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Doctor Who has paid tribute to classic series cast member Jean Marsh following her death at age 90. Marsh played The First Doctor's companion Sara Kingdom in the 1960s.

BBC News reported that Marsh's friend, the director Sir Michael Lindsay-Hogg, confirmed that Marsh died "peacefully in bed looked after by one of her very loving carers" on Sunday (April 13). Doctor Who later published its own tribute to Marsh on X, saying it was "sad to report" news of the former companion's death.

We're sad to report the passing of Jean Marsh, who played multiple roles in Doctor Who over the years including companion Sara Kingdom, Joan of England and the sorceress Morgaine â¤ï¸â¤ï¸Read more here âž¡ï¸ https://t.co/31gID2TOCqpic.twitter.com/LEhWIpgCln— Doctor Who (@bbcdoctorwho) April 14, 2025 Jean Marsh Dies at Age 90

The actress first appeared in Doctor Who in a minor role in 1965's First Doctor serial "The Crusade,...

Alongside being one of the longest-running sci-fi shows on the planet, Doctor Who is often regarded as a drama. Complete with an array of fearsome monsters and life-or-death situations; it's no wonder the show has had fans on the edge of their seats for over 60 years. Not to mention, it never hesitates to pull on audiences' heartstrings with its tear-jerking farewells.

But when Doctor Who isn't making generations of fans hide behind the sofa, it's usually making them laugh. Since the 2005 reboot, the show has focused on adding a few more comedic moments, especially when it comes to its all-star cast like Catherine Tate and John Bishop. As such, it seems that modern Doctor Who wouldn't be the same without its wittier moments.

The Eleventh Doctor Finds a Unique Use for Everything Season 5, Episode 11, "The Lodger"

Fans adore the Eleventh Doctor for his child-like optimism and silly demeanor, and these...

Almost 20 years ago, the revival of Doctor Who almost began very differently, thanks to the most advanced version of the Cybermen. As it stands now, the Christopher Eccleston era of Doctor Who began with the Ninth Doctor, a product of the Time War having (at the time) presumably regenerated from the Eighth Doctor (before the intermediary War Doctor was introduced into franchise lore.)

The 2005 revamp almost began completely differently, starting with The Flood by Scott Gray, Gareth Roberts, Martin Geraghty, Roger Langridge, John Ross, Mike Collins, Anthony Williams, and Adrian Salmon. The story arc collects the final volume of Doctor Who Magazine comic strips starring the Eighth Doctor, published between July 2004 and February 2005, before the Ninth Doctor's televised debut. It features the future form of the Cybermen, which evolve into a completely inhuman cyborg body. It was also originally intended to kill off the Eighth Doctor in canon.

The Eighth...

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Neil Gaiman, Robert Pattinson, Band of Brothers, and more in today's daily Link Tank!

Here are sixteen Neil Gaiman novels that you should be reading right now.

"With the release of the Good Omens TV series this weekend, based on the book by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, this is a heavenly time to be a Gaiman fan. If you've already finished the series and are hungry for more supernatural, smart fiction, we've compiled a list of the best Neil Gaiman books to get lost in. Be warned — many adventures await!"

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Here's why Robert Pattinson may be the best Batman ever.

"Robert Pattinson is the Batman we deserve and the one we need right now. A Friday report from Deadline confirmed that the former Twilight actor will play Bruce Wayne/Batman in a trilogy helmed by Matt Reeves, and anyone complaining about...

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Season 11 has ended, but Doctor Who is the story that never ends. What did Torchwood, The Sarah Jane Adventures and Class leave unanswered?

This article comes from Den of Geek UK.

This feature contains spoilers for every series of Torchwood, The Sarah Jane Adventures, and Class.

It's a big universe out there and it's only got bigger since Doctor Who returned. Returning to screens in the multi-channel age, it's not surprising that the new series' success has led to spin-offs. In the last 13 years, the program has evolved into one of the BBC's biggest global properties, creating more chances to explore the Whoniverse for its writers and producers.

