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Some of Series 11's scripts were written without knowing the new Doctor was female

From the BBC Media Center, new interviews with the cast, director and showrunner Chibnall on the NYD special https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/doctor-who-eve-of-the-daleks The director of the NYD special talks to Radio Times about the twist in the time loop https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-time-loop-change-exclusive-newsupdate/

New promo pics for the NYD special from TV Zone UK https://www.tvzoneuk.com/post/drwho-nyd22-gallery

Cultbox summarizes Aisling Bea’s interview with Radio Times about the NYD special https://cultbox.co.uk/news/doctor-who-new-year-special-eve-of-the-daleks-was-written-in-a-little-over-a-fortnight

Who is the actress playing the deputy mayor? She looks kind of familiar

Victor's certainly gone from Greek looking to very white lol

Update on 7-day figures: 4.571578 million (BARB has been revising numbers quite a bit lately). 28-day figures: 5.013909 million viewers, rank is 16th for the week

First episode of Season 2, Black Market Surgery, was pretty interesting. Definitely stay away from very low cost clinics

Moved to December 23

Oddly, the Christmas special is being moved to December 23

As much as I didn’t want Liam to die just before Christmas, I think it’s way less hard for me than when Mike Corbin lingered and died last year because my mom had died only a few weeks before and my dad, who had dementia, started going downhill soon after her passing. This year, no one close to me is dying or has died I do think they are doing a good job with the Liam story overall

Cultbox has a roundup of the writers and directors plus known plot details and set pictures for the upcoming specials https://cultbox.co.uk/news/headlines/doctor-who-2022-specials-news-writers-and-directors We already know the details for the NYD special, but Cultbox says Special #2 in the Spring (which may be shown on Easter), will be co-written by Chris Chibnall and Ella Road and directed by Haolu Wang. Special #3, the Centenary special set to be shown in Autumn (Fall), will be written by Chris Chibnall and directed by Jamie Magnus Stone

This was entertaining. I especially enjoyed the ending where Rick sings with a low key surfer dude vibe and then Tami brings it home with a diva vibe

Independent Lens' Winter 2022 lineup https://variety.com/2021/film/news/bulletproof-missing-in-brooks-county-pbs-independent-lens-winter-lineup-1235133901/

Independent Lens' Winter 2022 lineup https://variety.com/2021/film/news/bulletproof-missing-in-brooks-county-pbs-independent-lens-winter-lineup-1235133901/

Note that there will be no Spring edition of the Voice in 2022. I think they are trying to cut back to reduce the erosion in the ratings

Renewed for a second season http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2021/12/15/music-box-to-return-to-hbo-tor-season-two-925415/20211215hbo01/ Up next: Juice Wrld: Into the Abyss, tomorrow night (Thursday, Dec 16)

Needs a little more seasoning but it has promise

Man, why are they killing a baby in the run up to Christmas?! It’s also possible they might go with a Christmas miracle where Liam’s brain function improves with some last ditch medical treatment so he can at least live a decent life

Two part documentary "Benjamin Franklin" by Ken Burns will premiere April 4 2022 http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2021/12/13/benjamin-franklin-to-premiere-april-4-2022-on-pbs-327211/20211213pbs01/

28-day figures from BARB: 5.230337 million viewers; rank 15th for the week)

7 day figures are 4.531 million viewers