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David Tennant Sure Sounds Like He’s Done With Doctor Who for a Long Time
David Tennant is the most popular actor to play the Doctor of the modern era—arguably, brushing up against Tom Baker’s fourth incarnation to be the most popular of them all, full stop—so it’s no surprise that he’s kept slowly but surely returning as Doctor Who celebrates its big birthdays over the last decade. But after…
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On Doctor Who, Christmas (and Friendship) Is Magic
When you’ve been around for 60 long years like Doctor Who has, growth and evolution is the name of the game. Not just in new places each week, new heroes and friends and villains along the way, but the show has adapted and built its own riff on genre after genre of storytelling thanks to…
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On Doctor Who, David Tennant and Catherine Tate Are Literally Everything
If Doctor Who’s triumphant return in “The Star Beast” was a romp in Russell T. Davies’ hallmark style to prove that Doctor Who can really still feel like its recent past, then “Wild Blue Yonder” is a similarly triumphant attempt to prove that Doctor Who can still be weird, chilling, and inventive as it ever…
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Doctor Who’s Russell T. Davies On the Importance of Showing Trans Struggles
In the wake of introducing Donna’s trans daughter, Rose, the Doctor Who showrunner talks about the importance of showcasing the reality of trans existence.