Beyond the Tardis-faring adventures of Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant, Matt Smith, Peter Capaldi, and now Jodie Whittaker, we've had three major spin-off series “from the world of Doctor Who” since 2005. All were made for vastly different audiences to each other,...

Take a glimpse inside Princess Margaret‘s indulgent morning routine!

According to an excerpt from Ma’am Darling by Craig Brown, which was posted on Twitter by writer Gareth Roberts, the then 25-year-old royal would start her day with breakfast in bed, followed by two hours in bed listening to the radio, reading the newspapers (“which she invariably left scattered over the floor”) … and chain-smoking.

Margaret, who was quite the social butterfly as evidenced in Netflix’s The Crown, would then take a leisurely hour-long bath run for her by her lady’s maid.

At noon, she would have her hair and make-up done,...

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A Doctor Who episode from legendary author Douglas Adams will be finished via animation, featuring the voices of the original actors...

When Douglas Adams unexpectedly died in 2001, he left a monumental void in the world of science fiction. Through works like The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy and Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency he established himself as a literary idol for an entire generation who would grow up to see many of his seemingly far-out ideas come to fruition. That phone you might be reading this article on is basically a real-life Hitchhiker's Guide, and a small reminder that as bad as things are right now, they aren't entirely terrible.

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As you are probably well aware, a pre-fame Adams was a script editor for Doctor Who during Tom Baker's tenure on that series. Along with giving the show some,...

Scott Varnham Aug 3, 2017

If Doctor Who were to take on the challenge of broadcasting a future episode live, what might be involved?

It’s all change in the world of Doctor Who at the moment. The 13th Doctor has been revealed to be Jodie Whittaker (off Broadchurch) and Kris Marshall has gone from being the rumoured new Doctor to being the rumoured new companion. So we’re taking a look at a bold step that the production team could take, if they decided to: putting on Doctor Who’s first live television episode. (Watch this get leaked to the Sun as insider information.)

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In a way, this would be going back to Who’s roots in ‘as-live’ television. While the episodes were never broadcast live, the difficulty of editing footage in those days meant that directors...

Doctor Who warps back on to our screens in two short days, with the premiere of a new 12-part series of sci-fi, sonic screwdrivers and Capaldi attack eyebrows.

But while the BBC has broadcast more than 800 episodes of generation-defining time travels, there's been as many cracking scripts that never made it to our TVs – from key character deaths to Jk Rowling cameos.

1. Jk Rowling vs. wizards

Russell T Davies' first idea for the 2008 Christmas special was to have the Doctor meet Jk Rowling - playing herself - with the pair battling wizards and witches.

David Tennant wasn't fond of the idea - he felt it sounded like a spoof - so Davies quashed the story to placate his leading man. In its place, we got 'The Next Doctor', which was pretty magical in its own right - so no damage, no foul.

2. Stephen Fry's 1920s adventure

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It's all over bar the shouting now, as the heavily-hyped return of Tfi Friday finally hit screens tonight (June 12).

Chris Evans put together a true spectacle, jam-packed with Liam Gallagher and Blur returning as the kings of Britpop, Shaun Ryder trying to keep his mouth shut and Jeremy Clarkson bickering with Evans over the Top Gear succession.

10 classic Tfi Friday moments, from Shaun Ryder swearing to Freak or Unique

Twitter had a feeding frenzy with tonight's Tfi Friday revival, so we round up reaction below:

1. An event 15 years in the making

Been up since 3.07 a.m. Sleep vastly over rated

Cut To 10 O'Clock News:"Tonight on C4 a ginger man slept all the way through his own show"

— Chris Evans (@achrisevans) June 12, 2015

Yep I'm definitely at Tfi Friday!!! pic.twitter.com/MvICq2JKxP

— Graham Albans (@GrahamAlbans) June 12, 2015

In case you've been living in a cave #TFIFriday is back, live on Ch4 at 9pm.

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With The Well-Mannered War, Big Finish takes the final leap, in this reviewer’s opinion, from uncertain steps to confident strides. Not in terms of their overall Doctor Who output, which is wonderful, but in the quality and effectiveness of their Virgin Missing Adventures audio conversions. With this final segment in the Gareth Roberts ‘Fourth Doctor...

