The complete 1963-1989 run of Doctor Who has been made available in the U.S. for the first time since the show was removed from Netflix last year.

Formerly to be found in it’s entirety on Netflix, the Classic Series was moved to Amazon Prime by the BBC in 2016, yet only in a semi-complete form. With several episodes listed as unavailable. Those wishing to have access to a complete collection online have been left with few options - until now.

As of this week, all 26 [...]

With the issue of a female Doctor becoming ever more prominent and the likes of Mark Gatiss claiming it’s time a woman was cast in the lead Doctor Who role, current show runner Steven Moffat has now revealed why he himself has never cast a woman.

Speaking to Samira Ahmed at the Hay Festival, Moffat said:

“I didn’t not cast a woman, I cast a man. I didn’t because I wanted to cast Matt Smith and I wanted to cast Peter Capaldi. I didn’t think it was a terrible idea, I just thought, ‘I want to cast [...]

Scottish actor Alan Cumming has revealed that he’s twice been approached to take on the Doctor Who lead role, once during the Russell T. Davies era and once more recently.

Cumming, who is currently starring in The Good Wife, didn’t reveal when exactly he was approached to become the Doctor, but did reveal that discussions he had were with “that lovely Welshman” indicating he was under consideration either for the Ninth Doctor, a role eventually taken by Christopher Eccleston, or the Tenth Doctor, a role taken by David Tennant.