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EXCLUSIVE: Fox Searchlight has preemptively acquired North American rights to The Personal History of David Copperfield, the Armando Iannucci-directed drama that makes its world premiere next month at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 5, to be followed by its European premiere as the opening film of…

Peter Capaldi is to star in a Mark Gatiss-penned ghost story for the BBC. The Doctor Who star is to feature in Martin's Close, an adaptation of the M.R. James story, for BBC Four alongside Wilf Scolding, Simon Williams, Sara Crowe, Fisayo Akinade and Elliot Levey. Written by Doctor Who and Sherlock writer Gatiss, who…

A Private War star Rosamund Pike, Doctor Who's Peter Capaldi, Crazy Rich Asians' Gemma Chan and Kingsman's Taron Egerton have joined the voice cast of the BBC and Netflix's adaptation of Watership Down. It comes as the first images of the show are revealed. The quartet join the likes of James McAvoy, Daniel Kaluuya…

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…

Doctor Who fans will get a double-dose of their hero for Christmas. BBC America will follow the previously announced Doctor Who Christmas special, Twice Upon A Time, with an all-new special Doctor Who: Farewell to Peter Capaldi. The announcement was made with the release of a new Twice Upon a Time trailer. Narrated by…

“You know who I am,” says the good Doctor in this sneak peek at Twice Upon a Time, the upcoming Doctor Who Christmas special. “You knew me the minute you saw me.” Watch the clip below. Arriving on Christmas Day on BBC America, the holiday episode features Peter Capaldi — the current and outgoing Time Lord — and Game of…

In a retrospective session at New York Comic-Con, Peter Capaldi said that playing the title role in British TV juggernaut Doctor Who brought many pleasures but proved all-consuming. After four years, he said he felt it was best to leave before it ever felt like a routine. “It fills up your life,” he said. “You don't…

Saying goodbye is often bittersweet but today for Peter Capaldi’s final Comic-Con panel as Doctor Who, a rousing Hall H send-off could not have been a bad way to exit – especially with the roars that erupted when a teaser for the Christmas Special of the BBC America series was dropped for the fans. Months ahead of its…

"The thing about Doctor Who is, it's a tremendously flexible show," departing showrunner Steven Moffat said of the long-running Time Lord series soon launching its 13th Doctor and first woman in the role of the dual-hearted Gallifreyan. "It's tremendously light on its feet, and being tremendously light on its feet…

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…

EXCLUSIVE: Peter Capaldi's last season on Doctor Who may be coming to an end with tomorrow night's finale, but his incarnation of the beloved Time Lord still has a Christmas special left and, it turns out, one last big bow at Comic-Con. Add to that eccentric drama fun that less than a year after its Max Landis-penned…