companion Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson), who seemingly has knowledge of the Time Lords. Flood would later return in "73 Yards", though her appearance in the Doctor Who season 14 finale...

Fallout: London mod brings post-apocalyptic franchise to England with new factions, quests, and voice talent from popular actors. Team Folon faced production delays due to Fallout 4's update, working with Gog to release the mod's previous versions of the game. This has currently left the mod unplayable on Epic Games Store due to its lack of rollback features. Console versions of Fallout 4 also lack rollback features, making it unlikely Fallout: London will be released on them any time soon. Further PlayStation restrictions could cause issues with Fallout: London ever releasing on the console.

Three years since its initial announcement, Team Folon's massive Fallout 4 conversion mod, Fallout: London, is finally available to download and play on PC following a surprise announcement on July 25. As its name would suggest, Fallout: London moves the post-apocalyptic franchise to England, showing how another part of the world is coping after the bombs fell, featuring new factions and quests.

Fallout: London is the newest mod for Fallout 4, and players will want to know how to install and play the game. You should be aware that it will only work on PC versions of the game, and that it will irrevocably change your Fallout 4 save. That makes it important to plan accordingly, and the installation itself can be a bit tricky depending on what version of the game you have.

Fallout: London is a brand new mod for Fallout 4, which at last allows players to travel to the British wasteland and head overseas. After spending the vast majority of time in the American wasteland, its a nice breath of fresh irradiated air. Players will have a blast with this mod featuring new characters, a new story, and new weapons if they can install it.

Related Fallout: London Mod Boasts Doctor Who Voice Talent

Fallout: London features Doctor Who stars Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy,...

After 5 years of development, Fallout: London mod is finally available, offering a new area, quests, fully-voiced NPCs, weapons, and more. The mod is free on Gog and requires Fallout 4: Goty Edition, with a separate launcher preventing future incompatibility issues. Team Folon's perseverance pays off as Fallout: London becomes one of the most popular mods in the Fallout community.

It's been a long time coming but those patient Fallout 4 fans who've waited five years for the extensive Fallout: London conversion mod can now finally begin their journey through the derelict streets of the UK's capital. Developed by a group of hobbyists and professionals going by the name Team Folon, Fallout: London is one of the most ambitious modding projects ever seen for any Fallout game and the fact that it exists at all is a testament to the creators' perseverance. Despite plenty of setbacks, launch day is here and...

David Tennant played the Tenth and Fourteenth Doctors in Doctor Who, with his return for the 60th anniversary specials. Sylvester McCoy briefly played the Sixth Doctor in the regeneration scene for Colin Baker's character. Colin Baker didn't film his own regeneration scene due to a disagreement with the BBC over his return to the show.

David Tennant played two different Doctors in Doctor Who, but he wasn't the only one to do so. The first time Tennant was in the series was as the Tenth Doctor from 2005 to 2010. However, Tennant returned briefly in 2023 to play the Fourteenth Doctor for the 60th anniversary specials. During Tennant's lengthy original tenure, he was incredibly popular with critics and fans, and many lauded his fun and vibrant portrayal.

While, according to writer and producer Russell T Davies, there are no plans in the foreseeable future for Tennant to return to Doctor Who, the...

Doctor Who's companion novels considered a different regeneration for the Doctor in 1996, one that involved him being blown to pieces and still coming back. The BBC rejected this idea as it pushed the character's abilities and the boundaries of regeneration too far. Regeneration has limits, with the Doctor needing to stay intact for a new form.

Doctor Who has seen many actors play The Doctor thanks to his regeneration abilities, but those abilities almost took a different direction in a 1996 installment of the Virgin New Adventures companion novels. Named for their publishers - Virgin Publishing - and intended to fill the void after the original Doctor Who show went off-air in 1989, the novels spanned from 1991 to 1998. They focused on Sylvester McCoy's Seventh Doctor until the final book. At that point, the focus shifted to a character named Bernice Summerfield, rather than Paul McGann's Eighth Doctor, originally introduced...

Epic Games Store players may be disappointed as they won't be able to access Fallout: London upon its launch due to compatibility issues with the new Fallout 4 patch. Team Folon had to delay the release of Fallout London indefinitely to ensure compatibility with Bethesda's next-gen update for Fallout 4. Players will need to downgrade their Fallout 4 version to play Fallout London, although an updated version for next-gen Fallout 4 may be released in the future.