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Lalla Ward has made a very welcome to the role of Romana recently in three well-received adaptations of Gareth Roberts novels for Big Finish. Time, then for a quick trip through the archives to visit some clips and curiosities featuring Lalla on screen… If you watch a more bizarre YouTube clip than this today I’ll...

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Antonia Thomas is to star a new supernatural thriller Thea which has just started filming in London. She stars alongside Luke Norris (recently seen in Poldark) as a young couple in London whose lives are turned upside down when the birth of their first child is accompanied by terrifying entities that threaten their newly formed family.

Antonia (represented by Curtis Brown) graduated from Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in 2009 and immediately landed the role of Alisha in E4's Misfits, a role she played for three series. She was nominated for the Best Female Newcomer Empire Award for her role in hit musical-feature Sunshine on Leith. She recently played the lead role of Evie in new comedy series Scrotal Recall for Channel 4 as well as the love interest in last summer's hit Northern Soul on the big screen.

Directed by Nirpal Bhogal (Sket, Misfits) and produced by Uzma Hasan...

"Misfits" star Antonia Thomas has booked a lead role alongside Luke Norris and Eileen Davies in the London-set supernatural thriller "Thea," to be directed by Nirpal Bhogal ("Sket") and produced by Uzma Hasan. The film follows young couple, played by Antonia Thomas and Luke Norris, whose lives are turned upside down when they experience supernatural evils while struggling with the birth of their first child. Co-produced by Gareth Roberts and Jezz Vernon, expect some beastly scares in this one, as Paul Hyett ("The Woman in Black") has signed up to be the film's creature designer. The film is a co-production between...

Exclusive: Misfits and Northern Soul star leads cast on London thriller.

Misfits and Northern Soul star Antonia Thomas is leading cast alongside Luke Norris (Poldark) and Eileen Davies (Sightseers) on London-set thriller Thea, which is now underway in the capital.

Directed by Nirpal Bhogal (Sket, Misfits) and produced by Uzma Hasan (The Infidel), the film is co-produced by Gareth Roberts and Jezz Vernon.

Thomas and Norris play a young couple whose lives are turned upside down when the birth of their first child is accompanied by terrifying entities that threaten their newly formed family.

Paul Hyett (The Woman in Black) is the creature designer while the team behind electro outfit Gazelle Twin will be comprising an original score under the moniker Newt and Benge.

The film is a co-production between Little House Productions and Moli Films and is the first of a slate announced by Screen earlier this year for which Metrodome is selling internationally and releasing...

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Now That’S how you convert a set of old Doctor Who novels into something amazing. Sitting down to enjoy the fevered delights contained in the Gareth Roberts box set from Big Finish, two dramatizations of 1990’s Virgin Doctor Who novels by the man himself; this reviewer was both excited as well as apprehensive. Although the...

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Big Finish is finally entering current Doctor Who continuity with the Unit Extinction adventures, but what does that mean?

During Doctor Who’s 50th anniversary celebrations, everybody had their own favourite moments. Maybe yours was seeing Matt Smith and David Tennant sparring with each other. Maybe it was the “all thirteen!” moment on Gallifrey, seeing Tom Baker turn up at the end to say “Hi! I’m Tom Baker! How cool is that?”, or watching Peter Davison and Colin Baker try and break into the BBC. There was no shortage of punch-the-air moments for fans. But as someone who spent nearly every moment of the anniversary bouncing up and down and literally clapping my hands with glee, the highpoint came towards the end of Paul McGann’s Eighth Doctor short, The Night of the Doctor. Just before he regenerates, he utters the words “Charlie, C'rizz, Lucy, Tamsin, Molly, friends, companions I've known,...

The stars were out in London at The O2 Arena tonight (January 21) as Dermot O'Leary hosted the 20th National Television Awards.

From "Georgie Shore" to David Tennant's surprise award, social media has been abuzz throughout the ceremony.

