Doctor Who Series 11: Everything we know so far - January 2018

January 2018

Everything in italics is speculation only

Previous Articles

May 2017 
August 2017
October 2017
November 2017

Regular Cast

13th Doctor - Jodie Whitaker

Graham - Bradley Walsh 

Ryan - Tosin Cole

Yasmin - Mandip Gill

TBA = Sharon D Clarke

Nardole

Jack Harkness

Enemies

A lot of new monsters

Judoon

Zygons

Episodes

10 episodes - episode 1 being 1 hour 5 minutes the rest 50 minutes

Air on a Sunday

One continuous storyline

No Christmas Special

Behind the Scenes staff

Chris Chibnall - Showrunner/Executive Producer

Mark Strevans - Executive Producer

Sam Hoyle - Executive Producer

Nikki Wilson - Producer (Episode 1 + 7)

Alex Mercar -  Producer

No Murray Gold

Filming

November 2017-

Airdate

Autumn 2018

Writers

Chris Chibnall

Writer's Room

Directors

Jamie Childs - Episode 1 + 7
Mark Tonderai - Episode 2 + 3

Sallie Apraminhian - TBA

Changes from Last Update

1. Judoon are rumoured to appear

2. Zygons are rumoured to appear

3. As rumours suggest Murray Gold will not be this series' composer

4. Sam Hoyle is joining the Executive Producer team

5. Nikki Wilson is continuing as Producer
6. Nikki Wilson is producing Episodes 1 and 7 and presumably more

7. Alex Mercar is Peter Bennent's successor as Producer

8. Jamie Childs is indeed directing episode 7

9. Sallie Apraminhian is one of the series' directors
10. Mark Tonderai is directing episodes 2 and 3.

Doctor Who - NTA Awards and BAFTAs

For the first time that Doctor Who has been eligible* for an NTA it hasn't been nominated in neither of the two categories it could be nominated in: Best Drama and Best Drama Performance**

*Only 2005- onward with the exception of the 2017 NTAs (for the 2016 year) where Doctor Who as a series did not exist

** Since the show is eligible the Best Drama Performance category has changed. From 2005-2007 there was a separate male and female category and for the years 2008-2011 there was a general category before going back to separate awards for 2012-2013 and back again to a general from 2014

Before I get into this let's just remind ourselves what Doctor Who has been nominated for in the past.
As NTAs are often held in January for the year before I will be referring to the year of which it is judging on

2005 year 
 Best Drama - Won
Best Actor - Won (Christopher Eccleston)
Best Actress - Won (Billie Piper)

2006 year
Best Drama - Won
Best Actor - Won (David Tennant)
Best Actress - Won (Billie Piper)

2007 year
Best Drama - Won
Best Actor - Won (David Tennant)
Best Actress - Nominated (Freema Agyeman)

2008 year
Best Drama - Won
Best Drama Performance - Won (David Tennant), Catherine Tate also nominated

2009 year
Best Drama - Won
Best Drama Performance - Won (David Tennant)

2010 year
Best Drama - Nominated
Best Drama Performance - Nominated (Matt Smith), Karen Gillan not nominated

2011 year
Best Drama - Nominated
Best Actor - Won (Matt Smith)
Best Actress - Won (Karen Gillan)

2012 year
Best Drama - Nominated
Best Actor - Nominated (Matt Smith)
Best Actress - Nominated (Karen Gillan)

2013 year
Best Drama - Won
Best Drama Performance - Won (Matt Smith), Jenna Coleman was not nominated

2014 year
Best Drama - Nominated
Best Drama Performance - Neither Peter Capaldi nor Jenna Coleman were nominated

2015 year
Best Drama - Nominated
Best Drama Performance - Neither Peter Capaldi nor Jenna Coleman were nominated

2017 year
Best Drama - Not Nominated
Best Drama Performance - Neither Peter Capaldi nor Jenna Coleman were nominated

