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The BBC has finally confirmed one of the worst kept secrets in television: Jodie Whittaker and showrunner Chris Chibnall are quitting Doctor Who. The duo have been in charge of the Tardis since 2017 and will be leaving BBC Studios’ iconic sci-fi franchise next year. Before they exit, they will bring fans Season 13…

EXCLUSIVE: Doctor Who showrunner Chris Chibnall has promised fans that season 12 is going to open with the biggest and most ambitious episode ever of the BBC sci-fi drama. Chibnall told Deadline that Jodie Whittaker’s Tardis-travelling time lord will be thrown into action in a “movie-like” two-part curtain-raiser…

Doctor Who showrunner Chris Chibnall has regenerated the BBC show’s writing team ahead of the launch of season 12 in early 2020. Nina Metivier, writer of BBC and Netflix series The A List, and A Discovery Of Witches writer Charlene James have penned their first episodes of the sci-fi drama, as has Maxine Alderton, who…

SPOILER ALERT: This story includes details about the Doctor Who Season 11 premiere today.  "Not yet who I am, brain and body still rebooting, reformatting," says Jodie Whittaker's just-regenerated Time Lord in the Season 11 opener of Doctor Who, shown all over the world and at a near- packed Theater at Madison Square…

"Loud and amazing" said Jodie Whittaker today of her first Comic-Con as Doctor Who. However, over a year after it was made public that Whittaker had the role of the 13th Doctor, the actor warned fans not to expect any big reveals for the upcoming season, set to debut on BBC America this fall. "You can't say anything…

"It's a perfect job for any actor because even though there's the 12 previous shoes that you're filling, you're able creatively to make it your own," says Jodie Whittaker, as the 13th Doctor Who and first woman to play the Time Lord prepares to hit the stage in her Comic-Con debut this morning. "So, I think rather…

Yesterday’s Doctor Who Christmas special was the last episode for Peter Capaldi, who had played the 12th Time Lord since 2013 and earlier this year said he felt it was “time to move on.” The episode also marked the first (brief) appearance of Jodie Whitaker as the 13th doctor. The Broadchurch actress was cast with…

In a first for a woman, Jodie Whittaker has been set to take over the lead in BBC One and BBC America’s Doctor Who. Whittaker becomes the 13th Time Lord in the sci-fi series, stepping into the TARDIS to replace the exiting Peter Capaldi. The actress has most recently been seen in ITV’s Broadchurch, whose creator Chris…

Peter Capaldi just wrapped his last regular season as the 12th Time Lord after announcing in January that he would be exiting the Doctor Who role. He still has the Christmas Special to come — and a final appearance at Comic-Con this month — but Whovians who’ve been chomping to learn the identity of the next actor to…

UPDATED with details throughout: Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat is stepping down as head writer and executive producer of the hit series after the upcoming Season 10, and Broadchurch EP Chris Chibnall will be taking over the reins. The news was revealed on the show’s Twitter feed and confirmed by BBC…

Showrunner Chris Chibnall’s acclaimed TV series Broadchurch returned to British screens for its second season Monday night with a stellar 7.6 million viewers and 30% audience share for ITV. That’s up by 800k viewers on the first series opener back in  2013. The second series sees actors David Tenant and Olivia Colman…