We round up the best social media reactions to the 20th National Television Awards below:

1. All the biggest TV stars were present and looking dapper!

Another photo of #DavidTennant and Olivia Colman in press room #NTAs pic.twitter.com/IlVGN7Ujt3

— David Tennant (@David_Tennant) January 21, 2015

Wait...I am seeing this right. Samuel Anderson is dressed in a coat and deerstalker at the NTAs right? pic.twitter.com/j8qYVgcST5

— Benefluff Cumberpuff (@SheRacheLockedy) January 21, 2015

At the Nta's in our lovely box, with my gorgeous peeps @samdowler @VickyGShore @SamanthaFaiers #NTAs pic.twitter.com/yW1k183nMQ

— Casey Batchelor (@CaseyBatchelor) January 21, 2015

Looking gorgeous, our Loose Women heading off to tonight #NTAs. Wishing our @RuthieeL & @itvthismorning good luck!

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Fans of the Fourth Doctor, Gareth Roberts and the Virgin/BBC Books series of Missing Adventures from the 1990s and early 2000s should be ecstatic today with the release of The Fourth Doctor by Gareth Roberts, a two-story boxset from Big Finish. A five disc set in a deluxe book packaging, The Fourth Doctor by Gareth Roberts (£40.00 physical, £25...

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Despite being a television creation, our favourite time lord has had a long association with the printed page. More than one fan over the years has revealed that they discovered Doctor Who through reading the popular Target novelisations of the television series, rather the onscreen original. When the series went into its long sixteen year hiatus in the nineties however, the Doctor Who novel really came of age, at first under the aegis of Virgin Publishing, and later under BBC Books’ own imprint. Although the novels carried over many of the same authors between companies.

By the time the programme came back in 2005, the Doctor had enjoyed well over 200 adventures across his many incarnations, and several writers would eventually create stories for the new series, including Gareth Roberts and Paul Cornell. So far Cornell is only writer to have seen his own novel Human Nature realised as a television adventure,...

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Gareth Roberts’ The Highest Science is one of the more well-remembered adventures from the days when new episodes of Doctor Who came as monthly releases in novel form. As such, it’s release as an adapted audio adventure starring Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor and Lisa Bowerman as Bernice Summerfield has been hotly anticipated. So much...

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What do we know about Doctor Who series 9 so far, and what threads is it likely to pick up? Here's what we know so far...

This article contains spoilers for Doctor Who series 8.

If the ending of Doctor Who series 8, Death In Heaven suggested one thing - appreciating we've got a Christmas special to come (with Nick Frost as Santa!) - it's that series 9 of the revived show will somewhere along the line feature Gallifrey. It's been teased very heavily again, even if its location is still a mystery. So as we look ahead to Doctor Who series 9, let's kick off with one or two story threads, that remain ripe for exploration. After all, the Doctor had what he thought were the exact coordinates for his home planet, and couldn't wait to see if it was there. It wasn't, but Death In Heaven does offer a good hint that series...

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Following the success (and quality) of is adaptation of Douglas Adams’ famous incomplete Doctor Who serial Shada, Gareth Roberts seemed a shoe-in for City of Death. So when his name was announced in connection to the book, fans were delighted. So you can imagine the echo of disappointment this week when it transpired that Roberts...

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In the second part of The Man Who Would Be King, we assess Gareth Roberts' credentials. Could he be the next Doctor Who showrunner?

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Viewers of a certain age may remember a quirky kids TV show called Grandad in which Clive Dunn played Charlie Quick, an absent-minded old caretaker who would almost certainly end each episode by drowning his spluttering boss in a tidal wave of fizzy drinks spurting from a malfunctioning dispenser unit.

Good times. And refreshingly free of the moronic TV programming that viewers have to endure these days. This ratings-driven disease has conveniently eaten its way into good old Doctor Who, which has been pushed back to 8.30 in order to make way for two tacky hours worth of Z-list celebs moving around a big floor. Considering that Doctor Who is supposed to be a family programme, pushing it back to make way for the lowest-common-denominator trash of Strictly Come Dancing makes about as much sense as a man trying to give directions with 100 gobstoppers in his mouth. That's the whole junior audience left out for starters.

