The Sontarans’ war in time
From Liverpool to Sebastopol, we can all revisit the Sontaran's battle through time and space against not just the Flux, but everyone else!
From Liverpool to Sebastopol, we can all revisit the Sontaran's battle through time and space against not just the Flux, but everyone else!
You can now watch Jodie Whittaker's full interview segment from her appearance on The Graham Norton Show in 15 October 2021, ahead of the premier of Doctor Who: Flux (Series 13). Her final season could have been better, but it was nice. Jodie appeared on The Graham Norton Show following the wrap party for filming season 13 and may or may not have been feeling slightly delicate.
Highlights of this new issue include: Doctor Who Magazine charts the history of digital effects in Doctor Who from the 1970s to the most recent episodes (the past, present and future of digital effects). Dave Bannister and Andrew Robertson from VFX company DNEG describe their contributions to the latest series, Flux. Digital matte artist Jim McCarthy discusses his work on Doctor Who in the 1980s.
What does a typical day on set of Doctor Who: Flux look like? Let John Bishop take you on a video diary tour of filming 'The Vanquishers', the last episode of seris 13.
Go behind the scenes as the current showrunner and his star, Chris Chibnall and Jodie Whittaker, discuss how the Thirteenth Doctor's story arc leads to the events of the Flux.
I don't think this is a surprise, I've heard a lot of people not satisfied about the 13th series of the New Doctor Who. Some of them were not pleased about the Doctor being a woman, others were upset about the bad writing of this last series (it had some good moments but it could have been a much better series indeed).
The last chapter of Flux was proven to be.. a massacre. I can't say it was not unexpected, during an event that involves the destruction of the entire Universe some victims are expected to happen. There were some good moments, too. Only some, but good - the rate of the episode was a medium one (it was not bad, but it was far from something extraordinary).
And Tecteum returns in Doctor's time briefly (only in this episode) and unexpectedly: as Division chief she is the person accountable for the appearance of the Flux and for trying (more or less successfully) to destroy the Universe. The moments the two women spend together are at least interesting (and almost shadow the rest of the action): the Timeless Child could have come from another Universe and Tecteum tries to get there after she smashed her original Universe. She has the Doctors memories and it's only a problem of time (almost a week, for us) until she is going to get them back.
Don't blink! Let's go behind the scenes with the cast and crew on bringing back the iconic Weeping Angels in the latest episode of series 13 of New Doctor Who, Village of the Angels.
It's the first time it's introduced a rogue Weeping angel, one that runs from his people and from the Time Lords' Division, and who is capable to do anything and to betray anyone in order to escape. It's the first time such angel has (or it claims it has) the entire history of this Division, and also the lost memories of the Doctor, but it's unlikely it's going to share them.
Go behind the scenes and meet our star-crossed lovers, Vinder (Jacob Anderson) and Bel (Thaddea Graham)!
Its story was a battle for survival and brings with it floating Daleks, Weeping Angels and talkative Cybermen, all among the familiar foes in the show. This episodes is introducing a new character, Bell, Vinder's lover, and their unborn child. The lovers are trying to find each other in the Universe broken by Flux, and they will probably succeed. Probably, but that's another story that we are going to watch.
The series 13 of the new Doctor Who is something special: it has only 6 episodes (shorter than other seasons because of covid-19) and tells only one story. The Halloween Apocalypse is the first part and, no matter its jam-packed action style (without many pauses), it's only an introduction: it presents us the characters and the appearance of Flux, the phenomenon that threatens to destroy the Earth. If this season continue in the same style as the first episode it might be a good one, but we have to watch it together in the following month and half.