Team FOLONs highly anticipated, extremely ambitious, Dlc-sized conversion mod for Fallout 4, Fallout London, may not be accessible to a group of PC players upon its launch. The mod was set to let players explore an apocalyptic version of the English capital with entirely new factions and quests and has attracted voice talent such as Baldur's Gate 3's Asterion actor Neil Newbon, Final Fantasy 16's Anna Demetriou, and Doctor Who alumni Sylvester McCoy and Colin Baker, with...

The Fallout: London mod is nearing launch after overcoming development setbacks. The mod will have its own installer and downgrader to prevent compatibility issues. The mod offers a unique, non-canon story set in a retro-futuristic London with new factions and enemies.

Despite its numerous setbacks, the massive Fallout 4 mod Fallout: London is closer than ever to launching as developer Team Folon dropped some exciting news for its followers. While the expansive add-on was initially meant to launch in early 2024, development was forced to pause and pivot after Bethesda dropped a "Next Gen" patch for Fallout 4, breaking many of the mod's systems. After months of recalibration, it seems a release is inevitable as the group working on the project has made some significant strides to ensure nothing messes with the mod again.

Posted by Team Folon on X (formerly Twitter), the group confirmed that "the end is in sight" as it...

Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred do battle with Daleks, Cybermen and more, as Doctor Who series 25 comes to Blu-ray.

The superb collection of Doctor Who series-by-series Blu-ray sets is set to complete the Sylvester McCoy era of the show this October. That’s thanks to the news that series 25 of the original series will be landing on the format, with a huge collection of extra features.

The four stories that make up the series are Remembrance Of The Daleks (up there with the best ever Dalek stories in Doctor Who history), The Happiness Patrol, the not-well-liked-but-i-liked-it 25th anniversary tale Silver Nemesis, and the really creepy The Greatest Show In The Galaxy. The latter not bad for a story filmed in a tent, when they couldn’t use the BBC’s usual studio facilities.

It’s an eight disc set that’s going to bring these four stories to the Blu-ray format,...

Mel will play a key part in tackling the mystery of Mrs. Flood in Doctor Who season 15. Bonnie Langford and Russell T Davies tease reveals about Mrs. Flood's true nature in upcoming episodes. Mel's return in season 15 may finally explore her past and long-held Doctor Who mysteries.

Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies and Bonnie Langford confirm Mel Bush will play a key part in tackling the mystery of Anita Dobson's Mrs. Flood in season 15. Langford made her classic series debut in Colin Baker's final season in 1986, and would continue into Sylvester McCoy's Seventh Doctor era before departing in 1987's "Dragonfire". After a brief cameo in Jodie Whitaker's final story "Power of the Doctor", Mel would join Unit and aid both David Tennant's Fourteenth Doctor and Ncuti Gatwa's Fifteenth Doctor.

While Mel played a pivotal, but tragic role in Doctor Who's season 14 finale, Davies...

Warning: This article contains Major Spoilers for the Doctor Who season 14 finale.

To understand Doctor Who season 14's finale, watching Tales of the Tardis is crucial for context on the Memory Tardis. Tales of the Tardis provides explanations on the purpose and abilities of the Memory Tardis, which the Fifteenth Doctor only briefly touches upon. The Memory Tardis has a significant narrative impact in Doctor Who season 14's finale, amplifying its role beyond the spinoff.

Doctor Whos season 14 finale introduces a concept that will make no sense to viewers who havent watched Doctor Whos newest spinoff show. The last episode of Doctor Who season 14 has finally released, wrapping up a thrilling debut season for Ncuti Gatwas Fifteenth Doctor. Like past finales, the ending of Doctor Who season 14 solves mysteries like the identity of Rubys mother while continuing to build the lore of the Whoniverse.

Sutekhs survival is explained by the...

Warning: contains spoilers for Doctor Who series 14 finale “Empire of Death”

That’s it now, until December. After bogeymonsters and bombs and Bridgerton balls, Doctor Who series 14 is over. The universe was saved, Sutekh has gone for good, the Susan Twist conundrum was answered, Ruby Sunday solved the mystery of her birth, and the Doctor is alone again and considering looking up his granddaughter

Between now and the arrival of Steven Moffat-scripted 2024 Christmas special “Joy to the World”, there’s plenty of time to chew over what we’ve seen, starting with any lingering questions from “Empire of Death”. Spoilers ahead.

What is the Memory Tardis?

UK fans first encountered the Memory Tardis (and its many Easter egg references to previous Doctor Who stories) in November 2023, as part of the show’s 60th anniversary celebrations. It’s the setting for Tales of the Tardis, a companion series exclusive to...

Working with multiple Doctors has shaped Mel Bush's character growth in Doctor Who across generations. Actress Bonnie Langford embraces the evolving qualities of each Doctor while staying true to the core character essence. Langford reflects on Mel's journey, adapting to new Doctor incarnations and the changing eras in the iconic series.