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Our friends at Big Finish have shared with us the brand new cover artwork for the two titles in the upcoming second volume of the Doctor Who: Novel Adaptations series, Gareth Roberts’ The Well-Mannered War and Russell T. Davies’ Damaged Goods. Of course you’ll recognize the former as the writer behind last week’s episode, The

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Gareth Roberts has been giving the lowdown on his latest Doctor Who script, and reveals he had a brief for The Caretaker to put the Doctor back into an everyday situation as lived by we humans after the intergalactic wanderings of recent weeks: “Steven Moffat and Brian Minchin wanted to show the new Doctor in

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What did you think of this week’s Doctor Who, The Caretaker, by Gareth Roberts? We liked it, and you can find out just how much the podKast team enjoyed it by clicking play on our latest podKast. Christian Cawley, James McLean and Brian A Terranova are your hosts. Kasterborous PodKast Series 4 Episode 34 Shownotes

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Almost every Doctor Who writer has a certain thumbprint that they tend to leave on the stories they write. Steven Moffat has mind-melting time paradoxes, Classic Who scribe Robert Holmes had unsubtle political commentary, and Gareth Roberts has the Doctor trying to blend in with modern day humans; with The Caretaker being his third episode in a row to use this plot device.

But that’s not necessarily a bad thing since he tends to do it very well. Despite the mass of similarities to The Lodger (2010) and Closing Time (2011), The Caretaker manages to carve its own little niche as a relaxed comedic episode thanks largely to the completely different character dynamics at play this time around.

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The real thing that the episode has going for it is the humour. It’s not the out there gag-a-minute humour of Robot Of Sherwood but it’s still a very...

You think it’s hard to balance a life as a mother and a businesswoman, or that of a governor and a single dad, how about alternating trying to cultivate a new relationship while you’re off saving the universe? Clara Oswald has got this very problem. Luckily she down’t have to deal with it alone, she’s got…

The Caretaker

By Gareth Roberts and Steven Moffat

Directed by Paul Murphy

After an exhausting montage of travels across the universe that need to end in tome for making dates with Danny Pink, The Doctor is pleased to let Clara know that she’ll be getting some time to herself. He’s got a job he needs to handle on his own, and is somewhat vague when pressed for details. She happily reports to Danny that while she has been distracted of late, she’ll be more centered on him for a bit.

Doctor Who has always been a writer’s show. The opening credit emphasizing the author of each episode is our constant reminder, but we still might take that for granted. There are a lot of names who’ve written adventures for the Doctor and his companions, and they’re not most of them household names, nor are all of them consistent in their quality or genre. The two most recent episodes, however, need to have their authors acknowledged for different reasons. Last week, it had to be said that Steve Thompson is always boring. This week, with “The Caretaker,” Gareth Roberts has to be recognized as being a wonderfully clever yet down-to-earth voice who has been greatly missed for the past few years. Maybe it’s because he’s been writing Doctor Who stories, originally in novel form, since the early 1990s, but he just seems to get it. There is a lot going on in “The...

Doctor Who, Season 8, Episode 6, “The Caretaker”

Written by Gareth Roberts & Steven Moffat

Directed by Paul Murphy

Airs Saturdays at 9pm Et on BBC America

This week, on Doctor Who: Danny isn’t an idiot, the Doctor can’t be bothered, and Clara is far too calm

Remember when the Doctor was nice? Let’s lower the bar: remember when he wasn’t an asshole? “The Caretaker” should be a lighthearted episode, a character-heavy look at what happens when Clara’s two worlds come crashing together. Instead, the episode’s lighter moments are weighed down by the Twelfth Doctor resuming old habits and treating Clara just as disrespectfully as the Eleventh Doctor. After weeks of promising developments (Clara’s front and center in “Deep Breath”, “Robot of Sherwood”, and “Listen”), after thoughtful, honest conversations between the Doctor and Clara and episodes that took their time, with “The Caretaker”, writers Gareth Roberts...

