7+ hour, 26+ min ago (296+ words) The newly-released deleted scenes from Doctor Who season 15 are nice and all, but they're not what we really want to see. Doctor Who turned 62 this week, but the celebrations were decidedly muted. This makes a certain amount of sense, given that the franchise is in what can only be called a state of considerable flux'the Disney deal is dead, the spinoff The War Between the Land and the Sea hasn't aired yet (and won't for a while in most countries), and we have no idea who the next Doctor will be, or why Billie Piper's back on the canvas for some as-yet-undetermined reason. It's, to put it mildly, a weird and slightly frustrating time to be a Whovian, which probably explains why one of the few items released to mark the occasion was a batch of deleted scenes from the…...

17+ hour, 26+ min ago (184+ words) The last Stranger Things season 5 volume 1 trailer puts Steve and Dustin in the driver's seat. But Keery brought enough charm to the part that they rewrote him to be more of a likable goofball who also fit in with the cool kids, giving Steve a new lease on life. And when later seasons required the central quartet of preteen boys to start going their own ways, Steve became a natural pairing for Dustin, the kid most devoted to his friend group. Certainly, the happier vibe owes largely to the fact that Netflix is releasing the final season of Stranger Things in three different chunks, and this trailer only highlights the first four episodes, collected as volume 1. Volume 3 will collect the next three, with the finale releasing as a stand-alone on January 1. As the show heads to its ending, the bad…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago (289+ words) Sea Devils are all around us to close out 2025. "Tis the season for Sea Devils, apparently. Not only is The War Between the Land and the Sea, the Doctor Who spinoff that revolves around the classic monsters, finally set to premiere (at least in the U.K.), but the BBC is also set to release a special version of the original episodes that featured their debut." The original story, "The Sea Devils," was a Third Doctor adventure that first aired in 1972 and introduced the franchise to the amphibious creatures who once ruled the Earth before humanity wanted to reclaim it for themselves. It starred Jon Pertwee as the Doctor alongside Katy Manning as companion Jo Grant, and features an appearance by Roger Delgado as infamous villain The Master. The original six-part serial has been re-edited into a new feature-length format, though whether…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago (461+ words) We have Bonnie Langford to thank for one of Doctor Who's best modern day companions. Bonnie Langford played classic companion Melanie Bush, who appeared opposite both Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy's Doctors in the 1980s. But it turns out that Langford is not just a former companion herself; she played a pivotal role in the casting of another many years later. She apparently helped convince Bradley Walsh to join the show. Speaking with the Radio Times, Langford recalled encouraging the actor and popular TV presenter to say yes to the opportunity." "I went and met him for lunch," she said. "And he said, "I've been asked to do Doctor Who, I don't know if I should.' I said, "Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it. It's the gift that keeps on giving.' And he did! In the end,…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago (206+ words) Lt. Uhura goes back to the Civil Rights movement in Star Trek Deviations: Threads of Destiny. A new Star Trek one-shot from IDW pays homage that that famous incident. Star Trek Deviations: Threads of Destiny, written by Stephanie Williams and illustrated by Greg Maldonado and Anthony Fowler Jr. The story will draw from the classic TOS episode "City on the Edge of Forever" to send Uhura back in time to 1963, where she will participate in the Civil Rights movement. Of course, Star Trek is no stranger to the Civil Rights movement, having aired the first interracial kiss on television in the episode "Plato's Stepchildren" and explicitly called out racism in "Balance of Terror." But Threads of Destiny feels particularly special, given Nichols' connection to King. The star, who passed in 2022 at the age of 89, described her interaction with King in…...

1+ week, 3+ min ago (613+ words) Batman: The Animated Series" "Feat of Clay" convinced Mike Flanagan that Clayface had a place in film. As fitting his shape-shifting abilities, Clayface is one of DC"s most malleable characters. Appearing in everything from DC Comics to the television series Gotham to the recent Batman 1989 continuation novels, Clayface has changed his shape, his personality, and even his secret identity to meet the needs of whatever story he"s in. So when writer Mike Flanagan pitched James Gunn a solo film based on the long-running villain, he had plenty of places to look for inspiration. And he found it in not just one of the most universally beloved incarnations of Batman, but in perhaps the greatest Clayface story of all time. At a Motor City Comic Con panel (via Popverse), Flanagan revealed that his idea, "went all the way back…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago (276+ words) The former Ponds are reuniting for a Doctor Who rewatch project (and they're bringing some friends too). Speaking to the Radio Times, the pair confirmed that the project, which is set to be called "The Pondcast," will see them both reflect on their experiences as part of Doctor Who (which, let's not forget, took place just as the series' was finally exploding in popularity in America.)" "We really get on and we catch up quite often. We had such a good time [on Doctor Who]," Darvill said. "It was so long ago and we've forgotten so much that happened, but it was such a formative thing, that we feel now that we're able to look back and celebrate it." As for the show itself, it sounds relatively low-key, though former showrunner Steven Moffat is already confirmed to have taken part....

1+ week, 3+ day ago (621+ words) The Star Trek universe giveth, and the Star Trek universe taketh away. Hot on the heels of the announcement that the Kelvinverse timeline of feature films was finally dead dead comes the news that ... The Star Trek universe giveth, and the Star Trek universe taketh away. Hot on the heels of the announcement that the Kelvinverse timeline of feature films was finally dead dead comes the news that Paramount has a brand new Trek movie in the works'and one that sounds like something fans haven't gotten the chance to see in far too long. Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley have been tapped to write, produce, and direct a brand new Star Trek film for the studio. Per Deadline, who first broke the story, the forthcoming installment will offer a completely new take on the franchise universe, unburdened by any…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago (542+ words) The War Between the Land and the Sea will officially premiere in the U.K. in December. In America... not so much. American Doctor Who fans will have to polish off their spoiler-dodging skills if they want to experience spinoff The War Between the Land and the Sea without knowing some of the story's biggest twists in advance. The five-part series will officially begin airing on BBC One and BBC iPlayer with a two-episode premiere on December 7, leaving U.S. fans (and pretty much anyone who doesn't happen to live in the United Kingdom) out in the proverbial cold for what will likely be months to come. Disney+, which still controls the rights to broadcast the series thanks to its original partnership deal with the BBC that has since gone up in flames, doesn't seem particularly pressed about airing it, and has only said…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago (267+ words) The cast of Stranger Things won't be allowed to watch the finale until it's released, according to Noah Schnapp. The cast of Stranger Things won't see the series finale before its release on New Year's Day. They'll have to wait, just like us. Noah Schnapp, who plays Will Byers in the hit Netflix series, confirmed to EW that the final episode is being kept under wraps, saying that he's watched episodes five and six, but that "the finale'they're not gonna show any of us, so I won't see it until the world sees it, and I'm just as excited as you guys are." The benefits of this kind of secrecy may be to preserve the emotional impact of the ending for everybody, including the cast. Just watching episodes five and six, Schnapp said he was "sobbing." But there's also a…...