Classic Doctor Who star Bonnie Langford looks back on her appearances across multiple generations of the series and breaks down how working with multiple Doctors has affected Mel Bush. The star made her debut alongside Colin Baker's Sixth Doctor in 1984, remaining onboard the Tardis into Sylvester McCoy's era as the Seventh Doctor. After a brief cameo in 2022's "The Power of the Doctor," Langford returned alongside David Tennant's Fourteenth Doctor and Ncuti Gatwa's Fifteenth Doctor in the series' 60th anniversary special.

Ahead of her Doctor Who season 14 return, Langford opened up to Screen Rant...

“I think Mel’s got the best of every world, don’t you?” Bonnie Langford asks of her Doctor Who companion, who traveled with the Sixth (Colin Baker) and Seventh (Sylvester McCoy) incarnations of the Time Lord. She’s returned since, most recently in the 60th anniversary special, “The Giggle,” and now will be seen in the June 10 episode, “The Legend of Ruby Sunday.” Mel’s presence at Unit in “The Giggle” was a surprise to the Fourteenth Doctor (David Tennant) as she handed him a tablet. “I love the bit,” Langford tells TV Insider. “I love the bit where Catherine [Tate as companion Donna Noble] turned around and said, ‘I thought I was the only redhead.’ And I had to go, ‘No, I was the first,’ showing that there could be this kind of jealousy between companions. There’s almost a, ‘I was a better companion than you.’ I just love that. Because you think,...

Warning: contains spoilers for Doctor Who episode “Rogue”.

Just three episodes ago in “Boom”, the Doctor was trapped where he stood while a countdown ticked off the seconds until his death. In “Rogue”, he found himself in the same situation, but this time with the addition of a Kylie soundtrack and some excellent flirting.

Fifteen got out of the “Boom” trap by deactivating a landmine. He got out of the “Rogue” trap by properly introducing himself, both to Jonathan Groff’s bounty hunter, and to any new viewers late to this party. Rogue had mistaken the Doctor for the shape-shifting alien Chuldur he was on 19th century Earth to track down, and was seconds away from pressing the ‘incinerate’ button when the Doctor activated Rogue’s ship scanner and explained:

“I’m not a Chuldur. I’m something much older and far more powerful. I’m a Lord of Time...

We're returning to 1313 Mockingbird Lane yet again for a new television version of The Munsters, this time planned as a "darker reimagining" of the series.

Horror icon James Wan is producing a new series for Universal Studio Group (Usg) alongside showrunner Lindsey Anderson Beer (Pet Sematary: Bloodlines) and Ingrid Bisu. Wan's company, Atomic Monster, will produce this latest iteration alongside Lab Brew. The original 1964 sitcom initially aired on CBS for 70 episodes from 1964 to 1966.

According to Variety, the logline for this new version of The Munsters describes it as a horror show that "lives and breathes within the Universal Monsterverse." Between this, the recent success of Abigail (which was based on Dracula's Daughter), and the upcoming Wolf Man from Leigh Whannell, it seems like Universal is intent on making their "Dark Universe" work, even if it doesn't end up being interconnected like the MCU.

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The one fatal mistake that most TV shows make is using TV cameos gratuitously. If the cameo doesn't mean something to the audience and the characters in the show, it's pointless, and little more than a random Stan Lee Appears gag.

On the other hand, too many shows have fallen into the trap of celebrity worship with their cameos.

Having cast members gawk and gape at their celebrity crush as if to reinforce the celebrity's prestige while doing nothing for the universe we enjoy is a waste of talent.

For this list of the top TV cameos worth celebrating, we will focus on iconic cameo appearances that gave the show some unforgettable moments that made TV history.

Seinfeld Cast, Curb Your Enthusiasm

What better way to give Seinfeld the better ending many feel it deserved than by bringing back the cast and the original set and doing a bit of self-parody?...

The Hobbit: Five Key Differences Between the Book and the Movies - Main Image

Almost a decade after the critical and commercial success of The Lord of the Rings trilogy on film, director Peter Jackson journeyed back to Middle-earth to bring J.R.R. Tolkien's children's novel The Hobbit to the big screen in 2012.

Expanding The Hobbit lore into three parts allowed for more creative freedom to create new characters and scenarios written especially for the films. Here are five notable instances of the key changes made in the movies.

Related: Peter Jackson: "I Didn't Know What The Hell I Was Doing" When Directing The Hobbit

Azog, as One of the Main Antagonists

Azog the Defiler terrorises Thorin Oakenshield and his company throughout the three movies, seeking revenge after the dwarf-king cuts off his arm in a previous battle.