Now obviously we all no that Doctor Who was certainly in its heyday during the Russel T Davies era and returned to that position briefly in the 50th year. When the show came back it swooped every category. David Tennant as a new face was not off putting for the audience who voted him the best actor in his first year. Billie Piper's departure as Rose was upsetting for many and it is clear that Freema Agyeman's Martha had a tough time but still managed to get nominated. In the 2008 year Doctor Who had one every best Drama every year it could and it did again in 2008. This was the first year with a shared best Drama Performance over a separate actor and actress category. Doctor Who got two of the four nominations (the most it could) with David Tennant securing another win but also showing how popular Catherine Tate was at Donna and clearly showing that if there was a separate category for actor and actress she would have undoubtedly would have been in with an incredibly good chance of winning it. The 2009 year saw no companion so David Tennant entered the best Drama Performance on his on and won just like the show. 2010 was a clear change for the show. Russel T Davies had left at the control of the programme and popular David Tennant had also left. This clearly left the TV audience unhappy as for the first time Doctor Who did not win best Drama but it still got nominated. Matt Smith didn't win, becoming the first Doctor not to but was still nominated and for the first time a companion was not nominated, however it was harder for Karen to be nominated than it was for Billie and Freema as it was a shared category. In 2011 the changes had began to sink in and although Doctor Who didn't win again, both Matt Smith and Karen Gillian won best actor and actress, the first time this had happened since 2006. In 2012 the show didn't win again  and was only nominated, Matt Smith and Karen Gillan were nominated but didn't win. Then came the anniversary year, 2013. The show won best Drama again, the first time since 2009 and Matt Smith won best actor for the second time of 4 possibilities. Jenna Coleman did not get nominated as Clara however. 2014 saw another new Doctor who had to convince viewers he was up to scratch. 2014 saw the show return to its nominated position and for the first time in the NTA history a Doctor nor companion were nominated. Unfortunately unlike Matt Smith it appears that Peter's Doctor didn't sink in as 2015 was the same tale. This also unfortunately meant that Jenna Coleman's Clara was the first companion who could be nominated who wasn't. In 2017, the one that is about to happen soon, Doctor Who was not nominated for any category it could be nominated in. This is the first time this has happened.

It is clear that Peter Capaldi was not a popular Doctor to the general TV audience, despite being a great success for the fans. He was the first not to be nominated and unfortunately his unpopularity did mean for the first time in the show's history that Doctor Who has not been nominated. Let's hope that the new Female Doctor can encourage new faces who will vote for the obvious best show on television, Doctor Who.

Of course NTAs are voted for by the people but what do the critics think of the show

In the BAFTAs for the 1976 and 1977 year Doctor Who won the best Entertainment award. They were the only awards given to the series in the classic era.

In the modern era Doctor Who has been more successful. Please note that the nominations for the 2017 year have not yet been announced and for 2016 it was not applicable for not having a series

Best Drama
2005- Won
2008 - Nominated

Best Actor
2010 - Nominated (Matt Smith)

Best Supporting Actress
2015- Nominated (Michelle Gomez)

Best Director
2005 - Nominated (Joe Ahearne)

Best Writer
2005 - Nominated (Russel T Davies)
2007 - Won (Steven Moffat)
2008 - Nominated (Russel T Davies)

Radio Times Audience Award
2005 - Won
2013 - Won

Best Set Design
2005 - Nominated (Edward Thomas)
2013 -  Nominated (Alex Hartman, Saul Gittens, Dan Evans and Amer Iqbal)

Best Editing
2006 - Nominated (Crispin Green)
2008 - Won (Philip Kloss)

Best Visual Effects
2006 - Nominated (The Mill)
2009 - Nominated (The Mill)
2010 - Nominated (The Mill)
2011- Nominated (The Mill)
2012 - Nominated (The Mill)
2013 - Won (Milk SFX)
2014 - Won (Milk SFX)
2015-  Nominated (Milk SFX)

Best Original Score
2007 - Nominated (Murray Gold)
2012 - Nominated (Murray Gold)

Best Sound
2007 - Nominated (BBC Wales Sound Team)

The Dennis Potter for outstanding Screenplay was given to Russel T Davies in 2005

No Nominations in the following categories
Best Actrss
Best Supporting Actor
Best Song (eligible in 2007, 2010 and 2014)
Best Costume Design
Best Make up and Hair
Best cinematography

2017 - Whose joined us, returned and left this year?

Left

Steph Britton  - Steph joined as a friend of Katy Armstrong in 2013 before leaving us in January thinking Andy had left her. Little did she know of course he had been kidnapped. She completed 4 years on the show.

Freddie Smith - Freddie only joined us last year but he left us in April

Rob Donovan - Rob will be mentioned in the return section as well but he left us in May after his third run on the show. He was originally in the show from 2012-2014 when he was arrested for the murder of Tina. He returned for a year in prison from 2015-2016 and returned again this year as he escaped from prison

Nick Tilsley  - The eldest son of long serving street resisdent, Gail, left us this year. Nick has joined and left many times. His first run was from 1981-1996, then he returned for 2 years from 1997-1999. He returned briefly in 2002 and then for a year from 2003-2004. He returned for his 5th stint in 2009. Ben Price has played the character since then until June this year, clocking up 8 years for that actor. In total Nick has been with us for 27 years so it could be said he is the most significant character who has left us this year

Denise Osbourne - The estranged mother of Daniel returned in 2017 and left. Her original run was 1992-1997. She returned briefly in 2007 and then again in 2017. Totaling up to 5 years.

Erica Holroyd - Erica also joined us in 2014 before leaving back to sunny Spain in August. She completed 3 years

Nathan Curtis - Nathan joined us last year and this year has been a vile villain to poor Bethany. He left after being arrested for his crimes

Vinny Ashford - Vinny returned briefly this year before being killed by Andy, who was forced to do it by Pat.