Doctor Who returns to Earth with a covert adventure from Gareth Roberts, writer of Agatha Christie-inspired episode “The Unicorn and the Wasp.” This episode, while genuinely as entertaining as this season’s most recent tales, very well may be the most integral in terms of solidifying Capaldi’s brilliance as the iconic Time Lord (and vindicating Moffat for… lesser times).

“The Caretaker,” written by Roberts and Steven Moffat, marks the return of the Doctor’s (Peter Capaldi) alter ego, John Smith, who must go undercover as the caretaker of Clara’s (Jenna Coleman) school in order to save the Earth from a misplaced alien known as the Skovox Blitzer. To help matters further, a suspicious Danny ...

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Well wasn’t that an enjoyable new episode of Doctor Who? The Skovox Blitzer was certainly impressive, but we think you’ll agree that the Doctor probably shouldn’t take up cleaning responsibilities in any schools in future – at least, not in his current incarnation. That, ladies, gentlemen and appropriate self-identifiers was The Caretaker, by Gareth Roberts

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Peter Capaldi is on top comedy form again, as he goes undercover as The Caretaker. Here's our spoiler-filled review...

This review contains spoilers. Our spoiler-free review is here.

8.6 The Caretaker

"There has been a spillage"

For five weeks, the new series of Doctor Who has flung Clara and the Doctor from Earth, to inside a Dalek, to Sherwood Forest, to a room with a strange blanket in it, through to last week's planetary bank heist. It's been a real mix of stories and adventures, all the time gradually threaded with the growing romance between Clara and Danny Pink, and the mysteries of Missy.

The Caretaker, another really good episode of the show (arguably one of the best of an impressive run), puts the brakes on just a little. And thus, while it returns to those two underlying threads, it also stops long enough so that people can actually have a chat.

Recently, BBC released these new spoiler pictures for their upcoming "Doctor Who" episode 6 of season 8 ,and they feature new looks at the main stars doing their thing, including one ugly monster as the Doctor attempts an undercover scheme in this one. The episode is titled, "The Caretaker." The official synopsis for episode 6, reads like this: "When terrifying events threaten Coal Hill school, the Doctor will decide to go undercover. The Skovox Blitzer will be ready to destroy all humanity, and worse, any second now, Danny Pink and the Doctor are going to meet. The episode was written by Gareth Roberts and Steven Moffat, and it was directed by Paul Murphy." Episode 6 will air tomorrow night, September 27th at 7:30pm on BBC.

Recently, BBC released this new, 2nd sneak peek/spoiler clip (below) for their upcoming "Doctor Who" episode 6 of season 8 ,and it appears to be pretty drama-filled as the Doctor and Clara bicker over his latest plans until the Doctor breaks down that no one is safe unless he does this undercover scheme, and more. The episode is titled, "The Caretaker." The official description for this episode, reads like this: "When terrifying events threaten Coal Hill school, the Doctor will decide to go undercover. The Skovox Blitzer will be ready to destroy all humanity, and worse, any second now, Danny Pink and the Doctor are going to meet. The episode was written by Gareth Roberts and Steven Moffat, and it was directed by Paul Murphy." Episode 6 airs tomorrow night, September 27th at 7:30pm on BBC.

With series 8 referencing 'heaven', Nathan traces Doctor Who's varied relationships with atheism and faith...

I was a massive Simpsons fan as a child. And when I say ‘massive’, I really do mean - huge. It’s still one of the more memorable moments prior to my wedding day: emptying out my childhood bedroom with my (now) wife, only for her to discover notebooks filled with minute observations about the show. Obscure number plates, birthdays of secondary characters, dates of key events and much more besides. Having already paid for the reception venue she couldn’t exactly retract her commitment to marry me, although my mind contemplated that possibility when she hyperventilated laughing at ‘little Nathan’, circa 1999.

My point is this: I wasn’t just a fan, I was an über-fan.

You might be asking, “what’s this got to do with Doctor Who?” - trust me, I’m getting there.

Doctor Who series 8 remains on good form with the latest instalment. Here's our spoiler-free look at The Caretaker...