While Azog is as fearsome in the books as he is in the movies,...

Gatwa's dream multi-Doctor lineup includes Smith, Pertwee, and a Scottish Doctor team-up. Gatwa has received a lot of support from his Doctor Who predecessors for his role as the Fifteenth Doctor. Despite it being unlikely for multi-Doctor event to take place anytime soon, smaller stories may occur for special occasions.

Ncuti Gatwa reveals his dream multi-Doctor story line-up of classic and revival incarnations of the Time Lord ahead of his return as the Fifteenth Doctor's return in Doctor Who season 14. Gatwa took the key to the Tardis in Doctor Who's 60th anniversary's final act, succeeding David Tennant's Fourteenth Doctor before meeting companion Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson) in the 2023 seasonal special, "The Church on Ruby Road". Alongside Gatwa and Gibson, Doctor Who season 14 will feature the return of past companions Yasmin Finney, Bonnie Langford, and Jemma Redgrave as Rose Noble, Mel Bush, and Kate Stewart.

With the Tardis team...

The BBC will release partially lost Doctor Who story The Celestial Toymaker on DVD and Blu-ray, complete with animated episodes, in June.

The animation of 1966 William Hartnell Doctor Who story The Celestial Toymaker was confirmed in December last year, just before David Tennant’s 14th Doctor went up against Neil Patrick Harris’ version of the character.

The BBC has now released the artwork for the DVD and Blu Ray, which you can see here.

Thanks to Amazon, we also know that it will be released on the 10th of June.

The story, written by Brian Hayles with rewrites by script editor Donald Tosh, saw First Doctor William Hartnell and his companions Steven Taylor (Blue Peter icon Peter Purves) and Dodo Chaplet (Jackie Lane) battle the titular Toymaker, plsyed by Michael Gough, as he forces The Doctor to play the impossible Trilogic Game. Meanwhile, Steven and Dodo must work their way...

It’s the Rani. It’s always the Rani. Even when it definitely isn’t the Rani, well, it’s secretly the Rani.

That’s the running gag in the Doctor Who fandom every time it’s called upon to speculate about who or whatever is behind Something Mysterious and Evil happening on the show. If it’s not the Master, then it’s malevolent Time Lady the Rani. Monsters stealing time, cracks in the universe, milk going off even when kept in an adequately refrigerated container? It’s naughty scientist the Rani (even though it very rarely is).

As played by Kate O’Mara in season 22 and season 24, the character is a classic but little-seen Who villain whose reappearance on TV fans live both in eager anticipation and utter dread of. Four-part 1987 story “Time and the Rani” you see, is not popular.

“Time and the Rani” is not popular to...

One of the most interesting and insightful series on pop culture returns on Wednesday, March 20 as Vice TV’s “Icons Unearthed” series debuts not one, but two new series, with a third slated for slated this spring. On Wednesday at 9 p.m. Et, “Icons Unearthed: Lord of the Rings” will dive into the incredible history of arguably the most popular and successful fantasy franchise in history. You can watch Vice TV with a 7-Day Free Trial of Philo. You can also watch with Directv Stream, Sling TV, or Hulu Live TV.

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The “Icons Unearthed” season that focuses on the J.R.R. Tolkien masterpiece will be narrated by Graham McTavish who...

Doctor Who specials for charity provide hilariously funny insights into the show's world and characters since 1963. Crossover skits like "The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot" and "Time Crash" bring together classic and modern eras for fans. Familiar characters and actors make appearances in playful parodies, adding to the overall enjoyment of the series.

The hit British sci-fi show Doctor Who has seen plenty of comedy and charity specials air over the years, and while some were better than others, all gave audiences an enjoyable insight into the show's world. Since Doctor Who's initial release in 1963, and especially so since its reboot in 2005, Doctor Who has aired sketches, skits, and everything in between in the name of charity. Primarily, they've been broadcast for the charity television specials of Children in Need and Comic Relief, both of which are prominent live events in the UK.

With Doctor Who being such a staple in British culture,...

Eccleston's Ninth Doctor meets River Song for the first time in Big Finish's upcoming audio drama box-set release. The dynamic between the Ninth Doctor and River is challenging yet enjoyable, providing a unique encounter for both characters. River Song's encounter with the Ninth Doctor may prove difficult as he carries the guilt of the Time War, leaving her to grapple with him at his lowest.

