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From Cultbox, more from DWM’s latest issue on Disney’s role https://cultbox.co.uk/news/disneys-role-in-doctor-who-production-clarified

They are currently filming and Jemma Redgrave (Kate Stewart) has been spotted on set as has Millie Gibson (new companion Ruby Sunday) and a few pictures have been posted on social media 

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They apparently are back for the 60th. I can't get the link to work though ETA: A different link to the press release that works https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2022/doctor-who-david-tennant-an

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He'd better fix her terrible send off. Give her her memory and character development back!

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I figured I would create this now since there are a ton of rumors right now on various casting and some valid sources saying shooting for the 60th anniversary in the Spring. So here we go on stuf

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2 hours ago, Anduin said:

Roger ap Gwilliam. Maybe it's just wishful thinking, but I see a possible connection to Ancelyn ap Gwalchmai. I've wanted to revisit all those little details presented in Battlefield, but it keeps not happening. Maybe this time will be the go.

I mean, there might be a connection, it's Doctor Who so anything is possible, but the name element 'ap' just means 'son of', so there is no actual connection at all between the names. Both ap Gwilliam and ap Gwalchmai are patronymics rather than surnames, in the old Welsh style - although both make me wince because although on the surface of things Ancelyn looks as if it could be a Welsh name, it really isn't, especially not pronounced like that, and Gwilliam reads weirdly to me because the usual Welsh version of William would be Gwilym, so making it Gwilliam instead feels a bit of a mishmash.

Saying that, I'd love to revisit Battlefield, too. Bambera and Ancelyn were great characters - the sort who in this era of Who could easily have sparked a spin-off!

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9 hours ago, cardigirl said:

What does "in the following festive period" mean?  That the 15th doctor's start will be a Christmas/New Year's show?

From what has been said so far, yes. It will be a festive special, either Christmas or New Year or something in between. Then the 8 episode Series 14 will premiere  sometime in 2024, possible in the Spring

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Russell Davies interview with GQ includes comments about Doctor Who and things he’s doing now that he’s returned with a bigger budget, including more spin-offs https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/russell-t-davies-nolly-doctor-who-interview-2023?utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

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Per The Daily Mail, Anita Dobson let slip in an interview that the character she’s playing in Series 14 is called Mrs. Flood and she’s a neighbor of Ruby’s

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11765371/Doctor-EXCLUSIVE-Anita-Dobson-lets-slip-mystery-character-role-entails.html

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So one story is called The Star Beast. That sounded familiar. There's an old comic story by that name. And gosh, there's something looks a lot like Beep the Meep. For that matter, that story had a Black woman companion. And the trailer has a Black woman too. Looks like another adaptation.

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17 hours ago, Anduin said:

So one story is called The Star Beast. That sounded familiar. There's an old comic story by that name. And gosh, there's something looks a lot like Beep the Meep. For that matter, that story had a Black woman companion. And the trailer has a Black woman too. Looks like another adaptation.

Yes, it looks like the old Beep the Meep comic is being adapted for the first special

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50 minutes ago, DanaK said:

Actress Indira Varma joins Series 14 in the mysterious role of the Duchess

https://www.doctorwho.tv/news-and-features/indira-varma-joins-doctor-who-as-the-duchess

Oh, I really like Indira Varma.

She is already part of the Doctor Who extended family, of course, having played Suzie in Torchwood.

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2 hours ago, DanaK said:

Who alum Bonnie Langford is back as Mel Bush for Series 14

https://www.doctorwho.tv/news-and-features/mel-come-back-bonnie-langford-returns-to-doctor-who-as-mel-bush

I just saw the headline and came here to see if you'd posted it already!

Interesting. Bonnie's time on the show coincided with a very difficult period, in terms of production, and is regarded by many as a low point in the show's history, for various reasons, but Mel's story was intriguing, in its way, and completely open-ended - her relationship with the Doctor was so...timey-wimey, long before River made an out-of-order relationship a whole big thing. I'm really curious to see if they pick up any of those loose threads that were left dangling, so long ago. Mel left the TARDIS to go travelling through space with Sabalom Glitz, and that was somewhere way in the future, but we know from her brief appearance in Jodie Whittaker's last episode that she is living on Earth in our current time. There's a massive gap in her story there. I wonder how much we'll learn about what she's been up to and how she got back here!

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51 minutes ago, Llywela said:

I just saw the headline and came here to see if you'd posted it already!

Interesting. Bonnie's time on the show coincided with a very difficult period, in terms of production, and is regarded by many as a low point in the show's history.

Have you ever listened to the audio adventures? Some of the Six and Mel stories are pretty good. They tone down both characters personalities just enough to make it work. I half-remember one especially, set in, I think, an airport. Wish I could remember the name.

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Llywela

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10 hours ago, Anduin said:

Have you ever listened to the audio adventures? Some of the Six and Mel stories are pretty good. They tone down both characters personalities just enough to make it work. I half-remember one especially, set in, I think, an airport. Wish I could remember the name.

Big Finish audio adventures have done wonderful things with some of the less-well-loved characters of the '80s. I was talking specifically about Mel's era of the TV show, which is what the vast majority of people will know her for, rather than the more niche audio adventures, which are great but have a much smaller audience..

Then again, we already know that characters from Big Finish are going to be drawn into the RTD2 era, so who knows how it is going to play out!

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1 hour ago, Llywela said:

Big Finish audio adventures have done wonderful things with some of the less-well-loved characters of the '80s. I was talking specifically about Mel's era of the TV show, which is what the vast majority of people will know her for, rather than the more niche audio adventures, which are great but have a much smaller audience..

Yeah, I get you. I just meant that it's possible to have a good story featuring a previously unpopular character. :)

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