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Doctor Who almost brought back a classic villain in a season 12 episode to face Jodie Whittaker's Thirteenth Doctor. Doctor Who season 12 saw the Thirteenth Doctor and her group of companions face Judoon, Cybermen, the return of The Master (Sacha Dhawan), and mysteries about the Doctor's ties to Gallifrey's hidden past. McTighe has written a number of stories for Doctor Who, including the Thirteenth Doctor's television adventures "Kerblam!" and "Praxeus" that aired in seasons 11 and 12, respectively.

Ahead of the release of his novelization of "Kerblam!", McTighe opened up to RadioTimes.com about his other contribution to the main television series during Whittaker and showrunner Chris Chibnall's Doctor Who era. The writer revealed that the season 12 story "Praxeus," which saw the Doctor race to fight a virus spread through microplastic pollutants in the environment, was originally considered to see the return of the Autons, a foe who first appeared during the 1970s.

Doctor Who almost brought back a classic villain in a season 12 episode to face Jodie Whittaker's Thirteenth Doctor. Doctor Who season 12 saw the Thirteenth Doctor and her group of companions face Judoon, Cybermen, the return of The Master (Sacha Dhawan), and mysteries about the Doctor's ties to Gallifrey's hidden past. McTighe has written a number of stories for Doctor Who, including the Thirteenth Doctor's television adventures "Kerblam!" and "Praxeus" that aired in seasons 11 and 12, respectively.

Ahead of the release of his novelization of "Kerblam!", McTighe opened up to RadioTimes.com about his other contribution to the main television series during Whittaker and showrunner Chris Chibnall's Doctor Who era. The writer revealed that the season 12 story "Praxeus," which saw the Doctor race to fight a virus spread through microplastic pollutants in the environment, was originally considered to see the return of the Autons, a foe who first appeared during the 1970s.

Two classic animated movies – Jungle Burger (aka Shame of the Jungle) and The Big Bang - from the team of cartoonist/director Picha and producer Boris Szulzinger finally make their UK DVD debuts from Lace DVD later this month. It’s been years since I last saw Jungle Burger (I remember seeing some of it as a kid, shock horror!) and I’ve never seen The Big Bang so it was with an eager anticipation – based on their infamous reputations – that I sat down to watch the pair…

Jungle Burger (1975)

Stars (the voices of): John Belushi, Bill Murray, Johnny Weismuller Jr., Christopher Guest | Written by Pierre Bartier, Anne Beatts (Us version) | Directed by Picha, Boris Szulzinger

Shame, the ape man of the jungle, is aghast when his woman, June, is kidnapped by a gang of giant penises. They take her to their queen, Bazunga, a bald woman with fourteen breasts.

Plus, the Loud family returns to television, Jake's hair was all the rage, Katerine Hepburn's stamp, plus Unix humor.

Many TV series got pickup orders today, and the gay content just hasn’t happened as far as we can see, but I need to research ABC’s pickup of No Ordinary Family. It’s been described as a live action version of The Incredibles, but it comes from out producer Greg Berlanti, who also gave us Kevin and Scotty.

Fox also picked up Chicago police drama Ride Along, a Texas con man drama Midland, a comedy about three dudes called Traffic Light, and Keep Hope Alive, which the network describes as "a 25-year-old single parent raising an infant with the help of his quirky family after the mother of the baby — with whom he had a one-night stand — ends up on death row." Yeah, they put that one together with a grab bag.