Remember when Doctor Who returned back in 2005, and we had Boom Town? Where, after weeks of running around and explosions, the bulk of the episode was characters having a conversation, with a bit of plot going on around them? It's an episode we've always been fond of, as rarely does Who have space to invest a good chunk of an episode in fleshing characters and themes out in such a way.

But The Caretaker, after a fairly breathless opening five episodes, finds that time. As such, it does a lot of very good character work that deals with things which have been building up for weeks. On top of that, it draws the best performance of the series to date from both Jenna Coleman (who shows terrific range) and Samuel Anderson. And...

Overalls, robots, people falling over! Check out some action packed pics from Doctor Who’s The Caretaker here…

As is now a weekly Wednesday tradition at the BBC, we have been treated today to some promotional pictures from this Saturday’s Doctor Who episode.

Starting at the later time of 20:30, this Saturday we’ve got The Caretaker, the latest from Gareth Roberts - scribe of The Lodger, Closing Time, The Unicorn And The Wasp and The Shakespeare Code. Mr Steven Moffat, like last week, co-wrote the episode too.

Without further ado, here’s the images…

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Sneak Peek new footage and images from the upcoming "Doctor Who" episode "The Caretaker", written by Gareth Roberts, Steven Moffat and directed by Paul Murphy, airing September 27, 2014 over BBC America:

"...the terrifying 'Skovox Blitzer' is ready to destroy all humanity...

"...but worse, and any second now, 'Danny Pink' and the 'Doctor' are going to meet..."

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Doctor Who: The Caretaker"...

New pictures from Doctor Who's next episode 'The Caretaker' have debuted online.

The BBC sci-fi's latest episode - co-written by Gareth Roberts and Steven Moffat - sees the Doctor (Peter Capaldi) pose as a caretaker at Coal Hill School, where Clara (Jenna Coleman) works as a teacher.

The episode's official synopsis reads: "The terrifying Skovox Blitzer is ready to destroy all humanity - but worse, and any second now, Danny Pink and the Doctor are going to meet.

"When terrifying events threaten Coal Hill School, the Doctor decides to go undercover."

Samuel Anderson reprises his role of Danny Pink for the instalment, helmed by 'Robot Of Sherwood' director Paul Murphy.

Coal Hill School was introduced in the first ever episode of Doctor Who back in November 1963.

The Doctor's granddaughter Susan (Carole Ann Ford) originally attended the school, where she was taught by companions Ian (William Russell) and Barbara (Jacqueline Hill...

The trailer for Doctor Who's The Caretaker tells us that no-one’s safe, not least from the image of Capaldi in overalls...

Doctor Who series eight continues to fly by, and so far it seems many have throroughly enjoyed it. This Saturday’s episode The Caretaker starts at the later time of 20:30, and marks the middle point of the series.

It has been written by The Lodger, Closing Time and The Shakespeare Code scribe Gareth Roberts, with material from Steven Moffat in the mix too.

Enticing lots of nostalgia for 2006’s School Reunion, here’s the new teaser for The Caretaker…

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Following the bank robbing action of Time Heist, Doctor Who is set to spin things around next week in Gareth Roberts’ The Caretaker. You may have already seen the Next Time trailer at the end of the last episode, and we’ve included it above (click play) for you to enjoy again. It certainly has the

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Last night, BBC released the new promo/spoiler clip (below) for their upcoming "Doctor Who" episode 6 of season 8, and it appears to be very intriguing and dramatic as the Doctor portrays a new undercover identity, and more. The episode is titled, "The Caretaker." In the new, 6th episode, Terrifying events are going to threaten Coal Hill school, and the Doctor will end up, deciding to go undercover. The Skovox Blitzer will be ready to wipe out all humanity, and worse, any second now, Danny Pink and the Doctor will meet. The episode was written by Gareth Roberts and Steven Moffat, and it was directed by Paul Murphy. Episode 6 is scheduled to air on Saturday night, September 27th at 7:30pm on BBC. Stay tuned.

