Doctor Who: The Interstellar Song Contest

Doctor WhoThe 892nd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 193rd episode since the series’ revival), starring Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu. Rylan Clark, Graham Norton, Julie Dray, and Carole Anne Ford guest star.

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Doctor Who: Wish World

Doctor WhoThe 893rd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 194th episode since the series’ revival), starring Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu. Millie Gibson, Archie Panjabi, Bonnie Langford, Jemma Redgrave, Anita Dobson, and Ruth Madeley guest star in part one of the two-part season finale.

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Doctor Who: The Reality War

Doctor WhoThe 894th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 195th episode since the series’ revival), starring Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu. Millie Gibson, Archie Panjabi, Bonnie Langford, Jemma Redgrave, Anita Dobson, and Ruth Madeley guest star in part two of the two-part season finale.

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Go Figure

Go FigureRoundel Books publishes the non-fiction book Go Figure by Richard Lloyd, a detailed chronicle of every figure released in Character Options’ two decades of producing Doctor Who action figures, initially for the BBC’s 21st century revival of the TV series but eventually adding many characters from the 20th century run as well. Read more

Nabil Shaban, actor, dies

Nabil ShabanActor Nabil Shaban, who portrayed the slug-like alien capitalist Sil in late 1980s Doctor Who, dies at the age of 72. First appearing in 1985’s Vengeance On Varos, Sil was penciled in for a rematch against the Doctor in an episode that would’ve been titled Mission To Magnus, which was ultimately abandoned as the BBC demanded a rethink of the series’ 23rd season; despite this, Sil still make a comeback in parts five through eight of The Trial Of A Time Lord. Mission To Magnus would later be released as a novelization, and finally as a full-cast Big Finish audio drama, in which Shaban revived the role of Sil. (He appeared in another Big Finish audio, Antidote To Oblivion, in 2014, and revived Sil onscreen in the direct-to-video project Sil And The Devil Seeds Of Arodor. The character of Sil was popular enough to become an action figure.) Shaban turned his disability to his advantage in playing the part of the legless creature, but also advocated for other actors with disabilities throughout his career.