Big Finish reveals that Christopher Eccleston's Ninth Doctor and Alex Kingston's River Song are set to cross paths in the next Doctor Who audio drama box-set release. Eccleston's Doctor ushered in the series revival in 2005 and has returned to the role through Big Finish's various audio drama releases since 2021. On the other hand, Kingston's River Song was introduced in the 2008 two-part story "Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead." She was soon revealed as the Doctor's wife and played a...

When it comes to sci-fi universes, Doctor Who can claim to have one of the biggest. Beyond its 60 years and counting of TV adventures, the show has three spin-off series (so far), two animated stories, one failed pilot, and a collection of licensed Doctor-less adventures, countless audios, comics, books, board games, tabletop RPGs, and that’s not including the stuff we missed which people are going to remind us about in the comments.

But there is one area where the Tardis just can’t quite seem to properly land – the world of video games.

If we look at Doctor Who’s compatriots in the Holy Triumvirate of Science Fiction Mega Franchises, Stars both Trek and Wars, this has never been as much of an issue. Star Wars was one of the first licenses to really fully embrace video games as a medium, and even if we only count the pure...

Paul McGann's Eighth Doctor, despite limited screen time, has left a lasting impact and reshaped the Doctor Who universe in various mediums. "The Power of the Doctor" episode playfully poked fun at McGann's unique portrayal and the controversial elements from his TV movie. Modern Doctor Who has integrated McGann's unconventional Doctor into the larger mythology, showing that the differences are now smaller than before.

Jodie Whittaker's farewell to Doctor Who allowed the Eighth Doctor's most notable appearance in franchise canon to be gently made fun of, and it happened with Paul McGann present. In her finale episode, Whittaker's Thirteenth Doctor came face-to-face with an impressive number of former actors to play the Doctor, and an exchange between two of them was a coy nod to McGann's Doctor Who movie.

Of all the actors to play the Doctor, Paul McGann ranks somewhere near the bottom of the rankings...

British actress Pamela Salem has died at the age of 80.

Salem, who starred in James Bond and Doctor Who, died on Wednesday, according to Big Finish Productions.

Born in 1944 in India, she played Bond’s secretary Miss Moneypenny in Sean Connery’s 1983 film Never Say Never Again, which is considered an unofficial addition to the Bond canon because it was not produced by Eon Productions.

Salem made guest appearances in Doctor Who as Professor Rachel Jensen, first appearing in 1988’s Remembrance of the Daleks episodes with Sylvester McCoy’s seventh Doctor.

She reprised the character in Counter-Measures, a Big Finish audio spin-off series. The more recent story in the series, The Dalek Gambit, was released in 2020.

She also guest starred in Big Finish’s The Fourth Doctor Adventures (reunited with Tom Baker) and then reprised the role of Toos in The Robots.

Other screen roles included 1978 crime film The Great Train Robbery...

In January 2024, Fourth Doctor companion Louise Jameson returned to Doctor Who in the short promotional film Leela vs the Time War for the release of the Season 15 Blu-ray boxset. It showed Jameson’s character on Gallifrey in the final moments of the Time War being threatened with extermination by the Daleks. “This is not how this ends,” says Leela, before transporting herself to the safety of the Tardis.

As reported by RadioTimes.com, writer/director Pete McTighe said at a BFI screening of 1977 episode “Horror of Fang Rock”, that he saw the new scene as “an opportunity to right [the] wrong” of Jameson’s character’s original exit, in which Leela was hurriedly married off to a Gallifreyan Time Lord.

McTighe has written increasingly ambitious promotional films for these series releases with original actors returning to play their roles, though the complexity of producing them means they won’t be done for every boxset.

CBS’ Young Sheldon will get a bit timey-wimey during its farewell season!

During a Television Critics Association winter press tour visit to the Warner Bros. TV hitcom’s set on Tuesday, a facsimile of Doctor Who‘s iconic Tardis (Time And Relative Dimension in Space) was spotted on a dolly.

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Most understandably, the sight of the...

Rtd's original idea of bringing back Steven Taylor as a cow in the Doctor Who 60th anniversary special would have been too ridiculous and made the episode seem like a parody. The inclusion of a cow working at Unit would have diminished the impact of Steven's return, and he deserves a better storyline after 58 years. While the cow storyline didn't work, there is still potential for bringing Steven back by having Unit restore his memories in future seasons, which could create interesting dynamics with other companions from different eras.

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Doctor Who's 60th-anniversary special, "The Giggle."

Rtd pulled together an extremely entertaining 60th anniversary special, but his original Doctor Who companion return idea for “The Giggle” would’ve hurt the episode. The Doctor Who 60th anniversary special, “The Giggle” brought back beloved companions Mel and Donna. Mel last appeared onscreen during the first...