Recently, BBC released the new,official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Doctor Who" episode 6 of season 8. The episode is entitled, "The Caretaker," and it sounds like things will get quite dramatic and intriguing as the future of humanity is very much in jeopardy. The Doctor chooses to go undercover, and more. In the new,6th episode press release: "When terrifying events threaten Coal Hill school, the Doctor will decide to go undercover. The Skovox Blitzer will be ready to destroy all humanity, and worse, any second now, Danny Pink and the Doctor are going to meet. The episode was written by Gareth Roberts and Steven Moffat, and it was directed by Paul Murphy." Episode 6 is set to air on Saturday night, September 27th at 7:30pm on BBC.

Peter Capaldi's Doctor has a bank heist to tackle in Time Heist. Here's our spoiler-filled review...

This review contains spoilers. Our spoiler-free review is here.

8.5 Time Heist

"Basically, it's the eyebrows"

For the first time in the current run of Doctor Who, Time Heist gives us an adventure where the Doctor is the lead character in it. The focus, to date, has seen Clara doing Doctor-y duties, frequently being the grown up who rolls her sleeves up and gets things sorted out. This time, though, Peter Capaldi gets a go. Turns out he's really quite good at it.

It's coupled with a slight re-hardening of his take on the Doctor too. There have been little thawings around the edge of his portrayal here and there over the past couple of weeks, as he continues to work out and get used to his new identity. Here, the character's a bit tougher,...

Gareth Roberts' latest Doctor Who adventure The Caretaker now has a synopsis…

As we race through series eight of Doctor Who with worrying speediness, details on more and more upcoming episodes are beginning to appear.

Today we’ve heard the synopsis for episode seven, The Caretaker, the latest from Gareth Roberts - scribe of The Lodger, Closing Time, The Unicorn And The Wasp and The Shakespeare Code.

The episode is co-written by showrunner Steven Moffat, and will be directed by Robot Of Sherwood’s Paul Murphy. You may also have glimpsed the central robot in the series trailer. Here’s the synopsis:

"The terrifying Skovox Blitzer is ready to destroy all humanity - but worse, and any second now, Danny Pink and the Doctor are going to meet. When terrifying events threaten Coal Hill school, the Doctor decides to go undercover.”

More news on Doctor Who series eight as we hear it.

Spoilers: here's our review of Doctor Who series 8 episode 3, Mark Gatiss' Robot Of Sherwood.

This review contains spoilers. Our spoiler-free review is here.

8.3 Robot Of Sherwood

"And do people ever punch you in the face?"

Three weeks into Peter Capaldi’s reign, and he gets an episode that’s more playful, dafter and – well – just plain funny.

When it was announced that Doctor Who was doing a Robin Hood episode, there was a suspicion that the character would be treated with a degree of seriousness, a bit of reverence, and one of those moments where it’s seen that the Doctor was responsible for some momentous piece of British history. You’ll be telling us he could have stopped the Great Fire Of London at this rate... *

But Robot Of Sherwood, from the pen of Mark Gatiss, veers off in a different direction. If this had been an episode...

The X Factor returned in grand style tonight (August 30), as Simon Cowell, Cheryl Fernandez-Versini, Mel B and Louis Walsh met a new crop of aspiring pop stars.

Dermot O'Leary was on hand to give contestants like Blonde Electric, Amy Connelly and Charlie Jones a confidence boost before they faced the judges.

Digital Spy rounds up social media reaction to The X Factor's series premiere below:

Blonde Electric managed to both annoy and entertain the judges. Did someone say new Jedward?

Ok... I'm seriously freaking out.. So nervous about our audition on #XFactor... Butterflies in my stomach... More like moths!!!... Xo Ruby

— BlondeElectric (@BlondeElectric) August 30, 2014

Cheryl Cole's face speaks for the nation. #blondeelectric #XFactor pic.twitter.com/hEsR9RTOtq

— Digital Spy (@digitalspy) August 30, 2014

Can't wait for the Blonde Electric's "collab" with Jedward. #xfactor

— Nick Levine (@mrnicklevine) August 30, 2014

As if anyone actually prefers all these boring people being all breathy...