Andy Carver - Andy joined us in 2014 pretended to be Gavid Rodwell. Andy spent most of this year in Pat Phelan's cellar before being shot by the very man in October. He completed 3 years.

Todd Grimshaw - Todd first joined us in 2001 before leaving for the first time in 2004. He returned for brief appearances in 2007 and then again in 2011. He returned properly in 2013 before leaving in December of this year after running away with Summer. Therefore in total he has appeared in 8 years for the soap.

Joined

Nicola Rubinstein - Nicola joined as Pat Phelan's daughter in the soap in June. With Pat likely to not last to much longer perhaps Nicola could be alright in the end.

Returned

Gina Seddon - Sally's sister, Gina returned after 28 years. She first appeared for a year, 1988-1989 before her return in 2017. She returned in April

Rob Donovan - Rob also returned in April. This is his third run on the show. 2012-2014 and 2015-2016 are his previous. See above for more details

Denise Osbourne - Denise returned for two months in this year. See more details above.

Vinny Ashford - Vinny returned after his original run of under year in 2016. He ended up being murdered.

Joseph Brown - Joseph returned in October after the death of his mother Katy of-screen. His first run was 2011-2015.

Carla Connor  - Carla returned to are screens in December after leaving just in May last year. Her original run was 2006-2016.

2017 - What have are Doctor Who Doctors been up to?

2017 has been a busy year for a lot of people but what have the actors who have played the Doctor been acting in over this past year

First things first of course the wonderful actors William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton and Jon Pertwee are sadly passed away so did not star in anything this year

Tom Baker

Tom Baker has returned to the realm of Doctor Who this year, completing Shada that was of course abandoned in 1979. Tom Baker is the second Doctor actor to be the Star Wars galaxy and this year Baker continued voicing the Bendu for a further 2 episodes of Star Wars Rebels.

Total Films: 0
Total TV Series appearances: 2
Total Episodes: 3

Peter Davison

In 2016 Peter Davison did not appear in either film or TV but this year he has been busy. He was in the tv film, Brian Pern: A Tribute as well as appearing in the theatrical film, You, Me and Him (which of course also starred the wonderful David Tennant). Peter also guest starred in an episode of Granchester and appeared in two episodes of Liar.

Total Films: 1
Total TV Series: 3
Total TV Episodes: 4

Colin Baker

Unfortunately Colin wasn't on the big screen or small screen in 2017 but we do hope to see him in 2018!

Total Films: 0
Total TV Series: 0
Total TV Episodes: 0

Sylvester McCoy

Sylvester has appeared in the American horror film Slumber and the Science Fiction film the Circuit. Sylvester made two appearances in the TV Series Zapped and his voice guest starred in Sarah and Duck. He also made three appearances in Sense8

Total Films: 2
Total TV Series: 3
Total TV Episodes: 6

Paul McGann

McGann has appeared in two films this year. One is B&B the other is Perplexed Music which was written and directed by his brother Mark and his son Sonny. McGann also joined the regular cast of Holby City, a series he will be continuing to appear into this year

Total Films: 2
Total TV Series: 1
Total TV Episodes: 4

Christopher Eccleston

The first of our modern Doctor actors has been very busy this year. Like Peter Davison and companion actor Matt Lucas, Chrstopher has also been in Brian Pern: A Tribute.  Eccleston has also appeared in a further 8 episodes of the Leftovers, a series he has been in since 2014 and also has appeared in 6 new episodes of the A Word, a series he has been in since 2015. The Leftovers has come to an end this year

Total Films: 1
Total TV Series: 2
Total TV Episodes: 14

David Tennant

David Tennant has appeared in 2 films this year being Mad to be Normal and the animated Ferdinand. David has also continued to appear in numerous television programmes. He has been in 8 more episodes of Broadchurch and 6 for W1A, both shows of which are ending this year. David voiced his character Spitlout for a further 4 episodes of Dragons: Riders of Berk. David voiced Scrooge McDuck in Ducktales for 9 episodes as well as appear in one episode of Space Commander and voice a character in Thunderbirds Are Go! and just to wrap it up he had the lead in the TV film: The Highway Rat

Total Films: 2
Total TV Series: 7
Total TV Episodes: 30

Matt Smith

Matt has appeared in one film this year of which he was the lead; Patient Zero. Matt also returned for 10 episodes of the Crown of which he leaves at the end of the series

Total Films: 1
Total TV Series: 1
Total TV Episodes: 10

Peter Capaldi

The most recent predecessor who has played the Doctor for all but one scene this year has not done much other than Doctor Who as that takes up a lot of his time. He has appeared for 13 episodes of said show, of which he leaves this year, and appears in Paddington 2, his first sequel

Total Films: 1
Total TV Series: 1
Total TV Episodes: 13

Jodie Whitakker

The current Time Lord has appeared in one episode of Doctor Who this year, 4 episodes of Trust Me, 8 of Broadchurch, which concludes this year and one film

Total Films: 1
Total TV Series: 3
Total TV Episodes: 13